Help Rob! There’s a Snake in There!

Snakeskin

She doesn’t like snakes, or better put, she’s very, very scared of snakes. That’s due to the walk-in basement in the house she lived in growing up. It had very low ceiling beams with the water pipes attached to them. Their home canned goods were kept down there and it was her job to get them for her mother. Snakes would lay on the water pipes for some reason, thus her deeply imprinted fear of snakes.

closeup

The “she” featured above is my wife. Then it was my job to clean out the shelf and discover it was just the shed skin of a snake, or actually two snake skins since there were two tail pieces, There was also evidence a mouse or rat had started to build a nest . I tell her snakes other than rattlers are okay as they eat those rodents. She says no snake is a good snake, end of discussion.

A Nifty Step Stool

stool opened

Our old 3 step stool worked so well when we washed the RV a few weeks ago that I thought about taking it along on our next trip. However we decided it was too bulky and we really needed something that would take up less space. Rather than spend time going to local stores, I searched online and when I saw this one I knew it was what we wanted.

Bottom step

The lower 2 steps are about the same size as those on our old stool.

Top step

The top step is more like a platform than a step, which is what I really liked about this one when I saw it. It is very sturdy and stable when on the driveway and has a locking mechanism to help prevent an accidental collapse.

collapsed size

This is how thin it is when collapsed, meaning it won’t take up much of our limited storage space. The real test will be how it performs when we are traveling in our RV, but based on using it over the past few days, it should work just fine.