Preparing to prepare to leave
Yesterday, I installed the refrigerator and microwave in the airstream, and did some tidying up in preparation to taking the camper this morning to get it inspected.
I seemed to remember how to hitch it up OK, and didn’t have much trouble getting the trailer out of the parking spot at my in-laws (aside from picking up some branches in the stuff that sticks out of the roof), and slightly bending the FM antenna.
The inspection went OK as well, with the major problem being that the garage ran out of lightbulbs trying to replace all the running lights, and the left turn signal not working. (Turned out that it was a loose connection in the harness that runs from the car to the trailer.)
I brought the Airstream back to our house, and parked it in a VERY narrow alley. Nobody’s complained yet that I parked it there, blocking the alley, but really, they can go around the block…)
I’m having to pause in our preparations (hence the time available to write this post) because between my wife and I, one of us has to be on baby duty, and right now she needs to go to the bank and grocery store.
Our current plan is to leave as soon as possible, drive the two hours to the campground, and hope the office is still open when we get there. The weatherpeople say that there’s a cold front moving in, and it will bring cooler temperatures, right behind lots of wind and thunderstorms. Not exactly the kind of weather I want to be driving in… Oh well.
More updates as we get a chance.