Camping Journal #2

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Well, there is no camping to speak of just yet. But we do have the camper, as we took delivery on that yesterday, so the journey has definitely begun—with all the learning along the way to go with it that I am sure will present some interesting stories to share. All said, getting the truck and trailer properly outfitted ran us about $1400. So, not bad, and we did spend a few bucks on some other things, like wheel chocks and what not. The only hiccup we ran into was dismounting, as somewhere along the line someone either forgot to tell us we would need something to prop the camper up like a cinder block or something, or our brains simply did not register it. Either way, getting the damn thing off the truck wound up taking us a couple of hours as we went back and forth trying to make it work—we were finally able to get it high enough to get it off, but still had to go back after getting a cinder block at Lowes—so, I wound up having to remount and start the process all over again. It was a pain in the ass, but we got it done. The final verdict is that the camper payment will be $385 for 12 years (which we will pay off sooner), plus another $85 per month for the storage unit and another $85 per month for insurance. So, I would say "so far so good." Today we plan to run around a bit to get some supplies and tools we will need, some of them based on recommendations from a handy little book we bough on Amazon, Rv's and Campers for Dummies. We are definitely dummies right now. lol