RUB A DUB

For some folks, keeping their RV's clean and shiny is a priority.  For others, it doesn't much matter.  I fit into the former category, and usually keep our motor home free of streaks and dirt, with a fresh coat of wax.   But, due mostly to lots of other things to do in the past few months, like moving to Tucson, building a garage, unpacking boxes, the motor home has been neglected.  When we were parked at the FMCA Rally in Indio, I was tempted to hire the mobile RV wash company, but decided to wait until we got to Yuma. 

Yesterday morning, Roberts RV mobile wash/wax showed up with 3 guys, and they started by washing our Camelot, and Nancy's Phaeton.  When they started washing our roof with brushes, unfortunately our snowshoe kitty kind of freaked out, finding the best place to hide from the not so normal noises coming from up above.  When both motor homes were washed, the crew took a short break before coming back to start the wax jobs.  With 3 guys, the wax was coming off almost as fast as it was going on, with lots of paint becoming very shiny.  The part I liked, was the fact that they used the same Meguiars wax that I do.  When they were about half way done with waxing both motor homes, one of the guys asked it we wanted the two Jeeps washed.  He explained that they do the toad vehicle for free, when they do an RV wash and wax job.  Alrighty then, now all of the paint will be shiny, at least for a day or two.

I finished by Rain X'ing both of our windshields, then, while the girls went shopping, I celebrated the re-emergence of a clean, polished motor home, by doing some shopping of my own at Harbor Freight.  Even though almost all of the stuff at Harbor Freight is cheap, and from you know where, there's always something that I just can't live without.  I guess it's just a guy, tool thing.

The best news of the day was the price for washing (roof included) both the motor home and the Jeep, plus a complete hand wax of the motor home, only $125.  To do all of the above myself, it would have taken about 2 full days of climbing up and down the ladder, and lots of elbow grease.  Today, we're playing tourist, with several destinations in mind.......