It's All A Blur

Wow! It's Saturday already.

How did that happen?

What an amazing week this has been. Last Saturday we started our detour east out of Asheville. We overnighted in Durham, NC and met Jim and Dee for breakfast. We drove through Richmond and had a window explode. (Although now we're thinking we might have been shot with a bb!) We rode out the remnants of Hurricane Ida. And, now we're making our second trip in a week to the Americamps-becoming-a-KOA campground, We left here just yesterday in a 32-foot gasser, and came back tonight in a 40-foot diesel pusher. Somewhere in the midst of all that we checked out a coach, fell in love, made a deal and moved all of our stuff from one to the other.

And, now, it's Saturday!

Yes, it's all a blur.

We woke up early this morning knowing we had another full day of work ahead of us. The dealership started hopping around 8 am, and so did we. We had estimated we were about two-thirds of the way done with our move. We were wrong!

With our two mooses parked door to door in the lot, Paul started bringing over the rest of the load - one bin at a time. And, they just kept coming! Gotta tell ya, folks, we had a lot of stuff stored in that lil' moose. And as spacious as Big Bull is, his interior storage is different. There's no u-shaped dinette to store stuff under, no under bed storage and the Rest Easy sofa in here has ottomans underneath, leaving no room for storage. Right now, we are mighty glad we didn't get a washer/dryer. Frankly, we need the space. Thankfully, the basement is cavernous. By the end of the day the lil' moose was empty and everything but the bike rack and tow bar were on board.

Unfortunately, there was no hitch in our plans to giddyup today. Sparing you the details, our current drop hitch and bike hitch won't work for Big Bull. The dealer didn't have the parts we needed, so our plan was to visit a local hitch shop. But, as we were disappointed to find, the shop that was once open on Saturdays has cut back its weekend hours to zero. So, taking care of our hitch needs will have to wait until Monday.

No problem, of course, because our TV situation is, well, scary. We watched our new in-motion satellite lock onto a bird with ease. But, we couldn't make it happen on any of our three TVs. (So, then what good is it, really?) So, we called in a tech who did his best, but - at the end of the day - needs to talk to the good folks in Forest City. And, like the hitch people, they won't be in until Monday either.

So, with two unresolved but not serious issues, we decided we were done hanging in an RV dealer parking lot. So, we headed back to our former campground to put Big Bull through his paces for a couple of nights with full hookups and 50 amp service. Minutes later we arrived. Tonight we are cozy and comfortable and happily camping beyond the shadow of our former rig.

Happy Blurry Saturday!