amywibbing
New Member
Happy Wednesday everybody!! So I thought I'd share another one of my brilliant moments with you all. The veterans can have a laugh or two. The rookies, well, I'm living proof we can learn the hard way and still have fun.
Islandgirl is one of my best friends, and she just joined the board. We have another girlfriend in our little circle, and we all now own RVs since I purchased mine almost two months ago. Whatever I'm embarrassed to disclose, Islandgirl will surely do for me, in a very entertaining fashion!!
So I've been out four times since the purchase of my 5th wheel. I've discovered that you must have a good coffee pot (if you're a coffee snob like me), anda slider hitch is just that. A SLIDER hitch. It slides for a very good reason, since you can't always tell if you are jacknifing until it's too late. That lesson cost me a cool $300. But, I know how to use my slider now!
Mymost recent lesson in RV'ing 101 cost me about $700. You know those pretty awnings theyput on your camper? They are so pretty, and they are really so very useful! Well, when they tell you to "slant" it, you better slant it. Our last outing in my camper was a couple of weeks ago. The girls and I are avid scrapbookers (some say rabid), and we plan a weekend about 3-4 times a year to go "scrap-camping".We holeup in the camper and scrap theentire weekend, trying to avoid sleep as much as possible.
Now, Islandgirl and I have somewhat mastered (knock on wood here) the art of towing and setting upour 5th wheels without our worried and dutifulhubbies. We tow out early, set up, let the kids burn off energy and the hubbies arrive to cart our progeny away for the weekend. The only drawback is I am still working, and the phone is my office.
On this, my inaugural hosting of the "ScrapCamp number whatever" I am working, and we setup,but I don't cock the awning like it needs to be. I'm in a hurry! I gotta go seea client! Islandgirl in her educated but "this your RV" voice says weoughta cock this thing... "yeah, I'll do it later". Two hours later, I'm in anoffice across town with clear blue skies. My camper, however is enduring the onslaught of an afternoon monsoon, right out of that clear blue sky. Islandgirl is hopeless, as she has all four of our progeny in my camper. She has forgotten about my awning.
Dear dutiful hubby (mine) arrives to wisk our progeny away, and IGirl tries to make it out of the RV. Yeah, you know what's next. My awning is now a swimming poolfor the local birdlife. She unsuccessfully tries tocock the awning, but it was too late. A wave of tsunamic proportions flooded the patio, washing everythingunder and away from the camper. Islandgirl barely escaped with her life. Just in time forHubby to witness. I, of course, missed the whole thing.
So two weeks later I have a brand new awning, and another story. I always manage to make the expensive mistakes. But it is kind of funny. Never again will I say "I'll do it later"!! Before I bought my camper, I was very very fearful of making mistakes, or forgetting something. Well, I've almost done it all (knock on wood here), and not only lived through it, but can laugh about it.
So this story is for all of the rookies!!!
Amy
Islandgirl is one of my best friends, and she just joined the board. We have another girlfriend in our little circle, and we all now own RVs since I purchased mine almost two months ago. Whatever I'm embarrassed to disclose, Islandgirl will surely do for me, in a very entertaining fashion!!
So I've been out four times since the purchase of my 5th wheel. I've discovered that you must have a good coffee pot (if you're a coffee snob like me), anda slider hitch is just that. A SLIDER hitch. It slides for a very good reason, since you can't always tell if you are jacknifing until it's too late. That lesson cost me a cool $300. But, I know how to use my slider now!
Mymost recent lesson in RV'ing 101 cost me about $700. You know those pretty awnings theyput on your camper? They are so pretty, and they are really so very useful! Well, when they tell you to "slant" it, you better slant it. Our last outing in my camper was a couple of weeks ago. The girls and I are avid scrapbookers (some say rabid), and we plan a weekend about 3-4 times a year to go "scrap-camping".We holeup in the camper and scrap theentire weekend, trying to avoid sleep as much as possible.
Now, Islandgirl and I have somewhat mastered (knock on wood here) the art of towing and setting upour 5th wheels without our worried and dutifulhubbies. We tow out early, set up, let the kids burn off energy and the hubbies arrive to cart our progeny away for the weekend. The only drawback is I am still working, and the phone is my office.
On this, my inaugural hosting of the "ScrapCamp number whatever" I am working, and we setup,but I don't cock the awning like it needs to be. I'm in a hurry! I gotta go seea client! Islandgirl in her educated but "this your RV" voice says weoughta cock this thing... "yeah, I'll do it later". Two hours later, I'm in anoffice across town with clear blue skies. My camper, however is enduring the onslaught of an afternoon monsoon, right out of that clear blue sky. Islandgirl is hopeless, as she has all four of our progeny in my camper. She has forgotten about my awning.
Dear dutiful hubby (mine) arrives to wisk our progeny away, and IGirl tries to make it out of the RV. Yeah, you know what's next. My awning is now a swimming poolfor the local birdlife. She unsuccessfully tries tocock the awning, but it was too late. A wave of tsunamic proportions flooded the patio, washing everythingunder and away from the camper. Islandgirl barely escaped with her life. Just in time forHubby to witness. I, of course, missed the whole thing.
So two weeks later I have a brand new awning, and another story. I always manage to make the expensive mistakes. But it is kind of funny. Never again will I say "I'll do it later"!! Before I bought my camper, I was very very fearful of making mistakes, or forgetting something. Well, I've almost done it all (knock on wood here), and not only lived through it, but can laugh about it.
So this story is for all of the rookies!!!
Amy