On to the New Year

Cullman   AL

In the new year we continue to enjoy both the Senior Center and 55 East where we get most of our exercise.     Friends cutting a rug at 55 East.

  

I thought when we moved south the cold, cold days would be behind.   That has not been the case this past week.    Each of the last 7 days has gotten colder and colder.   Today we have a high of 22.  Last night it was down to 8.   

This is what we woke up to on Monday.  Looks like snow?  No, mostly ice.

Alabama is not prepared for this.   Most roads were impassable from Monday into Thursday.  We never left the house.  Most businesses were closed.   When finally stores opened they found crowds of shoppers.   Posted online were pictures of near empty shelves.   

We had RV guests scheduled.    I let them know they could not get down our road.  They stayed at the LaQuinta in town and had a difficult time in the parking lot.   They said it was well understaffed at the motel.   So was everyplace else in town.

Cars were flipped, in ditches, unable to go up hills.   Big trucks were lined up on highways unable to move.    The Interstate would open only to close again due to jack-knifed trucks, etc. blocking the lanes.

I keep a full freezer and pantry.  We were fine.  We never lost power but would have still been Okay because of the Generac generator we had installed two years ago.

We did have one issue.  On Thursday we saw a truck pull into our yard.  Wondering who that was.  It was neighbor down to road letting us know we had a problem.   A short time before I turned on the water.  I got very low pressure.   The reason, the water connection out at the RV sites split.  We had a geyser.

Between Len and our neighbor Gary they braved the cold and got a temporary fix.   We have an RV guest today in about an hour.  Already knows they won't have water.   That's OK.   Just looking for a spot tonight with electric for when it gets down into the teens again.

The ducks don't seem to mind walking on ice.

Biscuit still wants to be outside during day hours.   He has a spot behind the house in a corner out of the wind and where the sun shines warm on him.   Several times a day he comes into the enclosed porch and lays on the sofa where I turn on an electric heater.   I do coax him inside a few times during the day. But not for long.    

 Last week Len invited him on our bed.   Now he goes to his bed in the office when he comes in but once he knows the TV is off and we are in bed, he finds his way to lay between us.  I remember Len saying no dogs in his truck.   No dogs in the house.   No dogs on the furniture.  What happened?  Biscuit happened.

Tomorrow is Lens birthday.   We will be going to lunch with Lennie, Lois and family.  At last!   Out of this house for a bit.

Until next time.  Stay warm.  Hope for Spring.   Oh, BTW, expected to hit high 60s here in a few days.  Crazy!