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eaherrmann
Jan 06, 2009Explorer
Well we've survived another adventure. A few weeks down south can make you dread the crappy weather we get around here, though it's not as bad as y'all get up there.
Why do we always need a vaction after our vacation.:h..don't get it. Truck and 5vr performed as expected. Any issues we encountered were self inflicted. Ran a tank of LSD diesel and wound up with a day in the shop to get the turbo cleaned out :S.
After greeting our son with his wife and doing a late dinner we decided to pull an all nighter to get to our next stop. Pulled in at 3am at the state park and the 22yr old ranger had us do a "follow me" through a 8 foot opening in a cast iron fence, made it through the fence opening but missed the low branch on the oak tree :E:M:o. Ranger said she brings bigger campers than ours through there all the time?? Guess that is what insurance is for. Put a 3 foot hole in the roof before I even felt the resistance between the trailer and the tree. Lots of duct tape and the holiday continues. Finally got the trailer in place and patched up, as my head hits the pillow at 4:30am, we get the first of the hourly commuter trains to come by...gee this is fun :( Ahh what the heck, we still had lots of fun at the beach and out in the Everglades...saw plenty of family, welcomed home the son, watch VT win at the Orange Bowl an in the end.....we're all still upright and breathing. Soon as we get our trailer back we'll plan our mid-west trip, they tell me there's no trees out there.. Happy New Year!
Why do we always need a vaction after our vacation.:h..don't get it. Truck and 5vr performed as expected. Any issues we encountered were self inflicted. Ran a tank of LSD diesel and wound up with a day in the shop to get the turbo cleaned out :S.
After greeting our son with his wife and doing a late dinner we decided to pull an all nighter to get to our next stop. Pulled in at 3am at the state park and the 22yr old ranger had us do a "follow me" through a 8 foot opening in a cast iron fence, made it through the fence opening but missed the low branch on the oak tree :E:M:o. Ranger said she brings bigger campers than ours through there all the time?? Guess that is what insurance is for. Put a 3 foot hole in the roof before I even felt the resistance between the trailer and the tree. Lots of duct tape and the holiday continues. Finally got the trailer in place and patched up, as my head hits the pillow at 4:30am, we get the first of the hourly commuter trains to come by...gee this is fun :( Ahh what the heck, we still had lots of fun at the beach and out in the Everglades...saw plenty of family, welcomed home the son, watch VT win at the Orange Bowl an in the end.....we're all still upright and breathing. Soon as we get our trailer back we'll plan our mid-west trip, they tell me there's no trees out there.. Happy New Year!
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