Branson Bound

We made a "recon" trip to Branson today. Still raining, so we took the time to look over campgrounds in the area (and there are a bunch)... important criteria for us: not muddy, preferably paved sites, reasonably level. We plan to spend a week or so there to shake down the coach; maybe see a couple shows, and see the sights. Branson is in the hills, so many of the campgrounds are heavily wooded with twisty roads... we're looking more for wide open - room for our slideouts and a clear shot at the southern sky to get satellite TV. We've narrowed our picks down to three. Sure glad we went there without the RV at first; some of the campgrounds we drove through were enough of a challenge to get through with just the truck.

When we came back to the RV dealer late afternoon, one of the guys ran me through the procedures for hooking and unhooking the 5th wheel to the truck. I practiced it a few times... I will use a checklist - seems that there is more to remember than setting up a motorhome.

We've checked out most of the systems in the new 5th wheel, except dumping the holding tanks. There is a dump here at the dealership, so I asked if we could use it. The RV sales manager said, "Let me get one of our guys to do that for you." He took the cap off... and blue treated sewage spilled out! Yeah, that's not good. They think it is just an adjustment on the cable, and no big deal. We'll see when they check it all out first thing in the morning. Better to find out before we leave here rather than when we get to a campground.

We'll see what they find out in the morning.