Our first driving experience included taking the bus to Nancy's mother's home. During the summer we installed a 50 amp service there so we could hook-up to electricity and still be close to the boys and her mom.
Joan (mom) has a long, curved, paved driveway with a rather large landing behind the house. We calculated the length of the bus, and figured we would be able to get it "down back" and negotiate turning it around. What we failed to factor in were height restrictions and Mom's numerous trees, with limbs extending over the drive.
We left the dealership with car in tow. We were so proud and certainly were not anticipating any problems.
As we entered the drive, negotiating limbs and curves, we heard a strange dragging sound on top of the bus. Good Grief, we nearly pulled the entire electric service out of the house. We barely cleared the power lines that were dragging across the top of the bus! Joe hit the brakes and we stopped dead in our tracks as we pondered our next move.
After surveying the lay of the land, we decided not to pursue taking the bus any further. We let the bus sit in the middle of the drive, ensuring no one would be able to get in or out.
We had to wonder if this was a sign of things to come.
We soon located a campground in New Paris and ended up having to back the bus out of Mother's drive, onto a two-lane state highway.
Mom stood in the middle of the highway to stop traffic in one direction while Nancy held it up from the other - then Joe punched it! It wasn't pretty, but we were lucky there was no traffic during this exercise.
We're working on a different solution for next summer in Indiana.
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