I picked up Myrtle at Poulsbo RV in Mount Vernon, Washington. My brother Chuck was with me, and I arrived with my head full of excellent advice from my brother Dave. We walked through all of the systems and I did everything, especially all of the systems that I hadn't had on my little pop-up Aliner trailer that I was trading in. I was especially worried about dumping the waste tanks. I had watched a great Youtube video the night before, and on Dave's advice I bought the equipment I needed and walked through the dumping process exactly as I would need to do it on camping trips.
When all of the paperwork was complete I took a deep breath, turned on Myrtle's engine, shifted into reverse, and waited for the backup camera display to come on. Between the camera and the great mirrors I got out of the parking space and the parking lot, and headed home.
Unfortunately, the backup camera quit working before I made it home. But my brother David got me backed safely into my driveway and settled. I was exhausted, but Myrtle was home!
March 13, 2014
I had cleaned all of my camping gear out of my Aliner trailer before trading it in. I checked over everything to decide what I would move into Myrtle and where I wanted to store each item. I have three exterior bins and an assortment of cupboards and drawers inside. I moved equipment needed in the basics of setting up and breaking down camp into the bins on the driver's side and the "fun" stuff into the bin on the passenger/awning side. The fun stuff includes chairs, a table, my BBQ, my "little red campfire" and a propane tank, tablecloth, . .
