We worked on Tramper a little more this morning. We were just about to get a tarp to cover the mattress and tape up every single door and window when the rain began. So we tried the second action item — laundry.

We found a laundromat and thought we had hit the lottery so I could wash clothes that were covered in dirt. There were three washers and three dryers. I loaded them all up. All the money slots were messed up and wouldn’t accept the quarters or loonies they supposedly accept. Grrrr.

So we took everything out and carted it to our hotel, where there is one washer and dryer. It is by far the smallest washing machine I have ever seen. I fit two pair of pants, a hoodie, one queen size bottom sheet, and a pair of underwear in, and it was pretty maxed out.

Yep. To say it was laundry day was putting it mildly. It took pretty much the entire afternoon to get it done. I am fairly certain I wasn’t the most popular person in the place judging by the amount of times people came in to check on if a machine was available yet. Usually that would concern me. Today it did not.

I thoroughly enjoyed the breaks I got when this guy pictured below visited while dealing with Tramper. His name is Tucker. He belongs to Paul, the super generous owner of the business who has been helping us (where Tramper has been the past few days). Tucker has the most beautiful eyes, and I got him to come into Tramper for a little while this morning. He makes me smile!

We are ready to move on as soon as the rain lets us complete our tasks. Here’s hoping we can do that tomorrow. We just checked the weather The rain has set in, and it’s now looking like it will be another day before we can head out.

It sure will be nice to have my pillow and my sleep hood back tonight. Sometimes the simple things really are the Important things.

We have had very limited options for food here. It has been disappointing at best. Mike found a steak at the grocery store today. Our option at the hotel was to microwave it. If anyone could pull this off to where we could enjoy it, Mike’s the guy!

And he did! It took quite a while and cooking it slowly to keep it tender. He added beef vegetable soup, and it was really quite good! Yay! I could have never done it as well.