The Nope Job

Pressing into our second week, there was no way to avoid the Nope Job any longer. The sewer tanks had to emptied. Now, this is a disgusting job on the best day. This was never going to be the best day. Being very, very low on cash resources for the first few days, we had to wait to purchase a few of the necessities of RV life. 

 

Camco RhinoFLEX 20ft RV Sewer Hose Kit, Includes Swivel Fitting and Translucent Elbow with 4-In-1 Dump Station Fitting, Storage Caps Included (39741)

Sewer hoses, connections, etc fell onto the list of these things can wait a couple of days. RV toilet paper and a couple of septic tanks drop ins came with the trailer start up kit. 

Yay!

The lack of sewer hoses early on set up a very smelly problem. Not a guaranteed to occur problem, but one that happened anyway. Along about the middle of Week One, while checking out the outside of the trailer,  husband looks at the sewer valve and states, "That valve is open!" 

The sewer cap was on, but the valve that keeps all the ooey gooey yuck up in the tube so you can attach the sewer hose to empty the tanks was wide open. Wide open on all three tanks. This beast has two gray tanks and a blank tank. Now, the gray tanks are not really a problem, since they are pretty much filled with soapy dish water, shower water and hand soap. Not the worse things in the world.

The black tank, however, is filled with all the rotten nasty things you flush away, and never want to see, smell or think about. EVER AGAIN!

It is always about the money. We had to wait until we had enough money to buy sewer this and that and everything. We simply did not have the ability to hook up to campground system when we first arrived.

And, yes, we probably should have trekked to the other side of the campground to use their facilities. At 3am, at 3pm, at 10:15 in the whenever. It just was not going to happen. This is our home. 

We are going to go when we have to go. IN OUR HOME.

We just were not expecting the stupid to hit us quite so early and quite so hard. So smelly and so disgusting!

We made a video, because why wouldn't we. Ha! Be prepared that it is very gross. No lollipops and gummy bears. Just gross and gagginess. I can just sense the disappointment. I promise prettier posts in the future.

The Nope Job--a newbie story

RV newbies all the way. Along about the middle of Week One, while checking out the outside of our brand new trailer,  husband looks at the sewer valve and states, "That valve is open!" 

The sewer cap was on, but the valve that keeps all the ooey gooey yuck up in the tube, so you can attach the sewer hose to empty the tanks, was wide open. There is clueless, and then there is us. 

This is our story.


This is part one of our battle: cleaning out the black tank.




The black tank cleaning has its very own version of disgusting. Just not as bad as splish splash bucket sewage. So there's that.  

Battling the Black Tank, a newbie story. The video:


There is a first time for everything. As first time, full time RV newbies, learning how to battle the bowels of the beast is a tough and terrifying quest. This is part two of our battle: cleaning out the black tank. Not as bad as emptying out the ooo and goo, but still pretty nasty business.

Below is the official video from the Catalina Legacy page on how to use the Black Tank flush. Let's just pretend we were just as professional as this guy.


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Not a happy camper.

 

A couple photos of the roses from our campground to freshen up this gross and disgusting post. Ironically, these beautiful flowers are planted in front of the restrooms.