This is another for the "Forgotten at home" file.
When we are on the road, washing the car is a part of the weekly routine, especially if we have traveled 1000 miles between washings. Washing the BoggsMobile, at least the front, is a pretty regular occurrence too.
The front of the bus gets coated with bugs as we bounce down the road and IF it is raining or snowing, the stainless down the sides gets messy in a hurry. The white Jeep gets covered in road grime and oil too.
The oil comes from the small leaks in the bus engine. It does not take much oil to make a mess at 65-70 MPH. We try to wash that mess each week if it is possible.
The Jeep trailed along behind the BoggsMobile for 1043 miles and desperately needed to be washed. First, I needed a pole and a brush. Why? I had neglected to load them in the bus and they are now sitting in the barn. Ugh!
I found an acceptable brush at one store and a nice adjustable pole in another. We were ready to go. We hooked up the hose, pulled the car into position and went to get the sprayer for the end of the hose.
We found no sprayer! What? That is impossible. We own FIVE good sprayers!
We used to buy the $1 sprayers (They are not $1 anymore) from Walmart, but they would only last a month or two.
In 2017, we found these thumb style sprayers.
They are much better built. In fact, the one we bought in 2017 is still in good shape. We like that style so much, that over time we bought one for the hose at Odie's house, one for the hose outside the barn, one for the hose inside the barn and of course one for the bus.
Plus, I saw one on the clearance table at Home Depot over Christmas that looks nicer than the other four we already own and it was only $2 on clearance. Yay!
That makes five really good, well built sprayers and we drove 1000 miles away from home without one of them in the bus, not one! The new one is sitting in a chair right next to where the bus sits in the barn. I set it there so I would not forget it.
Do you know what I did? I forgot! Just like three German police dogs I heard about.
Sooooooo, instead of our nice big brush, we washed the car with this little brush. Not so bad for the Jeep, but way too narrow for the bus.
And rinsed the car the old fashion way.
I suppose we could eventually wash all of the bus with that narrow brush, but we would need awfully good water pressure to spray 12' up with only the hose. Yep, we will be buying a SIXTH sprayer.😁
Maybe we will get this traveling business down to a good routine someday!
Until then, we thank you kindly for laughing softly so as to keep our embarrassment to a minimum.
Have a great day!
Davy
