Wednesday, March 22, 2017

We're on the move!!

Pulled out of the hangar - we're Oriental-bound!



Turning off the main highway towards our lot.  (We stopped at the New Bern airport to pick up our mini-van on the way through just to have the extra vehicle - hence I can snap a photo!!)



It had been raining over the past couple of days and the ground was a little soft, so we had a few tense moments getting the trailer backed into place.  This was the first time we'd seen the finished drive and parking spot....it's great but a little smaller than what we'd hoped.    What you don't see to the right of this photo is the non-graveled area that we had to pull the trailer through to get it in the proper position.   But all is well!



Later we had unloaded stuff from the pickup and Duane had rigged us with a nice temporary power cord.  Good since it's going to be down to 32 degrees tonight and I'm happy to try out our brand new roof top heat pump/air conditioner!



Here's our pretty view towards the dock -   we've got plenty of firewood and a fire-pit that's been in the box in the basement for a few years (thanks Mom and Frank).  Unfortunately, it's getting colder by the minute and the wind is about 20 mph....I think the cozy fire might wait until tomorrow night!



Sunday, March 5, 2017

Some Finishing Touches

We are pretty much finished in the bathroom, so it is time to re-install the bathroom door. 

It's a heavy sucker!!  Not sure why they built it so sturdy since it's not that critical.  

Looks nice though.



 View from inside the bathroom





The trailer bumper is hollow and is the storage for the sewer hose.  It was very rusty inside, so of course that had to be taken care of!



Duane rigged a big cylinder hone that Mom and Frank had given him.  He attached it to a 8' flexible pipe and proceeded to "hone" all the rust from the inside of the bumper.




Then we covered the hone with plastic, then dipped a rag in Rustoleum paint (first primer, then silver the next day)
and he forced it thru the bumper to make sure we got a good coating all thru the bumper.  Pretty ingenious!