We're Towin'

We're settled in, kicking off the holiday weekend with an overnight at the Petaluma KOA. We chose this campground because it's 3 miles away from the site of some very important activity. Just down the road we pumped some significant dough into the ailing economy this afternoon and got Rocky, our Jeep, and Bullwinkle outfitted for towing.

Boris did all the research on this vital purchase. He's relayed the essential info. Rocky is freshly outfitted with a Blue Ox baseplate. Bullwinkle's backend features a Blue Ox Aladdin towbar. And, the two share a US Gear unified tow brake and controller.

We started our day with a half day of work. Before the clock struck noon, we bolted home for a quick lunch, threw our stuff in the car and headed off to the moose. By just after 2 pm we were pulling into the dealership in Petaluma. We met up with Rocky, which we'd dropped off Wednesday night. His work was complete. Our Jeep was looking pretty fierce with his tow gear!

Bullwinkle was pulled into the service area where Steve, our highly skilled and very friendly service tech, went to work. Off came our bike rack and on went a drop hitch receiver, a mighty fancy looking towbar and a bunch of cables. Then he installed the brake controller at the dash.
Meanwhile, Boris and I toured several fancy coaches on the sales lot. They were beautiful, but none of them wowed us like our Bullwinkle!

As late afternoon became evening, Steve had everything installed and put us through our paces with hitching and unhitching, testing tail lights, brake lights and turn signals and disengaging and engaging Rocky's transfer case. (Not in that order, of course.) At last, we had everything hooked up and pulled away in the twilight. Thankfully, our stop for the night was just a few minutes away. Our squirrel followed our moose like a champ.

We pulled into the cheery KOA and our very long and level pull through. (Gotta love it!) By the light of our trusty flashlight, we unhooked Rocky and set up Bullwinkle. If we can do this in the dark, we're ready to do this anywhere! With everything set, we hopped in our toad and went grocery shopping. (Really gotta love that!)

Tonight we're celebrating another milestone in our fulltiming preparations. With Rocky behind us, Bullwinkle can take us anywhere and we can do anything. We are one giant step closer to realizing our dream!

Tomorrow morning, Boris will hop in the Jeep and run to our stick house, pick up the cats and bring them "home" to Bullwinkle. Then, we'll set out on an extended weekend adventure.

Lots more to come!