{"id":39,"date":"2015-05-06T01:17:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T05:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/?p=39"},"modified":"2015-07-23T11:18:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T15:18:23","slug":"november-2-2014-bringing-home-our-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/?p=39","title":{"rendered":"November 2, 2014: We&#8217;ve got a Scamp!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We drove to the Midlothian area of Virginia on a Sunday morning and got our first glimpse of the 16 ft. Scamp that had been advertised on Craigslist. \u00a0Even though I knew we&#8217;d look it over thoroughly\u00a0before writing a check, also I knew we&#8217;d be leaving with it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-00-2ndPic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-00-2ndPic-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Scamp-110214-00-2ndPic\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-00-2ndPic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-00-2ndPic.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-00-FirstPic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-42\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-00-FirstPic-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Scamp-110214-00-FirstPic\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-00-FirstPic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-00-FirstPic.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It looked safe to pull, but there would be challenges&#8230;. \u00a0The vent wasn&#8217;t securely attached, so we&#8217;d have to pull it with a hole in the roof. \u00a0There was no wiring harness, and all of the wires TO the lights and brakes had been cut. \u00a0(WHY?!) \u00a0While there seemed to be some power coming to the lights, we couldn&#8217;t get them to work consistently. \u00a0We made a quick trip to a local Wal-Mart to buy temporary towing lights, various connectors and duct tape. \u00a0Plenty of duct tape&#8230;. \u00a0We used some of the tape to attach the temporary towing lights to the spare tire holder on the back of the trailer, since there was no spare tire mounted. \u00a0But transaction completed and with title in hand, we\u00a0started the slow trip home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-07-TempLight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-07-TempLight-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Scamp-110214-07-TempLight\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-07-TempLight-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-07-TempLight.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We stopped the first time while we were still in the seller&#8217;s neighborhood&#8211;and discovered that the wiring harness had come undone. \u00a0Well, darn&#8211;we wrapped up the connection with duct tape and set out again. \u00a0When we stopped a second time (maybe after about 10 miles), we discovered that we&#8217;d\u00a0lost one of the marker lights!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-05-RunningLight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-05-RunningLight-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Scamp-110214-05-RunningLight\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-05-RunningLight-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-05-RunningLight.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we stopped a third time (after about another 10 miles), we were surprised to see\u00a0that the license plate had fallen off!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-06-MissingPlate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-06-MissingPlate-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Scamp-110214-06-MissingPlate\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-06-MissingPlate-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-06-MissingPlate.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And EVERY time we stopped, we found that the wiring harness had become disconnected! \u00a0But WOW&#8211;we finally had a trailer!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-001-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Scamp-110214-00\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-001-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-001.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even if it WAS held together with bright orange duct tape!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48\" src=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-04-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Scamp-110214-04\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-04-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Scamp-110214-04.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We drove to the Midlothian area of Virginia on a Sunday morning and got our first glimpse of the 16 ft. Scamp that had been advertised on Craigslist. \u00a0Even though I knew we&#8217;d look it over thoroughly\u00a0before writing a check, also I knew we&#8217;d be leaving with it. \ud83d\ude42 It looked safe to pull, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restoration"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ap3J-D","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}