It’s that time again. I’m going to talk about a subject I have talked about a number of times in the past and as far as I can tell it is time again to get into it.
You probably think I’m talking about bass playing or just something about bass. As you are all well aware by now, I mean the upright kind with wood and strings and not the fish, large mouth, small mouth or the chilean sea kind. I always clarify that because I have a large oval sticker on the back of my Prius that says BASS and I’m always getting asked where my favorite fishing hole is.
Anyway I was just leading you down that path as diversion. I really want to talk about my motorhome again. Bass playing (or fishing) can demand a lot of time but equally as demanding is that other mistress my motorhome.
How’d I get to this topic you could be wondering, well I’ll tell you. It seems we won the lottery again. The CBA Full Hookup Lottery that is. This is the 4th time in a row. I’ve been hoping that luck would translate into other lotteries such as Super Lotto or Mega Millions but so far no such luck. Heck I’d even take winning one the instruments in the CBA Instrument Raffle but it hasn’t translated there either. I’m not complaining though, I like having the water and sewer hook ups for that week in June every year.
So with that in mind and also a camping trip this weekend with our motorhome club, next month’s Walker Creek Music Camp and hopefully the CBA spring campout in April, I needed to get the rig sea worthy for the season. Some of the things that needed attention were……..well everything! Cleaning the inside, outside, top and bottom, back storage, galley, cab, bedroom and if you can think of other areas, I need to do them too.
Pesky little things like keeping the batteries charged and fixing a leak in the rear window have been keeping me pretty busy but I think I am fairly close to being able to confidently take it out.
This weekend Linda and I have our turn to host the monthly campout for our RV club. This will be a good shake down cruise for the rig. Sometimes it seems that every trip is a shake down trip.
In getting to host the campout, we were able to accomplish something else that I have on my plate. I got us a gig at the campout. That’s right I hired our band ‘bout Time! to play for the RV group this Saturday. “Hired” is very much a misleading word in the previous sentence. Being both the band buyer and the band seems to be a conflict of interest but with legal counsel I was available to navigate those murky waters and as the buyer I got a band to play and as the band I got a gig. Did I mention money? No I don’t think so. I convinced the band to play for the exposure. That’s right, exposure to that large untapped audience of RV camping clubs. Like I said to myself, the first one’s free but the opportunities will be many.
The weather is expected to be terrific so we won’t be able to check out our leak situation but at least the bed will be dry. Actually, it is good to get out on the road again and to get to play some bluegrass in the process.
We’ll be looking for you as we travel this spring. As always, we have the tequila on hand and are always looking to pick a few.
