Every once in a while we end up with a day without any plans or destinations scheduled and today was one of those. We woke up late, had some fortified coffee and Peg made an excellent scramble with B and E and S and C and Ps, none of which I am supposed to eat regularly. It was great. We also drove into the town of Welcome which ended up being a non-event because there really is no town of Welcome. There is a gas station, a small restaurant/bar and some houses although we did spot a gigantic cowshit processing facility nearby.
Today Peggy knocked out the clothes washing horror show without me having to participate and I will be eternally grateful for that. I did the breakfast dishes. I am surprised to admit that I am really starting to enjoy doing the dishes although I’ll be pissed if you tell anyone. I can look out the window and watch the wildlife while scrubbing away and find I like it. I might be turning Japanese or something.
After the dishes I did some rebuilding work on the left rear corner of the trailer with some demolition required before reinstalling fasteners without rust, reattachment of some exterior moldings and re-caulking of the joint which had developed an alarming fracture. After about 20 applications of Goo-B-Gone and some spirited rubbing I finally got the joint prepped and maybe my re-caulk job will hold up.
We checked all the tires for proper inflation, lubricated some slide-out parts so they will continue to work, dumped the tanks and prepared for another long drive tomorrow to central South Dakota. Chamberlain, South Dakota, is our destination for tomorrow and, hopefully, we won’t have the 30 mile an hour headwind we encountered yesterday and will be able to keep it in one lane most of the time.