Monroe, WA
November 11-15 Thunderbird TT near Monroe, WA
Beautiful area and drive. Our spot backs up to the river! No Sat, no tv, sporadic wifi (so far the latter is the norm with RV parks!).
Getting more comfortable towing, still don't like bouncing bikes. Fun times not planning gas stops more carefully!
Firsts: totally level spot in a campgound. Full in off season?! Was able to get Friday night after all when calling that day before leaving. Unhooking the car then look for site but still didn't know where sats were. Choosing river view over TV (news withdrawal and no Seahawks? gasp!).
Lesson we never seem to learn: check satellite view of route and gas stop to make sure you know route so if GPS decides to reroute, you can assess AND you know if getting gas will be FUN (or not). Costco gas in Federal Way bad idea!
Other lessons: cable from satellite antenna to roof (trying to find sats) gets tangled in slide out if you decide to check satellite before deploying slides. Tumbling satellite sound confirms worst (thankfully not off the roof!). Later: working satellite confirms best!.
What we are wondering: why did we want a DISH if you can rarely have an unobstructed view of the south or you have to pick lame sights to get it? Will it always be like this?
How to add a camera to the back so we can monitor the bikes on the car while driving or change the current camera to tilt up more or better yet - remotely tilt where you want!
How to fit in walks on beautiful days when it's travel day or other time commitments. Now we're settled with no hard plans and it's raining!
How do we find time for all the things we want to do? Video tour, explore, visit, shop for stuff we want, blog, plan next segment.
Highlights: view of river, waking up at 3:00 and seeing big dipper out bedroom window. Seahawks win against Patriots (bad for heart). Wallace Falls hike. Visit with family!
Lowlights: Trying to find unobstructed south view for satellites. Watching Seahawks game on smartphone (but it was free on Verizon and didn't use data!).
Ellen:
ReplyDeleteWe have our bikes on the back of the Newmar Baystar RV while towing. They seem very stable on a duplex mount on the back of the RV and we can also see them through the rear window. They seems to work well and are very stable there. It also does't conflict wit the tow bar or toad.
ellen:
We might try that. Our bikes are really heavy and we have a platform type bike rack hitch mount. So we were concerned about how high we'd have to lift them and also getting in the way of the RV ladder and tow setup.
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