We started packing up for Pennsylvania about 8 a.m. Rick had started cleaning out the tanks but failed to tell me he was putting water in the black tank. I was brushing my teeth and heard the toilet making gurgling noises. My first reaction was that I should flush the toilet to get rid of the noise. BIG MISTAKE.
No sooner did I step on the pedal than I had a FOUNTAIN OF POOP WATER. I was lucky that I closed it very fast. I spent the next 30 minutes wiping up water and poop, followed by Lysol wipes used all over the floor. It didn't slow us down much. We left about 9:30, headed to Mercer, Pensylvania.
We decided to stop at the visitors center and load up on all the information we could get for attractions there. I bet the stack of pamphlets weighed about 5 pounds. The lady at the information desk was very helpful.
We left the visitors center and punched in the address for our rv camp area in the gps. A gps is good but sometimes you need to question where it is sending you. We were taken down very narrow streets and had a lot of twists and turns. We even had a 10 percent grade to drive down. Kinda scary. The gps advised us to turn left into a narrow street with a short curve. We got halfway into the turn and We buried the trailer hitch halfway into the asphalt. There was a car that turned in front of us and went to the top of the hill. The manager of the rv park was in that car. He backed down and came back to help us move. Rick had to unhook the car and then put the jacks down in back so the manager could take the hitch off. SUCCESS!! We then backed up and came in a different way. We understand that many people get the wrong directions from the gps to get to the park. Thank goodness everything turned out ok.
Yesterday was washday. We spent all morning doing the laundry (where is Bev's house when you need it ?). The afternoon was spent looking for 2 candy shops and Walmart. We found Daffins candy, but no tour. The other candy shop was the same as any other candy shop. Not impressive.
Today was spent in Volant, pennsylvania. We went in and out of many shops and were amazed at the furniture and crafts of the Amish people. Of course we saved lots of money because many things that we saw can not go in a motor home.
We will write later this week and let everyone know what is happening here.
ta-ta for now
Brenda
3 comments:
If Ted reads this he's going to say "I told you so" about that GPS. He still refuses to get one. Says I'm the best navigator so far! Travel safely. We're still in the Destin, FL vicinity.
Hi Guys; Sorry about the black water issue....I have often thought something like that would happen to our RV...just make sure I have plenty of Wipes!!
The time is drawing nearer for our trip and we are really getting excited...think we are heading towards NY City 1st then onto Lancaster....still hoping to see you then. The Breakfast Club had a little 73rd BDay party for Billy Dalton and we thought of you two. Take care, Bill & Jackie
Yep, gotta watch that "poop pedal" - I know you won't make that mistake again, "Pooka" !!!
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