Camper Renovation - Plywood and Nail Guns

So um, it's almost December. D E C E M B E R. How the heck did this happen?! Sure, I had turkey and pie. I should have expected this. But it sorta kinda snuck up on me. I mean hello, my cat still smells like a skunk. Apparently there are Halloween lights hanging up behind my bookcase. Kinda forgot about those. Oh, and I've hoarded more Camperrrr pics than I thought. Did I mention my cat got sprayed by a skunk? Oh YES. It was skunk-tastic.

Basically crazy busy = no time to blog. So yeah, it's almost December. But guess what? My hair doesn't smell like skunk anymore. Camperrrr is lookin' good. B's first semester back at college is almost done. Can't. wait. to see my husband more. So excited for some time to relax, bake cookies, blog a little... you know, the usual.  

After we tore out the front of camper and the old sub-floor, it was time to build a new floor.

Btw, that second photo is totally staged. My mom had about two seconds to take the pic before dad got all the.nail.gun.is.not.a.toy.stop.taking.pictures.already. Ha. Love my dad.

Oh, wait.  This is where he's totally saying stop.taking.pictures.already. 

See that little silver x-bracing?  Oh it's just holding the camper together.  No biggie.

So I finally had a chance to sort through TONS of camper photos. Check back soon for more updates.

Tyler State Park Fall Camping Trip - Part 2

More photos from our little fall camping trip! Depending on how much light there is (like a tent vs a camper with blinds) I usually wake up early when camping. Currently due to B's evening work schedule I'm a night owl. So on this trip I woke up around 8 am with B still snoozing under the electric blanket.

Early morning light is such great light for pictures so I bundled up and hit the trail with my camera. I thought I'd be gone for about 15 minutes, but it ended up being over an hour and B was still asleep when I got back. My favorite part was how incredibly blue the lake was. So much so that I could have stayed there shooting even longer. Trust me, I have a ton of blue water shots.

Tyler State Park Fall Camping Trip - Part 1

In October we packed up and headed to Tyler State Park in East Texas for a one night fall camping trip. If only we could have stayed longer! We really wanted to take our camper but ya'know, she didn't have wheels and stuff. I didn't feel like tenting so we rented one of the screened shelters. They're pretty basic with electricity and water but it was fun. I did take some plastic drop cloths to tape over the screen windows and a little electric heater because it got cold. I'll admit I took my electric blanket too. Hey I'm a southern girl and I'm a cold weather wimp.

B's family lives nearby so they came and spent the afternoon with us.  We carved pumpkins, roasted hot dogs, and made s'mores. We had the best time.

Camper Renovation - Lucky Charms and Steel

Remember when we first started this project? Oh you know, we had to pull back some outer skin to rip out the rear framing and I was getting a little freaked out. Well that was nothing. Anyway, thanks to Callie cat missing and a gung-ho attitude we gutted the front of the camper. And since the subfloor was really rotten in certain areas, well guess what... we decided to just replace the whole floor. Of course.

Before we oh/so/carefully pulled out the vintage oven and sink... the guys kept putting tools on top of that stuff. So my dad told me to get some cardboard and cover it up. Hence the Lucky Charm boxes. Yes, I like Lucky Charms. Oh and then we took the wheels off.  !!!!!!

Um, yeah.  This was probably a freak out moment.  I can't really remember now which means either a) I totally trusted the force or b) it was so traumatic I'm blocking it.

Let's see, the places I've starred... were places where it was wood (or in the case of the middle beams, non-existent.)  Basically my dad is Superman and welded new steel framing to the existing structure. It rocks having a dad who can weld. Now this floor is solid. 

Well kids, you've got a lot of catching up to do with Camperrrr! We're already at the point where I need to make decisions on lights, hardware and what to do for the countertop (among other things.) The original countertop was too rotten underneath to keep. That is a sad, sad thing. Anyway, it's looking good so I'll be posting a lot more pretty quick!