We had a great time on our camping trip in June. The trailer pulled really well and was a vast improvement over tent camping even though there was nothing more than floor and walls inside our little rig.
Last time I wrote we had just finished installing the paneling. The flooring was next on the agenda. We filled any imperfections with wood filler and then sanded it smooth. I started with a palm sander but ended up with a belt sander to get done a whole bunch faster.
My dad and I went to a couple of different flooring centers to browse through the linoleum remnants. We would have liked to put in laminate wood flooring but the extra thickness would have made it impossible for me to stand up straight so we went with a wood finish linoleum.
With the camping trip coming up fast we had to make our little 1967 Santa Fe Cub road ready so we started on the siding. At some point during the reconstruction of the trailer we realized that the old siding would never match up perfectly. We made a trip down to Cardo Industries (www.cardo-industries.com/), they supply aluminum sheet, bar, rod, etc. and are open to the public. I went to Cardo with the intention of buying original style siding but couldn't resist the shiny diamond plate.
We decided to cut in a hatch so that we could access the water storage compartment that will be built into the closet. We are using a portable water tank so that we have the option of filling our tank with out moving the trailer if we are dry camping.
The trailer was taped off and the original siding was spray painted with Rustoleum Hammered Nickel. It gives the look of natural aluminum. The lights were installed and tested.
At this point the outside of the trailer is about 95% complete. We started refinishing the interior components this week and are pushing hard to make another camping trip deadline. We plan on taking a trip to New Brighton with Kimberly's folks in a month or so!
