We Have MOULD!!!

johninedmonton wrote:
hi guys;

We've been stuck on the west coast for the past 3 weeks. We've been in BC, Washington, and Oregon. I think we've had 1 or 2 days in 3+ weeks without rain.

Yesterday we started to find mould everywhere. On the kids' pillows, on the window sills, and other places.

Should this be typical? Has anyone else had this happen? We're fairly new to the lifestyle, so we don't know what to expect. If this were our sticks-and-bricks house, we'd be freaking out right now.

My wife thinks we should expect this, given how wet it's been. Knowing her, she's probably right. But I'm wondering if we should be unhappy with our 2 year old trailer? (Sport Trek 320VIK by K-Z)

Any advice would be helpful here, thanks.

Also, if you've had experience with this type of mould... any suggestions on how to get rid of it? Any tricks on preventing it in the future?

Thanks everyone!

n7bsn wrote:
It also might be you are keeping your temperature to low.
You should not be having that problem, we don't.

and no, it hasn't been that rainy, it just seams that way since you aren't used to it.
Years (and YEARS) ago my Grandfather move out here from Montana, the first winter he wrote my father (we still lived there) and said "These people are crazy, they go out and do things in the rain".
By the next winter, he had figured out that if you stay inside until the weather is nice, you will be inside until July.

My first winter here I figured out the same thing.