Monday 9 January 2006

Awake: 6:05am Temp 51 Mostly cloudy Overnight @ Nicktown, PA.

Drive to the community center, exercise for 40 min & then attend 8:00 am
Mass. Afterwards, we join the troubled coffee group for an hr of uneasy
conversation. It had just been announced this morning that Al’s mother has
had a massive brain aneurism & been taken to the Altoona hospital (45
min). So of course, Al & Donna & a few other regular attendees are absent.

After breakfast I notice the temp outside has risen to 52 degrees with a
light wind. Kathy has 2 laundry loads ready to wash & I am ready to do
something outside for a change. The water filter in our coach that 1st
screens any residue from an outside source hasn’t been changed for quite a
while…..so I take the time to remove the old filter, clean the canister &
then insert a new filter. For over 2 yrs now, I have used a portable
homemade pre-filter arrangement with 2 filters of 5 microns each. All
total, using the pre-filters, our water is screened thru 6 different
filters before we drink it, use it for cooking, washing, laundry, etc.

The weather today is not too shabby & I am feeling good. With a little
sunshine peeking thru the clouds now & then…. I decide to wash the
motorhome as best I can with the time I have before dark. I am tired of
brushing up against the sides & getting my clothes dirty so for the next
3.5 hrs, I spray water across a large section & then spray the soapy Glass
Plus solution over the same area, followed with vigorous brush action,
then the rinsing.

It actually cleaned up pretty well for the effort & time I gave it. My
water hose was limited so 95% was the best I could do….besides, I was
getting wet from the wind blowing spray my way & beginning to feel the
cold.

After that, I toped off our motor home’s fresh water tank & detached the
pre-filters & stored both hose & filters in a heated basement unit.

During my outside time, Kathy also did some house cleaning, and some cooking.

5:50 dinner: Kathy’s homemade crab cakes with brown & wild rice pilaf,
mixed salad & toast.

High temp today: 52 Lights out: 10:39pm