Repairing the Damage

Wait, why can't I see who is outside our window?

Oh, there he is.  We had our house painted this week. Back in October there was a hail storm in Gold Canyon and our Airstream, our truck and the house were all damaged by the golf ball sized hail stones.  The truck has been repaired, the Airstream is at a dealer's collision repair facility in Tucson and now the house has been repaired.

Most of the damage was to the paint, with some to the stucco, itself. Some was to the decorative beams.  The roof was also damaged.  That has not been repaired, yet.

The preparation to paint began with covering the windows and other parts of the house that were not being painted.  They taped down plastic to keep the concrete protected, as well.

After spraying the dark trip on the beams and doors on the front side of the building.  Then they covered the stone work and newly painted trim pieces, including the front door.

We stayed inside and heard the sprayer operating.  When they started removing the plastic and paper masking, we went out to look.

Now everything looks good again!  Thanks, Hector and Sons painting.

We have been on the move and busy since leaving Fort Stockton, Texas. On our trip back to Gold Canyon we stayed in Anthony, Texas, right outside of El Paso, and Willcox, Arizona. Once here there were doctors' appointments, exercise, laundry, church and a new Dish Network Hopper installation. It is getting so a new TV setup is as complex as a new computer with all the frustrations and adjustments to a new system.


Now it is time to deal with the damage we sustained in the hail storm here last October. Sunday we took the trailer to Lazy Days in Tucson (a 100 mile drive) and spent the night on the huge and nice KOA here. Since we were to deliver our Airstream to the repair shop at 8 am, we decided not to get up and leave at 6 am to get there.

The park is nice and might be a good location to spend the winter.

Today we have a new ride.

Quite a difference from our heavy-duty 3/4 ton pickup. But it is fairly comfortable and we fit in with all our neighbors. It seems almost everybody today drives a small SUV.


We will have the car for about a week but we don't get the trailer back for a month or more. Glad we didn't plan to go anywhere in February.

Soon our house windows will be wrapped in plastic so the painters can repair and repaint the hail damage to it. At least we don't have to move out!