7/9/2021

Spent the day wrapping up Matilda's paint job and getting her ready for the outing tomorrow. And she looks great in camo. Pretty much
getting back to normal after the shot effects as well.

7/3/2021

Yes, been more than a year since we last posted, and no we are not dead 😂😂😂. As those that follow our journey know, the new motor pool location that we purchased was not what we needed for our specific situation but we decided to dig in make the investment and try to make it work.

Most of the restructuring of the property is complete and we are getting back on track with the trucks, trailers, and business. We've been touching on that in the last few posts very briefly.

So, today we figured we would take the girls out to Grocery Outlet and show off  their new paint jobs and shiny tires.

 

7/2/2021

Got started on Matilda's new camo paint job today only to end up running out of paint. Gonna try and stop buy the blue box tomorrow morning on the way to Grocery Outlet and grab some more. She'll just have to go as is for the day.

6/28/2021

Got a good start on the passenger side paint job today. Ran out of paint so we went back to the trailer tail end. Solid day overall.

6/9/2020

Day two of the main flooring install. Still spending a lot of time waiting for primer to dry but, the floor is coming along nicely. We were about half way by the end of the day.

6/8/2020

So, today was the day to start the flooring. Boy did this not go as planned! 

The epoxy was very open after the sanding and it swallowed up the first coat of adhesive primer so, we put on a second coat on for good measure. Worked out very well in the end. The only down side was the dry time of better than 90 minutes per coat with the humidity being as high as it has been lately. Then there is the factor of Soldier A's short arms. He could only lay two foot sections at a time.  😂

Guess we will be doing flooring tomorrow as well.

6/7/2020

Finally got the rest of the floor sanded as flat as it can be. Working on his hands and knees for the last few days has left soldier A walking around like a hunch back.  😂 But, it's now ready for the final flooring tomorrow.

4/5/2020

Finished sanding out the refer compartment and it came out really nice. Going to clean up the mess tomorrow and throw on the first coat of primer. Safe night to everyone.

4/3/2020

Got the area that will be the hanging close and boot closet all sanded and ready for primer today. Primer tomorrow and we are still waiting for our paint samples to try out our sponge painting plan.

While all the sanding was going on we also rolled out the last three heavy coats of epoxy in the refrigerator compartment. Now that area of the floor is ready for block sanding in preparation for the floor tiles.

A quick side note on tools and equipment. The new 20 volt Dewalt cordless sander hooked to the shop vac is a real pleasure to use, unless overhead of course. It's probably 90% or more dust free. 😁
 

4/2/2020

More progress today while dealing with the horrible things are happening on the globe. Our best wishes to everyone.

We got a lot more work done on preparing for the floor installation. Floated out the pass through areas and block sanded the first section of main floor in preparation for the final three coats of epoxy that we are going to apply.

Once all of the main floor gets the three coats we will block it out one last time and then prime it for the floor tiles.
 

3/31/2020

Lots more epoxy on the walls today as well as the ceiling. Also a bit more work on the entertainment cabinet. Hope everyone is being as safe as possible.

 

3/27/2020

With all this Covid-19 BS going on we are way behind on posting progress reports on the Dragon Wagon. That doesn't mean there hasn't been any. With the first part of our event season, at the least, we have turned the majority of our attention towards  Tiffany.

We will try and catch up as quickly as possible.

3/24/2020

More cabinet skins and the pony wall reconstruction. It's going to give us small cubby like storage on the driver's side of the bedroom.

3/2/2020

Did we mention that this casting call for hotrods was for a good cause??? 

Bring your ride and show off a bit! Wednesday afternoon in the Bonney Lake Grocery Outlet parking lot. 18318 State Route 410 E.

 Want more information? Contact Abe Cortez the producer of Sauve TV on his Facebook page Abraham Cortez Jr.

3/1/2020

Great day with help from our neighbor D! Got all the scales stripped back off the Dragon Wagon Too trailer. 

While that was going on Soldier A was unpacking and setting up his new miter saw. He was like a kid at Christmas! But, after he settled down he got the bathroom ceiling done.

2/27/2020

Yesterday was devoted to chores around the motor pool. Today was back to the bathroom in the Mega Camper. Got the last two walls done and still had time to install the last section of ceiling now that the DOT lights are installed. 

2/25/2020

Got the largest wall of the bathroom skinned today. Doing it by himself, Soldier A said it was a bit tricky and he thought he lost it a couple of times. In the end it came out awesome. The bathroom in Tiffany is coming out better than the one in our house.😂

2/24/2020

Bathroom is moving forward along with everything else. Looks we got a bad virus season ahead of us.

2/22/2020 -B

Got more time in on the paracord inventory which is going to be our biggest and best ever. We are starting to have sore hands again.

Now for the progress of the day. 👍 We tested the new temporary shower unit and it worked well. Hot showers even before we finish the plumbing. Yay!

Finished the rest of the sanding in the bathroom followed by a boat load of cleanup and prep work for the installation of the final laminated goods. Pay off was worth every sore muscle.

Got the main floor cut glued and installed. Soldier A being himself did the install without a respirator and went to bed with a glue hangover. That's on him!

2/18/2020

Paracord in the morning again and then more sanding. Lots of sanding!