Camp life

[NorthernRedneck]

The sofa and ottoman arrived from wayfair yesterday. I just knew my years of Lego building as a child would come in handy.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

I brought out my table saw and nail gun and ripped the back of one of the old benches apart to repurpose and make a box to cover and hold the electrical.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

A little project done this morning. The tv stand was a 7" depth which didn't allow to turn the TV to face directly toward the sofa. I repurposed the back of one of the benches and the trim piece from a side. The trim presses into a groove. The mdf only had a groove along one edge. So I took my reciprocating saw and carefully cut a groove along both sides. I had my jigsaw here so I used that to round the corners.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Since I have my tools out and all of the materials I need, I built some shelves to go in the closet on my side of the bed. I reused the back of one of the benches and some of the edge trim from the old dinette.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Chilly morning at camp as it was one degree above freezing this morning. I figured it was a good time to pull the boat out and bring it back home for a good cleaning before the snow flies. Then it's going into storage.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

I can't believe that it's almost time to close up for the season. I took a bunch of pictures for reference before closing up next time I come out. I pressure washed the deck two days ago and applied a coat of Thompsons water seal yesterday. I had also built a shelf for the sink house I didn't use and was looking at it all summer trying to figure out what I wanted to do with it. Yesterday, I found a nice spot over the garbage in the kitchen and built some brackets to hold it.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

I took my daughter out hunting twice. We came back with a limit both times and put close to 300km on the sxs.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

I headed to camp for the last time this season to finish closing up yesterday and spent the night.

Of course the hydro went out at 2:45 am. When it goes on n off for a few seconds there's a beeping sound notifying that the power is back on. That woke me up for an hour. It came back on at 6:45am in time for a planned outage for maintenance at 7am. So I was up and drained the water system then ran plumbing antifreeze through everything. When I got home, I gave mom's motorhome the same treatment. All four rvs are now ready for winter. Camp, two fifth wheel campers and moms motorhome. She's storing it somewhere else for the winter.

 

[m1west]

Yep, the time goes by too fast, like you, I have maybe time for 2-3 more trips to the work cabin before the snow flies and sits me down

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Somehow I got suckered into going back out to camp for one night to celebrate a camp friends 50th birthday . I hauled out my sxs thinking that I would go hunting. When I got to camp mid afternoon, it was only +5 celcius with the wind howling. I quickly decided against going hunting but still offloaded the sxs to get around the campground over to my buddies place.

The camper slides were already in for the winter. I just connected the power and popped them back out then turned on the heat with an electric heater as I had removed the propane tanks. I later connected a 20lb tank to the camper to kick on the furnace as the electric wasn't enough.

When I arrived, the entire deck was covered in ice. Lovely. Oh well. I had fun. I was up at 6:50am running for an outhouse as the camper was completely winterized including the toilet. After a frosty morning sit n $h-t, I packed up the truck in the dark and loaded the sxs. I pulled the slides back in and disconnected the electrical for the winter. On the road by 7:15am. Camp closed up for the season again.

 

[m1west]

I see you had time for your own version of BurningMan

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Lol. That's Tim. He always ends up ontop of something at the fire.

 

[Big T Gutters]

This is as far as I've gotten. I still need to frame the roof and install the metal roofing.

The water system is simple. The taps on the camper run through a hose to a diverter valve. One side is the shower. One is the sink.

What kind of pressure are you getting with that?

 

[Big T Gutters]

Careful with that cast iron cooking, it can become a passion. My wife still cooks with cast iron cookware that she had in college 55-years ago. My SIL belongs to a Dutch oven cooking group that meets once a month at a local State Park to cook lunch. Anyone can eat, you just leave a donation. The Rangers eat for free and they're all there. It always amazes me just what you can cook in a Dutch oven over a charcoal fire.

Cast iron cooking is awesome!

 

[NorthernRedneck]

What kind of pressure are you getting with that?

We get full pressure. Same as at home.