The motorhome has only been in storage 3 weeks so picking it up is a cinch. Batteries are still charged, tires all aired up, and the engine fires right up.  Easy peasy with the exception of piles of dust along the slide and curb side windows…..  Kent had seen that they had a big dust storm while we were gone.  Guess this is the result.  I see vacuuming time in our near future.

We want the boat too this trip and that is a bit more of a challenge.  It has been here in the big trailer storage since April.  Tri-axle trailer tires are all low and its batteries are dead.  Thankfully we can get the tailgate down and boat out without moving the big trailer.  Still, removed batteries to charge and aired up all the tires so we can see what’s needed before we do need to move it.  No issues un-trailering the boat and trailer lights even work after just a couple thumpings.  Next, a new experience for me; I tow the boat with the pick-up through town to camp.  It is only about 12 miles but the forward distance isn’t what’s on my mind!  Every intersection, every turn, every lane change, don’t even talk to me about the stop for fuel; I’m thinking about how to be certain that I don’t get in a position that I need to back up, not my thing.  All is well.  I have arrived, safely waiting in a huge empty parking lot just above the boat ramp in camp quietly practicing my trailer backing skills.

We are settled in at Katherine’s Landing on Lake Mohave in the very site we left early last month B48.  It is sunny and quite warm, the high 80s.  That is immeasurably better that the 100+ that we ‘enjoyed’ here earlier this fall. We are charging batteries, checking out fishing gear and organizing the grocery restocking that happens whenever we store and turn off refrigerator.  It’ll feel like home again soon.