I committed to finishing preparing our camper’s fresh-water system and the hydrant for cold temperatures today, and that’s what I did. The project took almost six hours — way longer than I expected. I move more deliberately these days (read: slower), so I’ll blame it on that.
It’d be nice if the result was beautiful. It’s not. I can live with that, because it works.
Other than new zip ties and new duct tape, I was able to install everything I used last year. So that was good.
There was one surprise — well, not really a surprise, just something that made me pause. When I removed the fresh-water hose from the camper, I also unscrewed the quick-disconnect fitting from the inlet. The screen-type washer in that port was caked with rusty sediment.
I mean, I know we have iron in our well water, so I wasn’t shocked or anything. But the screen was so blocked that it’s a wonder any water could get through.
I replaced it with a new screen.
In the wet bay, as well as in the pump compartment behind it, I staged a couple of small space heaters. I didn’t plug them in just yet.
And that’s a wrap on our winter-water scheme for this year.
There’s one other water task on my list — namely, draining our backup supply from two drums and an IBC tote, almost 400 gallons in all. I think the most vulnerable part of that setup is the drain valve on the IBC tote. I’ll want to get to that before it freezes.
I came back into the camper when I was done and took each of the dogs for a walk. As our girl Scout and I were headed down the north end of the driveway (pictured), three whitetail does leaped out in front of us and disappeared into the woods.
My peripheral vision detected movement over our heads. I looked up to catch sight of a red-shouldered hawk, flying purposefully west.
Those deer showed up on Mountain Two shortly thereafter.
That stuff made my day.
Take care of yourselves, Patriots. Stay calm. Stay sharp. Stay free.
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