Last Major Pre Retirement Purchase
The DW and I have decided we'll retire as my 58th birthday present in the spring of 2017. While the house is only 9 years old, we've fixed and upgraded everything we need here except the RV pad which ...
Forum Discussion
Let me make a couple suggestions. For your first few trips, make them close to home. That way, you can run home to pick up what you need that you forgot to bring. Example: A brand new can of coffee, but no cups. Or worse - no toilet paper.
Second, I drive a 'C' and pull a Jeep behind. I started to drive away without it once. So I bought a package of spring loaded wooden clothes pins. I made a list of things to do before driving away and wrote each individual task on a clothes pin that I keep in a small box in the cab. Example: "Jeep". When I stop at a CG, every time I hook something up, I clip that cloths pin onto the sun visor. When leaving, as I complete a task I put that cloths pin back in the box.
I once saw a guy at a CG start to drive away while his 30A cord was still plugged in. He tore up his plug and the CG's receptacle. An expensive example of "Brain Fade".
Second, I drive a 'C' and pull a Jeep behind. I started to drive away without it once. So I bought a package of spring loaded wooden clothes pins. I made a list of things to do before driving away and wrote each individual task on a clothes pin that I keep in a small box in the cab. Example: "Jeep". When I stop at a CG, every time I hook something up, I clip that cloths pin onto the sun visor. When leaving, as I complete a task I put that cloths pin back in the box.
I once saw a guy at a CG start to drive away while his 30A cord was still plugged in. He tore up his plug and the CG's receptacle. An expensive example of "Brain Fade".
