Mind the Gap

This post will be to fill in the gap of time between buying the new RV in January and our first big adventure in it the Summer of 2014.  Note:  The title of this post is a little running joke we have from our trip to London.  As you get off the subway in London, a recorded lady's voice politely tells you to "Mind the Gap"...she is referring to the gap between the train and the platform, but we use it to describe any gap...I guess you had to be there...it was a great trip...but that is another story...

The January weather in Florida was nice, but the weather prediction for Cary, NC was COLD.  We had the dealership winterize the RV so when we picked it up it on January 26th it would be prepared for freezing temperatures.  Wayne drove the RV and I followed in the car.  Other than being bigger, he said it drove like our old RV.  I agreed to drive from rest area to rest area...no backing up, no fancy parking and no skinny streets.  I drove from the GA welcome center to the SC Welcome center...and I survived and no one was hurt...I can do this !!!

We arrived at the storage yard later than we had hoped but we made it safely and with no problems with the RV or traffic.  Success :)

So now we have a brand new RV that we have never even ridden in together, other than the test drive, and we are leaving in June for a 3 month trip !  To give us a chance to get organized and figure out where all the buttons are we decided to move into the RV in April for 6 weeks while Wayne finished up this term of his contract. Those of you in NC know the weather this winter was very cold for NC and when we did get a break it would rain.  In February all we could do was go check on the RV to make sure all was well.  It was too cold to actually do anything, so it sat in the storage yard.  March was not much better.  So a trial camping weekend never happened.

The last weekend in March we moved out of the apartment and into the RV.  We are in a nice wooded space in an RV park outside Chapel Hill called Spring Hill RV Park.  The park is quiet and clean, the management is friendly and the location suited our needs.  We are so glad we did.  RV's seem the same but each manufacturer is a little different in where they put the buttons/switches and how things operate.  We have gotten to know the RV.  I initially put things away and have since rearranged about half of it realizing there was a more convenient place for things to be based on use and ease of reaching the cabinet.  The six weeks passed quickly.  We are so glad we did this and now feel comfortable with the RV.

During this six weeks, we bought a 2004 Jeep Liberty to use as a tow vehicle.  Wayne added a tow bar and brake system to the Jeep and wired the lights.  We took the RV and Jeep on a test run over to Mebane to see how everything worked together. I am happy to report that all went well, so we are ready !

When we were water cruising, our boat's name was Born to Cruise.  We had BTC for 10 years and always talked about taking things to the boat, going to the boat etc.  We kept slipping up and calling the RV the boat, to resolve that problem and to give the RV a name we have decided to call it the " Land Yacht" and the Jeep we tow behind will be called "Dinghy"...so no one will know when we are slipping up and it also means we have a title for the new blog as well :)

Wayne finished this term on his contract and we have been at home in Florida for two weeks.  It is wonderful to be home...but we have plans, Sunday, June 1 we head back to NC to pick up the Land Yacht and our summer adventure begins. I will update the blog as time allows and hope to share pictures with you as well.