The challenges of owning a trailer.

Wife and I were getting ready for the first outing of the season. Making the bed I noticed that the box frame had pulled off of the wall it is attached to. Our bed is in a slide with a storage compartment beneath the head of the bed with access from the outside. SO....turns out I had to take the whole box frame out and reinforce it all with more screws and raise up the rollers to level it out with the wall. Vacuumed all the construction debris that was left under the frame, bits of wire, staples, stuff I don't even know what it was used for, just an unacceptable general mess. An hour and a half later I get the bed box back in place and securely attached. The slide even works better now.

THEN...in the whole process walking back and forth in front of the trailer I keep getting the whiff of propane. Of course I had checked all the propane appliances to confirm they worked with no issues, great, everything checks out...but that whiff of propane is persistent. Get out the soapy water and check connections and sure enough, the changeover valve is leaking. 2 hours later after going to the local RV dealer for another changeover valve and then having to go to the local hardware store for machine screws to attach the mounting plate because the old screws were not the same thread I finally get all the hoses reattached and back connected to the tanks. Success. Back in business.

We are now at our destination and relaxing....and it's raining buckets. Forecast is for rain on and off the next few days. Oh well, such is camping. When mother nature gives you lemons make (Lynchburg) lemonade.