Back on track

By now David has exposed all of the water damage, and it was pretty much permeated throughout, but that's okay because it's better to know NOW and get it all fixed. When will we ever gut this camper again? Hopefully this is it.
Here is the back, aka Master Bedroom, with new framing.

Notice the lack of rotten wood.

David added a very slight "crown" to the ceiling framing, to help with draining. Check it out.

It's subtle. But hopefully it will make a difference in preventing pooling water.  

And speaking of water, the roof still isn't water tight:

The roof  "skin" is just about an inch short of meeting the side skin.  Maybe if one of use gets up there with a rolling pin we can press out the wrinkles and make it work. I'm serious.  I like this picture because it shows the hole-filling process that David has been working on during sunny weather. We had a week of gorgeous weather.

What else? Now that there is real framing inside, the outer skin can be attached to the framing! This is kind of a big deal for stability. Here David puts in some nice, fastening screws that do their job!

So quite a lot has been happening.  I had some projects, too, which I worked on during the flu days (I believe I mentioned that already).  My friend Mary loaned me her sewing machine and it was fun to make all those curtains.

This is one of 3 different curtain fabrics we used. There's a different one for the Master Bedroom, the Kitchen and the Dinette.

Natalie the Cat was extremely helpful.

 I enjoyed sewing these, so much that I bought a sewing machine. I got one of the used "student" machines from Selvedge Studio (a great store in Missoula). They were SO HELPFUL and the machine comes with a private "Get to know your sewing machine" class.  I got a heavy duty one so I can make new seat covers and even our awning. Good times!