Returned to Gilmanton with Alverta to take ownership of the RV. Took about 30 miles to get used to handling something that big and heavy, over 15,000 pounds even lightly loaded. Immediately nicknamed the RV: The Beast. Note how it dwarfs the van in the temporary RV parking spot. Trip back to Fern Lake, up and over Sherburne Pass, burned over ½ tank of gas… and it’s a 75 gallon tank! Dinner at Marty and Merry Lapidus’ house.. most enjoyable! First overnight in The Beast was not fun… not much sleep and quite cold toward morning! Ran the coach batteries down so low that the liquefied propane gas (LPG) alarm went off nearly continuously… [chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, @#%!$* chirp] until the batteries finally went completely flat… killing the alarm... and the heating system. Of course, the first time the alarm went off I could have sworn I smelled propane!!!! Fortunately the RV has a cross-over switch that allows the generator to be started from the truck ignition battery… so the coach batteries could be recharged and the heat turned back on.
