Loading and Unloading....

Continued from earlier....

So in the interim of loading all this stuff for Lester and Robin, he started to unload stuff on me and others as well. I was fortunate to get a home for the back of the truck and some bikes, and some lamps and tools as well. Sweet. Getting both those bikes in the camper was a total toe knuckle breaking experience as I had to literally lift one on top of the other, solo. And crush toes, as they were. (I need to stop wearing flipflops for everything)

Notice the yellow wall window thing over my shoulder? Well its not there anymore, along with a many other improvements and customizations. When I tried removing the bikes I tore a giant hole in the couch cushion so it prompted an Interior Design meet with Lacee. She pretty much designed the fabric layout in 5 minutes. It is a huge space to work with, I mean, seriously...

The Pile

So needless to be repetitive, Robin and Lester are awesome. I didnt have any pics of Robin so on my last day I rushed out to catch her before she left for work. The cool part is she drives a bus for some of the neighboring outdoor schools, and heckles kids at a whim. The roads she drives are all tight and curvy and would freak me out as I feel the Apocalypse barely fits. Stick a hand out the window and lose it. But such is the nature of kids. I heard some great stories too, like the time a kid completely lost it and started kidney punching and covering her face while she was driving the mountain roads. Yikes. She also drove with a cracked block for 20 miles at the suggestion of a mechanic. Lets just say that didnt turn out well.

So she has this half hour safety routine to do every morning before she drives. Mostly warming the engine up and repeatedly testing air brakes. I caught her at it. Very squeaky business.

The night before Robin made the most amazing handcrafted pizza with her own stone ground flour, some tomato sauce from the garden, and some moose a friend shot. Needles to say it was quite tasty. After that and a nice tour of the upper deck with included hot tub and Lester built redwood headboard/shelf we lowered some heavy stuff off the deck with his custom roof winch. We then headed down and enjoyed a major helping of some more home crafted straw-barb pie before I "rolled" out the door and into bed, fat and exhausted.