Friday

Well about yesterday.  Around 10:00pm Marg said she heard water running, but I couldn't locate any.  After much checking, I went out to look in the compartment where the hot water tank is.  Sure enough a pinhole leak had developed and water was spraying all over in there.  That in itself is not good, but the floors in these units are particle board and if you get them wet enough they turn to pudding.  I shut the water off as well as the heat element and we spent the night without water.
  First thing in the morning it was to Best hardware, where they are really helpful.  The plastic line that sprung the leak is the old style that is no longer acceptable and although they sell connectors, but not pipe, the guy said he would only sell it very reluctantly.  I already knew about the pipe from the reno's last year, so opted for a piece of pex and some alligator connectors.  I also had to buy another plastic pipe cutter, as my other one is at home.  On my return to the unit, I discovered I had bought the wrong size on one, so back to exchange it.  On my return I cut the lines and put the pieces together to discover I had created a worse leak than the original.  Turned out I had a faulty connector, so back to Best where they gave me a new one for free.  I also got a galvanized T to replace the elbow on the hot water tank and put a drain valve in.  All went together and it appeared to be a thing of beauty.  Well until the pressure release valve started dripping and I couldn't get it to stop.  But we have water and if it's still leaking tomorrow will probably replace it.  Had to borrow some wrenches to do the work and when I was out and about Jim & Beth gave me a present for our place.  Turns out it was sign he made that has our names on it.  Wonderful people.
  Spent the rest of the day putting up the window awnings and putting away some of the stuff in the Az room.  We had to stick around because Mediacom were coming to connect the TV & wifi.  Marg cleaned stuff and put other stuff away and we are getting pretty organized.  Quite a bit of visiting as well with some people we had not seen yet & Smitty stopped by for the willows I brought him.  He carves diamond willow & it's hard to come by where he is, while it grows in every wet spot where we are.  I also think she may have bought the furniture, from one of the stores we were at yesterday; 2 chairs and a love seat.  I believe it might be delivered tomorrow, so stay tuned, we will add pics.
  The Mediacom guys came and took a couple of hours, but did a pretty nice job on installation.  Everything seemed to be working, so gave them a $20 tip when they left.
  We had some time, so the manager had stopped in to tell me where I could park the trailer.  Pulled it in to the storage lot and locked it all up.  It's kind of neat as it is pretty close to where we are located, so we can keep an eye on it.
 By then it was time to go for happy hour, so we had to get over to the Jonhson's.  The group had thrown in a few bucks and we had pizza delivered.  There was lots and a good variety.  Kenny & Doris had made ice cream, which was our desert.  Lots of laughs.  Some new people in the park were invited and it was interesting to hear their reaction.  The comments are always about how friendly this park is.  One guy was explaining to me where he was from & where it is located - Victoria, until I told him I was a Canuck.  Pretty funny.
  Back to the trailer for some last minute stuff where we discovered neither the TV nor the wifi working.  Marg spent a bunch of time on the phone where they got the TV going.  They will be sending the guys out to fix the wifi on Sunday, turns out the install was not done correctly.  Marg tore a fair strip off of them and in the end said she thought tipping them was a serious error.
  The animal races started tonight, so that was our evening entertainment.  As luck would have it the elephant won the first race, so I was doing the victory dance.  In fact I won 5 out of 6 races.  Marg did pretty well as she won 3 of 6 races.  A fun time again as I likely made a fool of myself.  Oh well, they expect it of me.
  We're tired, so good night all!  ;>))