Our 13th wedding anniversary

Hi there everyone,

As we prepared to celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary together, we decided the time had come to replace the Washer/Drier in our Motorhome. When we bought the motorhome in 2010, it came with a Splendid 2000 washer/drier. We've used the washer/drier virtually every day since we bought the rig. The first thing to fail was the water pump that drains the Washer. That failure took place in June of this year. We spent the $150.00 to replace that unit. Then, we found that the drier would run for hours on end. We figured that if we didn't set the drier timer for anyting longer than 60 minutes, the drier would turn off after the time it was set for had elapsed. However next, the washer timer started to fail and the wash cycles would not complete. So, we decided that buying a new washer was the way to go.

So, on Thursday the 30th, Paul our neighbor helped me heft the old Splendide 2000 washer/drier out of the motorhome and load it into the Honda CRV. On Friday the 31st of August, I took old Splendide unit to a local Appliance recycler. Once Carol was up and going on Friday, we went to walk dogs at the local shelter. After walking dogs, we went to the Camping World in Rocklin to pick up our new washer/drier. We bought a Splendide 2100XC and brought it home. Russ came over once we got home and helped me lift the new Washer/Drier into the rig and I proceeded to put it into place.

The new washer/drier has proven to be a far superior unit to the old unit. It is far quieter, and it dries much faster than the old unit. We also find that the clothes come out far fresher than then old unit. Some other benifits to the new Splendide 2100 XC is that the unit is self cleaning, in other words, it takes care of the lint with out any action on our part. So, no lint filter to clean. Also, there is no wet filter to clean either! :-) Though we have only used the new unit for a couple of days, it has done yomans duty, processing about 10 loads of laundry. This is our wedding anniversary gift to our selves and we are loving it! :-)

For our anniversary dinner, Carol and I went to 'The Melting Pot' a fondu resturaunt in Mid-town Sacramento. We had a wonderful dinner at this resturaunt. It consisted of a swiss cheese fondu as an appetizer, with breads, apple slices and veggies. Then we were served a traditional salad. The main couse was various beef, pork, chicken and shrimp cuts which we could cook in a broth along with potatos and veggies. The dinner was topped off with a chocolate fondu which included marshmellos, rice crispy treats and various other delecacies that could be put in the chocolate fondu. It was all very, very yummy! After dinner, we enjoyed a walk through Mid town seeing the Governors mansion and Memorial Auditorium. The Sacramento area really is a wonderful place to live and work, and we enjoy it very much!

Happy camping! - Eric and Carol -