Montclair, Ca
We arrived in the Montclair, CA area on Sunday afternoon. Staying at the East Shore RV Park. A nice place as commercial campgrounds go. Decent sized sites. Well maintained. Got caught up on the laundry on Monday and gave the camper a much needed cleaning. It was filthy. The near constant winds had blown a fine red dust through every opening.
On Tuesday we drove to the Lazy Daze factory to take a tour and see our new Lazy Daze being made. They were cleaning it up, doing punch list items, etc. It’s just beautiful. We’re so glad we decided to get a new one. Carol, in particular, is very, very happy. Toured the facility to see just how they were made. Carol bought herself a Lazy Daze cap.
We’re going our walkthrough on Thursday morning then transferring our stuff from old to new. On Friday morning the ICC driver drives us to Las Vegas. California has a rule about sales tax. In order to avoid paying 8% CA sales tax on a vehicle purchase, you must take physical possession out of the State. So, you hire an official Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) driver for $400 to drive the RV to Las Vegas, NV. We go along as passengers.
Wednesday. Steve & Carol Crisp, the buyers of our 2000 LD, stopped by about 3:00. I answered lots of questions, went over some of the systems then we signed the title over to them. It’s no longer ours.
Thursday, April 24: We drove “their” LD to the Factory. Spent most of the morning doing our inspection of the new one. Everything worked as it should. No problems of any type. Then we began transferring all our stuff from “old” to “new”. Took much longer then I thought. By 4:00 we still weren’t finished. Terry Tanner installed LED taillights for us. He was so proud of himself. This was the first 2008 he’s done this too.
Friday. The BIG day. We got up about 5:30am so we could be at the factory by seven to finish our transfer of stuff. The ICC driver showed up on time and at 9am we left for Las Vegas, NV. Arrived at the Travel America Truck Stop at 12:45. The mobile notary showed up about one. Signed some papers, paid him $45 and the Lazy Daze was now legally ours to drive. We went to Camping World to get some things, then Wal-Mart then Home Depot. Tonight we’re camping at the Boulder Beach Campground at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. About 45 minutes from Las Vegas. The plan is to stay here through Monday to add all those little touches like more shelving, roof vent covers, cup holders, etc. and to be sure everything is working perfectly before we head north.
We couldn’t be happier with our decision to buy a new Lazy Daze.
