Last night the first blog was finally posted!
I realize there is a huge date discrepancy between the first backdated post (~Dec 10) and tonight's posting, but I decided to start a daily entry and backfill as time and technical growth permit, otherwise it might be November before I'm caught up.
I also realize there are no photos yet. Posting photos as part of the blog text was an epic fail yesterday and requires greater understanding and competence on the part of the blogger. Blogging For Dummies is sitting here beside me, so hopefully I'll get more competent and everyone will get pictures soon.
Let me start today's Globetrotter adventure summary by saying that I love my Airstream, but there are a couple of annoyances that have been driving me nuts. The small ones - like 1/2" screws holding cabinet doors on - instead of the very necessary 3/4" or longer screws will get airtime in the backlog entries.
Today I tackled a big annoyance. My Globetrotter (aka the Escape Pod) has twin beds in front of the trailer. I liked the idea of twin beds because they are 4 inches longer than a RV Queen bed (76 inches). Since I'm 74 inches long myself, those 4 inches are precious. Now, back to the problem. The length of the twin mattress is 80 lovely inches with a mattress width of 36 inches. The width of the platform supporting this 36-inch wide mattress is 32 inches. This leaves 4 inches of completely unsupported mattress and a subsequently horrible feeling like you are falling out of the bed....all night long. Tried sitting on the side of the bed. Floppy mattress edge and no sense of security whilst putting on shoes. The sheets won't stay tucked in either. So, thanks to some inventive folks on Air Forums (shout out to kenerameriz), I built two 36-inch wide platforms for the beds and they are glorious. I'll let you know tomorrow if the sheets stayed tucked in....
What else. All of you know the supremely talented escape artist Fawkes, the Shiba Inu. He hoodwinked the neighbor Cheryl and made a mad dash out the door while I was up front stabilizing a mattress platform. She yelled for him, he looked back and laughed and headed for the big black tomcat that lives at this RV park. Guess who won that little spat? Not Fawkes. He decided he needed to poop more than fight and I was able to grab him mid-dump. He is still smiling about the escape.
The water heater was misbehaving last night. I switched from electric to propane to heat the water and decided to deal with it this morning. I discovered that the books provided by Airstream aren't fantastic. Or is it that I'm whining? Anyway, Youtube is better. What would we do without Youtube? All is well and the water heater is working fine.
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One of our first "malfunctions" with our Airstream also involved our gas water heater. A neighbor in the campground in Acadia stopped to tell us we had soot forming on the side of the trailer. Our water heater gas line had apparently become partially blocked (probably by an insect) and not enough oxygen was getting through causing incomplete combustion. This covered the side of the trailer with soot. The neighbor was nice enough to point it out and help us clean the tube. What was your issue?
ReplyDeleteIs this thing working?
ReplyDeleteAh, finally-had to turn off the content blocker.....
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if I should see solid blue flame in the tube. I see nothing but air, but the water heater is working on electricity. Your thoughts would be most welcomed!