April 22nd - No RVing Just Two More Days of Cleaning and Painting at the Lake Lot.

Since Covid-19 has sidelined our planned RV trips this summer we continue to ready the lake lot for camping  The shed, steps, and picnic table all needed a lot of attention.

The shed is about ten years old and after its initial painting when built, until its recent cleaning, it has remained untouched. We decided it needed a fresh coat of paint and we opted for a drastic change in look.

Here is a picture of the shed after it was cleaned and before repainting. The paint was faded on the back and sides but actually in pretty good condition.

Here is the shed after we finished painting it yesterday.

 

The colors are actually darker than they look in the pictures, which were taken in bright sunlight. The shed looks more "rustic" now and we like the outcome.

While I painted the trim on the shed yesterday Kelly continued to work on cleaning the steps. She then painted the flat surfaces which had worn. Here are a couple of pictures of her work. She did a great job. The landing and stairs look like new.

Our last project for this week was making some repairs to the picnic table. The picnic table came with the lot so we have no idea how old it is. (We have owned the lot over ten years.) It is really heavy and huge - eight feet long. It was mostly built with untreated wood so I have had to replace the seats and several top boards over the years. This year another top board, as well as a center brace underneath, had rotted away. Here is a picture of the table after the repairs. It needs to be painted and I have lots of brown paint left from the shed so I will use that. I cannot believe how expensive paint has gotten. Two gallons of exterior paint cost $90.00.

Our next project is to cut down three old cedar trees and trim various limbs on the pine trees. We may bring Homer out here and campout for a few days while we do that work. I'll need to get the electric turned back on first.