The first night in the fiver was mostly successful.\u00a0 We brought up a whole truckload of stuff (about 300 lbs – we weighed it all) and got “settled in” in a minimal sort of way.\u00a0 We cooked our first meal – mac and cheese on the stove and burgers on the grill.\u00a0 The refrigerator is working fine – the beer was frosty and the freezer kept our bag of ice well.\u00a0 The dogs were pretty comfortable with the metal stairs, though Cha-Cha needed some encouragement in the form of a hand on his collar to start the descent.\u00a0 We met two dogs on our morning walk and neither produced a fight.<\/p>\n
Pretty successful, overall.<\/p>\n
But… we had a lousy night’s sleep.\u00a0 The mattress is too thin and we didn’t bring enough blankets.\u00a0 It gets COLD in NH at night.\u00a0 Who knew?<\/p>\n
We will get a foam “crate” for the mattress before our next overnight.\u00a0 If that doesn’t work, we will get a new mattress.\u00a0 As for the cold… we could try closing the windows before we go to bed.\u00a0 And maybe bring another blanket.\u00a0 We could even think about turning on the furnace (which I tried, this morning, successfully), but it is fairly noisy and I will avoid that if possible.<\/p>\n
The other significant problem is the water.\u00a0 Yes, we have water – no problem there.\u00a0 We just don’t have any cold water.\u00a0 Hot water – VERY HOT – comes out of both spigots.\u00a0 I am told there is a “mixer” valve somewhere, but I have no idea where.\u00a0 I may have to email the seller to figure this one out.<\/p>\n
In the meantime I am not sure I want to chance a shower.\u00a0 Can you say “scald”?<\/p>\n
The Wi-Fi is also kind of “iffy”, as is the cable service.\u00a0 It took about 15 minutes to get the Wi-Fi connected this morning and the cable went out without warning during breakfast.<\/p>\n
But I expect that the Wi-Fi will be iffy just about everywhere.\u00a0 We will get our own Wi-Fi before we hit the road.\u00a0 I just have to arrange that with Verizon.\u00a0 And we will get DVD capability in the bedroom as well as the living room and have a supply of DVDs that we can play if we get bored.<\/p>\n
It will work.\u00a0 I just need to figure out how to sleep and take a shower.\u00a0 Little things.<\/p>\n
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The first night in the fiver was mostly successful.\u00a0 We brought up a whole truckload of stuff (about 300 lbs – we weighed it all) and got “settled in” in a minimal sort of way.\u00a0 We cooked our first meal – mac and cheese on the stove and burgers on the grill.\u00a0 The refrigerator is … Continue reading