The Motor Home is getting Pampered

Since most of our usual RV resort activities have been canceled, we made a long list of projects that needed our attention. Sitting in one place for a month gives us the rare opportunity to order parts and pieces that we need to complete projects. It is a good time for the motor home to get a little pampering.

Mark pulled the couch into the middle of the room, and scotch-guarded our new sofa. Note to self: check the humidity before attempting this, as it took a looooong time to dry during a week of high humidity. Then it was ready to be bolted down to the floor with the seat belts secured in place.

We went shopping for an end table to fit beside that sofa. We wanted an end table with storage, that was 16 inches or less in width, and that would match our other woodwork as closely as possible. We found they don't make such a thing--at least it's not available through the six furniture stores in this area. But Denisa's Mother offered us an old wooden file cabinet she had. Mark shined it up . . .

and it fit perfectly! It's not exactly our color and kind of wood, but it was closer than anything we had seen in the stores. That wall of the motor home looks quite different than it did a year ago. We have a new file cabinet, new sofa, and new three-drawer chest in the last ten months.

Because this sofa has two recliners, but no sleeper, we also used this time in one place to order a queen-sized air mattress. There is room to store it behind the file cabinet, and now we still have a bed for guests. There is just enough room for the mattress between the dining table and the couch.

During the day, the queen-sized air mattress can be stored on top of our bed to get it out of the way.

The motor home also got its annual roof cleaning and waxing. Denisa took this picture of Mark on top, cleaning off the fiberglass roof.

Then Mark took this picture of Denisa on the ground, juicing oranges for breakfast.

After it dries from its cleaning, the roof gets two coats of wax. Whew! That's a good job to have done for another year!

We're taking advantage of the dry weather to do our outdoor chores. We washed the outside of the motor home on another day. We had planned to do just the two long sides one day, and then do the front and back another day, and the tires another day. But when Mark gets going it's hard to get him to stop. We did it all in one day, and we were pooped!

We're having problems with a leaky shower drain, so that was another project to conquer. We got this "fixed" in Alabama last spring, but their fix didn't hold. So Mark ordered better parts and did it himself this time. Below is a picture of the underneath side of our shower and its new drain. It's a very small space to work in, and it was not a fun project!

We also have cleaned every inch of the woodwork inside the motor home. Denisa wanted to clean the kitchen cabinets . . . 

but we ended up doing everything. Unlike a home with painted walls, almost every inch of our 35-foot home is wood. So that's a really big job to clean it all with Murphy's Oil Soap, and then go over it again with scratch cover.

So our little home on wheels is getting some pampering while we are hanging out in South Texas. We must say that it looks pretty good inside and out as it enjoys its spot among the citrus trees and under the palms on a full-moon night.