Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving break was wonderful.  We stayed in the Big Bender and had a great time.  Perfect weather..  Had a great time hiking and enjoying the weather..  next trip is over Christmas break.. We cannot wait!!!

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/meridian

Sway With Me

Friday we installed the sway bar and new chains..  I really hope the sway bar will help with towing the trailer.  We didn't have a lot of fish-tailing on last trip... but better safe than sorry!

We bought the sway bar at Harbor Freight.

A little touch up on the paint and we are good

And we are DONE!!!!!!

So a few months back we finished our trailer and started the process to get tags and title.. the start of the process is here

http://www.bigbenders.com/2014/08/titletags-it-begins.html

We sent in the weight slip, photo of the trailer, photo of the metal tag with the VIN#, bill of sale, all paperwork from court house and the 68A inspection.  We were told that if the paperwork wasn't exact they would send it back and of course they did.  We sent a copy of the 68A and they needed the original.  So we sent in the original and all paperwork  We received a letter stating we needed to get a Bonded title in the amount of $6000.00 or have the country clerk hold a hearing to approve the Title.

I then went to All State Insurance Co to get the bond.  It was $96.00.  It took all of 10 minutes.  Then back to the court house to finish up paper work.  $340.00 later I walked out with tags and plate!!!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title/Tags- It begins.........

We are in the process of getting a Bonded Title for our trailer.  Tuesday we took the trailer to be inspected for a new Vin #.  We think we have a Vin# 

However there has been no record found.  So we are off to see the wizard.  Prior to the inspection we had to have the trailer weighed and did a little paper work.

http://www.bigbenders.com/2014/07/one-weigh-or-another.html

The inspection office only inspects trailers Tuesday's and Thursday's 8:30 to 10:30 then 1:30 to 3:30 and we are 1.5 hours away..  

We went Tuesday and the trip over was uneventful, which is always good :)

Rain coming

Guess what... they used the numbers that we thought were the Vin# !!  Yeah!  The whole process was only about 5 minutes total..

Stopped for dinner on the Lake

And we had to drive home in the rain

We made it home safe and sound!!  Next step is getting more forms from the court house and sending off to Waco to get Bonded Title...  

Maiden Voyage

We did it!!!!!!!!!!

When we bought the trailer the end of December we really wanted my birthday weekend (August 2) to be the maiden voyage.. and it worked out!!!  We decided to just stay close to home 1.5 hours away at an RV park near The Woodlands.  We decided to stay at the www.woodlandlakesrvpark.com.  

The drive to the RV park was a bit stressful for me..  this was our first time with the new tires and driving it this far.  We made it fine and set up was only 25 minutes.

The welcome kitty

Th RV park has little ponds with black -bellied whistling ducks.  They were fun to watch and listen to

We were a small fish in a big pond.  

First breakfast in trailer :)

We did a little Birthday shopping/eating :)

Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake (Cheesecake Factory)

We had a WONDERFUL time..  our next stay will be in a State Park which we prefer but this was a great first time out.  

Heading home

The drive home was so much better (my nerves) we had no issues and it was smooth sailing..riding... :)

Sunset when we arrived home:)

Ready for the next adventure...