It is 7:26 a.m. and the current temperature is 7 with a wind chill of -4 degrees! Though I am sure we will now be filling a propane tank today, I will have to say it is really not too bad. We have heat tape on the black tank and the water hose and added about a cup of antifreeze to the black tank, the galley and grey water are left open as my husband won that small battle.We sealed the ceiling vents with 3in fiberfill , sealed around the door with weather stripping and hung blanket throws on the windows. We are being blasted with about 3 days of artic like weather so we are really having fun lol.(not). Our menus have consisted of chicken and dumplings, french onion soup among other hot dishes with cream of wheat and oatmeal ranking high on the breakfast menu. It really does help to combat the chill. I have a cup of hot coffee with a sprinkle of cinnamon right now. My main complaint is not being able to go outside except very briefly. Thank goodness I have my netbook,our daughter, Leigh has her IPod Touch and my husband has his xbox360, we also have satelite tv a ton of dvds and several games like dominos. I highly reccommend all of the above if you are going to winter in an rv.
Now an update since my last post ...At about 9 a.m. on Jan.4th we decided to make the hour drive to Tulsa that afternoon to see Avatar in 3d at the IMAX . I purchased the tickets online and within minutes of doing so we lost all power to the rv park. Our battery took over supplying power for the next hour but it was almost drained when the power was restored over an hour later. To make a long story short we decided we couldn't leave the pets in case of another outage so we packed them up went to Tulsa and got a hotel room next to the theatre. We saw the movie which was amazing! Had a wonderful steak dinner. Went back to the rv park the next day to find the power on but the furnace was in a bind and making a weird noise which my husband fixed by turning it off, resetting the breakers. There was ice in a coffee mug in the sink and all my houseplants froze! I willreally miss my little ficus fig bonsai!
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