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Inside our motorhome

We ate lunch here

Perry Lake behind campground



More snow!

and more!

Relaxing potion...

So, Wednesday dawned with the groundhog saying we'll be having a short winter, which would be fine with us!  The water pump quit, leaving us with frozen tanks and no running water.  Ken (Mr. Genius!) hooked up our two ceramic heaters underneath the camper, raising the temperature to around 60 degrees, which thawed everything out.  (Interesting to note what little victories make us thankful lately!)  I went to the laundry room here at the campground and did three loads of wash, since I was having serious withdrawals (I LOVE empty laundry baskets!).  We had homemade onion soup for dinner with provolone cheese and garlic bread, that Ken made pre-trip using Rachael Ray's recipe.  It was fantastic!  On Thursday, we went to WalMart to get some transmission fluid and a new windshield wiper, which Ken installed.  Lunch was at a cool old-fashioned 1950's diner called "The 51" where we had a yummy reuben and patty melt. On the way back to the campsite, we took a side road and found a huge lake that is behind the campground - awesome!  Back at the camper, however, we had to empty our gray water tank (which holds waste water from the kitchen & bathrooom sinks and the tub/shower).  The sewer drain was frozen shut, of course, so we had to find a nearby one that would open, then haul the water there by the 5-gallon bucketsful and pour it down.  The temp was in the teens, and after about ten trips, we had to quit because we were so cold!  After warming up, I did some online banking transactions, which made me more confident that we could manage our finances while on the road.  In the middle of the night the electricity went out, but luckily was restored within a couple of hours, so the water tanks didn't freeze up again.  Friday morning Ken called the State Farm claim reps again and verified that most of our damage, both physical and structural, would be covered, which was a big relief.  We celebrated by having dinner at the China Buffet, about a mile down the road.  Their "walnut shrimp" was highly recommended to us, and we were glad we tried it, as it was excellent!  We relaxed afterwards by watching a DVD of "Forty-Year-Old Virgin", which gave us the comic relief we sorely needed.  Saturday morning we woke up to 4 inches of new snow, and unfortunatly, some serious depression set in with the realization that we would be spending the week-end here since the windshield had not yet arrived.  So, I did two more loads of laundry(!), we played some computer games, had spaghetti for supper and watched "Remember the Titans" on TV.  And, several people called us to see how we're doing, which made us feel a lot better.  We'll see what SuperBowl Sunday surprises might be in store for us!  Stay tuned...