Tickety-Boo is now safely stored and hibernating for the next…what is it?…six months.

I think I made the whole process overly complicated because it is the first season and I am totally new to this.

However, I did the usual extensive research and it paid off if only because I was satisfied with the result. Time will tell.

Everything went according to plan with the winterising which is basically blowing all of the water out of the pipes and then inserting RV antifreeze.  These are usually “either or” methods but I did both.  Both Jim and Marc helped me out at different points and I am grateful.

Next year, if stuck, I’ll be able to do it on my own.

The first few days T-B was alone the temperature plunged, really cold, close to -20º C with the wind. I went out to check at the worst of it and there was a little puddle of antifreeze close to the toilet with more around the base. At first I thought it may have come from behind the toilet, from a connector, but now I think that water around the seal expanded and seeped out. Probably no actual damage but I will keep an eye on things in the spring.

My real concern though was the state of the batteries in the deep cold because I had added water sometime this summer. I was afraid I had put too much in and that it would freeze destroying them. Well, that did not happen because there is acid in there and it is no longer water.

Still, I have been kicking myself ever since. Another example of not sitting down and thinking things through…all of the things!

I was a little shocked by the amount of gear that was in T-B. So much stuff that I never actually used, particularly in the kitchen department.  That must be reviewed!

I have to say I really enjoyed camping at McLaren and I will be returning asap next year. I want to visit Cape Breton and perhaps New Hampshire in August. The rest of the family will be in Ogunquit and I can camp close to them. Somewhere TBD.