Awake: 6:16am Temp 64 sleep 6+26 windy, then rain & partly
sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
A casual morning for us: Kathy reading her novel from the library & I
reading the magazines on “Fine Home Building” from Kevin.
Mid-morning, I switch the water supply from our well system to our motor
home’s pure water tank supply. Then by using my cousin Florentz’s “tee”
handle, on pump house # 1, lift the water pump submerged in the well up
far enough to drain the water from the pump, along with that, loosen the
water filter cartridges & drain the pressure tank & this winterizes that
system.
On pump house # 2, I do everything I can, drain the pressure tank, loosen
the filter cartridges, etc, but Florentz’s “T” handle is 7 inches too
short for attaching the submerged water pump & draining that system. I’ll
have to make a few phone calls relating to this tomorrow.
@ 11:45 we drive to Indiana, PA, do some grocery shopping @ Martin’s, then
visit the Foote family. Melissa has a plan for this afternoon: all walk
over to the University (10 min), visit the student Union building where
today they are having free popcorn, sodas, hot dogs & picture taking in
3-D. We do all of this, then amble around the campus letting Andrew
practice his bear crawling in the grass & Mathew practice throwing a small
soft soccer ball with us. After walking back to the Foote home, Kevin
fires up the backyard grill & cranks out BIG burgers with all the
trimmings + fried potatoes & a salad. It was very delicious & a great
afternoon. We leave @ 6:40.
En route back to Nicktown, we stop & visit with Florentz & Anna. I am
returning his “T” handle which he volunteers to add another 7 inches to
the “T” to make it work for me but before he does that, I will try &
borrow another “T” that has the extra length to do the job.
During our visit, Florentz gives us an excellent & thorough tour of his
recently installed “Geothermal heating & cooling system” in their home.
They are very happy with the work done & the low electrical power
requirements of the system. After the tour, we sit in their kitchen, have
some good homemade wine with cheese & talk for over 2 hrs.
Today’s high=? Lights out: 11:12pm
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