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.