Scrub, Scrub, Scrub the Bugs

Leslie Thursday, September 25 and Friday, September 26, 2008

Thursday was a day of errands. Because we weren’t sure about limitations on bringing meat and vegetables into the US from Canada, our pantry was pretty bare. We have a plan to wash and wax the trailer and truck tomorrow so we needed to pick up some more supplies.

I thought you might enjoy seeing this rig with a snow blower. Robert chatted with the occupant. He said that the wind often blows over 100 mph in the winter and that he nearly froze here last winter.



Friday was rig washing day. We had accumulated a new batch of bugs on the front end cap. This cleaning was a major undertaking. We washed all surfaces twice and scrubbed all the caulking and seals. We started washing the rig at noon and finished after 6:00 pm. Someone in a neighboring site offered to lend us his 5 ft. ladder which helped reaching high on the rig. Lots of neighbors made comments about all our washing but the rig really does look nice. Even this rabbit stopped by to see how clean it was.



My muscles were aching from all the scrubbing. We just got things put away in time for the debates on TV.

Big, Bug, Go Away!

Robert, Friday, September 26

I went to the campground office and got a propane tank filled and I paid the extra charge to wash the rig at our campsite. Most campgrounds just prohibit washing at the site but here you pay an extra fee and have at it. The bugs on the nose came off pretty easy. I think the reason is the wax that we put on when we washed it the last time. They did take some serious scrubbing but in the end we got them all off, even those that we didn’t the last time. To get to the bugs on the nose, we back the truck up so that we can stand in the bed and scrub away. As we were both scrubbing, a neighbor came over and said we could borrow his six-foot ladder. We took him up on his offer. We have things to wash the trailer that have long poles so we can reach the side but the one thing that we couldn’t get are the rubber seals, They were filthy but by standing on the ladder I could reach them. After we finished the trailer, we went after the truck. Finally after 6 ½ hours, we finished and so were we. We went back inside our now sparkling trailer and collapsed. After watching the debate between Obama and McCain, I went back out to get fuel as we are hitting the road tomorrow. I also got some replacement light bulbs for a couple of lights in the trailer. By the time I got back to the trailer, we were both too tired to do much for dinner so we ate some cheese, crackers, and sausage and then drug our tired bodies off to bed.