RV Window Ugliness

 Yesterday, I LOST it... As I may have mentioned a couple of blog articles ago, we have an RV Maintenance list longer than my leg with a budget the length of my arm. Baby step reminders are in order here. While Mark was out and about, working in the RV Park, that we are at for this summer workamping, the Holiday Hills RV Park in Coalville, Utah. I took full advantage of his departure of the day. I went and ripped these ugly buggers OUT. 

Before and please excuse the mess!!

So the above picture is the UGLY I was talking about. Not our color scheme and it's over 20+ years old, which comes with smell, wear and tear and just plain UGLY. Oh, lets really dive into it. See the blinds next to the open window? Sun damage warped blinds, (no fault to the previous owners at all, it's just time worked against these buggers, as well as the heat damage from constant sun bleeking on them).

Wow, more light coming in now?

I could feel my heart racing as I was beating the clock. I wanted to see if Mark, when he arrived home, would notice right away the differences. I've got to say, two different screws were used to install them and some of them were damaged and most difficult to remove, (plus, I stole hubs tools lol).  But golly joe, I started making progress as you can see from the picture. 

Now we can can compare before and after now!

There is a tinge of excitement going on - however running the old, yucky, UGLY material out the door was a funny challenge. Strings hanging everywhere and just awkwardly stumbling down the stairs like a child who is afraid of getting caught doing something naughty. But it's all gone. And now, I have to wait to get the paint (black for the window frames) and peelable wallpaper for the walls and definitely touch ups on the frames of the slide-out. So much to do, with so little budget to go towards this yet. But the DEMO was FREE!! 

Ellie here LOVES it, she can take to her perch and window watch
without the distractions of the blings and its ever nasty string everywhere

So the deed is done and now that it's been 24 hours, I am screaming inside to wallpaper or paint. I already have in mind the window treatment I am going with. Creative and easy to change out whenever I want to change them, (and I will). But sitting here typing this out,  looking to the right and I see WHAT? A dirty window... Yup, now I need to log off so that I can wash all the inside windows. All that ugliness was hiding dirty windows. Can I ever win? Well, off to "window" dream shop. I'm hoping Mark will be pumping extra propane here at the park to pay for my upcoming improvements. Slow and Steady wins the race. 

Who ever said owning a second hand RV was going to be easy? Actually, it hasn't been too bad. We know what we have to do but we just need to pace and steady it out. 

Memorial Day Weekend at Holiday Hills RV Park in Coalville, UTAH

It's official the start of the RVing and Camping summer season here at Holiday Hills RV Park. I was in hopes that our new business cards would be here by now to hand out to our guest. But sadly they are not.

We absolutely love connecting with other full-time RVers. Surprisingly enough we haven't met many since being in Coalville. 80% are weekend campers, 10% long term and 10% here for summer work. 

Weeknd Campers are great - they are here for that vacation mode of their stay here with us. Those are the ones who laugh the most and make it a point to let the rv park host know how much they are appreciated (it's great being on that end). 

Workers - they are so flipping tired by the time they get back to their RV's that we keep our space to give them less to have to deal with.

Long Terms - ummmmmmmmm.... Trying to be nice BUT, they tend to be territorial about the park. They forget that it's an RV park and 90% about being on vacation. I have to bite my tongue a lot. Barking at someone for having fun, it's just WRONG. Mark is great at making things peaceful. Thankfully it hasn't been too big of an issue. It's about education and  friendly reminders and examples of how you should be treating people. 

Dogs - I don't want one. It's not fun hearing the dogs bark when owners are gone for a big chunk of the day. FOLKS, hire a dog sitter. There is a kid in that town who could use a couple of dollars and lord knows I'll do it if it helps them to quiet down. I'd love a few extra bucks too! I have a RV wish list longer than my arm with an additional list of FIX ME UP NOW longer than my leg. 

Well, enough for today! Mark is out there checking RV's all day long and watering the grass as fast as he can to keep the GREEN going. Here are some fun pictures with our video of the day.

 

The video is just a snippet of what needs to be done. I'm scared to share the complete list with you. But it's baby steps we are taking. It's my job to worry about the finances and scheduling the time to get these millions of items done. RV maintenance can be a scary word but it truly isn't. It's just in our case, we live on a tight budget so that we can volunteer 6 months out of the year and be able to eat/and pay bills during this time. To end this post, we are Living Our Best Life. No regrets and it's been truly a blessing. Just trying to fine tune some areas.  

RVing this weekend? Travel safe, make lots of memories, and please partake in the services being provided in the town you are visiting, to honor all that have served in that area. Do you part and help the town out but represent our giving hearts as full time RV folk. Donate, your time, your food/items/ or money to the food banks or those agencies that are hurting. And take lots of pictures. 

Look at all of those dandelions 

Popular for Fishing

Mules in walking distance 

Workamping Summer Season for US

 May 1st was the official start date for our 2022 workamping season. And this summer we choose to work for the Holiday Hills RV Park located in Coalville, Utah.  

Holiday Hills RV Park is located in Coalville, Utah just off I-80 at exit 162. Our RV Park is rated with both the Family Motor Coach Association and The Good Sam Club. We are 40 miles east of Salt Lake City. If you are coming from the east, we are 38 miles west of Evanston, Wyoming on I-80.

A river runs past us with some of the best fly fishing in Utah. The nearby Union Pacific rail trail provides hiking and biking through the valley and into neighboring Park City (host to the 2002 winter olympics).

Our Host Position Spot in the RV Park

It's been great so far. But it feels like fall/winter still. We'll have a relatively warm day and then a couple of wicked cold days. So summer temps are NOT here yet. It's beautiful for sure here. We are 3 hours in each direction from destination locations (which is perfect for our days off).

What do you see Mark?

The mountains in Utah are AMAZING

Observatory Park is the newest addition to Weber County’s parks portfolio. Observatory Park is an ongoing reclamation project, transforming 72 acres of open space                                    

We are getting formula with the area, and slowly meeting the locals and truly have fallen in love with our campers. There is definitely enough work to keep us busy all summer (for sure).  We each have our responsibilities to ensure a successful summer. Mark takes care of the landscaping by doing all the water systems, cutting grass (that itself takes 2 days), escorting our campers to their sites, fills up propane tanks (today alone he did 100 gallons - woot), light maintenance when needed, helps folks with their rv's (and that is most appreciated by them), showerhouses/laundry room/and cabin upkeep. Now I get the fun stuff, l work the reservations end of the job and help Mark with what I can. 

So we are saving the best for last. MARK SAVES A 3 DAY OLD CALF.... Check out this video: