Getting some work done...

A few months ago, we did some body damage on Gracie. We checked into getting it repaired at National Indoor RV in December, but they did not have available cycles to do the work (even though we had arranged ahead of time), so we decided to wait to get the work done while we were in Arizona. We had thought about getting it done in Yuma later in the winter, and called a shop, but they did not call us back... so... we decided to look into getting it done while we're here in Mexico.

Front corner damage

Close up of the damage

We spoke to the manager/owner of the RV campground where we are staying to find out if he had someone who could do the work that we needed. He sent a guy over on Saturday and gave us an estimate of what it would take to do the work. We cannot remember the name of the guy, but he has done body work previously for Steve and Nancy's rig and they were pleased with it, and the estimate was about 10% of what National Indoor quoted us... so we decided to go ahead and get it completed while we're here.

To match the paint colors, he wanted to take a component (compartment door) of the rig and to have access to any paint samples that we had.

We found the paint samples and had them available when he came Monday morning.

They started the work by using a heat gun to remove the Diamond Shield on the damaged panel.

Pulling off the Diamond Shield

He had warned us that pulling off the Diamond Shield was likely to cause some damage to the paint and thus he would need to re-paint the entire panel. Sure enough, there was damage to some of the paint as the shield film came off.

Then it was time for sanding...

For the sample of the paint colors, they took the hood over the front compartment.

We left the guys working and went out to eat...

At the restaurant located near the Reef RV Park (which would have been our second choice if Concha del Mar had happened to be full). It is a nice RV park (full hookups for $26/night, I think). And the restaurant is nice too!

The reef in front of the Reef RV Park

Looking back up toward the restaurant, our table was the furthest one out on the beach.

We were about 3.5 miles by beach walking from Concha del Mar RV park -- two of our group walked each direction, we decided to drive.

Carl and I shared a nachos appetizer...

Then we headed into Puerto Penasco for shopping...

A couple of the places that we stopped were near the corner of Fremont and Sinaloa (we took a picture of the street signs to help us remember).

When we got back to Gracie, the fellows were still working, but they finished by about 2pm and left it to dry overnight.

There is also a damaged area next to the steps that they are repairing (we think this may have happened when we had the front end get off the pavement and sink into the sand at Monahans Sand Dunes State Park - https://journeyinamazinggrace.blogspot.com/2021/12/pictures-from-our-last-couple-of-days.html).

We think that they will sand tomorrow and then paint the next day. It will be great to get this to-do off of our list!