Aside from tinkering & puttering with the "new" motorhome, which only means getting things up to our standards, I must honestly say it's been a productive few months. Didn't like the wiring jobs that were done by some previous persons so I've been correcting a lot of their messes. I probably pulled about 200 ft of excess wire out and have labeled about 90% of the previously unmarked circiuts. Makes it a lot easier should any problems develope on the road. Installed a new modern radio/cd/Ipod ready noise machine and the speakers are awesome. Curiously I found a wire that had 6v on it????? Still haven't figured that one out ! So far I've fixed a few things that weren't working and most were due to dirty or broken wires or a bad ground. No brain busters. Probably the funniest trouble was pushing in the cigarette lighter and seeing both blinker dash lights coming on. HHMMMM!! Since I'm a retired electrician it's all fun..The refridge worked on gas but not electric. Found a broken wire stareing me in the face in the rear of the fridge, reconnected and "viola", it works. Replaced some faucet "O" rings and the shower faucet,due to minor leaks, added a handheld shower head and all the water system is AOK..My buddy is gonna go over the brakes and suspension next week. He's the guy that helped prep the "Tioga" 3 years ago and you've all read about our excellent luck with her!!
Since we got home in May we've had yard, moving and general sales. We've advertised on a local radio station "swap shop" and put ads in the local paper. Told all our friends what's for sale. Craigslist has been kept busy. Our kids have been notified about our plans and they've been given a chance to take what they want..Soooo. Now we're at a point where the rest of our "stuff" will be donated, given away or in a dumpster. There's only about 8 weeks left to "get outa Dodge". (where does time go??)
We've found that the new rig has a lot more storage room in it.Kinda important when planning on fulltimeing. I'm figuring we'll still need a small enclosed trailer for tools and our Karaoke Business and for workamping. Lots of busy and time flies!
Hope ya'all aren't bored by all these details but that's how our summer is rolling! I'm sure the blog will get more interesting once we're "On the road again".
REMEMBER, LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY..Charlie &Heather
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