....I was sitting down taking a break from pulling staples up from the floor and got to looking at the counter top and stove. The stove had always looked lopsided, it's actually level in the front, it's the counter frame on the bottom that has pushed out of kilter.

Then I saw some particle board pieces on the carpet at one end of the counter, that had been cleaned yesterday before trying to rip up the carpet piece. Hmmmm....

Let's inspect. This is the back end of the counter top…

 Anyone here camped much on the Texas Gulf Coast between Corpus Christi and Galveston?? I'm asking because I may try some free boondocking along the beach starting at Magnolia Bay (Port Lavaca)  working North in early December. Will it always be windy and maybe cooler ???

 John T

Before I started on the project today I wanted to visualize something a bit nicer to look at. I went out to the pond and saw the Rhododendrons in the morning sunlight. I thought I would share the beauty:

On with the work. Today I planned to take the rest of the cabinets down and then begin the kitchen end. The cabinets were a tough job, most of the screws were…

There comes a time when you have to be grateful to those who do a half azzed job on things.  Ripping the carpeting up was easy peasy because it really wasn't put down with any real effort. LOL

I got lucky on the floor, I was pretty worried on that when I dove in, but it appears to be very thick plywood there (1" maybe?) and it's dry for the most part!  The edges are stained and wet, but they are solid.  I have the fan blowing on the base now.…

I spent almost two hours on this project today just trying to remove the frame for the couch/storage.

One of my biggest pet peeves is trying to undo what someone else has done with screws and nails and glue.

People just seem to grab a drawer or box of miscellaneous screws and nails and just put them in as they go, disregarding screw head types, length, type of nails, and then to top it off they sink the stuff into the wood where it's too hard to get a drill bit in and seated…

I finally got a hold of one side tool box and got it installed on my pickup. Had several lined up but by the time I got to them someone else had snatched them up. One of the drawbacks to living in a sparsely populated area, it takes time to drive to where these items are located.

Anyway here are pictures of the first successful install.…

Well, the Good is I actually found some dryer board toward the back as I move on with tearing down ceiling. YEY!  And I got the hand crank off for the antenna without having to cut it.

And,, I have come up with a name. She will be called "Diggity Dodge".  :)

The bad is, this is going to be a complete gutting.  Everything must go. And hopefully I won't have any more ceiling falling on top of me. Stinky, wet and nasty stuff up in 'der.  LOL

The Truly Ugly…

I really am enjoying the demolition part. LOL

That front overhang is bad....bad...bad to the blackened wood.  I've ripped out a bunch and have an oscillating fan going in there to get things dried up.  The rotted wood is all pretty wet.

This is what I started out with on the right side:…

The gutting is going pretty well.  I am using the camera phone to take pictures of wire locations and connections as I pull out the lights and get the wire out of the way.  That way I don't have to guess on what wire went where. LOL

Found a couple of wires that had been stapled right through the actual wire.....I will be fixing that. ;-)

The bathroom shower floor is a fiberglass molded unit, and there is a large crack right down the width of the floor.  Not sure what…

I have already started the gutting process.  As I stated in a comment earlier, it's not worse than I expected, it's as bad as I expected.  LOL

The water damage is all on one side, but not so bad that it can't be fixed.  I was relieved to see that.

The window on the front overhead will need to be completely resealed.  The metal frame fell off when I removed the cushions.

I'll have more pics later in the week, daylight was dwindling fast here.  The awning will need…

Hi everyone!

While I have time this morning (It's rainy and cold here in Michigan again), I wanted to post a giggle pic and hope to get some smiles.

My Dad has restored several campers/trailers in the last few years, and his first one was so cute that I had to replicate it for him after he sold it. He was so proud of it, and I wanted it to live long on memories. 

I used a picture of it and created a birdhouse from an Ostrich Egg that he could hang and…

Okay, I'll post some pics and info of what I am dealing with from the start on this. This will be a long term project that I will complete as time allows from work and such.

The engine is solid, and the tires are almost new. When I close the doors on the cab it is solid, I like that sound. ;-)

I don't see any leaks around the windows, but they will need some resealing for sure.

Here are two views of the outside, I won't have a pic of the top until the RV gets here. I'm…

I have a old friend Ive known for many many years,, and hes a Diehard Bumper puller or go home in shame type of guy. He hates,, and I do mean Hates 5th wheel RV's. He complains that they have sooooooo much wasted space and harder to pull,, very unstable when towing, etc.

Now mind you,, hes a retired truck driver,(lol). He brings up the subject that 5th wheel RV's waste so much space up front because the hitch goes up over the bed of the truck,, leaving a huge area underneath that…

It's been awhile, but fixes have been progressing at the rate of Methuselah.  

Mostly because of my lack of skills and knowledge.  How could plumbing be so complicated you ask?  It's actually not.  My rig is 21 foot - there's a couple of short runs and everything with a connection is accessible.  A couple of back twisters but only because I don't move quite like I used to :-)  For Lakota's young buck in the WalMart parking lot it would be a breeze!  And, seriously, my…

Having a blow out at 65mph is never fun,, in most cases, but can be quite exciting if your a road junkie, There is no feeling like white knuckling the steering wheel,, puckering up so tight you can taste your unders and yur lip is so curled it looks like a cheeto. Not to mention the fear in the ole eyeballs, Now if you have passengers or pets,, then they are doing a death grip on the grab handle or arm rest and are on the edge of a full blown spastic release of their bowels, Animals, just…