Sunday, October 15, 2017

Day one: Cleaning the Camper!

Well,  Where to start...?  Getting the mouse nests out right?  Yes!  This is a very good place to start.  We scrubbed the whole camper down so we would be starting with something clean at least. 
cleaning out the nest...

the very large nest!

Yes! it has a bathroom...will we be able to save it???

 We pulled all the seat cushions and to our amazement they were still in great shape!  The dinette seat covers are almost perfect.  They just needed a good cleaning along with the foam.  The foam was still good on the couch but the covers were beyond repair but we kept the zippers to make new ones. then we turned our attention back to the inside.  We cleaned the two coats of paint off the oven door to reveal the beautiful blue door!  It is in almost perfect condition save on small chip.  Same with sink which is enameled cast iron!  We started to remove the cupboard doors and drawers so we could vacuum every nook and cranny!
look at that blue!

Removing the cupboard doors...

Cleaning the drawers...looks like they will have to be rebuilt.

  

The Before Pictures!

Before we started in on the camper we took some pictures!  Here they are... 

looking at the front...

looking towards the back....

The bathroom...

The ceiling needs some work...

Parking him in the yard!

So once we got him home we had to get him in the yard... So we had to do a little tree trimming so the camper would fit!
Watching dad trim the tree from the camper. :)
Well, I think he has it!

Once the trimming was done it was time to move the camper!




All hooked on..

backing him back into the yard...

I think he looks good in his new home! :) 

Bringing my camper home!

It is a nerve racking thing to tow something home that is already half gutted and not knowing if it will make it in one piece! Thankfully, it was a success and we made it home with no problems! He looked pretty good going down the road! 

Well,  it has been awhile since I have posted!  Things moved along very quickly as we were finishing Susie up!  Life got busy and we have tr...