I'm still struggling with sinus headaches, so I'll use that excuse for not blogging.
We got the house ready for Easter and had a great time seeing everyone. Total attendance ended up being 32. The wonderful thing about being a part of this "family" is that everyone pitches in. I provided the house and the ham and everyone else brought something. We had two kinds of cheesy potatoes, asparagus, corn, several salads, deviled eggs, jello eggs and more desserts than you can imagine. No one went away hungry.
We only had 3 little ones attend this year - Ben who is almost one, Ella who is almost 3, and Haleigh who is 4. So the Easter eggs were "hidden" in the front yard for them to find. The Easter egg hunt has been going on for a long time. We haven't missed many years, even when no one really qualified as a kid anymore. I was busy showing the trailer to people and Steve already had the camera on the tripod for the family picture, so we don't have any Easter egg hunt pictures. We did get a good family shot, but not before Betsy, Reston and their friends left.
Ben, middle of the front row, was fascinated by Steve running to get in place and was always watching him, so we never got a shot of his face. But everyone else, except Obi the dog, managed to smile for the camera!
The family photos have been going on at least as long as the Easter Egg hunt and it's always fun to look back over the photos and see how everyone's changed. Here's one from 1992.
Steve's been working hard on the trailer and I don't even know all the projects he has going on. With the help of Greg, who's visiting from Bellingham, he got all the cuts made and the edges routed on both the desk and the table. Now it's my turn. I'm the finisher in the family and need to sand, seal, stain, and polyurethane both pieces. I got them sanded this evening and hope to keep moving on the project all weekend.
Steve would like them finished and installed by Thursday. We'll be heading to Goshen, IN, to attend an Escapee's RV boot camp on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We're going up a day early so we don't have to rush on Friday and we'll head home on Monday.
The boot camp should help us learn about RVing. Yes, we should have attended one of these before we went on the road, but better late than never. Maintenance and safety will be two of the items we'll be focusing on. We'll also get the rig weighed.
A big part of safety is not pulling more weight than your tow vehicle can handle and not having more weight in the trailer than it can handle. Weighing can help you balance the weight better for a better, safer ride. When we were driving Leigh's car across country last summer, we stopped at a bed and breakfast in Cody, WY. The owner did some RV restorations and told about restoring an Airstream trailer. He finished and on their first trip out, the trailer started fishtailing, he lost control and totaled the trailer. He didn't have a tow vehicle sized for his trailer. Which is why we have a one ton diesel truck.
We think we're okay on what we're carrying in the trailer, as we still have some empty shelves and drawers. I'm sure we'll remedy that over time, but it will be nice to make sure that we are under weight.
That's all for now.
Deb
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