A quick trip to Shererville, Indiana in the morning, and we saw the trailer for the first time. It took a few hours for the workshop at the RV dealership to ‘fix’ a few bits that had been overlooked and then the huge task of ‘moving in’ began.
Every thing that had been stored in the back of the truck for the six months that the parents had been back in NZ had to be unpacked and put away in the trailer. What a job. Storage in a
trailer is always at a premium so you have to figure out exactly where everything should go. Then apparently you spend the next three weeks moving everything to a better place.
As the license tag (registration) for the trailer was arriving by courier the next morning we had to spend our first night ‘camping’ in the dealership yard.
Our little bathroom - looking in from the living room door.
The bedroom door is between the vanity and the loo.
The bedroom door is between the vanity and the loo.
Dad and my bears. (I seem to have bought a few on this trip!)
A very bad photo of the living room with the kitchen just visible
to the right. Not long after this was taken the table and bench
area where Mum is sitting magically turned into my very
comfortable bed!
to the right. Not long after this was taken the table and bench
area where Mum is sitting magically turned into my very
comfortable bed!
The bedroom
I was the privileged ‘first’ to use the new loo. Rather exciting really. This trip is really such a great learning experience. I have learnt how to shower and wash my hair in such a way as to conserve water. If I continue when I get home our power bill is sure to be halved!
I have also learnt to live with out a hairdryer on those mornings that we are only on battery power. Mind you, it probably helps that the one and only mirror in the trailer is rather small and I can’t see how shocking I look until we use a public toilet facility later on in the day. By then it’s too late, I don’t really care.
Talking about toilets ….. well what can I say? The loos here are really weird. The first automatic ‘flusher’ I encountered gave me such a fright I nearly needed to use it again (immediately!). It’s very disconcerting to have your loo flush all on it’s own without even asking if you’re ready. As for washing your hands …… again, what can I say?
I‘ve never seen so many different ways to turn on a tap. In fact a couple have entirely stumped me and I’ve had to ask for help. Gosh, talk about confusing (and embarrassing!) …… and yup …… there are even automatic taps that you just wave your hands at!!
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I have also learnt to live with out a hairdryer on those mornings that we are only on battery power. Mind you, it probably helps that the one and only mirror in the trailer is rather small and I can’t see how shocking I look until we use a public toilet facility later on in the day. By then it’s too late, I don’t really care.
Talking about toilets ….. well what can I say? The loos here are really weird. The first automatic ‘flusher’ I encountered gave me such a fright I nearly needed to use it again (immediately!). It’s very disconcerting to have your loo flush all on it’s own without even asking if you’re ready. As for washing your hands …… again, what can I say?
I‘ve never seen so many different ways to turn on a tap. In fact a couple have entirely stumped me and I’ve had to ask for help. Gosh, talk about confusing (and embarrassing!) …… and yup …… there are even automatic taps that you just wave your hands at!!
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