WEBVTT - Bonus Episode! Boondocking With Brad: Hooking Up

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, I'm Matt and I'm Brad. This is park Landia,

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<v Speaker 1>a production of I Heart Radio. We sold our loft

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<v Speaker 1>in Chicago, moved into an r V, and now we're

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<v Speaker 1>talking in the Country of All Time with her dog Finn,

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<v Speaker 1>exploring America's national parks. And today we're airing another episode

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<v Speaker 1>of Boon Docking with Brad, we are talking about hooking

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<v Speaker 1>up your r V. Um So, I guess this one's

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<v Speaker 1>one that Matt definitely won't jump in a lot. I

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<v Speaker 1>want him to when he can and when he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about it, because there's definitely a point where

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<v Speaker 1>he's going to throw something in my face, in particular

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<v Speaker 1>about Santa Fe. But okay, so we should actually start

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<v Speaker 1>at the basics. What is hooking up your V? What

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<v Speaker 1>does that mean? Um? So, that is when you are

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<v Speaker 1>going to like a campsite and you are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be using their electricity and their water inside of your

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<v Speaker 1>r V. So what I'm gonna do is I'm i

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<v Speaker 1>tell you how to do that. I'm gonna describe it

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<v Speaker 1>to you so that way you can learn and find

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<v Speaker 1>the ways to research it. So if you're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>get into this lifestyle, basically you are ahead of the

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<v Speaker 1>game and you know what to ask next. Right, everything

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<v Speaker 1>here is just the beginning because I don't have visuals, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>so I want you to just listen and learn how

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<v Speaker 1>to do this because these are things you're gonna do

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<v Speaker 1>all the time. UM. Hooking up and d uh disconnecting

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<v Speaker 1>your RV happens almost daily sometimes. UM, it's definitely a

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<v Speaker 1>weekly thing, if not a monthly thing. So when you

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<v Speaker 1>first arrived to in r V park, you're gonna get

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<v Speaker 1>a map of the campground when you check in, and

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<v Speaker 1>then that r V park will most likely have a

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<v Speaker 1>guide that will take you to your RV spot, and

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<v Speaker 1>so you're gonna pull into your r V spot. Now

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes they're back ins, and then there's also pulled through sites. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>So those are the two main sites. So back in

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<v Speaker 1>is one that you back into. UM. And when you

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<v Speaker 1>do that, you're gonna want to disconnect any V vehicles

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<v Speaker 1>you have or any trailers because most of the time

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<v Speaker 1>those are for like a smaller site, so you would

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<v Speaker 1>park your vehicle or your trailer in front of you

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<v Speaker 1>or on the side of the road. And so disconnecting

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<v Speaker 1>a car or a trailer, it's about your ball hitch

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<v Speaker 1>and it's how your hitch set up works. UM. The

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<v Speaker 1>nice thing about the trailer that we were pulling around

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<v Speaker 1>with us the lat past year, it had an electrical jack,

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<v Speaker 1>so basically you didn't have to crank it up and

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<v Speaker 1>crank it down with a chalk block. You pushed a button,

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<v Speaker 1>you held it down, and it like raised the trailer

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<v Speaker 1>off of your hits for you. It was really really

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<v Speaker 1>nice to have in those situations. But because it was

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<v Speaker 1>a trailer, we always had to call the r V

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<v Speaker 1>pack ahead of time to ask them about like where

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<v Speaker 1>do we parked this? Can we park this year? Some

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<v Speaker 1>do allow it, some don't, Uh, can we use a

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<v Speaker 1>parking spaces are a special storage area. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of different questions that you have to get into even

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<v Speaker 1>before you arrive, to make sure that they can accommodate

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<v Speaker 1>you and your setup. This was really annoying for us

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<v Speaker 1>u UM, but luckily most places had somewhere there's only

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<v Speaker 1>one or two. But luckily we actually had friends nearby

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<v Speaker 1>so we could go drop it off at their place

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<v Speaker 1>and then we have to call them and ask them

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<v Speaker 1>where they want it and that kind of thing. But

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<v Speaker 1>so these are definitely technical details. Of when you're on

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<v Speaker 1>the road of what you have to deal with. So

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<v Speaker 1>once you get the car or trailer disconnected, Um, you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to back in in this situation, so you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>want to make sure your level when you're backing in,

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<v Speaker 1>So you're gonna find the You're gonna do a walk

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<v Speaker 1>around of your vehicle and of the site beforehand because

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes they're gonna have different dips in the grounds or

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<v Speaker 1>things like that. So you'll have your own chalk blocks.

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<v Speaker 1>And those chalk blocks are whether going to help you

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<v Speaker 1>level out, so as you're backing in, your kind of

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<v Speaker 1>putting these chalk blocks below to help level out your

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<v Speaker 1>RV because when you have a crooked RV, it kind

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<v Speaker 1>of feels like like you have vertigo, um, and you

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<v Speaker 1>just get dizzy or you're like whoa, Like, are you

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<v Speaker 1>missed step a lot? Because you're thinking you're on flat

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<v Speaker 1>surface but you're not. So these chalk blocks come in

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<v Speaker 1>handy definitely. UM. And then once you're on those chalk

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<v Speaker 1>blocks and your level, you're gonna want to put in

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<v Speaker 1>your emergency break right UM. And that's a really quick

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<v Speaker 1>way of putting that together. But there's this is a

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<v Speaker 1>very important step. There's times where it's taken me five

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<v Speaker 1>minutes because I'm on flat ground, and then there's times

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<v Speaker 1>where it taking me half an hour to get it right,

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<v Speaker 1>um I, and that's because I didn't have the right

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<v Speaker 1>chalk blox at that point in time. UM. So I

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<v Speaker 1>had these ones that you basically there are four by

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<v Speaker 1>four in square almost and you basically stacked them on

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<v Speaker 1>top of each other like a pyramid. So there was

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<v Speaker 1>like four pig holes almost like a lego. And so

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<v Speaker 1>I had two of those and then I put one

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<v Speaker 1>in the center of that, so that way it created

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<v Speaker 1>a ramp, like you put three legos together, one two

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<v Speaker 1>and then one in the middle that connects them both right,

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<v Speaker 1>and so that's how you start to get a level,

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<v Speaker 1>but you have to like moving forward or backwards to

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<v Speaker 1>ending on where you're at. But then there's some r

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<v Speaker 1>vs that have auto levelers for you, so you literally

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<v Speaker 1>push that button, it levels itself and you're golden. So

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<v Speaker 1>it all depends on your specific r V site and

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<v Speaker 1>are set up that you that you get um and

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<v Speaker 1>these are all great things to look for when you're

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<v Speaker 1>buying an r V. Right, Uh, we would love that

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<v Speaker 1>it would be a beautiful thing to have, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you have to get different jackpads and things like that.

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<v Speaker 1>A jack pad is the thing that goes on the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>UM that will basically the auto level goes into and

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<v Speaker 1>it's subway. It doesn't poke a hole through the ground,

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<v Speaker 1>and then it doesn't level itself. UM. So once you

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<v Speaker 1>get your vehicle all level, and the first thing you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do in most situations is plug in your electrical cords. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you have a trailer like ours where the

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<v Speaker 1>it's permanently put in hooked up into your RV, basically

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<v Speaker 1>you're gonna pull out this long thirty am extension cord

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<v Speaker 1>that will go and plug into electrical outlet box UM.

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<v Speaker 1>And some r vs they're not like permanently attached, so

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<v Speaker 1>basically they'll be in like one of your storage areas

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<v Speaker 1>and then you're gonna come out and plug it into

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<v Speaker 1>your r V and then into that. So there's us

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<v Speaker 1>like two different types of setups there. But when you

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<v Speaker 1>get over to that electrical outlet box, you're gonna want

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure that the electricity breakers, the circuit breakers

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<v Speaker 1>are turned off. Uh. And that's just because you don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to create a surge with into your r V,

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<v Speaker 1>UM because your a C is still on on accident

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<v Speaker 1>or something like that. UM, because all these things can

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<v Speaker 1>create these surges which then can ruin your r V

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<v Speaker 1>and then you have to go get warranty work done

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<v Speaker 1>and you have to pay more money to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's always better to be safe than sorry, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's why we use a surge protector as well. And

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<v Speaker 1>so we plug in our surge vector into the thirty

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<v Speaker 1>amp outlet for us. We then plug the search protector

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<v Speaker 1>into our extension cord that came out of our r V,

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<v Speaker 1>and then we turn that circuit break on to feed

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<v Speaker 1>power into our r V. There's a lot of electrical

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<v Speaker 1>equipment within your r V, and protecting it is probably

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<v Speaker 1>the most important asset UM to r V living. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>We've had an issue with our generator breaking, but that's

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<v Speaker 1>more for boondocking, so I'll get into generators on another episode.

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<v Speaker 1>But UM, you're gonna want to go back in. You're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna check that your fridge is working because it will

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<v Speaker 1>be auto gas and off so when you're driving, it

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<v Speaker 1>actually works off of your stored energy. In your UM

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<v Speaker 1>house battery, there's two batteries in an RV normally sometimes more.

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<v Speaker 1>But basically, to break it down simply, you have your

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<v Speaker 1>engine battery for your chassis, for your normal vehicle, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you have your house battery, which is in the

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<v Speaker 1>back right, and so those two will charge off each

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<v Speaker 1>other and connect to each other, but then there's different

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<v Speaker 1>breakers in between them again to help with those electrical

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<v Speaker 1>surges and such. So when you're driving down the road, um,

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<v Speaker 1>your fridge is on gas, but it actually runs off

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<v Speaker 1>that house battery as well. They work together to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure that your food stays cold while driving. Um, So

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<v Speaker 1>when you have that on auto, you just want to

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<v Speaker 1>make sure it's a solid green light once you plugged

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<v Speaker 1>in that thirty MP outlet. Uh. The other thing you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do is you're gonna go over to your A

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<v Speaker 1>C or your heat panel to make sure that that's working,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you'll turn on your lights and live life

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<v Speaker 1>with electricity. Right, So, I bet you didn't know there's

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<v Speaker 1>all that involved in and we're only on electricity. The

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<v Speaker 1>next easy part is water. Right. It's like hooking up

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<v Speaker 1>a hose too from your car to uh a spray nozzle.

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<v Speaker 1>Like it's just that easy, except you want to make

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<v Speaker 1>sure you have regulators on there. There's a water pressure

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<v Speaker 1>regulator you can get almost anywhere Walmart's, Amazon, anything, UM

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<v Speaker 1>five to ten bucks cheap. But if you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>one of those, some water parks water levels are so

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<v Speaker 1>high with pressure that it could actually blow out pipes

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<v Speaker 1>within your RV. So you get this little five to

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<v Speaker 1>ten dollar thing and you put that on the spicket outside.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you plug your hose in your water hose. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to use your dump pose or your your

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<v Speaker 1>dump cleaning hose because they're gonna be two separate ones.

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<v Speaker 1>So you have that water hose basically, and then what

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<v Speaker 1>we do is we have a water water filteration system UM.

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<v Speaker 1>So that way it filters the water that's going into

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<v Speaker 1>our r V so we can drink with it, cooke

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<v Speaker 1>with it. Because we don't know where this water has

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<v Speaker 1>been and how it's been used in these different local municipalities,

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<v Speaker 1>so as you're traveling, you don't have a normal resource

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<v Speaker 1>for water that like you know where it's from. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's what we do to make sure that we filter

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<v Speaker 1>that water. UM. Plug into your r V, turn on

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<v Speaker 1>the spicket outside, and wallah, you got water inside of

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<v Speaker 1>your RV. These are the easiest parts of hooking up.

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<v Speaker 1>The next one is the dirty nasty dump pose my favorite.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely you are listening to park Landia from my heart radio. Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Matt and I'm Brad. This park Landia. The next

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<v Speaker 1>one is the dirty nasty dump pose. UM. So hooking

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<v Speaker 1>it up is actually really easy. Um. You Basically what

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing is you're taking that dump pose UM. It's

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<v Speaker 1>normally in a fifteen ft accordion UM there I would

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<v Speaker 1>say the circumference is like three inches or four inches around,

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<v Speaker 1>So it's a big hose because that's what's gonna take

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<v Speaker 1>your U wast from your r V or your dirty

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<v Speaker 1>waters from your r V into the ground from the outside.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna have a panel that flips up. UM. So

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<v Speaker 1>basically this is where you're going to take and put

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<v Speaker 1>um your dumpos on the RVs waste fitting UM and

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<v Speaker 1>that basically extends it to where you can then take

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<v Speaker 1>it to the dump station's inlet. And that inlet is

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<v Speaker 1>going to be normally in the ground, and that's where

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<v Speaker 1>you hook up the other side of your dump pose

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<v Speaker 1>and make sure that it's tightly secured because you don't

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<v Speaker 1>want any of this stuff coming out. That's for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Where I made my biggest mistake in Santa Fe, New

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<v Speaker 1>Mexico was before I put my dump pose on. I

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<v Speaker 1>basically didn't check to see if my black tank um

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<v Speaker 1>safety valve was closed, and so when I took off

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<v Speaker 1>the cap to my r vs UM fitting, the waiste fitting,

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<v Speaker 1>I took off that cap and all the black tank

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<v Speaker 1>shot out at me everywhere. It was a disaster. It

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<v Speaker 1>was the nastiest thing that happened in my life. And

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<v Speaker 1>I was screaming, and you're fighting against all this poo

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<v Speaker 1>filled water, yes, feces filled water, and it's spraying on

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<v Speaker 1>you and you're trying to like freak out. You're like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, what did I do? What I do?

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<v Speaker 1>And you're trying to put the cap back on, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you don't realize that, like, it's not the cap

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<v Speaker 1>you need to turn. You need to put that safety

0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:28.800
<v Speaker 1>black tank safety lever back in so that way it

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<v Speaker 1>just stops flowing for a second so you can breathe

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<v Speaker 1>and vomit because it's so gross. It was like, it

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<v Speaker 1>was a horrible experience. I'm still have PTSD over this,

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<v Speaker 1>and I just remember stripping down I definitely threw up.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope to make it that much worse. UM. And

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<v Speaker 1>I remember going to Matt. I said, I need you

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<v Speaker 1>to give me the shampoo, and he wasn't moving fast enough.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, I need you to give me the shampoo.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, if you don't give it to me now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to freak out. And he's like, now Matt's

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<v Speaker 1>freaking out. He's like, what happened? I said, the dump

0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.240
<v Speaker 1>tink went all over me, and like he just got

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<v Speaker 1>real quiet, really nice, and he just smiled as he

0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.760
<v Speaker 1>passed that over because he's just like this is this

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<v Speaker 1>is it? Like I can't take this, Like that's why

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<v Speaker 1>I don't do this case. Uh So, Nile's say, we're

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to check out at ten, and I didn't check

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<v Speaker 1>out to eleven because I was in that shower for

0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:29.360
<v Speaker 1>an hour. UM. I went through about half of that

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<v Speaker 1>bottle of shampoo because I just I wanted to have

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<v Speaker 1>every gross feeling off of me. UM. I brushed my teeth,

0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:39.600
<v Speaker 1>threw away my toothbrush afterwards. You know, anything I used

0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:42.640
<v Speaker 1>I basically threw away, including the towel and the clothes

0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:44.440
<v Speaker 1>I was wearing. Um, even though they were like my

0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.320
<v Speaker 1>favorite pair of jeans. I didn't care. I'm not dealing

0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:52.360
<v Speaker 1>with that. Um. But so I get back up and I,

0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:55.960
<v Speaker 1>you know, I hook up the dump tank and get

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<v Speaker 1>it all taken care of. And the problem is, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want you to ever have to go through what

0:14:03.400 --> 0:14:08.319
<v Speaker 1>I went through. It was a traumatic experience, horrific experience.

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<v Speaker 1>And you just you're gonna be a lot happier knowing

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<v Speaker 1>that you don't have to go through that, like I didn't. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's all get dumped, the tanks, I disconnected the hose,

0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.520
<v Speaker 1>I washed it out. But anyways, this is about hooking

0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:28.440
<v Speaker 1>up that, not actually disconnecting it. So well look over

0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:31.760
<v Speaker 1>that in a tiny bit longer, because there's a couple

0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.560
<v Speaker 1>more things that you're definitely gonna want to do. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is also why you wear gloves when you're

0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:41.080
<v Speaker 1>in this situation, when you're hooking up your dump tink um,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you're gonna want to always keep those closed

0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:47.000
<v Speaker 1>even though you have the hose connected. UM, when you're

0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:50.680
<v Speaker 1>dumping it, you want to open up those. You dump

0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:53.920
<v Speaker 1>your waists, and then you close those emergency safety lovers again,

0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:56.920
<v Speaker 1>even if you're there for a week, because you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>want to dump your tanks about like every couple of days,

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<v Speaker 1>But you don't want to keep those traps open because

0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:06.640
<v Speaker 1>you know then you'll have different like flies and possibility

0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:09.320
<v Speaker 1>of animals or rodents getting into your r V. So

0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:11.720
<v Speaker 1>you want to keep these things closed at all times.

0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:14.840
<v Speaker 1>Even if you just like leave your dump posts hooked

0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:16.880
<v Speaker 1>up like I do, you don't want to leave it open.

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<v Speaker 1>So basically you will be collecting waste within your r

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<v Speaker 1>V and then dumping it every couple of days. UM,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's just to make sure you don't have rodents

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<v Speaker 1>inside of your r V. UM. We never really had

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<v Speaker 1>any issues with this, but I've been told about the

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<v Speaker 1>different kinds of flies that can grow UM there spawn

0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:39.320
<v Speaker 1>like satan and coming to you r V. So we

0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:42.080
<v Speaker 1>just be safe and we learn from other people's mistakes

0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.080
<v Speaker 1>in that aspect, because I've rather learned enough around the

0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:54.960
<v Speaker 1>dump type that I don't need to learn anymore. Another

0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:56.520
<v Speaker 1>thing you're gonna want to do is you're gonna want

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<v Speaker 1>to just make sure that your pro paint tanks are

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<v Speaker 1>on and that your supply is full when you're hooking up,

0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:03.240
<v Speaker 1>just so that way you can cook. You know, you

0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:06.680
<v Speaker 1>can UM you can bake in your oven, you can

0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:09.320
<v Speaker 1>cook eggs on your stovetop, whatever you want. You just

0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:11.840
<v Speaker 1>want to make sure that you have that. UM. But

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<v Speaker 1>now once you've done that, you've learned your lessons and

0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.880
<v Speaker 1>never mess with the dump tanks. You've hooked up your

0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:21.120
<v Speaker 1>water and your electricity, you're ready to throw out that

0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.720
<v Speaker 1>awning fire, up that barbecue, and put out that outdoor

0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:27.720
<v Speaker 1>equipment because it's time to have a good time camping. UM.

0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:32.960
<v Speaker 1>Really easy and a super super fun time. UM, as

0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:40.200
<v Speaker 1>long as you don't make mistakes. So basically you're gonna

0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:43.400
<v Speaker 1>reverse that now, UM. To get out of there, You're

0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:48.200
<v Speaker 1>going to you know, I always leave the water electricity

0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:51.360
<v Speaker 1>until the end because basically your MAT's always gonna be

0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:53.480
<v Speaker 1>in there, maybe like making a cup of coffee in

0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:55.960
<v Speaker 1>the morning or making his oatmeal or something like that,

0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:59.520
<v Speaker 1>so I'll need some of those things. UM. And so

0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:02.240
<v Speaker 1>basically the uh because we take off pretty early in

0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:03.880
<v Speaker 1>the mornings, you know, we try to get out of

0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.040
<v Speaker 1>places by eight or nine am, even though you have

0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:10.800
<v Speaker 1>till eleven. UM. So when you go around the RV,

0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:13.560
<v Speaker 1>you're gonna take away your dump pose first. So you're

0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:17.399
<v Speaker 1>gonna dump your waists. You're gonna do your black tank first.

0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:20.160
<v Speaker 1>You always do your black tink first because that's gonna

0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:23.919
<v Speaker 1>be your feces and like bad bad stuff. Um. And

0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:26.399
<v Speaker 1>then you do your gray tank second. And that's because

0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.119
<v Speaker 1>that's just your like gray water. That's why it's called gray.

0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:31.520
<v Speaker 1>And that's because it's just the water that was from

0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.760
<v Speaker 1>your shower or from washing dishes, things that are not

0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:39.480
<v Speaker 1>as you know, nasty. Um. But basically you're gonna dump

0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:42.600
<v Speaker 1>those second. Once it's all done, you're gonna close your

0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:46.040
<v Speaker 1>emergency valves, put your cap back over your r vs

0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:50.480
<v Speaker 1>who are inlet, and you're gonna take your accordion uh

0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:52.720
<v Speaker 1>dump hose and you're gonna wash it out. And this

0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:55.760
<v Speaker 1>is where it requires a second hose. You don't want

0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.200
<v Speaker 1>to use your normal water hose because you don't want

0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:00.439
<v Speaker 1>that to actually touch and then all and you have

0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:04.800
<v Speaker 1>like nasty water, So you use a special hose to

0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:07.359
<v Speaker 1>clean that out, rinse that out, uh cord in it.

0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:09.800
<v Speaker 1>You put your caps on, you make sure it's nice

0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:13.119
<v Speaker 1>and dried out and like rinsed out, and then you

0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:17.480
<v Speaker 1>put that away. Um, really easy. Next thing I do

0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:20.119
<v Speaker 1>is I'll take the water. I'll check with Matt to

0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:22.200
<v Speaker 1>make sure that he's all good, he got his water

0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.560
<v Speaker 1>that he needs, and then UM, i will take that

0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:28.800
<v Speaker 1>water hose assembly apart and just you know, round it

0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.440
<v Speaker 1>up and I'll put it in my UH wet storage

0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:34.240
<v Speaker 1>container on the outside of the r V, which is

0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:36.720
<v Speaker 1>one of the storage units that like it's better for

0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:42.000
<v Speaker 1>wet wet stuff. Then I'll take our electrical cord and

0:18:42.040 --> 0:18:44.720
<v Speaker 1>I'll wind it back up into our r VS UM

0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:50.679
<v Speaker 1>side UM organizer holder place and basically that will go away.

0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:53.119
<v Speaker 1>I'll make sure that all of my awnings are in,

0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:56.800
<v Speaker 1>that our slideouts are in. I'll do a three sixty

0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.240
<v Speaker 1>surveillance of the area to make sure that there's nothing

0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:03.200
<v Speaker 1>else hooked up or that our scooters UM still hooked

0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:06.320
<v Speaker 1>up and not like UM laying on the side or

0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:09.960
<v Speaker 1>anything like that, because we tow around our scooter UM

0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:12.679
<v Speaker 1>to get around to different areas in different neighborhoods that

0:19:12.720 --> 0:19:16.240
<v Speaker 1>we travel to. And so basically I'll do a three

0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:19.760
<v Speaker 1>sixty check. I'll check my tires, UM, I will make

0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:23.280
<v Speaker 1>sure that everything is working and we're ready to hit

0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:26.760
<v Speaker 1>the road safely. UM. So once that's all done, I'll

0:19:26.840 --> 0:19:29.679
<v Speaker 1>jump in, I'll pull forward a little bit and you

0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:31.560
<v Speaker 1>know what you have to do again. After you pull

0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:34.560
<v Speaker 1>forward about five to ten ft, you stop it and

0:19:34.640 --> 0:19:37.359
<v Speaker 1>you go do another three sixty because a lot of

0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:39.440
<v Speaker 1>times you'll have chalk blocks and you don't want to

0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:42.679
<v Speaker 1>leave back your chalk box because those can range anywhere

0:19:42.840 --> 0:19:47.640
<v Speaker 1>between forty dollars to like a hundred and eighty because

0:19:47.640 --> 0:19:49.440
<v Speaker 1>some of these chalk blocks are like eighty bucks of

0:19:49.560 --> 0:19:52.879
<v Speaker 1>chalk for like these specialized ones. Luckily we don't have those,

0:19:53.280 --> 0:19:57.040
<v Speaker 1>but you don't want to leave anything behind. Uh. And

0:19:57.119 --> 0:19:59.320
<v Speaker 1>then you basically get in your r V and go

0:19:59.359 --> 0:20:01.040
<v Speaker 1>on your marry way until you have to do it

0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:03.560
<v Speaker 1>again the next day if you're living on the road

0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:08.399
<v Speaker 1>full time, or if you're going home, then to go

0:20:08.520 --> 0:20:18.320
<v Speaker 1>home again. So there's a lot of fun things about

0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:23.840
<v Speaker 1>r V living and hooking up your r V can

0:20:23.880 --> 0:20:26.800
<v Speaker 1>be a fun thing and a bad thing. Most of

0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:29.240
<v Speaker 1>the time, it's just a lot of work. It only

0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:33.040
<v Speaker 1>takes fifteen to twenty minutes, and it's it's not really

0:20:33.040 --> 0:20:36.439
<v Speaker 1>that difficult. But you'll find your system. You'll find two

0:20:36.440 --> 0:20:39.000
<v Speaker 1>places where it's you store things, and you'll make it.

0:20:39.080 --> 0:20:41.760
<v Speaker 1>You'll make it work for you. Um I make sure

0:20:41.800 --> 0:20:44.000
<v Speaker 1>that Matt never has to deal with this, but this

0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:47.480
<v Speaker 1>actually reminds me. Um, you have to remind me to

0:20:47.520 --> 0:20:49.360
<v Speaker 1>pick up some more gloves because I just ran out

0:20:49.480 --> 0:20:52.520
<v Speaker 1>when we hooked up this time. Okay, all right, yeah,

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