2008-09-06
Trial Run
Yesterday we hitched up the trailer and drove to a campground in Waterloo (about 1 1/2 hours). Luck was with us as it didn't start raining in Walkerton till we were just about ready to leave and it didn't start raining in Waterloo till after we were set up. Our friends Jack and Lori came for dinner which turned into a challenge as I had counted on non-rainy weather thus making more use of the barbecue. I didn't have my full complement of pots, pans and pyrex so I ended up warming up soup in a deep frying pan. In the end it didn't matter as dinner was good and the company better.
We were planning on going to the Waterloo farmers market this morning so I was up early. Deciding to treat myself to a warm bathroom for my shower I pulled out the heater from it's hiding position beside the toilet and noticed that the cord was wet. On further examination I determined that floor around the toilet was wet. I dried it up and checked it a half hour later and found more water ..... Houston we have a problem. Ed was not a happy camper when I woke him and told him we had a leak. The trip to market was off for Ed (I still went with Jack and Lori) as he can't leave a problem .... needs to know what's wrong and needs to know NOW. Turned out the valve on the foot pedal leaked when the foot pedal was pressed all the way down. The baseboard was wet, the sub flooring was wet and the floor tiles were soaked through .... guess it had been leaking all week. Good thing we found it now when we're still near the dealer and while the trailer is still under warranty.
Waterloo Farmer's market is always great. This area has a large Mennonite population and many of them bring there goods to market. Lots of meat, cheese, fruit and vegetables for sale as well as a lot of flea market items. I always seem to buy more than I was planning because everything looks so good and today was no exception. By the time I had returned from the market Ed a happy camper ... he had figured out the problem. After Ed ate lunch (I of course ate a sausage with fried onions and sauerkraut at market .... hmmmm good) we went to the TSC store which is beside the old market. As I had already bought enough food we opted to not walk around the market but I did take a couple of photos.
This evening we went out with Fred and Sharon. Fred and Ed have worked together many times over the years and was born on the same day as Ed just nine years. We hadn't seem them for about a year and half so we had lots of stuff to catch up on.
Looking out over the pond. This was pretty much the view from the living room.
Our trailer is the one with the sattelite dish. We really didn't need it but setting it up was part of the "test run".
The cargo bay was unload so Ed could get a heater in to try a dry the bathroom floor. It also gave him chance to rearrange everything .... only a couple of things have been relagated to staying home.
A "parking garage" by the TSC store. An open shed is provided by many of the stores in Mennonite territory.
The "old market" ... the "new market" which is across the road is about a 100 times bigger.
One of the "tourist" activities is to take a tour of a Mennonite farm.
We were planning on going to the Waterloo farmers market this morning so I was up early. Deciding to treat myself to a warm bathroom for my shower I pulled out the heater from it's hiding position beside the toilet and noticed that the cord was wet. On further examination I determined that floor around the toilet was wet. I dried it up and checked it a half hour later and found more water ..... Houston we have a problem. Ed was not a happy camper when I woke him and told him we had a leak. The trip to market was off for Ed (I still went with Jack and Lori) as he can't leave a problem .... needs to know what's wrong and needs to know NOW. Turned out the valve on the foot pedal leaked when the foot pedal was pressed all the way down. The baseboard was wet, the sub flooring was wet and the floor tiles were soaked through .... guess it had been leaking all week. Good thing we found it now when we're still near the dealer and while the trailer is still under warranty.
Waterloo Farmer's market is always great. This area has a large Mennonite population and many of them bring there goods to market. Lots of meat, cheese, fruit and vegetables for sale as well as a lot of flea market items. I always seem to buy more than I was planning because everything looks so good and today was no exception. By the time I had returned from the market Ed a happy camper ... he had figured out the problem. After Ed ate lunch (I of course ate a sausage with fried onions and sauerkraut at market .... hmmmm good) we went to the TSC store which is beside the old market. As I had already bought enough food we opted to not walk around the market but I did take a couple of photos.
This evening we went out with Fred and Sharon. Fred and Ed have worked together many times over the years and was born on the same day as Ed just nine years. We hadn't seem them for about a year and half so we had lots of stuff to catch up on.
Looking out over the pond. This was pretty much the view from the living room.
Our trailer is the one with the sattelite dish. We really didn't need it but setting it up was part of the "test run".
The cargo bay was unload so Ed could get a heater in to try a dry the bathroom floor. It also gave him chance to rearrange everything .... only a couple of things have been relagated to staying home.
A "parking garage" by the TSC store. An open shed is provided by many of the stores in Mennonite territory.
The "old market" ... the "new market" which is across the road is about a 100 times bigger.
One of the "tourist" activities is to take a tour of a Mennonite farm.
# posted by The Agnew Family @ 9:25 AM 
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