Thanks to much fun and wonderful hospitality, our week with Colin, Jacquie, and the girls flew by. We realized, though, that we had to actually leave, so that our year about would include other states besides Florida. We made good time yesterday on a drizzly drive to Beaumont, MS, near Hattiesburg.
We overnighted at Lake Perry SFL (i.e., State Fishing Lake — there’re lots in MS). We are the only ones here. Spending the night in a quiet state park that we have all to ourselves beats Wal-Mart any day of the week and is easily worth the $15 fee. The only catch was backing up the trailer in the rainy dark. Both Danine and I had little patience for the task, but managed it and are still on speaking terms! So that’s good.
It rained all night. The rains sounds nice on the trailer except when it gathers into big drops on the branches above and falls with a bang on our little skylight. This is no problem for Elise, who, once asleep, cannot be awoken by mere noise. That’s her superpower. “Is it a log? Is it a rock? Is it a possum playing dead? No! It’s Sleeper Girl!” Not sure how she fights crime though.
The rain helpfully confirmed that I finally sealed the leak on the front street side of the Airstream. Unfortunately, there is still a very small leak on the opposite side! A little damp line can be felt where the carpet and wall meet on Danine’s side of the bedroom. It only gets wet in either of two circumstances: driving in the rain or eight or more hours of constant rain. Luckily, I have three cannisters of special UV resistant caulk and a caulk gun. I’m thinking of having the trailer entirely coated in an inch of black rubber, similar to the Kursk. This will also make it very hard to detect underwater.
How fast does a troll go?
November 30, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Can you buy uv-resistant caulk at, say, Home Depot?