Okay, so now what? The site I was parked at didn’t have many neighbours, so at least no one was settling down in their lawn chair with a beer to watch the newbie screw everything up (that is the number one pastime of RVers – watching someone back their rig into a spot for the first time). I muddled through, and was doing fine until I walked around the rig with my head down and cracked my forehead on the extended mirror. Big goose-egg.
But inside, I really didn’t know what was what so I sat down with 22 user manuals that came with the rig. And read them. Two problems: in many cases, because the user manual came with the appliance/tool/system, the manual didn’t actually identify what type of item it was referencing. For example, there was a Yamaha booklet. But a Yamaha what? Entertainment system? Battery charger? Furnace ignition? Still don’t know. I know they told me I could ask all the questions I wanted via text, but I thought I should at least try to figure things out with the manuals. I sorted and labelled them in 4 separate pouches: Appliances, Car & Entertainment, Things I Don’t Understand, and Extra Bits. (The last pile being extra wires attached to user manuals, French- or Spanish-only booklets, etc…)
