This morning I got up and started getting the kitchen ready for a more organized move. I bagged the contents of the drawers & cabinets and took the old lining out, and wiped the bottoms of the drawers and cabinets.
We paid a guy that has a Mobile RV Wash to wash our rig ($2.00/foot x 36 feet = $72.00 Csh). He came at 9:35 a.m. and was probably here 1 1/2 hrs. or so. He had 2 big tanks of soft water, and 3 pumps on his truck. Even though we washed our rigs a few times on our trip in Canada and Alaska, it hadn't been washed since we got back to the states so it was dirty.
A lot of campgrounds in Alaska have a RV Power Wash, which I think is such a great idea. We don't see many campgrounds in the US that have those.
Some campgrounds have made arrangements with an outside person(s) or mobile RV wash that they have approved and allow you to call and come to the campground and wash/wax your rig for a fee, but those campgrounds will not permit you to wash your rig.
Very few campgrounds allow you to wash your own rig in the campground (probably due to the amount of water used doing it). We have been to some campgrounds that will charge a fee (like $10), and they allow you to wash your own rig; I like that because we can wash/wax it instead of hire it done. It also gives you something to do when you're outside.
In the Valley (south Texas), the resorts we have stayed at in the winter, allow pre-approved Mobile Wash companies or people, come in to the resorts and wash/wax the rigs. We have been very pleased with their service & they usually charge $100-$125 for our 36 foot 5th Wheel RV; and that is normally a hand wash & wax.
After the guy left that washed our rig, Bob & I went to Sams Club to get a few things we needed. We purchased a queen-size memory foam topper for the bed in our new RV that we move into Monday. One side of it has a cool touch layer, and the other side is just the memory foam. It is made to flip, so that you can have the cool side up, or flip it to the other side that does't have the cool touch layer. We have a memory foam topper on our present bed, and it makes a big difference if you can't get comfortable on your mattress.
When we got back from Sams, I got back to work on bagging stuff & cleaning.
Around 5:30, we went to Saltgrass Steak House to eat dinner. We had never been to a Saltgrass Steak House, but two of our daughters ate at one when they were in Dallas TX and raved about how good the food was. Well, we definitely agree with them; the food was excellent. Bob doesn't order steak very often because he has problems digesting it, but he wanted to try it & ordered prime rib and he was able to eat it ...he said it was probably the best and most tender steak he has ever eaten. I ordered a ribeye topped with their Smothered Steak Topping (garlic butter & sauteed mushrooms & onions) and it was very good & tender also...maybe not quite as tender as the prime rib, but close to it. They serve a very tasty & soft, warm Shiner Bock Beer Bread that I really thought was very good. I could make a meal on the bread. Of course, we did not have room for dessert but Bob said he saw some being served at other tables and it looked like they had some good desserts.
I'm going to be looking online for a copy cat recipe for that beer bread. The waitress said that the recipe has Shiner Bock Beer (flat) in it.
After we got back after eating dinner, I changed clothes and got back to work. My goal today was to get the kitchen/dining area bagged up & cleaned; at least everything that I can do beforehand.
Well, that about sums up our day today.
Hope you are having a good weekend!!!
jl
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