More home improvement

Ok, so I know that most of the time, we're working on making our motorhome a better place to live. This month however, I've been working on trying to make the site we are in, a better place. We are working on seeding the lawn, developing a sprinkler system, and improving the path in and out of our site so the RV doesn't rock and roll so much. 

For the first year or so that we were here, we pretty much let the dogs have the run of the yard. Taking care of their business pretty much anywhere they pleased. Doing so, has been killing off the lawn, one patch at a time. We tried an experiment to see if we could get some grass to grow in by using some Scotts seed product called EZ Seed that comes with top soil and fertilizer. We cornered off an area of the lawn and did our best to water it accordingly. Well, amazingly enough, the seed took and the lawn is filling in. So, the next step was to try to isolate the dogs to the part of the yard that the motorhome is parked in and get some seed to take on the reminder of the lawn. Well, we've succeeded in getting the dogs to just the motorhome part of the yard, and have seeded the lawn. The next challenge was to develop a sprinkler system that could water more regularly.

Well, by investing less than $40.00, I was able to get a sprinkler system that will water once a day and hopefully get the grass to grow! We had a timer to run a single sprinkler on a garden hose for a while. So, with the proper plumbing adapter, we were able to pull it all together. This first set up isn't much to look at, and it is intended to be more of a 'Proof of concept' setup, but it does the job. Next pay day, I'll get some different sprinkler heads and finish up the installation with the existing line, and put in a second line and a drip system.

And as you can see, the seed is starting to sprout and take! :-)

Lastly, when ever we take the motorhome in and out of the site, there are some dips as we pass through the gate. These dips cause the motorhome to Rock, pretty violently back and fourth, especially when exiting the site. I spoke to Dave, the 'over-seer' of the RV, park about some 'Road base' that was piled up in one of the empty sites. He said I could have the loose road base, and so I relocated it to our site and placed it at the 'Gate way'. We'll see when we set off on our next adventure if my road work efforts were succesful at all.

Our next departure with the motorhome is to a secret location that Carol doesn't know about yet. It's to a location that might be familiar for her, but I know I've never been too. Stay tuned!

Happy camping! Eric and Carol