Mother Nature heard we were getting ready to head out. The yuck day weather-wise was supposed to happen on Friday. The cold front blew in last night. It is 45º as I write this (6:30 am), cold wind and drizzle. The high for today might make it to 50º. More of the same predicted until next week.
The front is stalled out just south of us, putting us in this unsettled weather until Mother Nature decides to move things along.
In the meant time, more packing and loading.
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I get to sleep inside tonight!
If you asked, "Did Joan lock you out again?" you get zero bonus points.
We are getting close with the motorhome - out to the storage unit again today. While Joan stocked up the fridge/freezer, I started sanitizing the water system. Bleach/water into the fresh tank and run through the lines. A new water filter flushed and ready to go. At our first stop tomorrow, I will dump that bleach/water and flush the fresh water tank (a couple times) and all the water lines. It's good to drive a while with that in the tank to let it slosh around.
Other daily living stuff put away in the coach. After getting the water stuff done, I backed the cargo trailer into the storage unit - that's what gets to "sleep inside" tonight...
The trailer is loaded, ready to get hitched up and roll tomorrow. Toiletries and pillows will go into the motorhome tomorrow. Only last minute stuff around the house now.
It was cold, windy, and an occasional spitty drizzle today; upper 40s for the temp, but it felt colder than that thanks to the damp. This was the first that we've towed anything with the Equinox - I was impressed with how it did, with a tow/haul setting on the transmission. I could actually see the fuel gauge drop while towing. The Equinox has a 3,500 pound towing capacity with the 2.0 Turbo, 9-speed transmission, and factory towing package. Not something we plan to do often, but that was important to us when picking out this vehicle.
As expected, fuel prices are on the rise. Just in the nick of time for us to do our part to help bump up the economy.
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It could be worse. Here in Boise, our low was 14° overnight and we MIGHT make it up to freezing as a high. I even saw some snow flakes a while ago, but nothing that would stick. Same for the next few days. Normally we are pushing above 50° for daytime temps this time of year.
Lucy is *not* amused, as she likes to go outside a lot. It isn't fit weather for man nor beast. They watched each other play across the baby gate this morning. But as Duke approached the gate while she was up close, she hissed and backed off -- but only a few feet. Progress.
That IS progress! Glad to hear it. Also happy to see that the cats didn't kill you and eat you while Alice is away. ;-)
Also, this is a mostly sorta family-friendly blog, so I would appreciate if you would watch your language - this is not the place for vulgar 4-letter words like... snow.
We are rolling, and it is damn cold. Not 14º cold, but too cold for this island boy. Looks like a couple cold days and nights ahead; hopeful for dry and warm in AZ.
Well this week was just a three-day shakedown for the real test. Alice leaves for ten days in Hawaii on MAR 31. We still have time and hopefully they can meet by then and reach detente so that both have free run of the house [fingers crossed]. We are not hoping for cuddle-buddies that sleep together, just peaceful co-existence allowing free run of the whole house for all of us. Playing the closed door / air lock game is getting a bit old.
We have been using some wire shelving from Lowe's as a temporary movable barrier that they can see through. The shelves are six feet long, and three shelves are connected at their edges to make an accordion. Yesterday at about 5 pm, Lucy and I were snuggling in my office and I heard Duke meowing on the kitchen side. Then it got quiet -- too quiet. I got up just in time to catch him balancing on top of the shelf, poised to make the big jump down into the secured part of the house where we were. What an athlete! He had climbed the wire shelving as if it were a ladder. It would not have been good to get surprised like that. Apart from startling Lucy, Duke knows exactly where Lucy's crunchy bowl is, but he cannot have any kibble as they consistently upset his delicate tummy. (After the climbing incident, we are tempted to change his name to Calvin, as in "Calvin & Hobbes"). I have some ideas on how to improve the design but it would be good if we simply did not have to use the gate much longer.
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