Well, we made our trip to Grand Lake last weekend! It was a beautiful day, and we took our time admiring the scenery.
Berthoud Falls
I love the reflection on the back window in this picture!
Midge
We stayed at the Elk Creek Campground. It was a great! We arrived Thursday afternoon, and the owners could not have been nicer or more accommodating.
We have been prepping for our trip to Estes Park/Grand Lake for the past several days. We were supposed to leave today. Alas, the weather is not our friend. No roads are open in to Estes Park. The flooding is horrible!
Midge is donning her personalized plate : )
She is loaded and ready to hit the road….if only we had someplace to go. We have rescheduled our trip for 2 weeks from today. Hopefully, the roads will be open and the sun will be shining.
It’s not all bad. I don’t think the fall colors are out yet, and I’m sure in 2 weeks they will be spectacular!
My thoughts are with all the people affected by the flooding. It’s a nightmare up there.
We got the new window in. It was not nearly as complicated as I had feared. It took about 30 minutes, start to finish.
The most difficult part is getting the goop and grime out of the old window channel. It seems to be functioning perfectly. I won’t know if it leaks until it rains, or I get out there with a hose and spray the window.
Here is the old window. It is covered in black oxidation from the polishing:
Old Plexiglass Window
Removing plexiglass
Cleaning crud out of window channel
Close up of crud
New Window
Now that the window is in, we will move on to painting the roof and putting window film on the windows. The dang trailer is an OVEN. We purchased silver reflective window tint and have one window done. It looks great with the polished trailer! I will post a picture when we have it finished. Now, if we could only get some nice cloudy weather to paint the top. It gets too hot up there when the sun is out. It is September in Colorado. It should NOT be 97 degrees.
We are heading to Estes Park/Grand Lake next week, so we have a deadline to meet with these projects.
Window Film Installation:
Well. It looks pretty good. Not sure how long it will last, though. This was a royal PITA. Most of the windows went pretty well. The 2 side windows on the road side of the trailer were a complete nightmare. The original windows aren’t just curved top to bottom, but were every so slightly curved side to side. This is a concave shape and makes it extremely difficult to adhere the film. We got it done, but it isn’t perfect. I just hope it will last until next spring when we will have a professional do it. It cost us $30 bucks. If it lasts through the winter, I will be happy. On a happy note, it is much cooler inside!
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