Solo trip.
It's very, very, very quiet here.
There are lots of other campers but it's definitely a different vibe than being here in summer.
Fei drove up with me and Cheese. Eric followed us. I was scared to park and worried about the one wall that is too heavy for me. Once Cheese was set up we went for a nice walk and then they skedaddled on home. I was in my jammies and settled by 6:30. Haha.
Towing Cheese was fine. I do need Eric to find our extended side mirrors. I picked my site and parked. I think I could have managed on my own with time and leaping out a few times to reassure myself about placement but with Eric there telling me drivers and passenger it went really quickly. I've only parked Cheese twice before. Once here at Rathtrevor and Eric and I fought our way through that. Once at home. This time he remained calm ;) There is no chance I'm ready to back into row parking or on any weird angles but a wide open easy site I can manage. I think.
I did a two hour walk this afternoon. Alone. That was sooo weird. I got back to Cheese and it started raining a few minutes later so that worked out perfectly. I said hello to people walking and realized I hadn't spoken in hours and hours. Also so weird. I mean between Eric, kids and critters I am never really alone.
Eric and I had discussed briefly him coming out 2nd night for a sleep over. He showed up after dinner and installed a cantilever mechanism on the one heavy wall. He tried it out and then tried to leave. Ah. What?! He stayed about an hour for a wee visit and then he skedaddled again.
The plan is for me to get the walls down on my own and tow Cheese home without Fei's moral support in the car. I'm nervous but feeling a tad hopeful that if we keep plugging away at all the issues I'll eventually figure out how to do it all on my own.
This weekend I wanted to try out some changes for road trips. We left Cheese hooked up to the car. We didn't put the leveling feet down and I didn't plug in the fridge. We want to get the setting up and down done quickly and quietly. So far it's been good. The trailer is sturdy enough without the leveling feet and the fridge is plenty cold with ice in it.
Eric unhooked the pool filter and pump. Mowed the lawn. Pruned things. Sussed out having our gates swing in instead of out so that he can put openers on them. He worked on Cherry, replacing the warrantied struts and putting in a wiring harness for electric brakes. So he had a busy day. Last night he put a bunch of rv bits and parts in the amazon cart. I just ordered them all for him tonight. Fixing problems on the Falcon, water keeps coming in from the slide while it's moving in and out. We need a new door lock for Cheese and updated propane regulators.
I started the movie Will and Harper on Netflix this afternoon. Time for jammies, snacks and to finish the show.
