No More Rain!

Here we go again.

It rained all night and we had to walk Cleo and get ready to go in a huge down pour.  We were  both pretty wet by the time we left.  

We learned something new by travelling in the rain all day yesterday.  When we extended our slide last night we discovered the edge of the carpet where it overlaps was wet.  We panicked and thought there was something terribly wrong with our RV.  After googleing it last night we discovered it is a common problem (due I'm sure to really poor design).  When the slide is in and you are travelling down the highway in a torrential downpour your tires will kick up all of the water onto the bottom of your trailer.  I know I won't explain this right but to my understanding, the water sprays up, hits the "seam", soaks into the edge of the very absorbent carpet, you open the slide and VOILA:  It is wet all along the seam. Like I said, very poor design.  I imagine if you pay really big bucks these things don't happen.  Also, in sunny Manitoba we rarely see this much water.  We read on the internet that you can purchase a D-channel, (don't quote me), a rubber seal, flat on one side, circular on the other and install it.  I'm sure we will be getting one in our future.

Speaking of water, while living in BC we experienced major condensation in our RV like we have never seen before.  Besides the inside of the windows being soaked every morning, we found moisture in some upper cupboards and along one wall.  We quickly learned to wipe all windows every morning, run the bathroom "fantastic" fan almost constantly, always use the kitchen exhaust

 fan when cooking, etc., etc.  Maybe if we had a top of the line, super insulated, winter package trailer we wouldn't have these issues but we are learning to work with what we have.

We drove on highways today with nine lanes of merging traffic with at least three levels of roads.  It might have been slightly less scary if we weren't in torrential rain and could actually see where we were going.  

Our new GPS, "Samantha", has been a lifesaver although she has steered us wrong on occasion.  Let's just say we've made some very interesting detours.  Mostly when we couldn't understand what she was trying to tell us.  Obviously Samantha does not know we are towing a 30 foot fifth wheel.  She does tell us about traffic delays and suggest alternate routes to save some time.  Since I don't usually trust her, I have ignored her sometimes and done my own thing.  She doesn't like it, but I am usually right.

Blue sky!!

We were very excited to go to Camping World for the first time.  We got some awesome deals, a lot were not so great.  We were smart though and waited to shop in Oregon which has no sales tax.

We stopped for a brief rest stop today and when I got back in the truck Dave said "I have really bad news".  Of course I'm thinking there is something terribly wrong with either the truck or trailer.  He said that when he & Cleo got back into the truck, she stepped on my journal which caused the iphone (which was sitting on the journal) to launch into the air and land in Cleo's water bowl.  Luckily, it seems to be fine.  :o)

I booked our campsite in Oakland, Oregon over the phone today and was told the rate was $2.00 more than I thought it was supposed to be.  I am getting really tired of finding out the price has gone up since the book or whatever was published.  I guess I decided I wasn't going to just accept it this time.  As we  were getting close to the campground I decided to check into where I had seen the price.  It was on the campground's own website.  Since we arrived after 6:00 p.m. it was self check-in and you put your cash in an envelope.  I put in the amount that was advertised on the website with an explanation.  Dave was worried that we'd get up in the morning and all our tires would be flat.  I noticed that the office doesn't open until 10:00 a.m. on Saturday and was relieved that we would be long gone before we were discovered.  As I was walking Cleo I met a woman walking her dog.  She introduced herself as the campground host and asked if I was the person she had talked to on the phone.  Uh oh, busted.  I confessed to what I'd done.  She said she was sure the website had been updated but thanks for telling her and she'd check into it.  Haha

She also told me she had lived in the Baja for 13 years and told me lots about it.  I guess we won't be arrested for the $2.00.

California or bust tomorrow!  I told Dave I'm taking the electric blanket off.