48 hours since we arrived back home. Without being maniacs, the coach is ready to go back into our storage unit. It was hot and humid again today, but we are a whole day smarter and made a point to not be outside for any extended time without taking a break in the air conditioning and drinking plenty of water.
Joan cleaned the interior of the coach and got our patio/deck set up at the house. Well, I helped get the patio mat tacked down. I filled, flushed, and dumped the holding tanks. The CR-V has been a champ on this trip, and has been packed with stuff for the trip - I got the e-bikes out, emptied the rest of the stuff, and turned it back into a 4-seater. ;-)
We talked about putting the coach away tomorrow, but the weather weasels are now calling for a chance of thunderstorms the next 4 or 5 days. Probably won't happen, but I did not want to put the coach away after driving in the rain... we moved that up to this afternoon.
We stopped for lunch with the motorhome and car, then headed for the storage unit. Along the way, we saw a LOT of cotton waiting for its turn in the RGV Cotton Gin...
Now, that "Benny Hill running around like an idiot" thing. We went left the house, we hooked the CR-V behind the motorhome. Drove to our storage unit (inland, away from the salt air and the chance of storm surge); unlocked the gate and drove in. Next: opened up the storage unit to see how the boat and cargo trailer did for the summer... fine, thanks for asking.
The storage unit is big enough to hold the motorhome and the boat. Or, the motorhome and the cargo trailer. Or, the boat and the cargo trailer (the scooters were stored in the cargo trailer, btw). But, not the motorhome, the boat, and the cargo trailer. So, something has to come out in order for the coach to go in. We gave this some thought before we left on this trip, and had the cargo trailer to the back, boat towards the 14' door. Which would have been fine IF we could have gotten the boat in right away. Thanks to the dredging operation running months behind schedule (anyone surprised?), we can't put our boat at our dock right now. Can't get the neighbor's boat off our dock right now, either, but I digress.
So, we had to unhook the CR-V from the coach, hook it up to the boat, move the boat out and away, unhook the boat, take the Honda back into the storage unit and hook it up to the cargo trailer. Put the cargo trailer somewhere else out of the way, unhook the cargo trailer, go back to the boat, hook it to the Honda, and put it in the storage unit. Unhook the boat, chock it, take the Honda back outside in the blazing sun, and hook it to the cargo trailer. Then, put the motorhome in the storage unit. Lock everything up, and head for home. This whole routine took about an hour. The temperature outside was approximately the same as the Gates of Hell. On an unusually hot day.
No, I didn't get any photos of all that. I took a camera but didn't want it covered with sweat. I did get to use it on the way home. We got caught behind a house mover. Well, a half-house mover...
That is a narrow two-lane road. Yes, drivers here use the lane, the shoulder... good thing there isn't a sidewalk. Wait - what is that on top of the house??
Yes, it is a person. Looks like a young guy. No safety strap. Literally "house surfing." Well, half a house. "What is he doing up there?" you ask...
He is lifting wires by hand to allow the half-house to get under them! No radio to the truck driver. No escort car for the traffic coming up behind. Just this guy scampering around on that half a roof lifting wires by hand. Yes, really.
After 20 minutes or so behind them, watching drivers consider whether they could get around on the left (opposing lane) or right (shoulder and ditch), the house stopped to let the built up traffic get around. It was then that we saw there is a police car in front of them, acting as a forward escort vehicle. Even though the police car was straddling the center line, opposing traffic drove onto-and-off the shoulder to get around. What could possibly go wrong with this arrangement?? Why am I no longer surprised by stuff like this in south Texas?
Once home, we put the cargo trailer in the driveway, parked the CR-V, and called it a day. Another long, hot, sweaty day.
I love my jacuzzi tub.
Little Izzy has settled in...
She has so many places for napping... from her perspective this is a 9 bedroom home. ;-) I'm kidding... 12.
2 comments:
Benny Hill was Great!!
Kinda high-brow for my tastes, but I watched it... you know, because it was on PBS. ;-)
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