Trying it all out

We were so excited about our new rig that we decided to take it out on Sunday, March 9th-Wednesday, March 12th to try it all out. We wanted to make sure all worked and we're glad we did as we ran into some minor glitches that, thanks to our friends at Al's Trailers in Tangent, they're fixing it all now.

Issues:

• We tested out the battery and found out that if it runs too low, we can't do anything, like start the generator. So we're having a 2nd battery installed.


• There was a kink in the fuel tank on the trailer so it took 30 minutes to put 5 gallons into the tank (generator runs off the fuel, plus we use it to gas up the Quad and motorcycle), so it is being fixed this week.


• The TV didn't get reception, but we were able to watch some movies, which was cool.

We went out to Sand Lake, OR, which was AWESOME! There was barely anyone out there (being the middle of the week and all) and we had the dunes to ourselves and our toys. We were able to ride the quad and motorcycle along the beach and into the dunes. I, Holly, even "rescued" a stranded motorcyclist who's motorcyle ran into problems out in the dunes. Although I'm still learning how to shift gears, I safely brought some guy back to his truck so he could fix his bike.

On the last night, some campers in a big rig close to us had their (2) quads stolen. The Park Rangers came by and asked us if we saw anyone, which we hadn't, and said that it's only happened twice. Thank goodness Matt thought of getting us a long chain and lock for our toys so no problems for us.

In all, we enjoyed the rig, slept well in the queen size bed, loved having a warm heater and cold beers, had ourselves cappucinos in the morning (thanks to Brian and Sharon for the espresso machine) and loved having a bathroom with shower and toilet. Oh... even the pump out went well today - our first ugly chore, but all was easy.

We have much to learn, but our first experience was a great and fun one. We are heading out by March 21st on our long trip and can't wait. Let's hope we worked out all of the kinks this first weekend, but I'm sure we'll run into more "adventures" along the way.