The Enlightenment Weekend

First Outing, San Gabriel Mountains, CA, April 2008, L-R: Steve, Frito, and Carol Crisp; Terry Tanner; Denise and Garth Morrison, and our rigs, respectively (how come they are all blue?)

Yes! We took ownership of our new-to-us 2000 Lazy Daze Mid-Bath from Ed and Carol Daniels. They were picking up their new rig (same floorplan), and we flew out to the Mothership (aka Lazy Daze factory) to hand over the keys.

So where does one go on their first outing? Well, we made contact with Terry Tanner (of Techsnoz fame) via e-mail, since we wanted to get his LED tail lights installed. And he invited us and another couple out to his "hide-out" up in the mountains just outside of Pasadena, CA. (I could tell you where it's located, but then I'd have to shoot you ;-)

LD Enlightenment by Terry Tanner, San Gabriel Mountains, CA, April 2008

Terry declared this a weekend of "enlightenment", and that was surely the case. Oh yeah, he also installed LED lights on rigs ;-)

If you have not taken advantage of Terry's kind service to get your rear lights upgraded, I'd strongly encourage you to do so. He showed us just how dim the stock rear LD lights are. They simply would not get the attention of a vehicle following you. But the new ones, plus the third light he adds to the tire cover really pop! I would say these are a "must have" safety improvement. And for older rigs (like ours), I would also say the replacement Velvac mirrors are also a critical upgrade.