Day Twenty Two
In British Columbia, and Alberta, seasonal RV campers will build decks, small sheds and landscape the balance of the lot for a small summer home. I have even seen a few, where they have built the odd wall around their deck for more privacy and protection from the wind.
At this RV resort, about eighty percent are seasonal sites. What’s interesting is that the owners have built an entire structure around, and over their RV, some barely have the RV showing anymore. As interesting as these RV houses are, I’m puzzled as to why they don’t just place a manufactured home instead of all this. My thought, this could be a possible work around of a bylaw. Next time I speak with a local I will have to inquire.
Yesterday, when we arrived, we asked for a spot that provided full hookups as we planned to stay for nine days. The owner explained that the sites had water, power, and grey water drainage only, Black tank drainage was done by a pumper truck that comes around three times a week, that works for us. We worked our way through a maze of tight roads to our site that was nestled along side one of these RV homes and backed right onto the beach.
The spot was tight and would require a little finesse backing in. A few locals watching from their decks saw this as an opportunity for some afternoon entertainment, I successfully robbed them of any. I began to walk myself through my setup process, hooking the power, and water up, but no grey water drain was in sight! Slightly annoyed, I contacted the office and the owner came down to see me. He explained that I was to drop my sewer hose on the ground and open the grey water to allow a slow trickle drain. Now, I will consider myself a rookie in the RV world, and correct me if I am wrong, but this just does not seem right…. I did it anyways 🤫
Today the weather was fairly windy with some dark rain clouds off to the west but it never approached us. Lori and I decided to take a down day before setting out to explore the island. I did a little maintenance on the RV, worked on seeing if our Wineguard Wifi system would piggy back off my iPhones hot spot, and responded to a bunch of emails for Orenda. Lori set up her sewing stuff and spent the afternoon doing that.
The "open your gray valve and let it drip" method reminds me of camping with my dad and even my first RV, a 1980 Travelaire. There was no grey tank, just an outlet on the side of the trailer which attached directly to the sink drain. In theory you were supposed to have a short hose running into a five-gallon pail and then dispose of the water properly, but everyone would use a long garden hose and just string it out into the trees somewhere. RVs sure evolved since that era, even if some RV parks haven't. :)
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