Sunday, January 9, 2011

50 days left to fla blast off


Well today we are down to 50 days left before we blast off for Panama City Fla-Things that have to be done yet -Remove cover-Hook up the water system that we disconnected for the winterizing process-re inserting the hot water heater-replacing water filter under sink-closing by-pass on water heater-rehooking water pump-check oil on generator-finish hooking up buzzer on directional so I can hear when directional blinker is left on-install dropped receiver on back and hook up wiring for trailer lights-Check Lp gas and if low go to Ricks RV to have it filled-check tire pressures-Fill fuel tank before tow dolly is hooked up so its easy in & out at gas station-finish wiring Auds Focus so tow dolly lights all work off MH-Then put all the clothes and foods we think we'll need-Plenty of fresh water-Water tank will be filled when we get far enough south that water tanks will no longer have a chance to freeze--Our first night will either be in Grand river Ky 370 miles 6hrs 10 mins or Clarksville TN 440 miles 7 hrs 15 min depending on road conditions and how tired pilot and co-pilot get-hopefully we'll be able to make Clarksville which would make the 2nd and final day a little easier--Other concern I have been wondering about is finding gas stations that have their tanks perpendicular to the road which would easy in & out with the Focus behind on a car dolly-One good thing (I GUESS) is we have a 75 gallon tank so averaging 8MPG we can (SUPPOSEDLY) 600 miles on a tank of gas-but our generator will stop running when we get to 1/4 tank so we'' have to take off 150 miles for that so we'll have to stop only once going down if all happens as planned--Later this week I'll go into details more!!!!-Rich

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