I had great plans (as previously mentioned) for my travel day. I was to leave the campground early, head south on the 400, stop off at IKEA Vaughan, stop at my house to pick up more stuff for the remainder of the trip, make it to the next campground by 2:00, with my sister arriving at 3:00 to take me out for dinner.
Hah.
Started with emptying the grey (sink & shower) and black (toilet) tanks. The RV manufacturer includes a sewer hose in the sale, but everyone (including the staff at Heidi’s) agrees that they’re crap (pardon the pun) and everyone says to buy a Rhino sewer hose – they’re the best. So I did – I picked up the last one at Canadian Tire. Got out to start the process, only to realise that I’d bought a 3’ hose – I hadn’t read the packaging in the store. Three feet? Honestly? The rig’s sewer outlet is 2 ½ feet above the ground. I spent close to an hour trying to find a work-around with the two hoses I had, and finally gave up. Will travel with full tank of . . . whatever . . . and will buy new hose at Cdn Tire near home, and return the mini-hose. Stupid mini-hose.
Now running late, so we headed out – IKEA was a pipe dream at this point – just get home and get going.
RVs are loud. And you’re never quite sure if the noise is a mechanical issue, or an unlocked door, or a pot rattling in the cupboard – but you just persevere. Was finally starting to get more comfortable, tooling down the 400 and just nearing the GTA, when a dump truck a couple of hundred metres in front of me lost part of its load, in my lane. I slowed down, with cars & trucks whizzing by me on either side, and with nowhere else to go, ploughed through the debris, praying it was all cardboard and Styrofoam. Made it unscathed, didn’t heard any major grinding from the undercarriage, but my heart can’t take this.
Got the new sewer hose, loaded more stuff from my house, and headed off to Wildwood Conservation Area. What a day that had been, and it wasn’t over yet.