Things I learned today

There have been a number of lessons learned in the last 24 hours.  To recap:

Lesson 1 - When you know something is a good idea...do it.  Especially when your neighbor also believes it's a good idea.  The plan prior to departing was to put the Honda up on the "universal" tow dolly just to be sure there weren't any problems.  In the flurry of packing, this was a task that went into the wayside.  What could go wrong?  It's a universal tow dolly isn't it?  Well the Honda wouldn't go up the ramps without tearing off the front bumper.  So Monday night I found myself running to Home Depot for a couple 2x10s at 9:45pm.

Problem solved.  Right?  No no!  Even with the car fully on the tow dolly the ramps wouldn't tilt down to lock the pin in place because the hitch is 1 1/2 inches too high.  So at 11pm Phil (my KOA neighbor and new best friend) are both wishing we'd paid more attention to the levers/fulcrums lesson from Physics class as we contemplate how to shift the center of gravity on a 4000 lb car. 

 Phil helping with the tow dolly...we finally got it on and locked down.

Lesson 2 - Always ask more questions.  Not wanting to mess with the car and tow dolly if we didn't have to, we figured we'd call Rock City and see if they had RV parking.  This would allow us to stop there before the RV park and not have to upload the car.  Their answer "Of course we have RV parking.  It's at the top of the hill."  Off we went blissfully missing the details many of you have already picked up on (i.e. "at the top of the hill").  Now if you've ever been to Rock City you know that it's at the top of a very narrow windy road.  After scaring the life out of several families in oncoming cars and some smoking brakes on the dolly, we made it to the top and back down.

The real answer: "Yes there's RV parking up here, but there's no way to get your RV up the hill!!"