I guess I fibbed about the rest of the story being in the next post, I threw in an update. By the end of our second journey we, as a family, had gotten the hang of camping in a trailer. It became fun, relaxing and something we wanted to do again soon. The first day was a whole different round of emotions. After the "water tank expansion lesson", we turned a two hour drive into about four hours. We stopped to find a few geocaches along the way, then wound our way down a gravel road for the last 20 miles of this drive until we got to our campground.
After a nice meal and a bit of relaxing, hubby decides to tackle the refrigerator to get it to run on propane instead of 12V (our trailer battery). THAT TASK took a good hour, plus the pull knob kept yanking off. (Frustration #2 cuz remember, he expanded the water tank)LESSON: WHEN PROPANE APPLIANCES HAVE NOT RUN ON PROPANE FOR SOME TIME, THE TUBING WILL HAVE FILLED WITH AIR. MOST AIR IS NOT FLAMMABLE THEREFORE TIME WILL BE NEED TO DRAW GAS FROM TANK.
After that fiasco, we all scope out the campground, of which we were one of two guests for the night, and to relax hubby.
Once back from that short adventure, hubby sets to 'doctoring' the gaucho to get it back into working order. And no, a gaucho does not have to function (why does it even have that name, it's a couch)...except at night when it turns into a full-size bed, which at that moment would not have supported any weight. Soon into his 'operation' battery operated drill dies! (Frustration #3). Entire task must now be done by hand.
This is the time when I decide to vacate the area with cousin and children to seek another geocache. It was also at this time that I changed toddlers diaper AND realized that I did not pack diapers. We had the three leftover in the diaper bag from the weekend camp trip (Frustration #4...oh really it was hubby's icing on his cake!)
Once back from that short adventure, hubby sets to 'doctoring' the gaucho to get it back into working order. And no, a gaucho does not have to function (why does it even have that name, it's a couch)...except at night when it turns into a full-size bed, which at that moment would not have supported any weight. Soon into his 'operation' battery operated drill dies! (Frustration #3). Entire task must now be done by hand.This is the time when I decide to vacate the area with cousin and children to seek another geocache. It was also at this time that I changed toddlers diaper AND realized that I did not pack diapers. We had the three leftover in the diaper bag from the weekend camp trip (Frustration #4...oh really it was hubby's icing on his cake!) LESSON: WHEN PACKING FOR MORE THAN A ONE-NIGHT STAY, WRITE A LIST AND REFER TO IT OFTEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELLING WITH CHILDREN STILL IN DIAPERS.
We quickly resolved that issue and left camp which was the best idea ever because two hours later we returned to camp to a relaxing hubby by the fire with his new magazine!! AND a reinforced gaucho that could now probably hold twice the weight of what it could hold before. I can now say it was quite the learning experience just in that first 24 hours. The next bit will be a lesson on the first step to disassembling your travel trailer.
We quickly resolved that issue and left camp which was the best idea ever because two hours later we returned to camp to a relaxing hubby by the fire with his new magazine!! AND a reinforced gaucho that could now probably hold twice the weight of what it could hold before. I can now say it was quite the learning experience just in that first 24 hours. The next bit will be a lesson on the first step to disassembling your travel trailer.Happy Travels!
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