EEK!! We discovered evidence of mice!
I was warned there had once been mice and indeed there were droppings aplenty. But no actual mice, so it's all good.

Cushions removed. Mouse poop too. 

This weekend the focus was getting the foam cushions out and airing in the sun and getting rid of the mildew. I'm completely procrastinating on fixing the screens. We had planned to keep the covers on the beds but realized they were ripped and couldn't be fixed so out they go. The new plan is to sew some flat sheets into slip-on covers for at least this summer. Maybe next year she'll get new ones. Pictures next week.

There was a small amount of mildew starting to form where the canvas attaches to the camper so I first cleaned the wood with bleach water and then painted with Killz. No pictures, because boring.

Here's the fun part: Help us name the camper! 

The back of this camper is sorely lacking a name stenciled on there.

Just head over to the right and vote early, vote often.

For those of you wondering what (or who) Ivanova is: https://youtu.be/RaSmassvv4w

So we "inherited" a pop-up camper this year. Basically, a friend didn't want hers anymore and decided to give it to us (we had been wanting one for a while). This works out especially well because said pop-up needs some work and my partner and I love projects. Throw in my father who's good at fixing stuff and we have a match made in glamping history.

To describe the look on my dad and partner's faces could only be called utter skepticism. But I say "no, it's going to be great. Really." So we hauled it home.

The first step was patching the holes in the canvas because I like to sleep dry and bug free. This was done using canvas and fabric cement. Do the colors match? Heck no. Do I care? That's a silly question. I'm currently planning to paint those patches to look like quilt patches. If it happens this year I will be shocked because this year is all about getting her camp ready.

Did I mention that when we picked up the camper I forgot to bring the ball hitch? Yeah, that's pretty standard in my book. Fortunately my friend had one we could borrow. (Which reminds me I need to return it.) We have one of our own now. Thanks, Dad.

In all it's closed up glory. I swear I'll have more pictures. This isn't the fun part yet.

Up next: Screen fixing...