New trailer goodies

The weather is warming up again, and we are continuing to get some goodies for camping. We bought a new 32″ Samsung TV and got it mounted. I also bought an Apple Lightening to HDMI connector that lets us watch videos I have downloaded to my Apple devices on the TV. That will be nice! I doubt we will be able to stream very often, but being able to view videos will help.

We also bought a new bug shelter, a Clam model. We also bought the wind screens for all 6 sides. It is advertised as a 45 second shelter, but I figure the 5 minutes it took us the second time will be more standard. I think this will be very useful this summer in the Midwest. We have a couple of weeks planned in Iowa in July and a week in Missouri in October. Both can be rainy and windy, and Iowa can be buggy in July. It is long, maybe 5-6 feet, and everything (including the wind screens) fits into a single bag. Kevin has already figured out where it fits in the trailer’s storage compartments. 

We have decided to use a small sewing table instead of the standard dinette table. The sewing table is a bit narrower, and I can use it for sewing too. It has a cutout that can be lowered so the machine is level with the table, and that helps my back and neck a lot. I am working on a tablecloth to be used when I am not sewing. I got it cut out and all the pieces serged, ready to be sewn together. We will need to take the dinette table when we want the grandkids to stay, but that is pretty rare.

Kevin is working hard to get all kinds of stuff done before his knee surgery next week. He is having arthroscopic surgery to clean up some meniscus tears. He has been in a lot of pain for a couple of months, but it just takes a long time to get diagnosed, connected with a surgeon, and pre-authorized for the surgery itself. Hopefully he will be much better in a couple of weeks.