WELL OF COURSE YOU KNOW WHAT WE WERE WORKING AWAY AT TODAY

Well yes you probably know what we busied ourselves with today and if you guessed working away at the 'Freedom Van' you would be totally correct.

ONLY TAKES ABOUT 10 SECONDS TO ATTACH THE MOSQUITO NETTING.....'THINK VELCRO'

AND IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT 10 SECONDS TO SET UP THIS SIMPLE OUTSIDE TABLE

AND THIS IS THE HEAVY BINDER CHALKED FULL OF ALL THE MANUALS FOR THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS ONBOARD

AND THIS IS THE STAGING AREA FOR ALL THINGS COMING OUT OF THE VAN AND MOST ALL THINGS EVENTUALLY GOING INTO THE VAN

The days heat built up quickly so it wasn't a long Jeep ride for Pheebs and I this morning.  A little spin around Bayfield, a short country road spin, and we were home again in less than an hour.  I wanted to get a few more things done with Freedo before morning got to unbearably muggy.

MONDAY MORNING FISHERMEN ON BAYFIELD'S SOUTH PIER

A FEW WILY BABY CORN STALKS STEALTHILY TIP TOEING THROUGH A FIELD OF SLEEPING BEANS

A COUPLE UPDATE PICS FOR C AND G THIS MORNING

While I again busied myself with the van's exterior Kelly plugged away inside taking out shelf paper etc.  Under one layer she found a stash of American money hidden away which had obviously been placed there many years ago.  The original owners who we think were from Wiarton Ontario bought the van new in Spring Hill Florida back in 02 and spent  their winters there.  The $43 wasn't in the best of shape and had become wet at some point because all the bills were stuck together.  We found out going through the van's repair bills later there had been a roof leak connected with the van roof A/C and we suspect that is when the money got wet.  Kelly carefully separated the bills and we think they might be salvageable.

THE LEISURE TRAVEL VAN WAS BOUGHT HERE

KELLY FINDS A STASH OF CASH

I'm not too impressed with some of the vans coach windows because they don't open far and are very hard to get at the interior bottom sections to clean.  Maybe there's a trick to opening them farther that I don't know about.

THE WINDOWS ONLY OPEN A FEW INCHES AND WITH A SCREEN INSIDE IT'S TOO DIFFICULT TO GET MY HAND UP INSIDE TO CLEAN THE INNER WINDOW PLUS ONE DOES NOT GET MUCH OF AN AIR FLOW THROUGH THE NARROW OPENING

Despite the days miserable humidity I plugged away at cleaning windows and a half dozen other things around the exterior of the van.  Over the years I think I've had somewhere between 40 and 50 vehicles of which only two were new.  Have always enjoyed dragging older vehicles home and cleaning them up and this van is no exception.  Despite these hot days and Senior years I still like getting out there for the most part with my buckets of water, soaps, cleaners, waxes, and touch up paints etc. trying to make each and every vehicle look as good as I can.  I have had some real challenges over the years and those challenges are not over yet.

WHERE THE LITTLE GREEN GUY IS SITTING WILL BY MY SPOT ON THE COUCH

THIS WILL BE MY VIEW FORWARD

THIS WILL BE KELLY'S VIEW

 In the above two photos I am using a wide angle 18mm lens for the photo on the left making the van look longer than it really is.  And in the photo at right we're toying with the idea of taking those two stand up cupboards out.

In two photos above of washroom it shows how the washroom sink folds up into the wall and photo below shows the mirrored washroom door.  Notice the shower curtain as well.

In the previous reference to having between 40 and 50 vehicles I did write a post back in September 2007 listing all those vehicles.  My Vehicles Over The Years  Turns out the number was 43 at that time 15 years ago.  Since then I have/we have had a Jeep Wrangler plus our current Jeep Liberty and Pontiac Sunfire.  And in RV's we've also had a Class C Chevy Sunseeker, Class C Winnebago Premier Access, Class A Triple E Commander and now our current Class B Leisure Travel Van.  So I guess that brings the grand total to 50 right on the nose. 

SINK, STOVE, AND FRIDGE UNDERNEATH.....STOVE BURNER RACK IS STORED UNDER THE SINK

OUR GOOD NEIGHBOR MONICA CAME OVER TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE VAN AND BROUGHT US SOME SOUP TO BOOT:))

LOOKS LIKE MONICA IS GETTING THE WHOLE TOUR

GROANER'S CORNER:((   If Restaurants Functioned Like Tech Support:: 
Oh waiter, over here please.
Waiter: Hi, my name is Bill, and I'll be your Support. What seems to be the problem?Patron: There's a fly in my soup! 
Waiter: Try again, maybe the fly won't be there this time.
Patron: No, it’s still there.
Waiter: Maybe it's the way you're using the soup. Try eating it with a fork instead.
Patron: Even when I use the fork, the fly is still there.
Waiter: Maybe the soup is incompatible with the bowl. What kind of bowl are you using?
Patron: A SOUP bowl!
Waiter: Hmmm, that should work. Maybe it’s a configuration problem. How was the bowl set up?
Patron: You brought it to me on a saucer. What has that to do with the fly in my soup?!
Waiter: Can you remember everything you did before you noticed the fly in your soup?
Patron: I sat down and ordered the Soup of the Day!
Waiter: Have you considered upgrading to the latest Soup of the Day?
Patron: You have more than one Soup of the Day each day?
Waiter: Yes, the Soup of the Day is changed every hour.
Patron: Well, what is the Soup of the Day now?
Waiter: The current Soup of the Day is tomato.
Patron: Fine. Bring me the tomato soup, and the check. I'm running late now.
[waiter leaves and returns with another bowl of soup and the check]
Waiter: Here you are, Sir. The soup and your check.
Patron: This is potato soup.
Waiter: Yes, the tomato soup wasn't ready yet.
Patron: Well, I'm so hungry now, I'll eat anything.
[waiter leaves.]
Patron: Waiter! There's a gnat in my soup!!
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