The Porch and Craft Room are Gone!

We were removing the last of the porch floor when our neighbors and friends, Mike and Debbie Payne came over to see what was happening. We were looking at and discussing the railroad ties that the builder of the porch used as a foundation.

 Glenn said he thought he was going to have to wait to get a tractor to pull those out of the ground. Mike said he thought he could just pull them out with his truck. So he got his truck and tow chain and made short work of all 12 of those railroad tie "pier blocks". 

Some of the railroad ties were so rotted, they just snapped off. It's a wonder this porch was standing and as sturdy as it was...or as it felt, anyway.

After all the debris was cleared out of the way, the 4 of us moved the steps over in front of the door so we can still use the front door. 

Over the last two weeks when it's been too hot to work outside, we've been removing things on the inside of the house. After all, we aren't using all the walls anymore so why leave them there? haha

Seriously, though, my craft room is gone.

And the paneling in the hallway is gone.

And the paneling and sheetrock in the mudroom/pantry is gone. 

Yep, it seems we are just tearing down the house right around us!  But there has been progress on the motorhome. The electricity is hooked up! Glenn had to make a 15 foot 220 volt extention cord. During that process, he realized that the breaker box in the garage was installed upside down. Just another one of the many strange things we have found that were done by previous owners!

The next project on the motorhome is chasing a water leak. Once that is fixed, then we can work on getting the sewer hooked up and then we can move into the motorhome.