Yay! Belle's home! And obviously I gave her a name.
Right now Belle is sitting in the driveway, almost exactly were I wanted to park her. I still need a lot more practice backing her up since it took six tries to get her near to where she needs to be.
I picked Belle up late yesterday afternoon and can't wait until I get to work on her some more. I had previously brought home the doors to strip to give myself a jump start. There are so many layers of paint it's scary. There is the baby blue on top of the 70's southwest orange, which is on top of white, which is on top of the original creamy green color. The wood underneath is not fabulous, and the paint is not stripping off very well. I will probably end up painting everything for now and decided about changing out all the wood after the big trip.
I have, not counting today, 18 days to get her ready to go on her shakedown cruise. And then only 3 days after that until we leave for the Midwest. So there are a lot of things that probably won't be done that I wanted to be done, but I think it will be OK.
Wish me luck!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Waaaahhhhhh, or, May I have some cheese with my whine?
I am not ever saying when I get my camper back again. Bill called me today. Yes, I know the names of the guys at the shop who are working on my trailer. It's been that long!
Anyway, they tried their best to get the door repaired. If you remember from the first post, the door shut but would not stay shut when in motion, or lock at all. It had to be tied shut. Very classy. That was on our list to fix.
Also on the list for later was the addition of a screen door.
Well, they tried for a very long time to get the door to stay shut and locked when moving but they had no luck. So, I get a new door that will include a screen door. This delays the delivery and adds to the cost. How exciting.
I'm trying hard not to figure out how many fewer days I will have to do stuff to the camper. But at least I don't have to worry about the door anymore!
Anyway, they tried their best to get the door repaired. If you remember from the first post, the door shut but would not stay shut when in motion, or lock at all. It had to be tied shut. Very classy. That was on our list to fix.
Also on the list for later was the addition of a screen door.
Well, they tried for a very long time to get the door to stay shut and locked when moving but they had no luck. So, I get a new door that will include a screen door. This delays the delivery and adds to the cost. How exciting.
I'm trying hard not to figure out how many fewer days I will have to do stuff to the camper. But at least I don't have to worry about the door anymore!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
May 15th, maybe
That's the new date for when I get the camper back. Maybe. If nothing else goes wrong. You know your camper has been at the shop too long when they give it a nickname before you get to. They call it the "Mushroom". I guess because it's rounded at the top.
That will leave me 35 days to do what I want to do before the shakedown cruise. And not many of those are weekends, since I have committed to 2 camp outs with my friends before June 20th. Actually that leaves just 3 Sundays and 3 Saturdays. The whole job thing (which I will not complain about, since it's financing the camper) takes up a huge chunk of potential "fix up the camper" time.
I picked out a brake controller today, one that's more automatic and "intuitive" than the basic one, got a ceiling vent so I can replace the one that is there now, and some light bulbs (12v, see I'm learning).
They still have to do the wiring for the brake controller and install the charging line for the battery, which is also new. The door has a lock that works, but they still need to adjust the door so that it will stay shut while going down the road.
They have spent a lot of time on my camper that wasn't in the original estimate, but they are honoring the estimate and not gouging me for the rest. I think that's pretty decent of them. There are so many places that would have charged me more.
Here's another creek picture to distract you from the lack of progress.
That will leave me 35 days to do what I want to do before the shakedown cruise. And not many of those are weekends, since I have committed to 2 camp outs with my friends before June 20th. Actually that leaves just 3 Sundays and 3 Saturdays. The whole job thing (which I will not complain about, since it's financing the camper) takes up a huge chunk of potential "fix up the camper" time.
I picked out a brake controller today, one that's more automatic and "intuitive" than the basic one, got a ceiling vent so I can replace the one that is there now, and some light bulbs (12v, see I'm learning).
They still have to do the wiring for the brake controller and install the charging line for the battery, which is also new. The door has a lock that works, but they still need to adjust the door so that it will stay shut while going down the road.
They have spent a lot of time on my camper that wasn't in the original estimate, but they are honoring the estimate and not gouging me for the rest. I think that's pretty decent of them. There are so many places that would have charged me more.
Here's another creek picture to distract you from the lack of progress.
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