punctured epidermis/water intrusion/UPDATE

After synthesizing your recommendations and talking to my local RV guru, I removed the screws and staples in the bottom side molding strip and stripped off the molding allowing the aluminum bottom piece to drop down a bit. A small amount of water came out of the low side and i stuck some shims between the bottom piece and the bed floor plywood. No dry rot smell. I even ran that by the girl with the nose. I can see daylight between the two layers so the warm, dry air of the West Slope should dry things out within a couple weeks. We'll make a determination after that to see what else needs attention. j.