19 January '08
Saturday
It's been a couple of weeks since I've been here and let me tell you, it hasn't been because I've been doing nothing. After leaving the "Full-Timers" group in the desert we drove back to Ehrenburg to plug-in, dump our tanks, and take on fresh water before heading back to Yuma and our campground at Pilot Knob. Our plans are to have the floors taken up and replaced with "Purgo" type hardwood floors. We will be here for a month so that should give us plenty of time to get it done. We got a call from Bonnie and Doug and found out that they were stopped by heavy snow in Medford Oregon while on their way down to Cabo San Jose. Two days later we again got a call from them and they wanted to meet us in Brawley Calfornia (just 24 miles north of El Centro) for dinner. Brawley is about an hours drive from Yuma so we drove over to see them before they crossed the border into Mexico. Two days after that we got a call from Ralph and Susan Keith (a couple we first met in Cos, Turkey when we were camping there).
They live just outside of Calgary and were on their way down to Cabo San Lucas for 3 months. Again we drove up to El Centro and met with another couple heading across the border. It had been at least 3 years since we traveled with them and it was really good to see them again. It was tough letting them head off to Cabo and not tag along... Well back at "camp" I finally decided to take on the flooring project and do it myself. Day 1,2,3, and 4 were taken up with pulling up the old carpet and the hard surface. What I thought would be a moderately easy job turned out to be a huge challenge...it turnsout that the total flooring is laid before any walls or cabinets are installed in the coach. There-fore I had to chisel all the hard surface material out of every corner, around all the cabinets, shower, and doorways. Of course not only was it tough to chisel those areas I also had to do the same with the floor that was glued down.
Well today is day 5 and I have now laid, glued and screwed the sub-floor and started to lay the new flooring. We have chosen a hardwood oak flooring (Purgo) to cover from the bedroom to the very front of the coach...no more wall to wall carpeting in the living area for us... Another couple of days and I will be done. Louise keeps telling me it would have been much cheaper and quicker if we had "hired" it done....Ya, you think so ???? Oh yes, I forgot, I also refinished the kitchen cabinet doors too...I've been a little busy doing all this but not to busy to pass a few gatherings at one or two of the local "watering" establishments with Mark and Susan or at a few of the neighboring RV's when invited.