Took our Maiden Voyage on 185RB
Hi,
After much complaining and calling we finally picked up our new TT. Because it took so long for the dealer to call back, (while our TT stayed parked on their lot for 2 months), we picked it up on the same day we made plans to meet relatives on a mountain top after the TT pick up.
We told them we were already on our way to dry camp with relatives and had a Diabetic dog on insulin with us.
So when the guy was showing us around our camper, (and my hubby talking to him about other things a mile a minute)), I told him we need the propane tank filled. He said it was already done.
So off we went using our new GPS unit. Even though we new the vicinity of the mountain top, (property our family owns), the GPS took us on a wild goose chase. So a 1 1/2 hour drive took us 3 hours. When we got to the mountain top it was pitch dark and after midnight. I told my hubby to go up the wrong driveway. Well we got to the wrong place and another RV was in the way. We could not turn around. What a fiasco to turn it around by someone who never drove with an TT before. There were deep ditches and logs and everything else in the way. So there I was outside the vehicle yelling to my hubby which way to turn the darn car and TT. I am surprised the whole mountain didn't hear me.
Finally we got out of that driveway with everything in-tact. I must say the TT held up very well and without a scratch, which was impressive. We found the right road, (there was a little sign with our name on it), and attempted to park that darn thing on a flat surface. Our relatives took up the best spots and they were already asleep. We parked a little crooked.
We then tried to turn on the appliances and got nothing. We did not get the A/C to work, the refrigerator to work or the stove to work. Hubby said there was no propane in the tank.
We still had the insulin in a cooler with ice, so we were able to keep it until the morning. But we didn't know how to unhitch the darn thing.
In the morning we were able to put the insulin in more ice. Our relatives had a broken generator, but my hubby fixed it for them. They also have a house on top of that mountain, but it was filled with relatives.
So the whole weekend we mooched off of our relatives, (they're rich), and had a good time.
However, my hubby did not like driving pulling that TT, although a small one, around and told me to find a campsite to keep it all year round. When we finally got to a place where our cell phones worked and my little wifi hotspot worked, I went on Craigslist and found someone selling a campsite nearby. We went. We didn't like the price, but since a lot of rain was expected, we stayed for 2 days--with full hookups. Everything worked with the full hookups.
I called other places and found a nice place to keep our RV permanently 2 hours from our house.
I would have liked to travel around with that darn thing, but my hubby is disabled and doing all that leveling and hitching and unhitching and packing and unpacking was too much for him.
We expect to go visit our TT this weekend. There's a pool so I should be happy. There's also a fair and car show in the town it's in.
My question is, when you got your TT, was the propane tank filled by the dealer?
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