Today we took our 100 feet of fresh water hose and 50 foot of regular hose into the house's shower to thaw so we could refill our fresh tank and drain our gray water tank (we drain onto the frozen ground out behind the barn).
We didn't the heavy snow the east did this go-round...only about 2 inches fell but we still have snowcover from October so we've had our share this winter. And it's cold...haven't been above freezing for ages and will drop into the sub-zeros tomorrow.
Yesterday -- had propane delivered. We are getting 2 months out of a 200 gallon tank. We figure we'll need one more before we can call winter "done with". Without that residential size tank -- we'd be taking 100 pounders to town every week!
We tackled the blue boy chore a few days ago so we should be good for almost a week. It's a rather fun task -- hook up our ATV to a little red 2 wheel dump trailer my Dad built, fill blue boy with 1st load, drag the blue boy over the snow and ice to the little red dump trailer hooked to the ATV (we found two hay hooks in the handle loop allows two people to easily do the job) then we drive the ATV with trailer in tow to the house's septic access in the yard. Once positioned near the access pipe we hook up a short piece of dump hose and raise one end of the tank to dump the tank. Usually we need to repeat this process for 3 loads. A couple of weeks ago we ended up getting the ATV and trailer stuck in a 2 foot deep drift that was actually leftovers from an October storm then added to 2 to 3 times so it was hard as a rock until the Honda Foreman sunk into it. So, we had to dig a path through the drift.
Before and after dinner we have to access our temporary refrigerator (the cooler in the back of our truck parked next to the coach) We won't be able to get the coach out and to a repair facility maybe until spring. Our tires, power cord and propane hose are buried in about 4 inches of solid ice from snow storms all season which melted, refroze and left us with ice so clear you can see the ground through it. However it will take a long warm spell or lots of buckets of hot water to get us unfrozen.
So, our daily routine is easy -- just enjoy our winter chores caring for the motorhome and feeding cattle. Needless to say -- we actually enjoy haying the cattle more, especially since we are now having newborn calves coming. So far though we've not had to pull any calves...that's another story you'd probably not want to hear about!And while at the alfalfa hay stack loading hay we had a ball picking up antler sheds...to date have found 3 full sets and 7 singles, all sizes. One set was from a Mule Deer and the rest were from White Tail.
And every morning I spread leftover wheat from last summer's harvest for the wild turkeys, which follow me around like dogs, noisy ones at that -- all 100+ of them (at last count).
Should we have gone south if we could have, which we can't -- no way...ATVing out in the snow is way too much fun! I'd take this over a beach any day!
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