A good time was had by all, well almost!!

We went to Tulsa over the long weekend, left on Saturday morning and came back on Monday morning. We stayed at the RV park that my brother Bill and his wife Pat are in through the summer. Mike Prough, Bill’s youngest son and his wife Terri and there 3 sons were also there. We went over to get a Select Comfort Bed that was in Bill and Pat’s new motor home. Pat didn’t like it and was going to have it taken out, so we paid the $100 to have it taken out of their motor home and installed into ours. Camping World sells them for a little over $1300 so it was a great deal for us and we just love it. We were parked next to Mike and Terri so Twila loved having the grandkids next door.

We got home Monday Morning and left everything we could ready to travel for Tuesday Morning when we will start our trip with Mattie and Gary House around the Southeaster USA. Now comes the almost mentioned above. When I backed onto our “Pad” for the motor home I have some bricks at the point where I stop the back tires, but when I backed over the bricks I thought it was the front tires coming onto the “Pad”. Long story short, I went right off the back of the “Pad” which at the point is about 10” down on one side and about 8” on the other side of the MH and to make matters worse the septic tank is under the ground. The good news is the bottom of the MH didn’t hit the concrete slab and the tires didn’t break through the top of the septic tank. In other words, I was almost in the “Crapper”. I was able to back up a few inches and get some logs about 4” in diameter and some 2 x 10 boards and the bricks next to the slab to give me a little bit of a ramp. I put the MH into drive and held the brake while I brought the RPM up to about 1300 before I released the brake. After about 3 times with more boards added each time I was able to get back on the “Pad”. Yes I will be changing the method I use to determine where I stop. I plan on using the cap blocks used for concrete blocks. They are about 4” thick and I plan on stacking two of them together. I don’t think even I can get over 8” of concrete.

We went to Chan and Martha Ray’s House in Pawnee Monday evening for hamburgers and hot dogs. Their son Danny and his wife Julie and their 2 kids were there along with the youth minister, his wife and little girl. We had a good time and Chan got a good laugh at me and my MH backing experience. We also played “Jokers”, which is a board game played with cards and marbles. We hadn’t seen Chan and Martha since they came to Colorado.