Now that the blog makeover is done, I can focus on my two other major projects that need to be done by February. I reserve the weekends for such work since few people are posting want ads on Saturday and Sunday. It gives me a break in my week.
Yesterday was a lovely day. I headed next door to Donna‘s and invited her for a walk. We headed up into the desert behind the RV park with Midnight, who soon grew tired. Donna wanted to take him back home, but he’s such a little thing that I decided to just hold him. A dog like him would be perfect for me…
While the days have been nice, the nights have been cold and loud. Imagine this: when the temps go down to near freezing, the vineyards operate huge wind machines to keep the air circulating. These machines sound like helicopters. For the last two nights, I felt like I was living right on a chopper pad from about 8:30PM to mid-morning.
As if that noise wasn’t bad enough, the RV park has been doing lawn maintenance during the day. So, the minute the chopper noises stop, the mower noises start. Try to concentrate on anything in such circumstances! I decided to formally extend my stay in Osoyoos to the end of January, worried that the RV park would rent my site out from under me (which they did), but I’m starting to regret that decision! Perhaps when the colder weather arrives things will quiet down.
Speaking of colder weather, I’m going to have to start thinking about hunkering down since I am now committed to wintering here. Many rigs in the park use foil-covered bubble wrap as skirting material (R4 rating). That seems to be the most cost-effective and easy to store skirting method for me, so I will go load up on that stuff shortly. The hookups here are badly done and I need about ten feet of water hose to reach the tap. I have five feet of hose wrapped up in heat tape and no intention of investing in more heat tape. So, I think I will live off my water tank when we start getting extended periods of nights below freezing.I’ve heard rumours that They (whomever They are) are predicting that Osoyoos is heading into its worse winter ever! I am not even willing to entertain the thought that anything could be worse than the winter of ’08 to ’09. I’ll keep an eye on weather reports and will start to consider blowing out my water lines at the end of November. I’m close enough to the park facilities to make using theirs a viable option.
Leaving Osoyoos just doesn’t make sense. Yes, the Vancouver area would have milder weather, but I’d be looking at twice the cost of living. I’m going to make a proper stand against cold weather this time around and see what happens. Last night, the bad weather didn’t hit until the middle of December, so I’m hopeful that I’ll be comfortable until at least then.