When we lived in our bricks and mortar home, we had a plush, top-of-the-line king-size bed which we loved. We ordered our motorhome without a mattress so we could put our own in it. In the end there were several factors that prevented us from moving the house mattress into the motorhome and so we bought a new mattress for it. In our quest to replicate the bed we had, we neglected to take some vital measurements and when we put our new mattress in the Moho, it was too thick to fit on the bed with the slideout in. The struggle we had wedging it through the door and into place was astronomical and it also was a sale item (the last one they had) so returning it wasn’t an option. Fortunately, there were two “pillowtops”; one on both the bottom and top so with the help of a box cutter, we removed one of them. The depth of the mattress was reduced by about 4 inches and it now fit, though it was still not perfect.

In three years, because flipping the mattress was no longer an option, the pillowtop has developed indentions (which feel more like cavities) and it has become less and less comfortable. On our way home from Vancouver last Thursday we stopped at Sleep Country and fell in love with and purchased a new mattress. Today it was delivered (they also removed the old mattress) and tonight we will be sleeping on it. It isn’t as thick so it fits better, it has a 20 year warranty on it and we have 60 days to make sure we love it! When you figure you spend roughly 1/3rd of your life in bed, we think having a really good mattress is imperative so hopefully, we have made the right choice this time.

Today we took the motorcycle to Vancouver and we rode on the Albion Ferry, with no wait at all (one of the benefits of riding a bike!). I took this picture of the Fraser River, clouds and all, while on the ferry and then my battery in the camera went dead. Wouldn’t you know it! More tomorrow….