murphysranch
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- Joined
- Jul 9, 2020
- Messages
- 157
- Location
- Southern WA
- RV Year
- 2019
- RV Make
- Newmar
- RV Model
- Bay Star 3414
- RV Length
- 35
- Engine
- Ford
- TOW/TOAD
- 2013 Caddy STX
- Fulltimer
- No
Since we bought the 2019 Newmar Bay Star 3414 a couple of months ago, and it being its our first Class A, I thought I'd capture our inaugural trip in this journal. We did do a shakedown 2 nighter about 30 min from home, but that was nuthin', I'll tell ya, nuthin"!!!!!
Our trip is from Vancouver WA to Phoenix for the Barrett Jackson Auto show, then to Tucson, then swing back by the SF Bay area to visit my siblings and my 95 yr old mother, then home.
I'll be conversing with you and myself of the challenges, sprinkled with scenery and successes through out this journal. I hope to finish it on February 2nd when we get back home.
Launch Day: we were 2 hours late leaving. Hubs and our son, who lives with us in Mom's proverbial basement saga, could not get the Roadmaster brake system to synch up with the 2013 Caddy SRX. They tried everything, until a memory cell popped up that the Caddy had lost all its battery juice recently. Ah, that was it! Disconnect the battery, wait 1 min or so, then rehook up. Now the brake thingamagig worked properly.
Off we go, happy to be heading to sun and fun, some golf, expensive cars, old friends, and previous stomping grounds. Five hours later, after me getting a tad queasy due to hubs steering and oversteering, we arrive into Medford OR where the fog has socked in the area like a swirl of whipped cream on a Starbucks Iced White Mocha. Thank goodness for my apple maps, which allowed me to navigate the streets in order to get to the Southern OR RV Park. Oh, there is no cable, which is fine with us cus our TV doesn't work. (Visio TV won't work all the time post). But wait! It just came on, all by itself!! Cool, walk dogs in freezing fog, then off to bed.
In the morning, we woke up to 29 degrees, more fog and no water. Yep, the water line was frozen. I suddenly remembered that in our wonderful 5th wheel, we had a water pump thingie. Found that switch in this rig, and we have water!! No showers, but enough to water the dogs, brush teeth and make coffee. We hit the road, after getting some Costco gas (holey moley! It was only $2.799 a gallon!!!!!), and then to Fred Meyer (Kroger) to fill up the propane tank, also cheap at $2.70 a gallon.
I tried to post a photo of Mt Hood, and even tho my photo was portrait, it turned Mt Hood sideways when I attached it here. I'll figure it out later.
Our trip is from Vancouver WA to Phoenix for the Barrett Jackson Auto show, then to Tucson, then swing back by the SF Bay area to visit my siblings and my 95 yr old mother, then home.
I'll be conversing with you and myself of the challenges, sprinkled with scenery and successes through out this journal. I hope to finish it on February 2nd when we get back home.
Launch Day: we were 2 hours late leaving. Hubs and our son, who lives with us in Mom's proverbial basement saga, could not get the Roadmaster brake system to synch up with the 2013 Caddy SRX. They tried everything, until a memory cell popped up that the Caddy had lost all its battery juice recently. Ah, that was it! Disconnect the battery, wait 1 min or so, then rehook up. Now the brake thingamagig worked properly.
Off we go, happy to be heading to sun and fun, some golf, expensive cars, old friends, and previous stomping grounds. Five hours later, after me getting a tad queasy due to hubs steering and oversteering, we arrive into Medford OR where the fog has socked in the area like a swirl of whipped cream on a Starbucks Iced White Mocha. Thank goodness for my apple maps, which allowed me to navigate the streets in order to get to the Southern OR RV Park. Oh, there is no cable, which is fine with us cus our TV doesn't work. (Visio TV won't work all the time post). But wait! It just came on, all by itself!! Cool, walk dogs in freezing fog, then off to bed.
In the morning, we woke up to 29 degrees, more fog and no water. Yep, the water line was frozen. I suddenly remembered that in our wonderful 5th wheel, we had a water pump thingie. Found that switch in this rig, and we have water!! No showers, but enough to water the dogs, brush teeth and make coffee. We hit the road, after getting some Costco gas (holey moley! It was only $2.799 a gallon!!!!!), and then to Fred Meyer (Kroger) to fill up the propane tank, also cheap at $2.70 a gallon.
I tried to post a photo of Mt Hood, and even tho my photo was portrait, it turned Mt Hood sideways when I attached it here. I'll figure it out later.
