Mike, Alison, and Haley joined me and Val for our first real trip in the Minnie. We went to the San Luis Reservoir for the weekend. The reservoir is a collection of a couple of bodies of water, set near Hollister. The place looks like it’s probably fairly fun if you’ve got a boat, jet ski, or other watergoing device.
Unfortunately, while we did have Mike’s kayaks, the wind was pretty severe (apparently more than 30 mph), so they said we couldn’t go out on the water. We did spend a couple of hours swimming in a lagoon area, but never did get the boats in the water.
As for the Minnie, it worked out pretty well. They had hookups for water and electricity, but not sewage. Our tanks almost filled over the weekend, but never quite topped out. Since it was so windy outside, we spent more time in the Minnie than we would normally. 5 people spending a lot of time in the RV is pretty tight, but it wasn’t too bad.
This was the first time we’ve had guests stay with us, and we had all the beds occupied (this was the first time we ever even made the dinette into a bed). Val and I stayed in our bed, but reports were that the other two beds were servicable, even if not of Stearns & Foster quality. ;) I laid on the dinette bed, and it was not as tight for tall people as I thought it would be. I think 1 adult up to 6 feet tall would be fine there, but definitely not 2 of that size. The bed above the cab was a hit with the kid, as you’d expect.
We ate several meals in the RV, and it performed well in this regard, too. We didn’t cook anything fancy (hot dogs were the “big” dinner on Sat. night), but I don’t see any reason you couldn’t be a little more creative with some planning.
All in all, it was a good trip. Luckily the company was good since we were forced into close proximity for most of the time.