August 28th - Things Cleaned After Mouse Invasion ans Generator Maintenance

In all of the kitchen drawers and cabinets we found evidence of mouse activity. We decided to remove everything, wash it, and sanitize the drawers. Here is a picture of everything taken out of the drawers and thoroughly washed by Kelly.

It was an opportunity to eliminate some things we don't use. (We eliminated a total of two items.) Unlike many RVers we cook a lot on the road and when camping. All of this stuff gets used.

There was no evidence of mice activity in the bathroom closet where we keep towels or in the overhead bed but we decided to wash all of the towels and bedding just in case. It made quite a load. Here is a picture of everything ready to go back in.

Today, before it rained, I got the oil and oil filter changed in the generator. The oil only had 70 hours on it but it hadn't been changed since 2015. It is an easy job but also a pain because of the design of the generator. While the oil filter sticks out right in front where you can easily get to it, you can't get a wrench on it until you take off the front generator cover plate.  Then unfortunately the petcock for the oil drain is not located over the drain hole. It can only be reached with a needle nose pliers with very little room to work in. After that it is pretty straight forward to change everything. I'll take the used oil to the recycling center since they are now open.

This morning I also ordered new tires for Homer. The current tires have a lot of tread and look good but they are six years old. I thought about running them another year but it is not worth risking a blowout. Blowouts on motorhomes do a lot of damage. The tires will be in by Monday. I almost need a loan to pay for them. I cannot believe how the price of batteries and tires have gone up.