The Mousemobile

So, we pulled the Boles to Meek's Bay RV Resort for 5 nights to work out any bugs before the rally on the 15th.  We were pleasantly surprised that we had no big surprises....well almost none.  Darn, if we don't still find a few dried mouse poops that fall from who-knows-where on counters or the floor.  But, after using the oven, which, by the way holds the set temperature absolutely on the nose, we smelled MOUSE.  We can both smell mouse at 100 yards, so the hunt was on.  It seems, when we took the stove and oven apart to clean it we neglected one area..the insulated space between the top of the oven and the bottom floor of the burners.  We tucked a mirror alongside the space there, and we could see insulation, and we think we saw some petrified somethings, but we won't know until we get home and take it apart...again.


We have a drippy shower head, which I can fix with a petcock arrangement installed after the shower head, which will actually help taking navy showers easier.  The hot water side of the bathroom sink is also drippy, so we turned off the hot water side of that faucet.  That shouldn't be too bad to fix.  Our new 5 gallon hot water heater seems to be the perfect size.  The 3 gallon porcelain flush toilet works great, the old Marvel fridge is amazing.  Not only does it not ice up too fast in the ice cube area, but it keeps everything perfectly cold, and the shelving arrangement allows for lots of food that is easy to access.  We are cozy at night, albeit with lots of blankets.  Those old wool twin size blankets folded in half sure are warm.  We found that a small portable heater takes the chill off very quickly.  


The one thing you have to watch in these old trailers though is how many things are plugged in at one time.  We turn off the water heater, which of course is electric, to use the microwave or the heater or a blow dryer.  So we try not to have two big heat producing appliances going at once.  If you keep that in mind, you won't trip the breaker.  


So, the rally begins and we are looking forward to meeting like-minded old-trailer enthusiasts and swapping stories.