Another Season on the Way

 

We're due to pick up Towed Haul from the dealership's storage facility at the end of April. 

I'm looking forward to getting her back on the driveway at home so that I can see how the winter has treated her, and to give her a wash and polish. We've been storing her at the CanAm RV lot in London every winter since 2011/12, and she's suffered very little from hibernating outside, in Ontario's Snow Belt. In only one winter was there an issue and that was because the little rubber boot protecting the hole where the TV antenna's coaxial cable enters through the roof, had become dislodged. There was the remnants of a small puddle on the front-end couch, but it all wiped up easily. There's also a small but persistent leak around the cooker exhaust outlet that, try as I might, I can't seem to stop. It only happens in certain weather conditions, and has a lot to do with wind direction I think, but at the storage yard the trailers are so close together, there's plenty of protection from the weather and there's never been any water ingress over the winter. So far.

We only have a couple of trips planned before the kids finish for the summer and we go into a self-imposed camping moratorium. It's hard enough getting camp grounds booked, but nigh on impossible through July and August, so we don't try. We'll stay at home and enjoy the garden.

We're doing a bit of non-trailer travel as well, with a trip to Toronto at the start of May and then a run to Fremont in Michigan at the end of the month. We debated about taking the Airstream to Fremont but felt that on this occasion we'd use a guest house. It's only about four and a half hours drive, but as it's trip to meet (distant) family for the first time, we'd thought we'd travel light, and be able to use the little Honda CRV for a change.

I expect we'll squeeze another trip or two into the itinerary before summer, particularly now that I qualify for senior's discount in Ontario Provincial Parks. Watch this space as I'll be blogging the trips.