R&R at BRRP

Saturday, April 7

Back to the BRRP Saturday post, which was pre-empted by the Easter bunny :-) … and also the fact that I had yet to process photos.

Woke up to 34F (1C) and a raging headache, which could have been the after effect of yesterday’s debacle with the levelers.  More likely, though, it was a light migraine, which I’m plagued with occasionally.  Once the meds kicked in, I was raring to go, but by then we were settled into our routine at BRRP, so we decided to spend the day at home instead.

Our mid-morning walk around the campground was surprisingly quiet.  In fact, I’m amazed at how many sites are still unoccupied this Easter weekend.  The FHU loop is reasonably well occupied, but the sites on the other loops are all but empty.  The cabins are all booked, though.  Perhaps it’s the cool temps that are keeping people away.  We reached 61F (16C) in the late afternoon.  However, the warmth of the sunshine was heavily tempered by the light, but near-constant breeze.

After our walk, we handled a few simple chores that took just minutes each to accomplish.  The replacement water pump Mui ordered arrived last week.  Since our existing pump has decided to come back to life, we’re going to keep the new one as a back up for now.  In the meantime, a lo-tech solution should keep the worst of any accidental spray/seepage from the water hose off the pump’s persnickety electrical connections.

A snip here and a snip there to fit it over the pipes, and we have an inexpensive pump cover.

A few weeks ago, we bought a table-top ironing board.  After looking around for a good place to store it, we decided the best solution would be to install a hook on the back wall of the closet where we have some dead space.

Now you see it; now you don’t!
When it’s not needed, the canvas shelves in the closet will hide the ironing board.

And finally, Mui installed one of those magnetic knife holders on the side wall next to the kitchen sink.  I’m not comfortable using the holder for its intended purpose — there’s just something about having knives on that thing while the motorhome is bouncing along the freeway that doesn’t sit well with me.  However, it will come in handy to hold less-lethal utensils.  We’ll bring the butcher block knife set we have at home when we move into the coach permanently.  It can be placed in the sink when we’re on the move.

Not for knives, but it will be good for ladles and serving spoons and whatnot.

With the chores for this week completed, we grabbed a bite to eat at the picnic table on our site.  The temps were a bit on the cool side, but we put on an extra layer for comfort and enjoyed eating under a blue canopy filled with sunshine.  Afterwards, we threw down the rug we bought to use under our tent shelter, unfurled the awning, and set out our comfy chairs.  Time for R&R.  The immediate area around the coach is covered by our CradlePoint wi-fi signal, so we soon had our laptops out to catch up on our web browsing.  In fact, it was a perfect set up for me to finish yesterday’s blog post and get a head start on today’s post.

Sorry, no photos of us sitting outside this afternoon — I was too deep into my R&R to even think about the camera, but here’s a scene from earlier in the day when I was contemplating retirement and what it has in store for us.

This was the scene overhead as I sat contemplating retirement.

Following an early evening ramble around the campground loops, we returned to the Phaeton and set about preparing dinner.  We had hoped to eat our grilled halibut dinner at the picnic table, but it was just too chilly to sit outside once the sun withdrew the warmth of its rays from our site.  That’s OK; we’ll see if we can find somewhere fun to have a picnic lunch Sunday to make up for having to eat inside this evening.  Speaking of which, I’d better scout out some trail/park suggestions to discuss with Mui at breakfast.