Moving to NEW Site – Santee, CA

We were busy with all of the preparations to “break down” at the old site and “set up” at the new site in preparations for our teeny tiny move today. That got very complicated very fast when our toilet broke Wednesday morning. We called our regular repair guy (Bill) and there was no way he could get to us until Thursday afternoon. UGH! Yeah, I know we are camping; but not really. We are RVers not campers. We have ALL the creature comforts of home because this is our home full-time.

Luckily, our current site was very close to the park facilities. But still a bother for those “middle of the night” visits. We became extremely focused on our body functions and not much on the move. Bill came by early afternoon on Thursday and after taking the toilet apart realized that the broken pieces strewed inside needed to be replaced. So, off he went looking for the parts. While Boots started the process of warranty issues (May 01, the 2 year warranty expires).

The results were no replacement parts were available even on order with rushed shipping. For warranty issues, the toilet (and associated rig) needed to go to the nearest Camping World (San Marcos – 40 miles north on I 15) for a certified repair person to ascertain the problem and solution. So, we took the simpler but more expense path and decided to just buy a new toilet for Bill to install. So Boots took a quick (sure, quick, during rush hour) drive up to San Marcos and back. While at the Camping World, it was ascertained that the warranty probably would not have covered this anyway.

Back with the toilet, we needed to schedule the installation. Bill could only promise a Monday slot (another 2 ½ days with not only a broken but now with pieces in the shower). He did say if his Friday job was quick, he might be able to come over and install then. In our new site the facilities are twice as far. So, we began hoping he’d be able to make it.

Today, we got up early (or early for us) and did the last few things before we made the short trip to our new site. We were done “setting up” the rig and had just finished lunch when Bill called to say he was in town and headed our way. YEA YEA YEA You can’t imagine the joy of knowing our toilet was about to be back in working order.

RV toilets aren’t like “stick” house facilities. They do not have holding tanks just waiting to flush away materials. The RV toilet has a foot pedal to open a lever for materials to pass to the “black” water holding tank. The lever also uses water to wash down the toilet bowl sides and assist the materials departure. Once the foot pedal is released the lever closes. With a soft touch on the pedal, water can be added to the bowl. I know more that you ever wanted to know about toilets let alone RV ones. Too bad, you chose to read this blog 