Our Fireball is finally home, and needs a name.

The day Hoppy left, we went out with tools in hand to pick up the Fireball and bring her home. When we bought her, the lights didn't work, so James was going to try and get them fixed up. Here is how it went. He plugged it into the car and noticed the engine changed pitch, so he unplugged it. They poked around and then tried again, this time there was a smell of..eek..burning wires? So it was unplugged again. Then came the smoke, whiffing out from a seam in the front. Wow, how does one put out a fire inside a trailer wall. Answer? You start taking it apart. Lucky for us, it was in the front where the 2 walls join together and there was a little piece they took off. Seems it shorted out a wire and the smoke went up the wall and out the seem, so no damage, other than a melted wire. I had visions of her going up in flames along with the shop and chicken coop of our friends where she was being kept. We towed her home without lights, so that will be first on the list of fixes. She is cleaned out now, along with the large bird nest on top of the frig. Got in thru the vent I guess. Found 3 former birds mixed in with the 13 gallon trash bag of grass, poor things. Second thing on the list is wire over the vent to prevent that from happening again. But the frig works and the owner thought it didn't anymore. Could it have to do with the grass in everything? So, I will have time to think about colors and a name. So far, Birdie or Sparky seems to fit. James has been calling her Goldie, as she is gold and white outside. I'm excited to work on her, but it's been kinda cold out there. So third thing on the fix-it list, the heater.

Bye my Lil Hoppy.

Well, after many attempts for sell Hoppy, he was bought by a couple about 3 hours away in Idaho. A fellow Glamper, Heather, told her friend about him. But then I got a call from Joe in Calif the day before the other couple came to see him, and he was interested and was waiting to hear if they would take him. Then I got a message from another fellow Glamper, Kathy, in the Bay area asking where I was, as she had a trailer for sale also and someone from MI was interested, but it was too far away and she thought maybe if I was closer, he could look at Hoppy. I then told Joe about Kathy's trailer. So, to make a long story kinda short, the Idaho couple bought Hoppy and Joe bought Kathy's. Now that is networking! Hoppy is going to get a makeover into a cabin theme and I'll wait to see pictures from Sylvia, his new owner. I wonder if he will get a name change? We will miss you Hoppy, but you are in a loving home and in good hands.