A Leak

   I have spent the last several days drying out the carpeting in the trailer.  We it measured to get an estimate for redoing the vinyl the carpeting,  The trailer is 10 years old and it's time to replace it.  Remodeling is a better alternative to buying a new trailer for at least two reasons.  Number one is cost.  New rigs hover around $40-50 K.  The other reason is that we have not been able to find another trailer that has the floorplan that we want.  Fifth wheel trailers seem to come in two sizes.  25-27 ft (week-end rigs) 34-40 ft (full-time rigs).  One is too small to live in for the length of time we travel.  The others are Way Too Big.  I don't want to haul something that big and heavy.  I don't have a big or new enough truck and they are tricky to maneuver into gas stations and campgrounds.
My current trailer has a total length of an inch under 31 ft.  There is some skill involved but it is ok for most places.  
    As for the floorplan, nothing comes close.  We lived in "Tiny House for 8 months this year and were very comfortable, even with two dogs.  The dogs were especially content because when we were home they knew where we were at all times.  The other room was just a few feet away.

   Getting back to my story.  The carpet guy informed us that we have a leak.  I pulled the trailer out enough to let the big slide out and ugh!  The carpet was indeed very wet.  "Where did it come from?" is the $64 question.  The shop vac sucking up moisture from the carpet, furnace on high, space heaters going full blast and it is finally drying up.  Now I guess I need to take it to a shop to see if they can figure out how the water is getting in,  Obviously we want the leak fixed before we install the new floors.