Greetings from Anderson SC

Well, this is why I have not been blogging. We've been busy! We picked up the 5th wheel October 21. It was a long day. In addition to having the new hitch installed, we had to transfer all of our stuff to the new RV. At the end of the day when we were cold, tired and hungry they showed us how to hitch it, and told us how to unhitch it. Needless to say, we did not remember much of what was said. The next day when we returned to Fort Mill to build bike racks and create storage, we couldn't remember anything they said. It was just pitiful. We called Camping World and got more instructions on how to get it off the hitch. I was just terrified. So far nothing bad has happened.

We now have a 36 foot Montana 5th wheel. The 5th refers to the thing that goes into the bed of the truck, aka the king pin.


It's nice. The living area is bigger than what we had in the travel trailer, AND we got a fireplace and surround sound. Pretty cool. The fireplace is electric which is nice because it conserves propane. Electric is built into the daily rate at an RV park, propane is purchased by the owner. It has a fan, so warm air is gently wafted into the living area, and heat rises into the bedroom.


It's a rear kitchen. We liked that floor plan the best. I have more counter space. Counter space is good.


Dinette and hide-a-bed. It's an air mattress and it's actually comfortable. The mattress has an electric motor and inflates in 120 seconds. Unfortunately the factory neglected to install the 110 outlet behind the couch which required much persuasion on our part to get it installed for free, but through our collective force of will, we prevailed.


The bedroom. We ejected that TV in favor of more storage.


King sized bed with a closet behind the mirrors, and a narrow hanging closet to the left.


The "basement". Megastorage underneath.

The other side of the basement. We have 3 bikes in there.



Happiness is discovering that 20 feet of sewer hose actually will fit in the sewer hose box.



October 25 my wonderful brother dedicated a Saturday to converting the narrow hanging closet into a closet with shelves. It's a thing of beauty.


The new shelves. The structure is self supporting, we couldn't drill into the sides of the closet.


Kim and Jim Waddle came to visit us from Asheville. They're completing their grand tour of the Eastern United States. We christened the RV with happy hour. It was fun seeing them again.



Wednesday we left Fort Mill to go back to the Spartanburg Camping World to have the previously mentioned 110 outlet installed. It was cold but a beautiful day.

Leave taking involved rehitching the trailer to the truck. We all read the manual.


That's the 5th wheel hitch in the bed of the truck. We were successful in reattaching the trailer to the truck.

A quick check of the map and we were on our way.


So, as of today, 10/30, we're heading out to Tucson for the winter.