We had to re-learn the fact that it takes as much time to prepare for a five-day jaunt as it does for a five month trip.
Here's how it unfolded: grease the EGG wheels, pump up the tires, adjust the brakes, get a new battery (for the EGG's elec. system), fill the water tanks, test sink, toilet, & shower's pressurized water systems, wash the unit, wax the unit, jockey the unit around the neighborhood while doing this stuff because I've got a shared driveway and there's little room. Bought $120+ worth of provisions. Went through EGG's big, gray crates to see that we've got everything needed, serviced and test-fire the Honda generator because this is a National Park and there is no electricity, sewer hook-ups or water at the camp sites--only rustic showers, toilets and water faucets every three or four sites. So you gotta fill up the EGG's water tank at home (120 extra lbs.) to lug along with you.
So we did all this stuff and we're out in the woods!!!! Praise Yogi de Bear!!!!
What's more, they gave us a double site that's isolated & not far from the lake!!! So we're happy campers, as it were. One aside: en route, we discovered that we had no onions. Given that we're having hotdogs this pm you gotta have onions, right? So. we did a panic exit off highway 49 in hopes of getting to a country Food Lion that had whizzed past, & it sent us into a parallel universe of skinny country roads, only to come upon a Jehovah's Witness Parking lot where we did a gravel spewing U-turn and doubled back to 49. "Screw a bunch of onions!" we both said. In case you don't know, turning around when pulling a trailer is a pain in the arse. Many a time we've driven miles and miles---often down skinny, twisting roads---often gravel---not having a clue, but bent on finding a bloody spot to turn around. Amazing what you come upon during these asides.
Enough of this probably boring jabber.
Oh yeah, we bought some onions, so all's truly well.
Later....
Dick Randall
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