December 1,2009

Wow, time flies, it is December already. We had another cloudless sky and temps in the high 50ties. Went to meet the home inspector at our new house but not without swinging by another walmart to get some "no trespassing" signs. The inspector was already there and after about 3 hours of checking everything and even listening with a stethoscope for termites in the wood our house got a fair to good health bill. There is a major problem with a spring who just bubbles out of the ground behind the garage and created a lot of rot on the support beams. Needs to be fixed. Then our water comes from a cistern in the basement and that is overflowing and there is some water in the basement. We will meet a plumber tomorrow morning. Then there is a foul electric outlet in one room and the upstairs outlets are not grounded. Will also meet an electrician tomorrow. So there is some little stuff going on but nothing serious and everything works so we can move in.
Went for lunch up the street and saw this welcome hunters shack. Looked like a convenience store but also sold hot pizza and in some dishes sausages, shredded chicken stuff and hot dogs all served in some dirty bowls laid out on the store counter top and you just helped yourself. Outside the owner cooked some fish on a greasy BBQ. Oh friend, the Health Department would have had a heyday if they knew that this shack exists. The place was a revolving door with hunters, heavy duty rednecks and bikers coming and going. On some of the trucks or AT V's you saw deer legs hanging out or they just but the dead deer on the roof of their cars.
I don't know how long hunting season lasts but I hope not very long.
In the afternoon we met with the septic guy who pumped out the septic, uncovered the 2 tanks and recommended that down the line we should be thinking of getting a bigger septic tank. Well since here things are about half what they cost in San Diego, the price to do it was pleasantly low. Our main issue is the spring behind the garage and the leaky cistern. That we will have to address first.
Left around 3pm and went back to our favorite farm and tractor store. I saw some flannel lined jeans there the other day and since the weather forecast warned of 20-28degree weather I wanted to be prepared. Then oh my dear friends I also got me a quilt padded overall to match with David's. Makes me look like a blimp but is so cozy warm.
On the way back to the RV we stopped at this meat shop to look for the famous Trail Bologna. This is an insider delicatessen as we were told by some Ohio natives! Grabbed also a wheel of Guggisberg Swiss cheese.
We are still planing to head back home sometimes this weekend!