It's that time of year again when we pack up the RV with a great deal of our earthly possessions and point it south for the winter! We will be back mid-May!!
We decided this year that we wouldn't wait until January to leave and have to dig the RV out of the ice and snow for departure. What a relief it was today to hook up the RV and park it in the Sparks Marina RV Park with the sun shining and the temperatures in the 50s! It was wonderful compared to years' past when we wore coats, gloves, hats, etc. and slipped and slid on the ice and snow.
We hooked up, gave it a bath (There's a new RV bay at a car wash near the storage facility), and then took it to get new tires. Yes, the tires are only one year old and have about 6K miles on them, but they are the cheap Chinese tires that come with most RVs and are famous for blowouts. We put some good tires on for this trip as an insurance policy against an incident on the road since we will be going across country on this trip. Once we got the RV hooked up at the RV Park, we unloaded our "stuff" and put it all where it belonged which will make our first day out so much easier. Tomorrow, when we leave, all we have to haul over there are our meds, toiletries and the refrigerator/freezer food. This method of loading up is so much easier on us and the cost of a night's lodging is well worth it!
So, we are off tomorrow for a short day's ride - to Vacaville, CA. We will stop there for the night, flush out the antifreeze and get the plumbing working, and then have a nice dinner with my sister and her family. Maggie has packed her toys and we have meds for her travel anxieties so I think we are all set!
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