Let’s Be Kind

And continue to call them Rookie Mistakes. As opposed to Dumb Ass It’s A Miracle I Can Tie My Own Shoelaces Mistakes.

You already know about the axe incident and the near disaster of almost crushing the truck.  Let’s add to those!

I forgot to lock the fridge door before setting off on a long driving day over some apparently quite bumpy roads.  Thoughtful husband cleaned up that mess before I could photograph it but I suspect we’ll be discovering bits of eggshell for a long time to come.

We neglected to fully understand the concept of “Boondocking” and could not work out why neither the electric kettle nor the espresso machine would work, and why, in fact, we seemed to have blown every fuse in the place.  Not even the gas stove would light.  Friends, there was no caffeine that morning ahead of the long drive to California.

I failed again to check there was nothing that could possibly block the unrelenting progress of the slide out.  Apparently even a box of Kleenex can get wedged in there and cause the wall panel to come unstuck.

Hero Dan, Master of All Things Nasty & Hose Related, forgot to close a valve when emptying one of said nasty things and let’s just say there was some “spurtage” - thankfully only the grey kind and not the black kind, but still, the kind of steep learning curve we’ve sadly come to expect.

And speaking of tanks, apparently we are also supposed to empty the 93 gallon fresh water tank before towing.  It reduces unnecessary weight and helps to keep the rig stable (think of bath water sloshing about). Oh, and we were supposed to sanitize the tank BEFORE using to get rid of any “harmful bacteria that can accumulate”. Marvelous. There’s a book. Somehow we’ve only just discovered it, and it has all sorts of helpful, potentially life saving hints like this.

These are the highlights so far. Fortunately there’s also plenty of wine, whisky and gin sloshing about in here so the bacteria don’t stand a chance.