Day #84 – Trailer Pickup

Port Charlotte, FL – Bradenton, FL

This is it -- the day we have all been waiting for. We have a campsite. We have 500 plus miles on the truck, and today our trailer is ready to be picked up. All we need is a brake controller for the truck, and we have an appointment for that. The stars are finally all in alignment.

Everything goes according to plan. We pack up the truck in the morning with bedding for the trailer, and a few odds and ends. Then we drive to Port Charlotte RV to get the brake controller installed. We had a short wait while the folks got back from lunch, but no biggie. The controller was installed; the hitch was adjusted to fit our new truck height to the trailer; the trailer was attached, and we were on our way.

It almost killed me to do 50 mph. But I survived. According to the truck’s owner’s manual, we are not allowed to go over 50 mph for the first 500 miles of towing. Please don’t honk and yell if you see us on the road. Be kind. It was the longest 81 miles of my driving life. I know -- I might change my story if we ever get to Texas, but right now this is my own personal hell, with only 419 miles to go.

The important thing is we got to the campground, and we pulled into our spot without incident. Yeah, baby this is the all NEW adventures of Kelly and Suzie. Next we went to check into the office. On the door of the office was a note, with my name on it. Apparently we had been moved to another spot. We were a little nervous about moving the trailer, but we did it. Our new spot was on the river. It was very pretty, but there was a wicked tree next to the entrance to the site, with about a 90 degree turn to get the trailer parked. It took a bit, but we got the thing in there, and still no incidents. New adventures, baby, all new. GOOD luck this time.

By this time it was late, and we were hungry, so we drove to Bob Evans for dinner. Oh did I mention that it’s my birthday? Celebrations later, tonight I’m too tired.