This will be an ongoing post about our adventures with our new travel trailer. Follow us and enjoy our adventures.
New Year's Day saw us setting up at Sunset RV Park in Spicewood for a couple days trying to remember all that we were taught. The park host helped LW back the trailer into our site since it was his first time doing so. We got all set up and enjoyed the evening hanging out and doing nothing. The next day late in the afternoon we realized we had no hot water. The park host came to help but couldn't figure it out so we called technical assistance but still no luck. No big deal we can make.it one night without hot water. The trailer is 4 days old so we will return it to the dealer for them to solve the problem the next day. Unfortunately on Sunday when we pulled away we had no brake lights or turn signals on the trailer so we called our son to come over and follow us. We pulled over in Hudson Bend Middle School parking lot and called for a tow. 4 hours later the tow truck shows up but he brought a flat bed truck and no way of getting the trailer up there. So the decision was we would tow it to Crestview in Buda (where we bought it) while the tow truck follows with his lights and acts as an escort. Talk about a nerve-wracking 45 minutes drive! We left it for Crestview to figure out the problem. The next weekend we went to Buda to get the trailer after they told us it was a fuse in the water heater. Ok supposedly all fixed and also a blown fuse in the truck was why we had no lights. Didn't even know there was a fuse box in my truck that was related to the trailer. Good to know. So we took it back to our storage spot. All good, right?
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| Me waiting on the tow truck for 4 hours |
Hold on! On January 15 we head to the storage spot to hook up and head out to Lake Buchanan for the long weekend. We got the truck in position and found that the tongue jack will not raise or lower. We are not sure how to hitch it up if that doesn't work. Call technical assistance again. Someone failed to mention if the trailer will be sitting for an extended amount of time that we should unhook the battery. Not sure a week and half is considered extended amount of time but ok, good to know. Also found out there is a manual way to raise and lower tongue jack. Good to know! We finally get hooked up and on our way to Big Chief RV Resort outside Burnet on Lake Buchanan. Arriving after dark and hooking up by the light of powerful flashlight was a new experience but we did it and finally got something to eat around 8:30. On Sunday we find that it appears our toilet is blocked and we have no hot water again. Luckily there is a guy called Uncle Troy on site for just such issues and he helps LW with the toilet. But he can't figure out the problem with the water heater. We change the fuse thinking it might be that again but no luck. So Monday when we check out we head back to Crestview to leave it with them AGAIN! The following Saturday we pick it up and find out it had a bad electrical board which they replaced. So we took it back to the storage spot till we head out again.
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| The view |
On Tuesday January 26 we brought the trailer over to La Hacienda RV Resort in Lakeway for the week. It's only about 20 minutes from LW's school so I'm hanging out here while he works. As I sit here on Saturday night under the awning in 80 degree weather on the 30th of January, I'm reflecting on how this trip we have yet to have an issue. Fingers crossed! Well we made it through a whole camping trip without an issue. Thank goodness!
The trailer is safely stored at the storage spot until our next outing on February 12. Until then...
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