We first need to take a moment to send our warmest regards and continued appreciation for the family from whom we adopted ownership of this most well cared for motor home, they know who they are and we are grateful for their generosity and the honesty they provided in transferring ownership to us.

We spent the first month we had it preparing for our departure and that meant sealing the roof seams,  flushing the antifreeze out of the plumbing system and sanitizing the water tanks and removing as many of the black walnuts as we could from the various areas the squirrels had stored them away in, including underneath the dashboard, where many still are because we could not reach them, and on top of the water tanks underneath the motor home! That is after all how we came to decide to name this rig the Black Walnut, it only seemed fitting after all. We even kept a couple of them, the black walnuts that is.

We are thoroughly enjoying living, working & traveling in this motor home. However, owning and maintaining a motor home includes the reality of a "learning curve" when taking on such a responsibility for the first time. We are so very fortunate that this motor home had been so well cared for and maintained by the two previous owners, so there have not been too many unexpected surprises, once we learned what we needed to know through experiencing trial and error.

We did have to do some simple plumbing repairs once we got hooked up to direct water and the plumbing experienced direct line pressure, but other than some wet carpet we dried out with a few hot days and a fan, it was a simple fix and no big deal.

We especially like that because it is an older 80's model, all the troublesome new fangled electronic technology is missing from the engine. It runs wonderfully when given what it needs, including starting and running it every week or so when we are sitting in one place for an extended period of time as we have been here in Maine.

We haven't figured out why the oven won't work, the pilot lights, but the element that controls the heat doesn't fire up....so we cannot use it to bake anything. So for those of you reading that know anything about gas motor home ranges.....we would certainly appreciate any knowledge you might have in this area. Not that we have suffered without it...we can cook on the stove top just fine and have a small microwave as well, so we are getting along just fine without the use of the oven, still it would be nice to have the use of it and given that everything else in the motor home was so well cared for and in good working order, we are sure it is probably something simple, relating to the fact that it had not been used in a while before we got it. 

So here we are, Ram & Dar, Worf and Leo, the crew of the Black Walnut. Our adventurous journey has begun and we look forward to learning from whatever experiences await us as we travel along. We hope you enjoy reading this blog, and encourage and welcome your interactions in the forum below.