Huli has been organizing and getting rid of junk and taking other things up to the mail room so others can have it if they need it. She has also put many of our unneeded clothes in space bags and sucked them down to a fraction of there original size. I have been checking out the systems and reading the information that came with the motorhome. By the way, the problem I thought I had with the cable tv system was operator error. On this unit you have to make sure you have the antenna booster turned off when connecting to cable or you get the fuzzy picture. My friend Mike who we followed here from Gulf Shores told me to check this when I told about the problem we were having with cable. All ok so as of today we have not had one problem with anything on the motorhome. I had always heard Newmar motorhomes were good units but now I am seeing it for myself. The quality on this unit and the attention to detail is much better than that of our 5th wheel and we had arguably the highest end 5th wheel you could buy. I just hope our current experience continues.
Played golf today with 11 other guys at a course about 25 miles from Okeechobee. I played well for me shooting in the mid 80's on the course that is much longer than the KOA course. Tomorrow I play in a four person scramble at the park which should be a lot of fun. Huli enjoys her time puttzing around although we plan on hitting the pool tomorrow since it is now much warmer than it was a couple of days ago and we have much of our work done. Other things we have done is converted our grill over to a 20lb. lp cylinder since the motorhome is all electric and has no propane tank. On the 5er I ran a hard pipe from the tank to where we used the grill so all I had to do is hook up my quick disconnect hose to that pipe. Now I hook up my quick disconnect hose to the 20 lb. cylinder. We changed out our shower sprayer and I will be replacing our kitchen faucet in the next day or so. Most of the storage bays under the motorhome have been gone through and cleaned up. We put things in clear plastic totes that better fit these bays. We still have many things we don't need but aren't sure we want to get rid of them now so we may just wait until we get home. For example, we used to use a small refrigerator for drinks but don't need it with our larger refrigerator. Another thing I did was take a look at the engine. On this motorhome it has a rear radiator so you get to the top of the engine by removing a three by three foot tiled panel in the bedroom. Once the tile panel is removed from the floor then you remove an insulated panel and there is the big red Cummins diesel engine. The only time you need to get to the engine from this manner is if something needs repaired. The maintenance items can be performed from the back and underneath for the most part.
We will attach some of our lived in pictures in a couple of days. We are both still very happy with our decision and have no regrets at this point.
Jack
A journal written about life, retirement and our journey throughout the United States in a 5th wheel, along with our two Shih Tzus, Tanner and Syndey. Written not for notoriety but for our sons, family and friends, so they know where we are at any given time. And particularly for ourselves. Finally, we get to slow down and smell the roses and we don't want to forget any of it. You are welcome to join us as we go 'Down the Road a Piece'.
