We’re in!

After a call from the caretaker, Castulo’s son, who speaks good English, there was a lot of jumping up and down. He told us that we could move into the new place right away. I think Rosalie would have gone right there and then, but… there was a hockey game about to start so I vetoed the idea. Besides, there wasn’t anything prepared for us to sleep over there.

This made everything so much easier. The move could be made without having to worry about what was needed in each place. Just move the essentials and then get the rest of the crap later. A few things had already been moved and plans were being made as to what to move next. The rest of the end-of-season packing can be done at our leisure over the next week. Of course, we have to store everything up high as we have no idea if we are going to be flooded or not.

Everything was moved in six carloads. Rosalie couldn’t help because someone had to wait for the Propane guy. (Or maybe the butane guy; we don’t know which.) He said delivery the next day but we think he meant the day after the next day.

I had to take a cold shower as there was still no propane. Brrrr! The gas truck showed finally up, oops! wrong truck, this was the bulk delivery guy. He said he would make a call and the right guy would be there soon. I didn’t believe him…five minutes later he showed up. The guy’s name is Alex and a very nice person. He swapped out the tank and checked for leaks. We had never seen any delivery guy do that before. Of course, he found some. The Tank itself was leaking from the base of the valve so he had to get another tank. Then he put some Teflon tape on a joint on the hose. He tested again and this time everything was fine. He gave us his number for next year.

There were a few other teething problems. The toilet needed some fixing as the flushing handle stuck down. Also, after a great night’s sleep, I was up at 6 am and enjoying a cup of coffee on the patio, when, at about 7:10 I got the dawn chorus from the nearby military camp. Not much of a video because the second half was still mostly dark. I think it was awesome. You may have to turn your audio up a bit louder. The first bugle starts at 5 am but we usually sleep through that. These clips are shown in reverse, the first taken at 7:30 am and the second at 7: 10.

I thought we would miss the birds at the old place, but there seem to be even more here. We haven’t heard any doves yet But I’m sure we will. There are the inevitable roosters but we’re used to them. I was saying to Rosalie that at least there are no goats here. A half an hour later a huge tribe went right by on the street. Oh well!

Next door to us is a vacant lot and someone jokingly said “I hope they don’t build a high rise there. We laughed! On our second day, someone was in there cutting down trees with a machete. I hope he wasn’t clearing the lot but just looking for some scaffold poles.

After I had unloaded the last carload I had a rest and then went uptown to buy a few things. I need a new charging cord for my Mac book as I fell asleep twice with it on my lap and it fell off landing on the cord where it plugged into the computer. I blame Rosalie for this as she should have woken me. I also tried to return some empty beer bottles that have been laying around for a while only to be told that they don’t take those back anymore, nor do they refund our deposit. I also bought an electric kettle because at the end of that day, still no gas.

Oh yeah, and the goats came by again; several times.