We finally got it!!!!!

Well here we are, sitting in our new rig. We finally picked it up yesterday (Thursday) at about 11:30. We were supposed to pick it up on April 11th, then on April 18th, then on the 22nd, then the 23, and finally the 24th. It's been an interesting ride. The folks at Dennis Dillon have been good to work with, however they were stymied because parts hadn't come in, etc. We've tried to stay on an even keel about the delays and my only concern has been that we have reservations at Three Island Park stating on the 24th (yesterday. In addition, I had a VA hearing test scheduled for 1:00 pm on Thursday as well. Our plan was to leave home, with the RV, right after I finished the hearing test.

To simplifiy everything, yesterday, we went to Dillon's at 0800 am gave them our old rig (we'll miss it) and started the checkout process on the new rig. What a beautiful coach. Tony (the tech who did the dealer prep on the coach) took us through the checkout. It was a little anti-climatic after all of studiing I've been doing. The best part of the checkout was actually getting get my hands on the various system controls and to operate them after the reading process. Everything came togeather just like I had hoped it would. It really is much like checking out in a new airplane. I alway start out by reading the manual cover to cover, then go to ground school, then to systems proceedures training, then to the simulator, then to the airplane. Of course you get tested at every phase of training for the airplane. Here the only test is how much your billfold can handle after you break something. It does make sense to study the systems and pay attention at the checkout. I'm sure I won't remember everything, however I know where to find the information now.

We got home with the coach at about 12:15 pm and I just had time to unhook the car and tow dolly and hop in the car to get to my hearing appointment. I got there exactly at 1:00 pm. How's that for timing? After the test, (I need hearing aids) I went home and Nancy and I finished packing and left Boise around 5:00 pm. Probably not the most auspicious time of day to start driving a new rig through city traffic. We really had no difficulty getting down here to Three Island Park. This is a beautiful setting. We were here almost exactly a year ago with our then ,new, fifth wheel. It's been an interesting year, full of new ideas, new people and a major change in our lifestyles. It's been fun for the most part. We only got a little discouraged when we were in the Thousand Trails Palm Springs resort in January. We just couldn't imagine sitting there all winter. We brightened up when we both realized that we could move on and see something new.

Today is a day of trying out everything we can in the new rig. We want to exercise every system and work out any bugs. We'll need to get everything fixed before we leave for Pacific City Thousand Trails on May 11th. We have some friends stopping by for lunch today. Stan and Rose are an older couple that we know form church and we've become very fond of them and truth be told, I think it's reciprical.

I'm going to finish up for now. Later!