Almost there!

June 10, 2009

Yesterday I put lemon oil on the cabinets in the 5th Wheel and Ed steam-cleaned the carpets. This is a milestone. It means that we are almost finished with getting the trailer ready to take out. We still need to iron and then hang up the curtains. The curtains date the 5th Wheel because they don't put curtains in trailers anymore, just venetian blinds. This trailer has those, as well. I hope the curtains will make it look cozy but not busy. When it's all done, we'll post pictures.

After I finished with the cleaning I went on a hike. I haven't been out in the mountains for over a month, nor have I been doing daily exercising since I have really been pushing to finish up the cleaning of the trailer. I could tell it, too. After pushing up the steep slopes for 40 minutes, I was ready to turn around and come back. I'm going to have to work out every day this week if I intend to go on the pioneer trek next week.

I checked the carpets this morning and they are not dry, probably because the weather has turned cold and rainy and it will take longer.

Yesterday Ed also went to see Dr. Rasmussen. He has ordered an MRI on his back to see if there is a problem in the lower lumbar that is causing his leg pain and numbness. The hip pain, he feels, is because there is no socket. So in a few months, Ed will have the last (and final, we hope) surgery to put in a complete hip with both ball and socket--something we are not looking forward to. We will wait until November so that we can enjoy our planned vacations and be sure that his infection is dead.

After the doctor visit, we met Ed's mother, and Cheryl and Dennis at the Coachman restaurant for dinner. They serve full-course family style dinners that are very good and reasonably priced. I brought more than half mine home, as usual. It was down-pouring the whole time we were eating.