Jemimah Takes a Retreat

A couple times a year I like to take a few days away from the chaos and have a 2 or 3 day retreat. This time I decided to take Jemimah out for 3 days by myself. I’ve never done that before, but it’s the perfect time of year for a retreat - school isn’t out, so the campgrounds are pretty quiet, and the weather is decent.

  

 

I’m not physically able to do all the setup myself (I can’t crawl on the ground to set the jacks and such, and I’ve never actually parked it in a campground) so my sweet husband delivered the trailer to my favorite campground and got it all set up.

 

 

It’s so beautiful out there. I enjoy the sound of the creek and the birds, the weather was perfect (what’s a little rain on the last morning?), and the quiet was ideal. It was a time for Jemimah to get out of the driveway, and for me to get away from the noise that is Scrivnerburg, and spend some time with my Savior.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by to see what Jemimah’s been up to! Next week she gets to go on the first family trip of the year!

Catching you up on Jemimah

Jemimah has had a busy spring and summer! After spending the winter in her undies, Jemimah has been getting all fixed up this year! My amazing husband took the skin off and replaced all the rotting wood in the front end. Once that was all done he put the window back in, and we moved on to the inside.

 

Ken and a couple of the boys pulled out the old, nasty carpet and then pulled up the linoleum that was under it. It was cleaned and prepped and then Ken laid peel-and-stick, wood-look flooring. We love how it looks!

A lot of the paneling was peeling or buckled, so eventually it will all be replaced. For now, we've replaced all of the paneling in the front end, and we just started painting the whole thing. That will hide some of the wear until we actually get all the paneling switched out. The kids helped take all the hardware off the drawers and doors for the painting. We only got to start the painting before our first trip of the year, but even that brightened the whole interior up significantly. 

Our first trip of the season was to Charles Waters Campground in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. It's our favorite close-to-home campground - there's a creek, a hiking trail, an interesting logging road to drive...and plenty of space to do nothing. 

 

A couple of happy campers.

 

Camp napping. Pure awesomeness.

Campfire nachos.

After this fun long weekend we brought Jemimah home again and got back to work. 

I love love love the bright interior!! I know some people don't like the idea of painting the inside of vintage trailers, but I really like it. It's so bright and happy. 

That's catches you up through mid-June. That's enough for today, right? Watch for the late June through July post coming soon. 

Thanks for stopping by! Jemimah appreciates the attention!

Another Jemimah Jaunt

Ken and I took Jemimah on our second annual anniversary trip.

This year we decided to go to our most beloved campground - Grasshopper Campground, in the Pioneer Mountains (Montana). 

There's a reason (many, actually) why I love the Grasshopper Valley. 

We spent some time at Elkhorn Hot Springs. 

We visited Bannack State Park - Bannack is a ghost town with neat old buildings, and an interesting history. 

I even sent Ken to jail. 

We spent a lot of time reading and even more time doing mostly nothing. 

Happy 26th anniversary, my darling. 

It's that time of year!

Whoohoo! Jemimah got out and about! After spending a couple weeks at my mom's house (due to construction on our street), Jemimah was ready to pull out and have some fun. 

We had our first family camping trip of the year over Labor Day weekend. We went to our favorite site at Chief Looking Glass. 

We enjoyed the fire, camp donuts, naps, bacon, company...

It was a great trip!

A New Fridge!

I'm sure you know that Jemimah's original refrigerator didn't work anymore. It wasn't possible to get that brand repaired or remanufactured, so we've been hunting for a reasonably priced replacement for months. A couple weeks ago I found a potentially workable replacement through Craigslist. The seller took a while to get back to me, but when he did it was with good news! The refrigerator was still available, the dimensions were pretty close, and the price was right!

There goes the old fridge! Yes, we had to remove the biggest window to get the old one out. 

The new refrigerator was near Billings so Ken and I had a 36 hour getaway. Fun times, including my first ever trip to Cabela's!

We were thrilled with the new appliance - so much better than what we had expected. Yay!

Then we got home...

The new fridge wasn't going to go in through the door, the window, or any other opening available to us. 'Know what that means? That means we put a new opening in Jemimah's side. 

After a fair amount of measuring, cutting, adjusting, and hmmmmming the refrigerator finally made it inside the trailer. 

Yeah... It's in but not installed. Minor detail. 

But then my fabulous husband got to work, and not only was it installed, but it also had a great frame around it to stabilize it and make it look pretty. Did I mention that my husband is amazing?

Now we (do you like how I pretend I'm helping?) just have to get the AC, DC, and propane hooked up and it will be ready to keep our food fresh! Jemimah and I are so excited!