So we had our maiden voyage this past weekend and thought I'd share some of our experiences with our new jay series 1206. Hope the long read is worth it for any readers out there. typing this has certainly been worth it for me.
We were fortunate enough to get 1 spot at Lake livingston state park just north of Houston and so made the reservations. The hard part was that because of my grandma being in limbo about leaving town, we weren't sure if we would leave friday evening or saturday morning. To add to the mix, I went fishing friday and got word around 3pm that we would be able to leave friday night. I called the wife and met at home to pack up everything (or what we thought was everything)
Memorable moments:
1. we manage to pack everything (or so we think) and I "loose" the keys to the camper! for 30 frantic minutes we ravage the house only to find the keys in the exact spot I know we had left them.
2. the awesome feeling we had that we had packed everything we could possibly need (or so we thought).
3. The look on my family's face when they saw the camper for the first time. I kept the entire thing a surprise. Without getting into too much detail, It's been a great accomplishment to get our pup. Not too many people from where I'm from have been able to get out and beat the circumstances. Although I don't consider getting our pup the standard for "having made it" but it is certainly a nice accomplishment.
4. The 15 minutes of terror we spent trying to raise the electronic roof without it working (even though I had set it up earlier in the week for practice)
5. the sigh of relief once I figured it out.
6. Teaching my sister to set it up with us so that she can help in the future.
7. The cold weather and how ill prepared we were to stay warm. We kept saying that keeping the windows down would be good for us and it wouldn't be cold. It was so cold it woke all of us up but no one wanted to get out from under the covers to zip up the windows (here is where being the man of the house sucked).
8, realizing that we did an amazing job packing toiletries (even q tips) but forgot any cooler with food or folding chairs to enjoy the camp fire.
9. All the other moments we realized what we didn't pack. We started a list. funny, I had to write on the list to make sure I write and actually use the list.
10. My grandma joining us the next day and laying in our pup (she swore she didn't sleep, but here snores and closed eyes tell a different tale).
11. Making a early morning trip to wallyworld to get some Items we swore we packed (finally found my favorite pillow resting on our couch at home when we returned).
12. Watching my wife and sister have a blast toasting marshmallows by the fire at night.
13. My wife and I's several conversations about how blessed we are.
I could go on and on about all the moments we shared on our first trip, but I'll stop here. Thanks to all of you for all the great knowledge and kind words since I've joined. While you guys were not present physically, your words and knowledge certainly were. Much obliged.
2012 jayco jay series 1206
2008 GMC Sierra
We were fortunate enough to get 1 spot at Lake livingston state park just north of Houston and so made the reservations. The hard part was that because of my grandma being in limbo about leaving town, we weren't sure if we would leave friday evening or saturday morning. To add to the mix, I went fishing friday and got word around 3pm that we would be able to leave friday night. I called the wife and met at home to pack up everything (or what we thought was everything)
Memorable moments:
1. we manage to pack everything (or so we think) and I "loose" the keys to the camper! for 30 frantic minutes we ravage the house only to find the keys in the exact spot I know we had left them.
2. the awesome feeling we had that we had packed everything we could possibly need (or so we thought).
3. The look on my family's face when they saw the camper for the first time. I kept the entire thing a surprise. Without getting into too much detail, It's been a great accomplishment to get our pup. Not too many people from where I'm from have been able to get out and beat the circumstances. Although I don't consider getting our pup the standard for "having made it" but it is certainly a nice accomplishment.
4. The 15 minutes of terror we spent trying to raise the electronic roof without it working (even though I had set it up earlier in the week for practice)
5. the sigh of relief once I figured it out.
6. Teaching my sister to set it up with us so that she can help in the future.
7. The cold weather and how ill prepared we were to stay warm. We kept saying that keeping the windows down would be good for us and it wouldn't be cold. It was so cold it woke all of us up but no one wanted to get out from under the covers to zip up the windows (here is where being the man of the house sucked).
8, realizing that we did an amazing job packing toiletries (even q tips) but forgot any cooler with food or folding chairs to enjoy the camp fire.
9. All the other moments we realized what we didn't pack. We started a list. funny, I had to write on the list to make sure I write and actually use the list.
10. My grandma joining us the next day and laying in our pup (she swore she didn't sleep, but here snores and closed eyes tell a different tale).
11. Making a early morning trip to wallyworld to get some Items we swore we packed (finally found my favorite pillow resting on our couch at home when we returned).
12. Watching my wife and sister have a blast toasting marshmallows by the fire at night.
13. My wife and I's several conversations about how blessed we are.
I could go on and on about all the moments we shared on our first trip, but I'll stop here. Thanks to all of you for all the great knowledge and kind words since I've joined. While you guys were not present physically, your words and knowledge certainly were. Much obliged.
2012 jayco jay series 1206
2008 GMC Sierra
