February 1, 2014

This was our maiden voyage, our first trip on our new camping trailer. It was a long process of waiting and saving and looking and weighing options, until we were finally able to purchase this one. It’s perfect. We stayed in Champagne Lakes for our first 2 nights. It’s nothing too special, just a little RV park in the middle of Escondido and a few man made ponds filled with geese and ducks and surrounded by trees. There was also a playground and a pool (too cold to use at this time of year.) We chose it because it seemed to be the best of both worlds – full hookups AND nature – and only a couple of hours away. It worked out well and gave us a chance to work out the kinks, which we both expected and experienced. The biggest problem we encountered was a broken thermostat. After we put both of you to bed and realized that we would need to turn it on given the 40 degree weather, we found it didn’t work. But your Daddy is amazing, and a couple of hours later he had figured out the TWO problems, a kinked hose that wasn’t allowing gas to pass and a faulty thermostat. He unkinked the hose by flashlight and figured out why the thermostat wasn’t working. We collaboratively and temporarily fixed it by pulling two bobby pins from my hair and a dime from my wallet to hold a necessary connection that wasn’t being made otherwise. I meant to take a picture, but forgot. We were both pretty proud of our MacGyvering. Funny… I just realized you two will probably have no idea who MacGyver is. Actually, I take that back. We will be watching reruns when you’re a bit older. 😉