Cleaning Day

Today dawned absolutely perfect, if just a bit cool.  The wind that we so enjoyed the last two days is gone, the sun is out, and the temps are projected to rise over the next few days.  Almost all of the people in the rv park were out walking around the lake, both with and without canine friends.  The high today in Pahrump was 60 by the local bank sign, but felt like 80 after the cold wind that's been blowing!

Donna decided that today was cleaning day for the trailer, and went to work with a vengeance. Vacuuming, dusting, windows and mirrors were all fair game.  The bathroom received a great deal of attention as well.  I fit in and around her work as best I could given my limited skills in this area (!). But I'm learning.  We can clean the trailer in an hour, with a deep clean in about 2 hours.  Sure beats cleaning a sticks and bricks house.

As Donna was finishing up, I completed some chores outside.  The lug nuts on the wheels on both the trailer and the truck needed to be torqued and the tire pressure needed to be checked.  I found that several lug nuts needed to be tightened and all but one of the 8 tires needed a bit of air.  I use a Viair 12 volt air compressor that pumps up to 110+ psi to keep the trailer tires at max pressure. Considering the weight we're carrying, we need all the capacity we can get. While I was checking the wheels, I crawled under the trailer and noticed that the Mor-ryde rubber suspension is beginning to fail.  There are large pieces of rubber that act in shear to reduce suspension movement.  Both pieces (one on each side) are cracking across the bottom, indicating eventual failure.  I'll have to replace them soon.  While under the truck, I noticed that one of the rear axle oil seals has failed, spitting oil all over the inside of the wheel and the brake assembly.  I'm sure that the brakes are working at a reduced level, but we're not in an area where repairs can be made easily, so we'll limp on home, hoping for the best.

Late this afternoon we decided to go into town for dinner after a long, hard day of "housework".  We had dinner at Mom's and I must say that while the food was good, it wasn't "like Mom made it".  We did find out that the desserts were very good by talking to some of the other customers, so we ordered a couple of pieces of pie to go.

Donna had a piece of bread pudding with brandy sauce:

While I ordered a piece of peanut butter pie....















Oh, My, Goodness!!!

On the way "home" with our edible treasures, we stopped again at the Off 160 Coffee House for a warm cup of coffee.  The owner, Irene, told us that she usually has live entertainment during the week, but her "Monday" had not shown up.  Instead, like all good business people, she had a backup plan of Ray Charles CDs. The "stereo" system she was using appeared to be a mishmash of salvaged pieces of equipment and speakers, but it had the most mellow tone and fit the lamplit comfortable atmosphere of the shop perfectly.  We felt like we were in a warm living room, talking and listening to Mr Ray do his thing.  What a perfect evening!