MoHo Goes to the Beach

It was so hot down here that we decided to take a weekend camping trip to the coast just so we could work inside the motorhome without baking. So we loaded up with cleaning supplies and tools and headed up to Santa Barbara, and found a great spot at El Capitan State Beach. It was quite cool and wonderful - we slept to the sound of crashing waves, soothed by ocean breezes. The fog came in at night, and it actually got so chilly we tested out our heater! It worked!

We spent the weekend cleaning and fixing - Devin worked on installing the under-sink filter and faucet for the filtered water, and I (and later we both) cleaned. We focused on methodically washing the walls and cabinets from the front to back. We found a few places the previous owners had missed cleaning, that were just brown with nicoteine (is that what makes that yellowish brown stain? or is it the tar?) I'm sure that will help the smoke smell quite a bit. In the morning, with the damp air, there were golden droplets in the window screens, too - ick. I washed those as well, but we will probably try to get them a little better with a hose or something. Or we may need to replace them, since they are all a bit loose, anyway.

So now, we have camped in it twice, we know the heater and AC work, the fridge works, the stove works, the microwave works (I think - I used the inverter and tried it out, but either it doesn't work well or I just didn't run it long enough to heat up my coffee). The ac plugs work - I plugged in a toaster left by the previous owners and my coffee grinder, and both worked great (with the inverter, again). We couldn't get the water heater to work, though.

Next stop, J and L RV Repair in Glendora.