On the ground, demo begins.

So we've got a place to locate the Airstream, behind a friends house in Guerneville. Hooked up to power, pretty much leveled, and ready to begin the project. First a side note about last week...

Spent the first couple of days at the Sonoma County fairgrounds, in the RV park. Water (on city water) worked just fine, only one small leak at the dump valve by the water tank in the front. Gooped it up with sealant, as a temporary fix, and we're good to go. Upon inspection, someone actually put PEX in this thing! No copper piping anywhere, all upgraded already. What a huge bonus! I was pricing out PEX to do it myself, and it was looking like about $600. Superbonus! Hooked up to the 30 amp, cranked up the a/c, and it was blowing super cold. Another huge bonus! All the power & electrical looks like it works good. Tackled the water tank, $30 at home depot for some tubing & hose clamps, and we have a onboard water supply. (side note - the fairgrounds is a great deal, $25 a night). First night spent on the floor on the air mattress, listening to the mice that we evidently brought with us from Santa Cruz. Second night, up most of the night catching them & resetting traps, we relocated 4 of them.

Now that we're on the ground in our location, work began on the fridge - which was not working. After reading the tech manual (thanks airforums.com!) I found the hidden fuse, and voila! we have a cold fridge. Tuesday, I secured the LP tanks on the front, and found out that our regulator is bad, so it's off to RV Pats in Petaluma tomorrow for a new one, and some LP system testing next week.

Tonight I began the bath demo. The plan is to demo as much as possible, but still leave it inhabitable. Strip the interior nasty paint, and begin the subfloor work.

Thanks Brian, for making the deal to give us a place to park, work, & live here in Guerneville. This place is beautiful, on the Russian river. I'm liking the project alot, so far. Sure hope the heater, hot water heater, and stove will work next week.