Gracie gets a bath!

Gracie (our rig) had gotten very dirty on our Alaska trip. While many of our fellow caravan travelers conscientiously washed their rigs frequently, we did not... and the campgrounds where we've stayed since our caravan have not allowed washing rigs. Thousand Trails Bend-Sunriver had no posted restriction in their rules, so we decided to go ahead and try to get "the big chunks off" as Carl says!

Carl did most of the brush work...

... though I spelled him a couple of times.

I did the spraying on of water before the brush and much of the rinsing, and I did drying with a microfiber cloth (several microfiber cloths) to eliminate water spots as much as possible and to catch any dirt that the brush missed -- Carl helped with the drying too. I also used Dawn to pre-treat the areas around the fuel inlet where diesel spills almost every time we fill Gracie up - that did a great job to cut through the grime that collects there.

We didn't get a full "before" picture on the drivers side, but this shows how dirty it was in the back section...

 

... and a "before" picture on the passenger side.

An "after" picture from about the same spot on the passenger side - wow!

The Jeep also got a quick rinse and wash -- we *had* washed it at our last stop on the caravan in Prince George, BC.

Driver's side relatively clean!

We had thought that we'd do it over a couple of days, but we managed to do the driver's side and rear in a single 1+ hour effort, took a break, and came back (when the passenger side was more in the shade) and did it and the front in another 1+ hour effort. We did not wax, not even the wipe-on wipe-off wax, and we didn't do the roof. The front still has bugs on it, but not as many as before! 

We're pleased to no longer be carrying Alaskan dirt with us! Well, at least not on the outside of the rig... there are definitely nooks and crannies where Alaskan dirt still resides!