Monday, July 16, 2012

Just got my Aloha Decal for her this week.  It will go on after she's been painted.  They are usually stationed above the back window.
   My son-in-law had the muscle needed to loosen & remove the heavy bolts that held the box base onto the back bumper.  The 3/4 plywood was rotten in one corner and I plan to replace it with a new box.  Thank You M.
   Now the scraping of old... flaky... ugly paint.  Today after work I accomplished this... scraping and chipping the white and salmon.  Then washed the bumper and the "I don't know how many years" worth of dirt from most of the crevices.  I could have used the paint remover, but decided to just sit down and scrape.  I'll wash it down again and sand it later.
   I then moved to the front of the trailer and began scraping.  The 2 propane tanks were kinda in the way, so I removed them too.

   While scraping at the silver paint on the triangle tip I found some lettering... HADCO ENG???, Pat. No. 2523500.   I hosed it down too... I'll wash again and sand it before it gets paint.   I'm thinking of painting bumper and tongue black Rustoleum.
   I have a couple of concern spots underneath behind the tires... the wood looks like a composition wood... it is warped and sagging.  There is a wooden floor over it that the linoleum is on.  This is in the area of the goucho bed.  Gonna haveto do something about it.  Otherwise the underneath of the rest of the trailer looks solid. 

Sunday, July 8, 2012

One of the improvements I made was removing the wooden box on her back bumper.  It was made of 3/4 plywood, with a bottom, front, back, 2 side pieces and a small strip where the piano hinge for the lit was attached.  The right corner was badly damaged/rotted... I thought I would just repair it but decided that I would like to build something new for her.
Before pic...

After pic.
I left the base of the box on just to use as a carrier platform for the outdoor rug and a couple of chairs.  I tarped and bungied them to the bumper platform and they traveled well. You can see the salmon pink that was behind the box.  These are the colors that I plan to repaint her... salmon pink & turquoise.
  When I texted the kids I got a trailer, I took a picture with my phone and told them "the Beast has a little Sister".  I think I will name her "Lil Sister" for now, until something better comes up.   What is her theme?  I'm thinking ME.  A little bit Gypsie, Pirate, Faerie, Country, Bohemian, Ecclectic and very similar to my home decor.  In otherwords... fashionably cluttered.  Ha. :)

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Took the little girl out on her first camping trip under my possession. We drove 170+ miles to Spokane's Bowl and Pitcher camp ground.  The drive was good, we cruised a smooth 60-62 miles per hour.  Our first stop of course was the Country Mercantile just outside Pasco....
The sign above says "Asparagus is here"... is this a sign that I should name her Asparagus?  I don't think so.  :)
Got to the campground after first stopping off to collect the grandsons and my daughter and set up camp.  The boys were eager to help set up, and I gave them solar lights to stake out.  We settled in for the night with baked beans, pigs in the blankets, celary & carrots for dinner. 
The next day we ran to Coeur D'Lane for an RV store that sold new and used RV parts to look for a couple of things that we needed.  I was didn't find what I was looking for but did find a toilet seat lid for my moterhome toilet.... whoohoo.   And then my 5 yr old grandson and I fixed my ice box door handle.  Bonus.
Back at camp that evening, we had visitors... deer, a buck and a couple of doe.



Our camp set up... very basic for now.  No Canopy. No extra Glamping Accessories just the Basic Glamping accessories.
I enjoyed our camp trip.. the boys were fun to have and full of energy.
Things that need attn:
1. Finish fixing the Icebox door.
2. Have gas lines checked... smelled propane ouside but not inside.
3. Work on Left Tail light/brake light.
4. Finish Glamping her up.