I am writing this around day 30 of our government imposed isolation. We made it back to our son’s house the middle of March to take care of some previously setup appointments. About 5 days after we arrived, California started the stay-at-home policy. We were able to get a few of the appointments satisfied but not all. Many of them were cancelled, some without any future appointment made. One of the important ones, I felt, was Roxie’s crown for her dental implant that was done in December. This, I guess, is considered non-essential. The people that made the list obviously didn’t need a dental implant finished!
Our plans were to take off from here after the appointments and head to checkout some potential areas for a future home. Now we are in the holding pattern.
Life in this isolation is not very different than our normal lives. We like to stay in our trailer most of the time even when we are on the road. We don’t socialize much when we are stopped either, so not much different there.
One of the things we miss is going out to eat at restaurants. Taking food to go is not the same. The other thing is not being able to take in a movie at a theater. We will be very happy when those are opened up again.
I don’t see the delay in reopening very soon. The public knows how to distance and the public knows that the government is very willing to shut services down quickly. Open it up with restrictions. If it ramps back up, go back to minimal isolation.
One silver lining is that I have time to do some projects on the trailer and the truck. Planned projects are replacing a trailer marker light (failed), Jimmi-Jammer lock security on the truck, caulk a leak in the trailer, weatherstripping on the trailer door, replace the electric heater element in the hot water heater, add a camera and TPMS to the trailer. I have already done some projects like a louder horn on the truck using my upfitter switches, add a pull handle to the inside of the trailer door.
There is one other project that I finished that was both functional and cosmetic. Down by the trailers step Airstream put this small little step light that only adds a bit of ambiance when illuminated. It adds very little light for the step:
I found a nice and bright LED light for a license plate and replaced this light:
Our Classic Airstream has a clear handle for helping in and out of the trailer. The newer Classics have this handles illuminated in blue. It is a very nice affect. While the step light was removed it gave me the opportunity to fish electrical lines up to the handle. Luckily our son has those fish tapes that are needed. I also used a couple of T10 light bulbs (designed for cars) with a remote control to change the color. I chose blue for this photo of the end result:
I still have some time before that restrictions are lifted so I had better get with it!
