Our own RV dump station

We now have our own personal motor home dump station. Finished all the plumbing today and all that's left is to fill in the giant hole. We had to dig 6 feet to find the sewer pipe. We were about ready to call the plumber when when we got to 5 1/2 feet with no results. There wasn't much room in the hole to maneuver around so Cindy got in and dug around with a little hand shovel for a short while and hollered "I found it!" It was a little farther to the right than we thought it would be.

Front yard progress

The next step of our curb appeal project is to install a dump drain to dump our motorhome holding tanks. We thought we would do it while we have the front yard dug up. It's a good convenience. Today we started digging and got to 5 feet. After running into a big rock (boulder) we dug about a foot away from it; so far no sewer pipe to connect to. We learned from the plumber who will probably install it that each house has letter "p" stamped on the curb which indicates the location of the sewer pipe. We will continue tomorrow. Are we having fun yet?

Latest Project

Our latest project is to redo our front yard and give it some curb appeal. Our plan is to put a path down the middle of the yard with concrete pavers and landscape with palm trees and assorted plants.

Merry Christmas

We spent Christmas with the Henslers. Tim, Carol, Mark, David plus Mark's fiancee Chrisha and her brother Jesse came to our house. We had roasted chicken, ham and the fixens. Cindy made a delicious cranberry stuffing. We had vegan gravy and green beans and mashed potatoes. There was a lot things to eat for us vegans. We had a good assortment of desserts too. There was board games galore to play plus Dan brought his big screen HD setup. We watched stuff on it and playing WII games on it is a lot of fun.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

Dan's bathroom remodeling

This week Dan and Mike remodeled his downstairs bathroom for his new renter/friend, Ken. The bathroom was in bad shape and needed a new vanity and tub/shower surround. The shower area had ceramic tile which had to removed because the drywall was water damaged and some of the studs were termite damaged. So we hammered, chipped, soldered pipes, pushed, pulled and did what ever it took to make the bathroom usuable and pretty. There is still some drywall repair to do around the shower and that will be done in a week, but at least the bathroom is now usable.

We're home!

Today, Friday December 5 we drove 2 1/2 hours from Palm Springs. We dropped Dan off at his house first. His cat Jake was waiting for him. Cindy and I picked up Subway sandwiches on the way to our house to satisfy our appetites. I guess we didn't feel like cooking. Anyway we had a great time travelling and seeing things and visiting Steve and Sudi. It was a little tight all living together in our compact motorhome but we enjoyed ourselves in a new adventure.

Last Stop

Tonight we are staying in the Palm Springs area in Desert Hot Springs at a nice RV resort that has a natural hot springs well that fills the hot tub and pool. We've been here before and it is so refreshing. Dan loved it. After we made pizzas and had dinner we jumped in. Tomorrow we leave in the morning and head for home, only about 3 hours away! No place like home.