Christmas project - Day 1644 (Year 5, Day 183)

Virginia Beach, VA

Today is Tuesday, Dec. 25th, Christmas day (which we don't observe, being Jewish).  Mitch, however, is very grateful that he had yesterday and today off of work, as this is the third day he is working on this project (you can see his legs sticking out to the right of the steps, and all the building materials layout around.  I do feel really bad for him, being that he's on his back, on top of gravel & rocks, working in a tight space, in 40 degrees.

You may recall that for the last few months we reported about a leak underneath the trailer.  The bottom of the rig (the underpinning) contains a layer of heavy duty foamcore ("coroplast") and fiberglass insulation.  The leak had caused those layers to become very wet and sag, so the areas where that happened needed to be removed.

Unfortunately, we - along with the help of an RV tech - were not able to find the cause of the leak, as we couldn't locate the source and must be intermittent.  It was decided that for now, there's nothing we could do other than keep an eye on it.  However, since he took off the underpinning last month, there's been nothing underneath, which really doesn't help during these days when the temps are in the 30s and 40s (among other things, it provides insulation for warmth).

We are moving next week and realized it's probably dangerous to drive without the underpinning, especially within this campground where the roads are all dirt and gravel, which could get kicked up and hit something.  So it became critical to purchase the building materials and get underneath and replace it!  Today Mitch is on his 3rd day.  Hopefully he'll be finished by the time it gets dark!