Picnic, anyone?

Usually I don't start a post with a picture but this one pretty much sums it up for right now. It seems Minnesota is committed to us experiencing a true winter! Over the weekend we received about 9" of light fluffy snow. Yesterday I went next door and the nice folks there offered to lend us a shovel. Thanks to Kevin and Dee! I shoveled out around us and did a path from the door to the car so we don't have to walk in the snow banks.

Last week when we dumped our waste water, we noticed ice chunks in the grey water. This was despite having extra heaters in water bay and the basement. We felt we had no choice but to winterize the motorhome. This means no water inside. Luckily we are close to the building with the showers and bathrooms. But it is getting old to put on boots and coats to use the facilities! We're getting by with paper plates and plastic silverware (clean-up is a breeze!) and doing microwave meals.

And, below zero temperatures are on the way for tomorrow and the following week. Not to be outdone by the temps, there is a chance for more significant snow this weekend. While we are warm and toasty inside (thanks to our AquaHot), we do have to break down today to get more diesel fuel to power the Aqua Hot.

I can say with certainty that this will be our one experience with winter camping! We will be glad to head towards warmer temperatures once the holidays are over.