Here we are in the Delivery Park of Lazy Days RV Sales in Tampa, Florida. I'm going to start this post and finish later. We slept in our motorhome last night for the first time and are constantly adding to a list of a gazillion questions. They have a Walkthrough Specialist who spends 1-3 hours or more to show and explain every switch and gadget both in and outside the RV. It was raining yesterday so Dennis, our Walkthrough guy, showed us only the basics. Today, our Walkthrough Specialist, Larry, was probably here almost 3 hours.
Right now we're in the middle of a driving course. We had the classroom this morning and 13 of us will drive for about 10 minutes.....on flat, straight areas, curves AND, backing into a parking place. I learned to drive on a tractor so am feeling a bit cocky but underneath, I'm not sure I can do this!
Ed is in his element....spent a couple of hours last evening reading the manuals. We slept terrible - I was too hot and Ed was cold and the mattress was too hard even for me. We'll have to look into a pillow-top mattress pad or something. Every time I turn around, I find another nicety. I was trying to open the curtains that cover the front windows at night and was moaning that they were broken.....NOT.......they have the strings you pull like your draw drapes at home!
The employees at Lazy Days are incredible. We took the Explorer over to install the baseplate, etc. for towing and had breakfast. Then we took the tram to the building where the class was and back for lunch (free breakfasts & lunches while here). We wanted to return to the RV, so Ed saw a man heading for a golf card and asked him for a ride. He answered several questions on the way over here and got us another technician who was working nearby to explain the levelers. Oh, there's so much to know!
We're off, will finish later.
The driving portion of our course was very helpful. I need practice but have a much better understanding of how different a motor home is from driving a car. The instructor says anyone can drive the front end of a coach but it's knowing where and how the back end swings that takes additional knowledge and skill.
Already, we 're finding as we did with our other motorhome.......RVers are outgoing, open, friendly, and helpful. The ages run from 30-80 - mostly couples but some families. We talked to a couple today who told us they're in their 80's and are here buying their 10th coach! They started camping in 1954 and motorhoming in 1972.
Well, I'm beat and my head is swimming with information so will sign off for tonight.
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