Adventures in camping....

Teresa and I wanted to take the new camper (see previous post) to a campground close to home and make sure everything works. It is better to do this close to home, as we discovered, that to go far away. Their is a lake close to us called Lake Allatoona so we thought that would be a great place to go. The campground was called McKinney Campground and was only 10 miles away.

We were able to get it to the site, leveled, hook up all the power, water without any problems. It was a nasty night in Georgia Friday as it was rainy, warm and muggy. We were pleased that the camper didn't leak during the rain so one major hurdle was crossed. The next morning we got up and did a little grocery shopping, lunch then headed back to the camper. A cold front came in that evening so we decided to light a campfire outside, turn on the heater inside, cook some dinner and watch a little TV while warming by the campfire (roughing it, huh?).

We settled in to sleep while the temperature outside was plummeting into the 40's to 30's by morning. Around 1:00 am I woke up FREEZING and the heat was not blowing at all. I checked the thermostat, electricity and everything was good, just no HEAT!!! Now, we purchased this camper with 2 full (so we were told) 20lb propane tanks just two weeks ago so I'm not thinking there is no propane just yet. Freezing and frustrated I sat there in dismay as to how did this happen when it hit me.... PROPANE!!! I went outside and sure enough, the tanks were empty. This was really frustrating as I didn't expect to have 5 hours of heat with two full tanks of gas. I put on more layers of clothes, grabbed the blankets and curled up on bed for a long, cold night.

We woke up early, made some coffee and packed up quickly as it was just too cold to enjoy the day without a little heat, plus I was frustrated. I searched on the web site and read the owners manual and discovered there was no way that we should have run out of propane that quickly, which leads me to the fact we did not receive the agreed to full tanks from the dealer. I will deal with that now!!

We plan on going out again in a few weeks and will take a little space heater as back-up. Lesson learned!!