The weekend was filled with ups and downs. We went camping with some friends and family and although it was a good weekend, it started out with a betrayal of a long time friend (or so I thought) and ended with some major kindness of a total stranger to us.
First off in getting ready to go camping was to get the new Natures Head Composting toilet installed in the bus. This should solve a lot of bathroom runs in the middle of the night with the little people.
It was recommended to use some organic peat moss but I have lots of fresh wood shavings around so I thought we'd give that a try. It ended up working very well !!
When I removed the dinette there were a bunch of large and smallish holes left in the floor. I got a brownish tube of caulk and went to work filling them all.
For the little holes I used a 20ml syringe from work with some caulk in it. It worked quite well !!
Now for the uncalled for betrayal
I put $100 in 91 NonOxy fuel in the bus thinking it'd last a long time if we don't burn through it and all it did was make things worse. I think that by sitting for as long as it did without moving the gas went bad and the ethanol evaporated and stuck to the sides of the tank. I asked a buddy at NAPA just WTF was in this little filter and he said it looked like ethanol to him. This filter has a whopping 8 miles on it with maybe 10-15 min of idle time. I didn't figure I'd get to the campground and back on the spare filter I had so I turned around limped the bus back home. Boy was I mad. I have spend a TON of time in there this spring/summer getting it ready to go and upgrading things and it decided to be a grumpy old ******* anyway. Leaving the tank half full was my fault so I am the cause of the problem but I never thought it'd make such a mess inside the tank.
That buddy at NAPA sold me a double spin on filter setup they had laying around for a fuel barrel but never used for $50 with the filters. I got it primed and running and was debating on heading out when I decided to call Mama Bear and tell her what was going on. I put the filters here for temporary so I can change them out quickly and DO NOT intend on actually roading the bus this way unless I get a big heavy metal box made to cover them and even at that it's still temporary driving around the yard stuff to get the gas to slosh around and maybe work the goober out of it.
Just as I was going to call Mama Bear back and tell her I didn't think I should head out with the bus a stranger called me and offered their camper up for the weekend. Apparently our friends that were already at the campground took it upon themselves to find us something to use. Just when the world looks like it's going to **** on your head and start raining a ray of hope peeks through the clouds and brings a bit of a smile back. I didn't know what to say. I grabbed all the stuff I thought we'd need and threw it in the minivan and headed out. When I got down there the loaner camper was already in our site.
My BIL went and picked it up and they all set it up for us. When we returned it the owner told us a few stories about how they got stranded over the years with their motorhome and how their first popup came crashing down in the middle of the night and they were more than happy to help us with our camper problems.
is awesome there. 
