Windy weekend

Mike and I are still hanging with family in central Texas. It is quite windy today with gusts up to 25mph. Also, it has been pretty dry around here and the wind is whipping up a dusty haze. Last week, we gave the RV a good, thorough cleaning. A few days ago, we took it off the property to dump the black and gray and refill the fresh water tank so we could look for the leak. After starting it up, we noticed a problem with one of the jacks...it was busted! Mike, being the handy guy that he is, took the leg off and found the problem. It was still under warranty so another leg was shipped and it arrived yesterday. Mike got the water problem fixed, too. Why is it that the list of chores never seems to end? This week we will be busy taking care of loose ends and trying to complete the list of things to do before we leave for my next assignment. Northeast Texas is our next destination. I have had a very nice few weeks off but next Monday, it's back to the grind.

Visiting the fam

Mike and I arrived in central Texas on Saturday evening. We left Alabama and made the drive in two days, which is pretty quick for us. It has been a good week. We have been busy visiting with family and friends and we have eaten very well. The good food is abundant! While we are here, we are staying in my mom's guest house and not in the RV, so the RV is undergoing some early spring cleaning. We are able to park it on the property and have 15 amp electricity to keep the batteries charged. We have left the furnace on to keep the water from freezing at night. Today we're driving it over to a local RV park to refill the fresh water tank and look for a leak. We left Alabama with at least 1/2 a tank and ran out of fresh water in less than 24 hours (without taking a shower). Something was amiss because there was no way we used that much water. When we were in Reno, NV something similar happened and it turned out to be a loose hose from the water tank which dripped out all our water. Hopefully it turnes out to be something as simple as that and not a cracked tank or worse.

BRRR!

Brrr! As in, it's below freezing almost everynight and in the 40's during the day with a wind speed of 10-20mph. In anticipation of the colder weather, we tried to take precautions to keep our water line from freezing by insulting it with some pipe insulation. We thought this insulation, along with heat from the furnace blowing into the water hold, would keep our water line from freezing. It worked pretty well until last Sunday night. The temp dropped into the teens and surprise, Monday morning, no water. No problem, there's water in the holding tank....nope, the entire water line was frozen. I melted some ice cubes in the microwave so that I could brush my teeth. :) Thank goodness I was didn't have to go to work on Monday! Mike went and bought some type of heat light to keep the hold a little warmer and we have been letting the faucet drip slowly throughout the night. It seems to have solved the problem.

Wednesday night we had about two inches of snow. It was a beautiful sight at 2am. I would have loved to have had a photo of the RV covered in snow but by 6am, the snow had turned to rain/sleet and was already melting off the snow.

We have a little less than one week left here and I have already started planning our trip back to Texas. I have really enjoyed visiting with friends here and I am sad to leave them so soon but I am really excited to get back and visit with family.