In less than 12 hours we should be headed towards California for a week long adventure! We're taking our pooch Brewy (like we have been on all of our other trailer trips)!
We'll be traveling to two locations. One to Fresno to visit Levi's grandparents and buddies, Ben and Justin. We'll travel to Morro Bay for a little get-a-way a few days later.
Levi and I have been spending today getting the trailer packed and prepared! It's also been a lovely 107 degrees! Levi has done most of the dirty work...cleaning out the water tanks, checking tire pressure, and attempting a makeshift air conditioning unit since we can't run the air conditioner on such a low voltage parked outside our house.
Last to go in tomorrow is food. The refrigerator is an issue we have at the moment. Since the trailer is parked at an incline, the refrigerator does not function properly. Levi had to explain the reasoning behind this several times to me before I semi understood....I need pictures to understand. The inclined slope of the trailer basically does not allow the refrigerant ( special fluid) to flow downwards cooling the fridge. Instead the opposite happens...the fridge overheats. Plus, it takes 8 to 10 hours for the fridge to cool down - which is about the time it takes to get to Fresno. We didn't want to carry a big bulky ice chest so Levi problem solved ( like he always does). He purchased some dry ice to store in the fridge and hopefully bring down the temperature overnight. (A side note: this typically isn' t a problem. We store the trailer at our friends' home. The trailer sits on a flat surface and they plug it in the night before. The trailer is ready to go when we hook it up. This time we took the trailer early. We had alot to prepare for this longer trip and it was just more convenient to have it at our residence. Not so convenient with troubleshooting, though.)
Looks like we have the majority of our tasks done for tonight. Time to get some shut eye!
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