Just a nice sunset at the Colorado River near Parker Arizona. Click on the image to enlarge.
Vacation
Camping at the River
We parked the trailer in front of our friends’ riverside home. As I write this, I can look out of the window in the pop-out unit and see the Colorado river. Click on the image to enlarge.
There are no RV campground-type hookups, so we use an adapter and get AC from the house. The AC, the fresh water tank and the propane will provide everything we need on a short trip like this one. We will drain and flush the tanks when we get home using our RV pull-thru.
This is actually the second time we have camped here. Our friends generally have a guest bedroom available for us, but it is booked since there is going to be an event tomorrow with family and friends from out of town here to attend.
Gar and Sara Visit
My son, Gar, and his girl friend, Sara, paid us a visit today. It was a semi-surprise since we knew they would be in Arizona but we didn’t know when. They visited for a while and then continued on the rest of their vacation. Click on the image to enlarge.
Hitched Again
We hitched up the trailer, not to go on a Fourth of July vacation, but to tow it to the dealer for them to work off a couple of squawks and replace the TV video cable with an HDMI cable. It takes a bit of effort to get the four-point anti-sway hitch ready to tow, so I did the job yesterday in order to be ready to roll this morning.
We took advantage of the trip after dropping the trailer off, to do a little shopping at Wal-Mart, where we bought a TV wall mount for the trailer and took it over to the dealer for them to install. We also stopped at Lowe’s to pick up a custom patio shade we ordered a couple of weeks ago.
Now that the chores are done, it’s time to settle in for a nice Independence Day Holiday! Happy Birthday America!
RV Tandem Wheel Cover
I installed the wheel covers on the left side of the trailer yesterday. I found a bungee cord in the trailer box of goodies that is just about perfect for holding the inboard side of the cover together. I will order another one of the covers for the right wheels later before we take the trailer on the road. Meanwhile, the wheels on the sunny side of the trailer are protected from UV. Click on the image to enlarge.
RV Excursion Summary and New Camping Gear
During our recent RV excursion to view the eclipse, we enjoyed the facilities of several campgrounds. We spent one night in Flagstaff on our way to Page, AZ. The campground was nice, but did not have a 30 amp electric hookup; it turned out to be a non-issue however, since Flagstaff weather did not require us to run the air conditioner which could overload the 15 amp service.
Image: RV Sewer Hose Support. A nifty little accordion-like gadget.
The campground at Page, AZ, where we viewed the annular eclipse, was also very nice; they had full hookups including 30 amp electric. We did use the AC at Page, which was considerably warmer than Flagstaff. We also briefly used the sewer hookup to dump the black and gray water tanks after three days of use.
On our way back, we stayed at the Cameron Trading Post RV park which had full hookups; we only used electricity there though. Cameron is less than an hour from Grand Canyon’s east entrance.
We did not learn that Coconino County regulations prohibit sewer hoses to be in direct contact with ground until we got to the final campground on our trip; the previous three were all in that county, but I did not maintain a sewer hookup. As I mentioned above, I only briefly hooked up to dump.
Verna and I agreed that we should get one of the sewer hose supports like the one in the image above. I ordered a 20 footer and a tandem wheel cover on-line from Camping World. Both items arrived yesterday.
In the future, we will use the hose support which is a neat little accordion-like gadget that comes in a reusable storage case. The wheel cover will be used right away to keep UV off of the wheels while the trailer is parked behind the house.
