Things to Do, People to See

This blog will cover Monday the 24th, Tuesday the 25th and today, Wednesday the 26th of May. On Monday I woke up with a bit of a cold with a sore throat, slight fever and just not feeling real good. So we decided not to go to the storage place and play with our new toy (our pop-up camper). Instead we stayed in and planned our route from here to the wild, wild, west and back. If we stick with this route we will travel in access of 7,900 miles and see all the wonders of the continental U.S. and visit all of our relatives.

On Tuesday we did go and play with our pup (short for pop up camper). The first thing I wanted to do was to see if the 12V electrical connector line was long enough now that the connector on the van had to be raised from below the hitch bar. It wasn't. The next thing we checked was the left rear tail light that the RV guys fixed that was not working when we bought it. It wasn't. So I marched right over to the RV guys office, where I had already paid over $75 for them to fix the light, and told them of the problem. They said, "Oh that ain't right, I fixed it myself." I said, "Duh." They sent a new guy over to our pup, assessed the problem (a faulty ground) and took care of the problem post haste. He also extended the electrical cord by about 2 feet. Both task and did'nt even charge us a dime. Yee Haw! We really liked him. He said that he and his wife traveled around the country full time for about a year in a pop up camper. While he worked Rainy and I took total advantage of his road knowledge and asked all the questions we could think of concerning the mechanics of of the pup, campsites, national parks, sites along the way etc. He was very generous with his answers. We raised the camper, slid out and secured one of the beds, but by the time the rv mechanic was finished so were we. It had gotten pretty hot and the only shade was that of a pull behind travel trailer parked next to our pup.

Today, Wednesday, we shopped. Except for Rainy's annual physical and my glaucoma check up, we spent the rest of the day buying things we will need on the road. I won't go into an exclusive list but we bought lawn chairs, camper canopy rug, camper size microwave, water jug, camper grill, port-a-pot and a sundry of other things we believe we can't live without on the road.

The best deal of the day was something I found on Craig's List. This guy had a portable folding grill table. Brand New at a retail price of $69.95. His price $35.
I went to see it while Rainy was in her check up. I offered $30 and he took it. I should've offered $25. It is really nice. It folds up into a carrying case and sets up real easy. It should serve us well.

Until tomorrow...