Rebuilding the Camper

If you saw the previous blog you know we bought an old nasty camper with lots of water damage. Here is the progress we've made in the last week and a half.

Looking right from the door in "mid-gutting"(At this point I still wouldn't set foot in the thing)



Looking left from the door in "mid-gutting"



Finally I'm willing to go in. Standing at the back looking toward the front, here's what it looks like totally gutted. Anything you still see in the picture (such as insulation and cute little girls) we are planning to keep. We now have to walk on planks laid across the floor joists so we don't put a foot through the aluminum at the bottom.



Standing at the front looking toward the back.



A better shot of the floor. Compare this to the "mid-gutting" pictures above!



Standing at the back looking toward the front, you see we have put in the floors, ceiling and walls.



Standing at the front looking toward the back. Just for fun we set the toilet in it to see how it would look.



View from the door looking left.



Standing at the back looking toward the front. Floor, ceiling and walls are now painted. Off to the left you see the table "legs" and some wood on the floor as we block out where we will be putting things back in.



Looking back from the front.



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Our New House

Subtitled: Our most recent and insane purchase.

We've been looking to get one of these for awhile. And today we finally took the plunge. Here it is:



It's a 1975 25 foot camper. We got it for a good price. Yeah it does look pretty decent on the outside.

Now check out the inside.

Here's the view from the door looking right (you're looking at two couches without their padding):



Here's the view from the door looking left:



Here's the floor between the two couches:



Are you starting to see why it only cost $100?

Here's a better shot of the dilapidated cupboards and sink/stove area:



And last but not least the ceiling. There was a huge hole left when a tree fell on top of it. You can see the water damage:



Josh has spent the whole day gutting the thing and throwing out all the people's JUNK they left in it. There were dishes and empty beer cartons and even a pair of pants. Yikes! I hope we're up to the task.





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