Just passed the three week mark of full-timing! We had a huge rain storm come through New England last night. And just when I recently got DirecTv set up with a high def dish and DVR, the farm thing got knocked over in the wind. So I need to put out site back together this afternoon and can hopefully restore the high quality TV picture we had yesterday.
I mentioned a while back that I was considering nstalling a 32 inch HD TV in the Passport. I actually did it, which is what motivated me to install the high def dish. It had worked out very well until last night!
To this point, my writings have been a pretty laid back account of our adventures. In the next installment in this blog, I will write about something very serious and very important. You will not want to miss it!
~Cheers, Steve
Monday, April 23, 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
What the title means
So I don't really have much to write about today. I finally finished painting the kitchen today. We decided that a light yellow would be nice. The name of the shade was "peaceful calm" which sounds harmless enough. But after the choice was made a friend of mine who is in the paint business reminded me that yellow covers really badly. And yellow over coffee type of a color is even worse. So what I thought would take a gallon has taken 3.5 gallons. But today it is done!! I have to put the kitchen back together tomorrow and then move on to the next project.
I got a nice comment from Debbie who asked where the title Gators and Grapefruit came from. First, thank you for reading and following the blog, Debbie! The significance of the title is first that our dream is to be in Florida, specifically in the St. Augustine area. After many visits there and to Jacksonville including the weekend of the Florida- FSU game, we have become Florida Gators fans. Grapefruit is a favorite fruit and probably in the top five of favorite foods. Seems they grow a few of them in Florida. Unfortunately, due to health issues and resulting medication, I ave been unable to eat grapefruit for about the past three years. So when I got thinking of a title for the blog, it's the first thing that came to mind. Of course the whole episode has created a real craving for grapefruit which is a lot like cheating on your wife: you can dream about it and stay healthy. But acting on it would not be pretty! Thanks for asking!
Well, I am not sure which will pop up next, a project at the house or a project here at the camper. We feel like there is a lot of sway and wopple in our camper. We have electric stabilizers and I can't really get a feel for how firm they should be. And the springs feel really soft. So between myself, Faith and the puppies, things can get rocking in here. So I have to address the issue. Just not sure how I am going to go about it. I am also thinking of upgrading the TV. This rig came with. 19 inch TV which is fine in the bedroom but not so good from any distance. I have seen a couple of discussions about people with similar rigs upgrading to a 32 inch. I need to measure and price parts, etc. but it could be the next project.
We continue to adjust to the concept that we live here. This campsite is our home! But we are having a wonderful time of it! More soon. ~ Cheers!
I got a nice comment from Debbie who asked where the title Gators and Grapefruit came from. First, thank you for reading and following the blog, Debbie! The significance of the title is first that our dream is to be in Florida, specifically in the St. Augustine area. After many visits there and to Jacksonville including the weekend of the Florida- FSU game, we have become Florida Gators fans. Grapefruit is a favorite fruit and probably in the top five of favorite foods. Seems they grow a few of them in Florida. Unfortunately, due to health issues and resulting medication, I ave been unable to eat grapefruit for about the past three years. So when I got thinking of a title for the blog, it's the first thing that came to mind. Of course the whole episode has created a real craving for grapefruit which is a lot like cheating on your wife: you can dream about it and stay healthy. But acting on it would not be pretty! Thanks for asking!
Well, I am not sure which will pop up next, a project at the house or a project here at the camper. We feel like there is a lot of sway and wopple in our camper. We have electric stabilizers and I can't really get a feel for how firm they should be. And the springs feel really soft. So between myself, Faith and the puppies, things can get rocking in here. So I have to address the issue. Just not sure how I am going to go about it. I am also thinking of upgrading the TV. This rig came with. 19 inch TV which is fine in the bedroom but not so good from any distance. I have seen a couple of discussions about people with similar rigs upgrading to a 32 inch. I need to measure and price parts, etc. but it could be the next project.
We continue to adjust to the concept that we live here. This campsite is our home! But we are having a wonderful time of it! More soon. ~ Cheers!
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Rude Awakening
This morning at 6:30am: "Honey? Can you wake up? I don't think we have any water!" This is how my day began.
We are very aware that temps are dropping into the 30's at night. It's April in New England, whataya expect? And for the first three nights of our new adventure we made damned sure we paid attention. Two of the three forecasted below 35 so I just left a drip of water running n the kitchen. It's something I have made a habit of doing on cold nights in any house I live in. But last night, we got watching the basketball game, got tired, and forgot to look at the overnight forecast. It got into the low 30's. Oops.
So I am up and out the door in a flash! The site next to us s empty.... They have pressure. So the campground didn't, as Faith had wondered out loud, turn the water off overnight. I pull the hose off our water connection and turn it back on the find plenty of pressure. OH NO!!! Had my worst nightmare happened and I have turned our brand new Passport travel trailer into an ice cube on wheels after only a few nights? I go to the hose connection the the camper, disconnect the hose and see ice in the hose. Crap! But it's fairly slushy and does not see to extend into the camper. Fortunately I have a spare hose that I hooked up. Pressure is restored. Faith can now take her shower and go to work. I really think everything is ok, thankfully! There were no bursts of air or anything that would lead me to believe there was an internal problem. Pressure was outstanding! So we dodged a bullet. I will do better next time. ~ Cheers!
We are very aware that temps are dropping into the 30's at night. It's April in New England, whataya expect? And for the first three nights of our new adventure we made damned sure we paid attention. Two of the three forecasted below 35 so I just left a drip of water running n the kitchen. It's something I have made a habit of doing on cold nights in any house I live in. But last night, we got watching the basketball game, got tired, and forgot to look at the overnight forecast. It got into the low 30's. Oops.
So I am up and out the door in a flash! The site next to us s empty.... They have pressure. So the campground didn't, as Faith had wondered out loud, turn the water off overnight. I pull the hose off our water connection and turn it back on the find plenty of pressure. OH NO!!! Had my worst nightmare happened and I have turned our brand new Passport travel trailer into an ice cube on wheels after only a few nights? I go to the hose connection the the camper, disconnect the hose and see ice in the hose. Crap! But it's fairly slushy and does not see to extend into the camper. Fortunately I have a spare hose that I hooked up. Pressure is restored. Faith can now take her shower and go to work. I really think everything is ok, thankfully! There were no bursts of air or anything that would lead me to believe there was an internal problem. Pressure was outstanding! So we dodged a bullet. I will do better next time. ~ Cheers!
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