The forecast for this week keeps changing and worsening, with the only stable thing being that we keep getting promised temps above freezing on Saturday. We’re going well below minus ten, which means that I no longer have indoor plumbing. I checked out the park facilities yesterday and was not impressed; for one thing they appear to include pay showers. Considering the amount of rent I pay here and that I’m paying for power and heating, paying for a shower too is out of the question! For now, I’ll just stick with the hauling water and heating it on the stove method of plumbing management.

When we get back up above freezing and everything is working, I have to decide what I’m willing to put up with this winter and for how long. If I knew for sure that I’m staying till the end of April, I’d get a heat tape for the water hose and materials to enclose and heat my holding tanks. But there is a chance I will be pulling out in January, which would make buying more warmth proofing materials pointless.

The upshot of this weather is that we finally have sun! And I have to admit to being rather partial a sunny, dry, just below freezing afternoon.