AC in Coronado. Fishing Expedition. Be Safe

It was going to be another hot one. I thought the cats might like to be on the porch early this morning, and again, they declined. So I closed the house up again at 8.00 AM, and let them watch the world out of the windows at the back, north side, of the house.
Ray gave us a hand when we needed it, but he was mostly finishing the stripping of the back door. We want to get the locks back on the doors.
The main objective for the day was to get the AC in the hole in the Coronado.
But there was still framing to be done. We put the AC on a little table inside, so that it was handy for measuring. We added a 2x4 across the top of the hole, for the top stop of the AC to rest against. It runs across the width of the trailer, behind the furring strips, for strength. We didn't cut this hole for the AC, it was like that when I got the trailer back. They had installed the AC sloped to the inside, but we put plenty of pitch to the outside, so that it will drain properly now. They hadn't even cut the bottom of the hole straight, so that had to be cut level. Just lots of little jobs to do.

Finally it was in the hole, and we were so hot and tired, that we didn't even plug it in. Just rolled up the tools.

All of you are getting ready for the 4th. Here is how to carry your 'Pigs in a Blanket' to the family BBQ. Also remind them not to smoke indoors!

This father and son are going in an RV to fish in 50 states in 50 days!

That must be an awfully tight, tiring schedule. They are just going to be whizzing through each state, and hardly have time to relax and enjoy the fishing!

http://www.fish5050.com/index.html I would prefer 50 fishing holes in 5 states, in 50 days!

The "Weekend Warriers" are coming in this lake subdivision in droves, for the holiday. Bringing their boats, RVs, and boomboxes. Then they speed on our little winding roads, I hope no one gets hurt. When I went over the I-45 freeway to go to the RV store to pick up an order, the traffic was already stacking up both ways. This is one time I don't want to be on the road.

Have a safe day.

More to Coronado. No More Rain

No more rain the forecast until next week, so it's back to watering everything. I bet the water bill is going to be something this time.

Ray was stripping paint off the back door of the Coronado, while Jay and I worked on the front part of the floor.

We got the rest of the insulation in, and then the new plywood.
Now we have a good solid floor to walk on, to get the AC installed.

Then a trip into the next town for Jay, but it was too hot and crowded there. It wasn't fit for man, beast or vehicle. The van didn't overheat, but it sure was close.

Another hot day.

Baggage Door Rebuilt.

It had rained a little in the night, but not enough to get rid of the humidity in the air. As it was cooler, I left the patio door open going out onto the screen porch, but none of the cats wanted to go out there. So I closed everything up at 8.30 AM, and turned the AC back on.

Jay called, he wasn't working today. He had "collywobbles" http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/97050.html and I wasn't surprised. He had brought some frozen hamburger patties from his house, and cooked them on my electric BBQ on the screen porch. He had opened the package before, and put it on his counter top to thaw, then re-frozen it. BIG No, No. Not just the re-freezing, but the thawing on the counter, instead of the microwave or fridge. Then he used the same tongs for putting the raw patties on and taking the cooked ones off the grill. He refused to use my food thermometer to check them. I didn't want his hamburgers, so I heated up some of my pre-made meatloaf, to 165 deg. So I was spared the Collywobbles.

It was only in the low 80's this morning and overcast, so it seemed that it would be a good morning to work outside. Wrong! I went out to the Coronado and got on my hands and knees to put insulation down on the floor. I did the front part, but the humidity was just too much. Ray arrived just as I was giving up that idea.

We went out to the Mirage, to see how we could fasten up the drapes. I haven't completed them as I really needed to know how we were going to hang them. I knew Velco, even the good kind, probably wouldn't stick to the carpet lined fiberglass, and I hadn't wanted to nut and bolt drapery rods on it, going through to the outside. Still figurin' on that one!

No decision was made, so we went onto the porch and took down one more sheet of the vinyl that we had installed for the winter. This was on the other end of the porch, so I was hoping it would allow more breeze. I was trying not to take it all down, as we have to move too many shelves of plants to do that.

It was too humid to be in the workshop, so Ray and I used a little work table in my living room, and insulated the Coronado baggage door. The only board insulation I had, that thick, was the Perlite little beads kind, and so it got all over the carpet as we were cutting it. It took a while to get the lock in it's block of wood, where everything would work just right. Then we put both halves back together and crimped it in place. My new Hoover Nano-lite sucked up all the little foam beads off the carpet like a champ.

Just a very humid, but cooler day.