This morning we packed up and closed up—quickly and efficiently and hitched easily. When I pulled out of our site moving very slowly, I pulled to the right to help make the left hand turn while avoiding a tree near the site. Ken was watching, and he said the coach wheels dropped off the pad and into the grass. The skirting near the back caught on the grass and dirt.
When we arrived at New Horizons, Ken hopped out of the truck to monitor the very steep, abrupt change of slope as the coach entered the driveway. He saw the skirting contacting the drive while the skid rollers were still out in the street. Another issue to deal with.
We talked with Jeffrey and Phil about this problem. They agreed the rollers needed to be extended. We’re hoping that will protect the skirting—if we’re careful.
Phil and Karen set off for California, their third trip to California this year. Trailer Life will be doing another cover story on the Majestic. Their test crew will take the show model out for the weekend to evaluate and do the write-up.
Corey is doing some finish work. He found the cause of the vacuum cleaner losing suction: whoever put the unit together used paper tape—the kind they use to mask things to paint—so of course our trip caused the Y connection between the main vacuum outlet and the toe kick to come apart. Corey put it back together with aluminum tape, which he says will hold up for years. He also showed me how to adjust the mirrored sliding doors so they slide more easily.
Chris reconnected the TV and the Wii game properly. We now have the Denon on-screen prompts and menus. Chris reports our height is 13’ 7”—but we’re on our Bigfoot levelers, so we’ll need to measure our height when we’re hitched up. We expected to be 13’ 4”, already 10” taller than our Excel.
We’re planning to check the operation of the SeeLevel tank monitors. We see our black and gray water tanks filling up way faster than we would expect.
Two items needed to be ordered, the Tristar MMPT Controller and the thermostat, so we’ll be delayed in leaving here. We’ll probably be lucky if we can leave by Friday after lunch, so we’re looking at ways to shorten our travel time to St. George.
Ken installed the Truxedo Deuce tonneau cover. It looks very sharp, and it will protect the truck contents and the hitch.
We worked on reorganizing our stuff and making a pile of things we really don’t need. Life in an RV requires decluttering, and moving is a good opportunity to strip down a bit.
We walked late. I couldn't resist taking more photos of these lovely flowers. They are overgrown now, but must once have been even more spectacular.
We saw this sign along the way. Neither of us had ever heard of a "walk-in hunting area."
Today is Carol’s birthday. She went to the Chorale anniversary with a friend—50s theme. She and Dick are going to the Kilgore film festival and dinner next weekend.
We went to Arby’s for supper at 9:00 p.m.—continental dinner hour, but we’re not feeling very continental. More like exhausted.
More rain—but at least it held off during the day while we were working outside.
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