The tires have been replaced. The old ones, when removed, showed signs of dry rot and splitting in the seams, just primed for a blowout. Jimmy also put something, I think called bearing buddies, on the wheels, to make it easy to keep the bearings greased. That's his department, I work on the inside and decor! She is back home, sitting comfortably in my driveway. We went through her with a fine-toothed comb, and made lists of what we NEED to repair/replace and what we WANT to replace or add to her. Off to CSRA Camperland in Augusta last weekend, and got only a fraction of the NEED to list as they are not fully stocked, but I will probably order the rest from Campingworld online, and save the trip to Columbia. Today I have spent part of the day out there, working on her, and after this lunch break will head back for a little while. I love being in that camper, and can't wait until she is on a waterfront campsite somewhere quiet.
Some of the plastic lens covers on the inside lights had cracked, so I replaced those today, with the only 4 that the store had in stock. I replaced the 5 plastic knobs that turn to open the windows, the old ones were dry rotted and crumbled in our hands when we turned them. That is expected in a 23 year old camper! I took down the cover over the A/C and scrubbed it, washed the filters, and wiped the remaining parts that I could reach. There is a musty smell that was like mildew, and I'm sure this will help. I have taken down the curtains and washed them also, but haven't put them back up. I have a plan..... I wanted to buy fabric to recover the two kitchen chair seats, and hopefully make pillows for the sofa, and maybe a couple of new curtain panels. My hope was to find a flame-stitch in the colors of the sofa fabric, which are soft rose, blue, teal and beige. I really didn't want to spend a fortune on this fabric, though. So last week, on a whim, I strolled through the local thrift store for the Animal Advocates looking for remnants, or old table cloths or curtains. Well, lo and behold, there was a beautiful almost new-looking valance hanging there for $3...in my colors, and flame-stitch pattern! It is FIVE YARDS long, and when I ripped out all the seams it turns out to be the full 45" width of the fabric! This is awesome! Enough to cover both chairs, make the curtain to cover the wide window over the sink and not have to use the mini blind. There is enough for the little pillows, and likely a pair of panels for the dinette area, too! Do you get the impression that I am trying to 'glamper' my camper???? Yep, for sure!!
I figured a way to 'fix' the sliding window in the dinette area that would not stay up on one side. Just no engineer inspections, okay? It probably won't pass 'code'. The screen door had an aggravating handle that you had to slip your finger into and pull to the side to open it. I replaced it today with a flip down lever latch, and even got the holder up to keep it attached to the outer door!! Yes, there was drilling involved, and yes, everything is attached firmly, thank you very much. The cover over the bumper storage for the sewer pipe was bent and letting wasps get in, so I worked at that until it came off, and replaced it with a bug-free insert type. No inspections of these projects, either, okay? I had bought a replacement holder to keep the outer door hooked open, but wasn't able to get the old one off, it has rusted to the point of no slots in the screws! That's okay, it's ugly but it still works. Just a few more little things inside, like seeing if the screens in the overhead vents will come down from inside to clean the leaves out of them......I just simply cannot climb up on that roof. I am such a chicken about heights, oh yeah.
Once these little 'want to do' list items are complete, and we get her scrubbed down and presentable, I will post a whole new album of her pictures for you to see. Then we will truly be ready to hitch her up and "Pack and Play" our way through as many state parks as we can make it to!
Later, y'all........
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