and we're off

We left Livingston, TX on Sunday heading for Heiskell, TN. Packing for our first trip in the new trailer was an event in itself. I decided to open up the foldable boat we carry that had been laying out behind the trailer. BOY was I glad I did!!!! ANTS>>>BIG BLACK ANTS!!!. There were several hundred or so that had taken up residency in the folds of the boat. I sprayed and washed them out, then found a bunch under the floation, so had to spray and wash some more. Thank goodness we didn't put that in the trailer with all those ants, that would have been a mess.
So we have everything in the trailer and hit the road. The truck does just fine with the load. A little slow on take off, but that is to be expected. It gets a little rough riding on these LA. roads, but not to bad. Louis misses her recliner with the foot stool already. Our first night found us in Ruston, LA. at a Wal Mart for the night. When we opened up the trailer we found a lot of stuff that Louise had stored in the top bunk on the floor. Louise had to climb over the counter to pick things up so we could open up the slides. When we opened the door to the work area in the back, drawers had come open and spilled on the floor. I had bought child locks for them but they didn't hold. So it was off to the store, we were in Wal Mart parking lot, to buy some different hooks to hold the drawers. This morning we went to Lowes, right around the corner, to buy a couple of L brackets and a 1x10 to install in the top bunk to hold the title wave from coming down again. Tonight we are in Cottendale, AL. Everything we did WORKED, no more spills, at least for this part of the journey. It will take a while to figure out how and where to store everything so we don't have to play pick up when we get to where we are going. Thanks to one of our friends at Livingston, Chris, who showed us the little bungys that she uses to hold the cupboard doors shut, we went and bought some before we left, all of the cupboard doors stayed shut just fine. Thanks Chris!!
I am going to call in the morning to see if we can get the trailer in a day early, I doudt it but I will try. We have made better time then I thought we would. We are about 300 miles from the service center tonight. We are in a Passport park tonight, $16.00. Not much more than a gravel lot with hookups in it. We have 50 amp so we can run the air and everything else we want.
Till next time
Duane and Louise