O.o

you see this?

its snow.

SNOW.

fortunately it was all gone the next day.

BUT STILL!!!!!

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.