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Valentine’s Day Meetup

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Valentine’s weekend was coming up.  The trailer was in the shop in Los Banos.  Roxie was in Sacramento for the week helping her sister with some health issues.  What was the plan?

The trailer was done, Roxie was finishing up her week so many we should meetup somewhere?  I would get the trailer and take it to a campground.  Roxie would alter her path home to meet me.  Sounds like some type of romance/clandestine novel plot.  But it wasn’t.  We just enjoy getting out in our trailer whenever we can.  Since it was already half way between us why bring it home and then go out again.

I left home early on Saturday and headed to Toscano’s RV in Los Banos.  I had dropped off the trailer for its’ final round of warranty repairs before our standard warranty stopped and our extended warranty kicked in.  I got there a bit after 10:30 and went over the list, got a propane tank filled, bought a few items and headed out to a campground somewhere.  Not quite sure which one but I had a primary one in mind.  Roxie had left Sacramento shortly before I got to Toscano’s so I knew I had some time.

On one of our trips to/from the bay area we scouted out the San Luis Creek campground just off of CA152 in the San Luis SRA.  It was far off the main road and had electric and water.  That is where I headed first with some other alternate plans in mind if I needed it.  Luckily I did not.  They had a spot for us and it was not a double spot.  Yes!  As I got to the spot and started backing in I realized what an asset it is to have Roxie helping be back in.  I must have got in and out of the truck 5-6 times looking where I was going and checking clearances.  Roxie, thank you for your help.

I got setup and Roxie showed up about 20 minutes later.  It was very nice to see her after a week away and it was Valentines Day!  We exchanged gifts and cards (she reminded me about Valentine’s the day before, but didn’t need to) and then went out for a lunch/dinner at a local BBQ place.  Very good.  After you have been married 34 years it doesn’t matter the location, just the company.

Here is our campsite (#33):

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That evening we just vegged out but I saw this on Facebook:

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Hmmm.  Mercey Hot Springs.  We had always wanted to visit there…

Black and Grey. Don’t confuse them!

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Most modern RV’s have two sets of waste tanks.  A grey one for all the semi-nasty waste water, from sinks and showers.  The black tank holds all the real nasty stuff, from the toilet.  One of the tasks that follows filling up the tanks is emptying them.  There is a whole sequence to follow when emptying but you want to do it the right way.  Do the black first and then you can use the grey to flush out the hose.  Some times, at some locales, you can just dump the grey wherever you would like.  BLM in Arizona was like that.

Since there are two dump tanks there are two dump valves and they are appropriately labeled but from my normal vantage point, this is what I see:

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Now if I bend over:

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Oh!  There are the labels clearly marked as Black and Grey.  Wait!  No they aren’t.  They are Main and Auxiliary (Wash)!  Must be a better solution for me.  Like this:

 

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Much better.  Now I can tell what they are and without bending over!  They came with double-stick tape but I had to rivet them…