Yesterday, I continued packing things in the basement compartments. It takes a bit of trial and error to get it right. I’ll probably have to re-arrange again once we’re on the road. I mentioned in my last post that I realized I was missing a watch I had packed away. As I was arranging things in the basement, I opened each container so I was sure of what I placing where. I opened a long, shallow container and voila – there was my watch along with some other items I was also missing!

I rode the scooter over to Home Depot. I needed to buy another furniture blanket and some foam pipe insulation. When I walked into the store, the greeter girl asked if she could help me find anything. I told her I was looking for a furniture blanket. She said, “We don’t have those.” I asked her where the moving supplies, such as cardboard boxes were located. She said, “Aisle two, but I’ve never seen furniture blankets there.” I thanked her and walked to aisle two. Above the stack of cardboard, I found furniture blankets, just like at the Home Depot in San Diego.

I needed the furniture blanket to pack the two extra folding dining chairs. I didn’t want to ding the wood or wreck the upholstery. They were stored in our wardrobe, but we needed that space for Donna’s piano stand and chair and some other things. I also wanted foam pipe insulation to wrap the top foot or so of the extension ladder. I didn’t want to lay the metal ladder against the paint on the top cove of the motorhome when I use it to access the roof. I put the pipe insulation on the side rails of the ladder and held it in place with duct tape. This worked well.

While I was out, I stopped at Big Tex Trailer Sales on Main Street. I bought a wheel caster to use on the trailer. It fits on the foot of the front jack. It’s held in place with a pin, so it’s quick to install or remove. With it installed, I should be able to push the trailer by hand and place it where ever I want it. This will make “parking” the trailer a lot easier when we need we have a back-in rather than a pullthrough site.

Although the days are warm and sunny with temperatures in the low 70s, the nights are cool. Our coach is equipped with two – 15,000 BTU air conditioners which are also heat pumps. Heat pumps are a very efficient way to heat a space, as long as the outside air temperature isn’t too cold (they don’t work well below freezing temperature). We’ve been setting the heat pumps to 63 degrees at night. I think this is great! Our last coach didn’t have heat pumps. If we wanted heat, we had to plug in a space heater or turn on the propane gas furnace. The heat pumps on this coach don’t use propane, only a relatively small amount of electricity to transfer heat. If we were in an area where it’s really cold (below freezing), then I would have turn on the propane gas furnace.

Donna has been busy. She needs to get a manuscript in to her publisher today. I’ll change the motor oil and filter on the scooter and also change the gear oil. I’ll get a head start on organizing the trailer. I’m a little sore and tired from moving things around in the basement compartments yesterday.