fudge_brownie
Senior Member
Saturday May 8 arrived with some vengeance in Sault Ste Marie; the snow covered trees were very pretty but the cold rain/snow combination in late morning made the delivery of Escapes for Gerda, Bob and Paul looking difficult. The truck from Let It Ride Trucking out of Lone Butte BC was right on schedule, within 30 minutes our last member, Gerda arrived after a 3:00 AM departure. It must have been a great feeling to drive up and see the Café Egg name as the last trailer on the truck, ready to come off first.
The trailers arrived in great shape but they all are in need of a good cleaning. The driver, Les, informed us he had snow the entire trip. At one point whiteout conditions existed. Fortunately he was under no pressure to meet a delivery date; he was mandated to deliver the cargo safely. So the storm system followed him for the entire 3,592 km.
The Debutante Ball featured Café Egg, Winter, and no name. Speaking for me it was all I had hoped for. I cannot say there were any surprises, there still is a lot to explore and learn but it was delivery just as I had expected. I really like what I have purchased. What was interesting is that of the three of us only Bob had seen an Escape. He had the Escape Artist tour of a 5.0 model.
We spent as much time outside in the cold as we could stand. There was not a thought of a campfire or sitting around talking, too much to try and explore plus rigging TV’s for towing. We had the most difficulty with our number one priority, the furnace. It must have taken us 30 minutes to learn about the on/off switch on the thermostat. I must say we were easily distracted by a new discovery, a great feature, something changed to improve the Escape, or questions from each other. It was really fun to scamper across the campsite to ask a question or compare something on your unit with someone else’s.
By prior agreement we adjourned to a nearby roadhouse and warmed up, ate, talked about things other than Escapes and finally settled down to business and went through the 21 point questionnaire developed by Gerda and Paul. It’s amazing what those Germans can do to organizing things.
Sunday morning found ice in the dog bowl, about ¼ inch during the night. At least the sun was out and we could continue our unending questions. By 9:00 am we had managed to break camp one by one and start our 8 hour return journeys. Now the real fun begins.
The trailers arrived in great shape but they all are in need of a good cleaning. The driver, Les, informed us he had snow the entire trip. At one point whiteout conditions existed. Fortunately he was under no pressure to meet a delivery date; he was mandated to deliver the cargo safely. So the storm system followed him for the entire 3,592 km.
The Debutante Ball featured Café Egg, Winter, and no name. Speaking for me it was all I had hoped for. I cannot say there were any surprises, there still is a lot to explore and learn but it was delivery just as I had expected. I really like what I have purchased. What was interesting is that of the three of us only Bob had seen an Escape. He had the Escape Artist tour of a 5.0 model.
We spent as much time outside in the cold as we could stand. There was not a thought of a campfire or sitting around talking, too much to try and explore plus rigging TV’s for towing. We had the most difficulty with our number one priority, the furnace. It must have taken us 30 minutes to learn about the on/off switch on the thermostat. I must say we were easily distracted by a new discovery, a great feature, something changed to improve the Escape, or questions from each other. It was really fun to scamper across the campsite to ask a question or compare something on your unit with someone else’s.
By prior agreement we adjourned to a nearby roadhouse and warmed up, ate, talked about things other than Escapes and finally settled down to business and went through the 21 point questionnaire developed by Gerda and Paul. It’s amazing what those Germans can do to organizing things.
Sunday morning found ice in the dog bowl, about ¼ inch during the night. At least the sun was out and we could continue our unending questions. By 9:00 am we had managed to break camp one by one and start our 8 hour return journeys. Now the real fun begins.
