RV The Movie?

It was almost three years ago we became RV'ers with the purchase of our"Toybox". Last week we got around to our "Shakedown Cruise". We spent the better part of yesterday getting the thing clean and ready to occupy....for the night. First things first..the beer.

Wendy spent about 4 hours cleaning, starting in the front to the back. She then loaded all the camper gear and accessories including coffee maker and blender, and, oh yeah, the George Forman grill...

Rena and I cleaned up outside...

Things got serious when I offered to clean out the "loft". The DNR in Wisconsin introduced (according to rumor) a small bug called the Asian beetle to our area to help control some other pest. They got out of hand and now are a pest themselves. In the fall they all find a protected spot to crawl in. Fortunately, they all die. The spots they chose however, are everywhere. The camper, which was very clean last fall, was full of these bug carcasses....

a close-up of the mass funeral........

I spent twenty minutes trying to get the stereo to make a noise......nothing.....

an hour later I found this speaker switch which was in the off position. Why would there even be an "off" position? I mean, for when you were sick of the stereo making a noise? Why not use the "power" switch in that case?

I then found this long hook thingie, but it did not make the stereo work. I think it is somehow connected to the awning. I know Rex taught me what it was for a couple of years ago, but that was a long time for an old person to remember. Any clue. Rex?...

I hooked up the water and sewer and did a bang-up job..........

Especially the sewer connection, which is duct tape (what else?).......

Meanwhile, Wendy installed the new bedding in the loft, kinda cramped up there even for her...

pushing the bedspread to the far side requires some special skill, and some odd positioning.......

Wendy admired the finished inside and then asked the dreaded question I had been hoping she would forget, "why don't we have hot water?" Shit. She noticed. I got out the manuals (all 14 lbs) and went to work. An hour later. Presto! We had no hot water. A friend visited us later and started the pilot in 20 seconds. I get along with fixing things like Rex does.......

Having had great fun with the hot water question, she then asked why the thing wobbled so much. That's when I remembered the jack thingies. The jack handle lives in the generator bay, along with 41,000,000 dead Asian beetles. Wendy cleaned that out while I worked the jacks.....

Rena and I took a walk and some pictures of the beautiful lake shore at the RV park..........

.....while Wendy whipped up this gorgeous four course Chinese dinner...........(actually, this photo is from a nearby Chinese restaurant)

When we got home, we found these two beautiful eyes staring out at us from inside. She seems to enjoy the place. We went to bed exhausted. We never dreamed RVing was so much fun .........




Uncle Hans