HIT THE ROAD

WE WERE SO WELL ORGANIZED THAT WE GOT AN EARLY START TO “THE MOUNTAIN”.   THE COFFEE MACHINE GOT TURNED ON AT 3:45 AM, AND WE WERE ON THE ROAD A HALF HOUR LATER.

THE TRIP IS INTERSTATE 40 MOST OF THE WAY, SO WE HIT OUR REGULAR PIT STOPS AND REST AREAS.

AND OF COURSE IF YOU’VE TRAVELED THE WEST ON THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM YOU’LL RECOGNIZE THE FLYING J’S STORE.

AFTER THE FIVE AND A HALF HOUR DRIVE, IT’S TIME TO UNPACK.

SO FAR, ALL WE FORGOT WAS THE CHARGER FOR THE CAMERA, BUT WE REMEMBERED THE BACK-UP CAMERA AND IT’S CHARGER SO NO PROBLEM.

THE PLUMBER STORY

LAST FALL WE USED THE TRAILER LATE IN OCTOBER TO CAMP WITH THE GRANDSONS FOR A WEEK-END AND WHEN WE WENT TO SHUTDOWN AND CALLED THE REGULAR PLUMBER, WE FOUND OUT HE’S A FLATLANDER LIKE US, AND HAD RETURNED TO THE VALLEY OF THE SUN FOR THE WINTER. WE CALLED AN EXPENSIVE PLUMBER TO COME RIGHT AWAY AS OVERNITE TEMPS IN LATE OCTOBER WERE WELL BELOW FREEZING AND OF COURSE WE PAID WELL OVER $100 FOR THE SERVICE CALL INSTEAD OF $65.

LAST YEAR I HIRED OUR REGULAR PLUMBER TO OPEN UP THE TRAILER AND I FOLLOWED HIM AROUND LIKE A PUPPY DOG AND WROTE DOWN EVERYTHING HE DID AND HOW HE DID IT SO I WOULDN’T NEED A PLUMBER IN THE SPRING, ONLY IN THE FALL.

IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN WE WALKED IN TODAY AND FOUND THE CLOTHES WASHER PULLED OUT FROM THE WALL AND DISCONNECTED, AND THE CLOSET DOORS REMOVED. SIMILAR SINK, SHOWER, AND TOILET PARTS IN THE BATHROOM…..

SHIT, THE EXPENSIVE PLUMBER HAS ME BY THE BALLS. HE SHOWED UP A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER AND CHARGED ME ANOTHER $100 TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER.  ANOTHER LESSON LEARNED!