Chris Drove the Motorhome Today

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Chris drove the motorhome once before, last summer, in a very contained area.  Well, today she drove the beast from one campground to another, with a stop at a gas station!!

She did pretty well.  It scared her a few times going down hill.  She was up to 75 mph a few times and with a little wind the coach can move around pretty fast.  The coach is easier to drive than you would think.  The difficult thing is all the items you have to take care of before you put it in drive.  Well, once Chris forgot to put it in drive and couldn't understand why the darn thing wouldn't move. 

We need to make a list of all these items and things to check, then she needs to drive more to get a better feel for it. 

It's important that she tries to drive it and that Alex lets her do it.  We've heard many stories of husbands breaking a leg, getting sick or some other reason why they can't drive and the wife has no idea how to drive or to do the "blue" jobs (blue=boy).   So, that means Chris needs to learn how to empty all the tanks and stow everything outside, bring the slides in and put the jacks down.  She's done those jobs a few times, but now she needs to do it all together. 

Then when we arrive at a campground, she needs to learn how to connect all the hoses, put the jacks down and slides out. 

It's a lot of work.  Alex can do most of the pink (girl) jobs, but he needs to practice those also.  It take us about 30 to 60 minutes to break down and about 20 to 30 minutes to set up.  It's a good workout also.

Where are in Buffalo, Wyoming.  We are going to sit here till Friday morning when we will drive a hour to Gillette to the Escapade.  It's a RV rally and it's a big one.  We'll try to remember to take some pics and will let you know how it went and if we learned anything. 

Here's some info on Buffalo, the Escapade and the great campground we are staying in. 

http://www.buffalowyoming.org/

http://www.escapees.com/escapade/2011/

http://deerparkrv.com/