Sunday, March 17, 2024

Waterfowl at CJ Brown Reservoir

 Yesterday we spent the morning at the CJ Brown Marina. We had stopped there the previous evening on our usual drive and noticed a couple of large rafts of Red Breasted Mergansers just outside of the Marina. In past years, the Mergansers have ventured into the Marina and have put on the great show as they feed off of fish in the warmer waters inside the Marina boundaries. 
So, with that n mind, we headed out before sunup. Sure enough, the Mergansers were fishing in the cove on the the north side of the marina. 
Once the sun provided good light, we capture some images of them and other migrating waterfowl. Here's some looks....

Pair of Red Breasted Mergansers



Merganser lost his fish

Bonaparte's Gull stealing fish





Male Horned Grebe

Female Horned Grebe







Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Roadtrek Play Upgrades (part 6)

Upgrade Posts List:

Part 1 (Bed Coverings, Bask-a-Table, Aisle Upper Storage Shelf, Cup Holders (for table), Rear Corner Storage Mini Buckets)

Part 2 (Cab Blackout Curtains, Bathroom Door Latch, Bathroom Floor Mat, Bathroom Door Kickstop, Shower Head, Bathroom Motion/Light Sensing Puck Light)

Part 3 (Under Bed Storage Access, LED Headlights, Rear Door Spare Tire Mount)

Part 4 (Slider Door Handle, Exit Step Down Handle, TV Mount, Stove & Sink Covers, Utensil Drawer Storage)

Part 5 (Battery Disconnect for the Chassis, ScanGauge III)

Part 6 (Bathroom Privacy Curtain Extension)


 These are the upgrades in this post (Part 6):

  • Bathroom Privacy Curtain Extension

Bathroom Extension
One of our few complaints about our Roadtrek Play is that there's not enough leg room in the bathroom. Once seated on the commode we're ok, but room to get britches down and back up is limited with the wooden doors closed. 
We've seen the "Extend a Rod" that many Roadtrek owners use to extend the shower curtain area, but we didn't feel that using it would benefit us as we needed,
After brainstorming for a bit, I saw this Folding Clothes Drying Rack on Amazon. I wasn't sure if it would work, but after receiving and installing....it's perfect. I used these Curtain Clips to hang the curtain once completed. 
We left our original shower curtain in place. This new curtain extension is not intended to function as a shower curtain... only to facilitate privacy.
We tried it out on a week long trip and it performed as intended. No longer any need to put up our side window privacy shield for pit stop. 
The last couple of pics show our installation area. We used an extra piece of shelving to add a reinforcement brace, but in retrospect I don't think that we needed to do so. While the rack is quite sturdy it's actually very lightweight. 




We used a curtain which matches the curtain we installed between the cab and coach.















Closeup view of the reinforcement we used.

View with door closed