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I have'nt posted in so long as so much has happened and I am so very happy with my new lifestyle. I re-listed my house in February at a lower rate of course due to the recession, i was'nt happy about that but I wanted out of there so bad (just too much work and money to be spent all by myself on a 6 bedroom house), and in a matter of 4 weeks I had a buyer.
Closing date was April 30.
On March 23 I went to see the motorhome I had been watching on the internet all winter and it was everything I had hoped for.
I immediately made all the arrangements, it was 68900.00 and I got it at 50000.00, and on April 23 I went to pick it up. I had to walk around it at least twice before I could get in the driver's seat to drive a way. I was so overwhelmed that this was mine finally.
My one daughter and son in law came with me for the orientation and she filmed while we had gone around, which was a good thing because by the time I got home I had forgotten everything, haha. I got lost coming home, missed the driveway and had to back up (first time) no problem! I, of course over the next few days started loading it up to be out by the 30th and in the process forgot all my silverware and cooking pots. My campground was'nt opened yet so I drove to my daughter's place in Owen Sound, Ontario a 2 1/2 hr drive and upon my arrival my son in law proceeded to hook me all up. Well the water was pouring out underneath everywhere. Realized that all the traps were still opened from the winterizing, fortunately sil was familiar with RVs as he'd once worked on them, so he helped me locate all the traps and showed me how to close them, So now we're all hooked up. Great! The next morning I'm sitting there having coffee when I hear water gushing? Run to the house screaming EMERGENCY I need help. (They were sound asleep) well my sil comes running and upon realizing what's happening immediately shuts off the water tap. The plug under the sink had broken off. That's when I remembered the dealer had told me about the water filter that I could put in, so that's what was done and all was fine afterwards. What an introduction!!!!
Much more has happened but this is long enough, I'll save the rest for later. Now I will work on trying to post pics on photo bucket and post them as soon as I can. This is my first day alone where I can post since all this took place. So till later i'm here and all is well.

Wow that is quite a beginning to a new lifestyle! Glad you had help nearby and that all seems ok now, thanks for the update and welcome back. Have fun.

WTG and congrats. You are on your way and it sounds like everything happened so fast. I'm happy for you. It's all up and learning from here.

Congrats on your new life. You've had quite a start but you will look back and laugh at your initiation. Where are you headed first? Are you going to workamp? Ever thought about Texas for some of the winter? I've got a Flamingo wineglass just waiting for you.

Yayyyyy and another one gets her rv wings! Congrats and good luck. You'll look back on this and laugh your butt off at all of the problems and remember, it's all a learning curve!

Oh, goodness! I'm glad you had knowledgable family at hand!
Welcome back and congrats!!

Congrats again. What a great learning experience and you survived!!! That should boost both your knowledge and your confidence. The best part? That now you have it documented here so that you can actually look back at it when you want. Way to go

Congratulations! I'm glad your sil was handy,... but you would have figured it out, I'm sure. Have fun and enjoy!

How exciting for you! In more ways than one. I'm on my third RV and I think I've had water pouring out of every one of them. Look on it as a christening. And make sure you dry the carpets if they got wet. Looking forward to your coming adventures.

yay, you survived! And now on to having more fun!

Congratulations! It's good to have some scary things happen early on - cuz they will happen - and later, you'll be an old pro when they do. Ha! Sounds like you got a great deal, also.

And there's no such thing as giving too much information. We are one nosy bunch.

Congrats on your new baby (pictures, please?). Your story reminds me of
my motorhome mantra: "Everything operates properly when properly operated."
The subtext to that is that I screw it up the first time -- always.

Now you get to go on to make more mistakes, live through it, and laugh about
it later.

yayyyyyyyyy, its probably a good thing you couldn't go the the campground and had
to go to your daughters so when you misfortune happened you sil was right there
to help you through it and teach you. I'm happy for you!!

Congratulations on your new home. You are off to another adventure in life. I am sure you will have many of them.

It is kind of scary because you 'haven't been here' before. Read, ask questions, look, think, make friends with folks that have one like or similar to yours. There are probably forums for Winnies just like for my Egg. Join and you will find bunches of folks, just like here. Folks have been there and done that.

One thing I have learned, if I do a 'stoopid' once, I probably won't do it a third time! Twice, yeah, probably!

Onward, keep notes and pics to share. Not only are we nosy, but we need to know! WooooHooo!!!!

Congratulations! There's always a learning curve when you get a new rig...you'll soon be good at everything and I hope you have many great adventures!