Second Home

     Son and Daughter In Law love to ride their motorcycles to remote parks and outposts to gather with friends and family.  When they travel on the bikes, it's difficult to haul the gear needed for camping.  Someone must usually come along with a trailer to bring tents and other supplies to the destination.  Even more inconvenient is DIL's aversion to public shower facilities.  I fully understand this concept, so I was quite happy when I was invited for a tour of the new accommodations.  

     For several months they have tossed around a choice of purchasing a heavy duty truck to store in their already parking-challenged driveway.  A camper strong enough to haul both motorcycles in it's "garage" with all the other amenities required, would surely need the power of such a vehicle.  DIL wasn't willing to give up the parking space in the garage where her vintage mustang lives, and the motorcycles fill the other side.  The driveway in front of the garage is large enough to park her daily driver and Son's pickup, but the two big gas guzzlers fill that space amply.

     A solution was discovered when a sturdy lightweight, tongue pull, "toy hauler" was located in an RV dealership just a couple of cities to the north.  Further bonus included a bathroom with separate shower, toilet and sink.  It will sleep six (two of whom must be midgets, I think) and includes a propane refrigerator and freezer, indoor and outdoor speakers for the sound system, and a rear area (garage) that folds down as a ramp to load motorcycles.  Best feature though: It can be pulled behind the SUV that DIL drives now.

Ol' Abner went with Son to pick it up after the kids had gone prior to make their choice and arrange to pay for it.  DIL decided she just couldn't wait and joined them on the trip.  I'm thinking much will be learned in the weeks to come.  Discovery that two locks are included on each door and if both are not fully engaged, the doors will open at high speed.  It only took three episodes of flapping doors to find the second lock on each door.  Furthermore, DIL and Ol' Abner suggested that son might want to travel at a lower speed than usual until he was a bit more familiar with it's capability.  He quickly pointed out the 75MPH speed limit sign and told them it was clear he was doing just fine!  

They spent the remainder of the holiday weekend shopping for "housewares and linens" for their new vacation home!