the aftermath...

well, after my last post, we were packed and on the road by that evening. we didn't make it too far the first night, but as everything in the trailer was frozen solid, and we hadn't had a good shower in a week and a half, our first night was spent in a cheap hotel. with heat. and hot running water. it felt like heaven.

two more days south and we stopped in a little town called Cedar Creek, TX. it took another 2 days for everything to completely thaw. that was when we were able to assess the damages:

one crapper hose - frozen solid and broke apart when trying to remove
the kitchen faucet - both the cartridge and the sprayer head cracked and leaked
the fresh water hose - was intact, but both ends expanded just enough to leak $2 fix at both ends
and the big nasty one... the water heater cracked.

we have not yet replaced it, all we did was bypass it and drain it. but we will have to fix it eventually. for now, no hot water and regular trips to the park's showers.

here's the new faucet tho

....

The crew at Amazon offered the workcampers the opportunity to stay and work through January, and we figured that since we didn't have to be anywhere until May, why not. Everyone we talked to, and every weather site i looked at, said the average temp was 30-40s. cold, yes, but tolerable. we agreed to stay

our water froze Christmas eve. and it got colder. and colder

we waited for the cold snap to end. they always do. we can tough it out. everyone told us this was exceptional, this never happens.

and it got colder.

and colder

and we waited.....


as i type this, it is 2 degrees outside. and this is what i woke up to find:

my dog's bowl. half frozen. it was INSIDE the trailer. we're packing to leave today

I'm dreaming...

of a white Christmas.

o wait, i don't have to dream, it happened.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Have yourself...

a merry...little...


Christmas...


now.


Merry Christmas everyone. White Christmas pics tomorrow. <3

Whimper, part deux

hooray... aunt flo started her visit today, AND i have a cold... on one of the coldest days i've ever experienced. i thought i got into RVing to get AWAY from this kind of weather?!?

and i think something froze in the van. it's trying to overheat again.

how much longer?

*Whimper*

why am i here again? o right. paycheck. even teh van doesn't want to run in this. ima go back to bed now. g'night.

argh

yikes. it is seriously time for some catch-up. ok, last time i posted was from Titusville FL. since then, I found a job in Abilene TX that was much better than the one in FL, so off we went. We stopped in Pensacola FL along the way to surprise my mom for her birthday. she cried. here we are in the KOA in Gulf Shores AL...the only KOA in the entire state!

It was Eric's and my first time in Texas, so we were excited.Luna, however, was unimpressed.



Abilene was a lot of fun, but very dusty and windy and somewhat bland. one exciting thing was there's an actual honest-to-goodness drive-in theater there. We went and watched Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. that was an experience for me! my first time at the drive-in! we also had one of the best steaks i've ever had in my life at Sharon's Lytle Land and Cattle. if you're ever in Abilene, go. you won't regret it. there's also a bunch of cool museums and old buildings in downtown Abilene.

the Paramount theater. all restored. "Mestena" (means "Mustang" in Spanish)

i don't know. but it looks cool

Denzel Crocker lives in Abilene. who knew?

When our time was up there, we went to Coffeyville Kansas to help Amazon.com with their Christmas rush. what were we thinking?!? o right... 11 bucks an hour... that's what.

I'll TRY to update more often now. 'specially since my old phone crapped out and i got a new one, so i can even update mobile-y. we're headed back to Texas for next spring/summer... Amarillo this time. rawr.