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Our new trailer

04/02/18  We picked up our new trailer last week in Tacoma, WA.  Then we towed it about 7 miles to Puyallup,WA state fairgrounds and set up house keeping.  The field adjacent to the stadium was a cow pasture and not too level.  We found a spot in the mud and parked.  Set up the trailer and starting unloading and untold number of bags and boxes of stuff we had to put back in our new trailer.  Pots and pans, new dishes, cleaning supplies, camping chairs, etc.  When we ran out of bags from the car, I was able to use the rear view mirror again.  On the trip up, we had so much stuff piled into the back of the car, that the mirror was unusable.  About 8 P.M. that evening, Sue discovered she had left her purse at the dealers, the day before.  Of course they were closed and tomorrow was Sunday.  Which they were closed.  Lo and behold about 9 A.M. we had a visitor.  The owner of the dealership pulled up to our cow pasture site holding Sue's purse.  What a relief.  Talk about good service. 

One of the options I ordered was a rear camera on the trailer with a wireless monitor on the car dash.  I could now see what was behind the trailer and on each side.  Certainly makes towing a lot easier. 

We had an uneventful tow back to Lake Oswego, three days later.  While trying to back it down our new lit driveway and managed to mangle one of the new driveway lights.  Because of the narrow driveway I was not able to park the trailer into the dogleg parking spot.  Dropped it in the driveway and left it.  Was finally able to use our Trailer Valet to spin it around and back it into its designated parking spot.  Hooray!!  We have been slowly putting stuff into the reefer such as mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, etc.  You know, the staples of life.  Also adding more paper towels, napkins, toilet paper and other essentials on anticipation of our big 2 month trip to Canada and the Northwestern states. 

Over the next few weeks we will be topping off all of the supplies, in anticipation of our first stop in Vancouver, B.C.

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