Friday was another wonderful day. I had camped at Salamonie State Park near Huntington, which I can recommend to anybody else picking up at SMB North. Of course in November I had the place to myself. I got rolling away before dawn. I was on quiet, misty Indiana country roads passing farm fields and trees in their very last stages before winter. And graveyards. Very beautiful in the dawn mist.
First it was up to Ft Wayne to pick up the winter tires and wheels that I had ordered just in case I ran into snow on this trip. Thankfully I won’t need them right now so they just got loaded into the van.
Then it was back to SMB North for a round of small fixes and questions. The guys were nice enough to drain my water system. I watched and took notes. Since I don’t have a heated garage it’s going to have to stay like that until spring.
They got me on the road by early afternoon and I spent Friday night in another empty state park, this time in Illinois.
Overall my impressions of the whole build and pickup process are extremely positive.
Mike: Thanks for the keypad idea. I could obviously use it.
lndshark: Yes, Closet then Slide Pantry. Hard to say yet how well designed the storage space is. All the equipment that I have at the moment is what I could put in an airline checked suitcase. I tried to do a mix of small and medium spaces. The only truly big space that I have is the closet. I usually won’t even have all of that available because that’s where the porta-potti goes and that’s been a very handy thing while boondocking.
Steve: Yes, it does look a lot like yours, doesn’t it? Thanks for all of the useful input. BTW, I can reach the sink while sitting on the Gaucho and can see that I will do that a lot.
Thanks everybody! We’ll see you out there.