I know when we left Rochester we drove south not east.  I know I am sitting in Dan and Malena’s driveway which is in VA.  But it feels like VT or Rochester.  The coach still has snow on the roof from the snow storm two weeks ago.  The temperature has managed to get over 40 once since we got here.  The overnight temperatures have been in the teens and my feet are cold.  Am I complaining? YES!  I am burning about five gallons of propane daily and we are keeping the living room slide pulled in to reduce the volume to heat.  Other than that everything is great.

Dan and I have been working on building a new hen house to keep them warmer.  It will not be done in time for this major cold, but we are well along.  Not sure Dan will get it set up before they leave for Mexico. 

The other night I noticed that the power from the house had gone off.  It came back on and then went off again a couple of times.  In the morning I fired up the generator and kept it going all day until the power was restored mid afternoon.   The kids kept their house warm with the wood stove and Malena even cooked on it because there was no power for the electric stove.  The only casualty so far is a frozen pipe to the cold water in the back of the coach.  No onboard showers until that thaws.  I hope when it thaws that the pipe has not been broken. 

We had dinner at the Blue Mountain Brewery with the Robbs last night (go back to one of first trips, we met the Robbs in San Antonio in a parking garage).  It was a blast to spend time with them again.  Every time we get together we are reminded how we had so much fun together on the first meeting.  Today we will take the propane tanks in for another refill and stop for lunch in the Barracks Road Mall with Bill Freedman, a high school classmate.

Lunch at Aromas with Bill was fine.  Always a pleasure to spend time with him.

OK, the pipes to the rear thawed and the temperature has risen enough to push the slide out again.  I have shoveled off the roof so I can go down the road without killing someone.  Today (Wednesday) I went to drain the holding tanks ad found the macerator (sewage pump) frozen, aargh!  Waited a few hours and the sunshine and rising temperatures (38!) thawed that so the holding tanks are now empty.  Rollout is tomorrow Thursday the 7th.

Tried to reach our grandson Josh for his 18th birthday with no luck so far.