Snow Day at PVC - 2-8-2020

So here we are in Savannah, GA enjoying a 9 day "escape" to give ourselves a break.  Before I left I checked to 10 day forecast and it said it wasn't going to get below 37 degrees.  TWO days later, the temp drops to 25 and it's freaking snowing at PVC.  WTF?  We missed it!

Our place is the farthest back behind the big cabin.

The bridge to side two

Winter at PVC & New Roof

Today is 1-18-2020 and we're getting ready for what is to us - cold weather!  Tomorrow it's supposed to get down to 19 degrees, and then it warms up to 40 or so and that's the forecast for the next few days.  Winter is coming!

We're using oil filled radiator type heaters in our cabin and in our trailer and so far everything keeps us nice and toasty.  If it got much cooler, I'd have to plug in some Lasko heaters.

Lasko heater

Oil filled heater

In addition to keeping warm we had to put a "roof cap"  on the trailer that cost us a few $1,000.  The existing rubber roof on the place finally started leaking BAD after 20 years and I couldn't get the leak stopped.  A roof cap is where you lay down 1/2" foam, then 3/8" plywood over the foam and THEN cover all that with aluminum sheet metal.  Works really well and now we can sleep knowing that there are no more leaks!  

Here's what the new roof looks like:

Slick huh? 

Christmas 2019 at PVC

Time for the annual Christmas get together at PVC with all us old farts.  We brought a ham - cooked low and slow and it turned out great.  Someone else brought a turkey, mashed potatoes , corn bread and of course several variations of turkey dressing.  Tons of desserts.

We're doing just fine and love staying here almost full time.  It's quiet.  It's peaceful.  Not many people.  NO traffic.  It's great!

Anyway, I only have two pics.  One is a group photo of everyone who was there and the other is one of Kathy and I.

Kathy & Steve, Christmas 2019 at PVC

The group who attended the Christmas pot luck dinner.

Halloween at PVC 10-12-2019

Here are some pics of the Halloween party for 2019.  The weather was GREAT and it looks like there were a little over 100 people.

Kathy Burnett - literally IN FB Jail at this time.  30 day sentence. LOL

RIP Patricia Ori

Saddest day of my life.  September 14, 2019.  My sweet Mother, Pat Ori, passed away today.  She would have been 95 in 3 weeks.  We will all miss her with all our hearts.  She was a wonderful Mother and Grandmother and Great Grandmother.  I will miss our "Ladies Day Out" lunches at Olive Garden and Panera's.  I'm so happy to have been able to take her to the Symphony in Jacksonville for about 3 seasons.  We also saw "The Rockette's" Christmas Pageant there one year.  I miss you Mama.  I hope you found your parents and brother and my Dad.  And your dog Peggy.  Rest In Peace beautiful lady.   I love you with all my heart.

Time to leave Jacksonville...

Time to go away.  From Jacksonville that is.  After living in an apartment for a year we have come to learn that we hate apartment living!  Thump,thump,thump is the noise from the people who live above us,  there are screaming kids next to us, and trying to avoid other people walking dogs when we walk ours, etc.  AND the raised our rent $150 a freaking month.  That's insane.

So at the end of this month we are undergoing another adventure in our life.  We are moving out of FL and are going to stay in GA.  While we are in GA we'll start looking for places to live in TN to closer to the grand kids.  Here we go....  :)

End Of Season, 2018

Well, the end of the season for 2018 has arrived ( The "season" ends on 10-31 and starts again on 4-1 the next year) so we winterized the cabin and camper and headed back to Jacksonville for the winter.  While we are in Jax we'll update all our prescriptions, go to the dentist, get eye exams, etc.  You know - old people stuff.

We got a lot of work done this year:
1) Re-plumbed the cabin because the old existing PVC piping was just starting to crack easily and there must have been at least 5-6 small leaks at several joints.
2) Decided to build a deck!  We found ourselves tripping over loose  stepping stones, there were low spots on the ground where water accumulated when it rained, and it was just plain ugly to look at.  We were both very happy with the finished result and are glad we decided to have the deck built.

3) I bought a Blackstone griddle that I love to cook on.  I'm still in a learning phase, but we've had chicken wings, burgers, Philly cheese steaks, hot dogs, etc.on it and everything turned out great. 

Wings on the Blackstone

I cooked a couple of steaks on it and while they were OK, I prefer to cook a steak on a really hot cast iron skillet to get a good sear on the outside.  The griddle just doesn't get hot enough.  So.... NEXT year I'm going to buy myself a decent gas grill with a sear station on it!

Projects for next season is to wrap my plumbing with heat tape in case we want to stay there when it's cold, stain the deck to weather proof it, get a new grill and maybe, just maybe look at replacing  the plastic windows in the cabin with real glass windows.

Halloween at PVC. 10-20-2018

Today was the Halloween gala at PVC and the first one we have been able to attend because we usually head home before October 20th. This year we were determined to stay long enough to actually experience fall AND attend the party.

How it work:
The "gala" is a progressive party at four different campsites or hosts.  Everyone decorates their golf cart and dons a costume and meets at the 1st hosts camp site at 6 pm.  The hosts provide food and drink for everyone, people bring a dish to help with the party and the drinking part is optional. :)  After the 1st hour, we all go to the next host for more food and drink, then the next and finally the 4th where coffee and desserts are served to those left after 3 hours.  LOL.

I had no idea how hard the hosts had to work for this event and was truly impressed.

Kathy and I made it through the 1st three hosts, but had to call it quits after 3 hours.  I'll just blame it on old age.    Here are some pictures...

Half of the carts that showed up.

Steve and Kathy as "Sick and Tired."

Our 1st host, Terri.  Serving up some delicious food! 

Party on the deck at the 1st host.

Party around the fire ring at the 2nd host.