WINTER CAMP

WE SUCCESSFULLY LANDED AT WINTER CAMP EARLIER IN THE WEEK. BECAUSE WE’VE SPENT THE LAST 16 WINTERS IN MOHAVE VALLEY IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE WE’RE COMING HOME.

IT WAS A SHOCK LEAVING THE SUMMER WEATHER AND THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND BEACH TO ARRIVE BACK ON “THE MOUNTAIN” AND WHAT AMOUNTS TO WINTER FOR MARY AND I. WE HAD MR. HEATER AND THE ELECTRIC HEAT GOING FOR THE LONG WEEK-END WE SPENT CLOSING DOWN.

THE CABIN IS SET UP LIKE AN RV WITH WINTERIZING THE PLUMBING. THERE ARE TWO LOW POINT DRAINS, DRAIN THE HOT WATER HEATER, A WATER HEATER BY-PASS, AN RV WATER PUMP WHICH WE HOOKED TO THE OUTDOOR FAUCET AND PUMP THE LINES FULL OF RV ANTIFREEZE, OPEN EACH FAUCET AND RUN THE PINK STUFF DOWN THE DRAIN. DON’T FORGET THE CLOTHES WASHER OR THE KITCHEN SINK SPRAYER. I’LL HAVE TO REPORT BACK IN THE SPRING IF THE PLUMBER HAS TO COME AND FIX WHATEVER I SCREWED UP!

OUR BIGGEST CONCERN RETURNING TO WINTER CAMP WAS THE SCREEN MATERIAL COVERING THE PORCH. THE CLOTH LIKE SOLAR MATERIAL HAS A LIFE OF 5 YEARS, AND OURS HAS BEEN UP 6 YEARS. WE WERE EXSPECTING IT TO BE FLYING IN THE WIND. GOOD NEWS EVERYTHNG IS IN TACT!!!

NOW WE HAVE THE FALL “TO DO” LIST AND THIS AFTERNOON MARY IS OFF TO THE DENTIST, MY DENTIST APPOINTMENT IS IN TWO WEEKS.

I’D LIKE TO REPORT THAT THE WEATHER IS “SUNNY & 80”, BUT IT’S ONLY SUNNY & 70 THIS AFTERNOON.