The weather has been cool and windy so we spent a lot of time catching up on projects that needed done in the Dirt Yacht. Living in the RV is not much different than home–there are still chores that need to get done!. We also had ShowHauler owners coming to look at our RV to help them make final decisions on their new rig, so I wanted to get her cleaned up a litte.
The first project I tackled was cleaning out my closets. The shirts in my closet were musty smelling so I took everything out, and washed them. I am not sure if they smelled musty because I have so many T-shirts stuffed in the hanging closet, or if it was because we had closed the RV up without air when we went to visit Ryan and left the Dirt Yacht in the driveway. I did quite a bit of laundry when we first got here, but did not realize we would be charged electric. I have not gotten our electric bill from Swan Bay RV Resort for the month of June yet, but I hope it’s not too high. (Update: Swan Bay charges .2697 per kw hour. That is ridiculious. I only pay .122 in the Keys) Before I put everything back, Randy built me some new shelves so my clothes could be better organized. I was even able to give Randy an extra part of one cupboard which made him happy. Now if I can just keep everything organized. Maybe a week or two!!
One project Randy was not expecting was finding the source of a leak. During one rainy day we noticed water dripping from the overhead near the passenger seat. There was no water in the bunk area so Randy did not think it was coming from the roof, but he could not find the source. He thought it might be from the air conditioner so they were cleaned inside and out. All of the filters and coils were cleaned. While he was cleaning the AC units, he decided to add a devoted plenum that will redirect the air which should improve the air flow through the ducted registers in the RV. These diverters should help keep the RV cooler, and the electric bills down. The diverters he built were similar to something that he saw being sold by AirFlow.
He did find a blocked drain tube on the front air conditioner so he thought he might have found the issue. Unfortunately we noticed a drip again when it rained a few days later. He now thinks the water is coming from a bad section in the molding around the cab cut-out. He put in a temporary fix. Since we did not have any water dripping in today’s rain storm, I think he found the problem. So he still has more work to caulk around the cab cut-out to keep the water from intruding. We did have some time and clear weather to check out the motorcycle show at Alexandria Bay. The 13th Annual Thousand Islands River Run was held June 25 – 27, 2021. The campground and town was full of bikes. Randy was happy to see a Triumph motorcycle.
Another project he worked on this week was removing the ladder on the back of the RV. This heavy duty ladder is one area where I have been disappointed in the quality of our ShowHauler. Bill is coming to visit on Monday and I believe he is bringing his big truck so he can take the ladder back to his shop. He has someone that will powder coat it to keep it from rusting in the future. We should have had this taken care of while our rig was still under warranty. Before he put away his tools, he attached the RV Screen Door Opener that we bought. We saw this device on James and Corinne’s Showhauler when they came to visit, and thought it would be a good addition. I am not sure it works as well on ours as it did on their rig, but it is supposed to make it easier to open the screen door without having to open the slide on the door to access the scree door’s latch. i guess time will tell whether we use it.
Hopefully that will be the last of the projects for a few weeks. Hoping the weather will improve too so that we can get out on the water more than we have since we got to Alexandria Bay.
