New PW and Trip to Parris Island, SC

Where has the time gone?  We have purchased a 2008 PW Excel TS and I have used it for Weir Farms NHS volunteering and we used it on a trip to see Grandson graduate boot camp last week.  The rig is working great. We have purchased new tires (originals were on it). NEVER travel with dated tires.  An RV needs decent, not over 7 year old tires with good tread.  You take a very real chance if the tires are old.  We know people who have learned the hard way and their RV was damaged (one beyond repair).  We had a tire go flat on our original PW on a trip years ago.  Thank Goodness, it was a good experience with pleasant helpers, but we were running on an old tire, the only old tire on the rig, the former spare.  Never do that! It looked perfect with no cracks but..........it blew!

 

We have also had to purchase a battery. The refrig went out while traveling to SC.  It was the house battery and not the refrig. problem. The refrig had a kill switch that turned it off instead of ruining the refrig.  I would rather get a new battery (old was original) than a new refrig. - $$$$.  Battery and tires are just maintenance issues that are part of owning a vehicle.



The Visitor Center - a 1700's old farm house of the 2 farms there.



The studio I am docent at Weir Farms