19 -25 January 2026 Brrrrrrr

 They began issuing winter storm warnings for later in the week on Monday. We topped up the propane tanks and went grocery shopping on Monday, before the mad rush later in the week. The painters are making good progress. By the end of the week, they had started doing final finish colors. When we checked in with the painters on Thursday, they had shot the final colors on the island, utility room cabinets and the guest bathroom cabinets. Leslie decided later that the island color was not what she had picked out, it was too peachy and not the richer color she had selected. Also, that the light green utility cabinets were too pastel tinted, not the deeper blue/green she wanted. We raised the issue with Skyler on Friday. He will work with us to get them changed, but it will be a CR since we had approved the paint samples they had put on the wall early in the week for us to see. David spent Wednesday afternoon finishing his shelf project in the shop. The weather started to turn on Friday, with rain and cold weather moving in so we did not go out to the Ranch. Skyler told us they had drained the water out of the pipes in the house so there would be no issues with pipes freezing this weekend. Friday night the temps dropped below freezing and the roads began to ice up. Temps will below freezing until Tuesday with lows Sunday and Monday in the single digits. By Saturday morning the roads were ice covered and there was a layer of sleet pellets and snow on the ground. The steps out of the Wanderer are ice encased and very slippery. Keira did not enjoy her morning walk with wind chills down near zero. David woke up early Monday morning because it seemed colder than normal. When he checked the controls, it was clear that the propane tank had froze up. With the temperature around 9 degrees, he was concerned this might happen. He also noticed no water was coming out of the faucet and the water pump was running indicating the pipe from the fresh water tank to the pump was probably frozen as well. So, he pulled on layers of cloths and went out to check on the propane. The front tank we were using had a thick layer of frost covering the lower half of the tank indicating the liquid propane was very cold. At -44 degrees, propane stops flashing from liquid to gas. So he opened up the back propane tank and set the pressure regulator to pull from both tanks. This resolved the problem and the furnaces came back on and warmed up the Wanderer. The fresh water pipe thawed out and we once again had water. The fun of living in a trailer in the winter. 

Rolling Storage shelves for the shop