Getting Acquainted

Rain, rain, rain.....yesterday was a deluge nearly all day long, with 2.5 inches in the rain gauge.  Seemed like the perfect day to get acquainted with my camper, so I opened up the windows and took one of my oscillating fans with me.  I turned the stereo system on and listened to WBBQ all afternoon.  I started emptying drawers, cabinets and cubbyholes....boy oh boy, there are lots of cubbyholes in a camper!  There were dishes for eating, for serving, cookware, small appliances, utensils, plastic drinking things and plastic food storage dishes that might have filled up a Walmart aisle, hehehehe.   Sheets, towels, bath cloths enough to probably live in the cute little thing, and even electric blankets!  There is little to need other than a couple of personal favorite items, and most of those I already had duplicates of here in the house.  They will help fill all those cute little cubbies!  With the electric water heater, electric refrigerator, and an electric hot plate, the only thing we will add is my oil-filled radiator space heater for cool weather camping to let us be all-electric and no need to use the LP gas, which always makes me uncomfortable.  I had a bad experience as a teen working in Daddy's little hamburger stand, so I try to avoid using gas if possible.

The rain pounded for most of the time, but it was cool and with the fan blowing around there was no need to turn on the a/c, which does work well.  I love the open air and the sounds of the outdoors, so it was a really great day.  Today I'll start replacing everything and make a list of the very few, minor things needed on a 23 year old camper, like plastic window knobs, little plastic light covers, and I can't find a smoke detector so that goes on the short list, too.  I'm kind of spooky about fires, guess that was obvious from the LP gas post, wasn't it?  Tires...I forgot those....will be replacing them just as a precaution, since we don't really know how old they are.  At least they got us into my driveway, yay!!!!

This is a very thrilling experience for me, I have always wanted a camper of my own.  I can hardly wait to get practice setting it up and breaking it down, so we can hit the road.  What is that sound?????  Oh, it's Edisto Beach calling my name!!!  Roamin' Empire, it won't be long!

She has arrived!

She has officially arrived as of today, July 1, 2013.  The hookup and pull from the owners to my house went without a glitch.  She is now insured, titled, and tagged and sitting in my driveway.  We have pulled out the awnings and they seem to be intact.  Tires will be replaced later this month.  I had a wonderful time all afternoon running the a/c, listening to the radio on the four speakers and pulling everything out of the cabinets and drawers and making a list of what we have.  Seems to be everything imaginable, and probably lots more cooking utensils than I am going to be willing to use when camping!!  There are some really nice but disgusting ORANGE towels that I am sure the former owners may want to keep since they are Clemson fans and I just know they would blister my skin if I dried with them, hahahahaha!!!  Seriously though, everything is there, even electric blankets, a fly swatter and umbrella.  I just know we are going to have the time of our lives kicking back and enjoying the camping life.  Thanks, Chuck and Betty.....you have made this old retired gal really happy!!!

"Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows...doo, doo, doo,  Lookin' out my back door"