September 28th

Follow Our Progress

September
	September 1st September 2nd September 3rd September 4th September 5th September 8th September 9th September 10th September 11th September 12th September 13th September 14th September 15th September 17th September 18th September 19th September 20th September 21st September 22nd September 23rd September 24th September 25th September 26th September 27th September 28th September 29th September 30th
Back Home

September 28th 2003

Today started out leisurely enough. We slept in on the bus until all the kids woke up around 7:30. It was a bit cold once we got out of bed, but it was still noticeably warmer in the bus than it was outside. A testament to all of the insulation that we have put in to keep the outside temperature from creeping inside. The first sleep over was a lot of fun.

Becky took a trip to the nearest coffee shop and we sat around and talked about the evenings events. Both of us felt very happy with the bus and thankful that we had put the toilet in... Flushing was accomplished with a scoop of water from a nearby tub. Late night lighting was taken care of with a couple of battery operated "Touch Lights" that we screwed to the wall in the hallway and bathroom.

We managed to get some amount of work done today. Most of it was spent figuring out all of the cuts to finish off the upper half of the wall in the kids room.

There were a dozen or so measurements taken, various trips back and forth to the jig saw, and finally, we had a single piece of plywood sheeting that fit in place and finished off the difficult part of the bedroom in the back.

Becky and I used the finished piece to trace the opposite side so we wouldn't have to spend an hour on it... We saved that piece for tomorrow.

The girls wanted to see the bedroom door that we had collected from the trailer, so we had to hang it (even if it is temporary) so that they could play...

The final work of the day was a temporary plumbing job on the toilet. I was tired of hauling in the tub of water every day, so I picked up a hose adapter and hooked the garden hose to the back of the toilet.

Everyone is very happy with the flush toilet now. There were no leaks and as soon as I am done sheeting the inside shell of the bus, I will get the gray water hooked up and finish the plumbing to the shower.

We all took turns flushing the toilet and then Becky and I hooked up our new septic hose and dumped the black water tank down the RV hookup. No problems.