No more house, no more washing machine...

Yesterday was our last day with the house. We did our final walk through just after noon, handed over our keys and are officially done with it. Being done with the house has been a long time coming so I really am not sad to not have to go back there. I did get a little sentimental when I looked into the back yard though. I loved having a deck and we had a lot of fun playing with the dogs in the yard, shooting cans with the BB gun when Mom, Lissy, Kelli and Kenna came to visit, etc. Now we are on to new and exciting adventures and it is pretty cool having a campground as a yard.

After the walk through, Meric and I went out to lunch. We went to Red Robin, one of our favorite places, and cashed in on Meric's birthday burger. Then we came home and took the dogs to the dog park and t walk along the trail here at the campground. There are several small ponds along the trail and it was a pretty hot day so we let the dogs play in the water. We went a little way off the trail, took off their leashes and let them go crazy. Emmy, my little water dog, was the first to go all in and start swimming around. Jasper didn't go in as deep but he did find a nice spot to lay down in the water. Lucy loved bouncing around and splashing while chasing after Emmy. Meric had seen Emmy and Jasper swim before, but not Lucy so we weren't sure if she could. Watching her play it seemed like she wasn't so sure herself. At one point I threw a pinecone in the pond so that Emmy could chase it. They all went in after it and the water was a little bit deeper than what Lucy though it would be. She bounded in and went completely under. After a few second she popped back up with the funniest look on her face and swam back to us. I really wish I had my video camera at that moment. It was a great day and it was nice to just let the dogs play.

No more house though means that I had to get rid of my washer and dryer. Our friend, Tremayne, had said that he wanted them long ago, but he was letting me keep them so that I could use them for as long as we wanted them. Meric and I bought a washer/dryer for the trailer but we hadn't had time yet to hook it up. I got it on sale for a great deal, but I got the kind that needs to have the dryer vented. That meant that we needed to drill a hole in the wall of the trailer and put in the vent. Yep that is right, a hole in the wall of our brand new trailer.

Meric started by drilling a small hole through the trailer wall. It served as the center point for the bigger hole he needed to drill. Then he drilled through the inside and then through the outside. The holes lined up and we were left with one big hole.


 

Lucy peeking through the hole



Meric holding the drilled out hole

 



Finished

Then he put on the vent cover, hooked up the hoses and now I have a washer dryer again. I have to do smaller loads of laundry but so far it is working good and it is nice to have a washer/dryer at home again.