heels right on the edge of the road, we had a full two inches of clearance to get by the power company bucket truck. Piece of cake. The CVPS crew left a large log in the road for the return trip just to add a bit of extra challenge. Getting the 30′ x 50′ tarp draped over the RV proved to be a two person job. In the midst of that operation, Sid Glassner came over with Kate Middleton and her husband, Dan Wheeless, who will be our new neighbors to the south. We had a nice visit. Turns out Kate (who is an actress in New York) and Dan live just around the corner from where Lynne & Perry used to live in Greenwich Village when Perry was in the acting business. Small world! By 5:30 pm Delores was snugly under her tarp and (fingers crossed) secure for the winter. During my final walk-around, shoved a green unburnt stump over the area of the fire that was still smoldering. On a positive note, t'weren't much left of the pile after 5 days of burning! Dinner and a warm bed at Lynne & Perry’s. Perry reviewed the woodshed plans after dinner and made several excellent suggestions that will make the construction process easier.
12 October 2009
Stump fire is still smoldering. Fall foliage is at its peak... and the weather today is perfect! Took the picture that is now the blog title screen. Spent the morning cleaning the RV interior and getting ready for the winterizing process. Lynne came over at 2:00 pm to help get everything that might freeze packed up and moved out. Then we took Delores to Kampersville for one last tank purge. Lynne’s first time underway… made even more exciting by Central Vermont Public Service (local electrical power company) tree cutting on the edge of Lake Dunmore where Route 53 is the narrowest. But by putting the RV w
heels right on the edge of the road, we had a full two inches of clearance to get by the power company bucket truck. Piece of cake. The CVPS crew left a large log in the road for the return trip just to add a bit of extra challenge. Getting the 30′ x 50′ tarp draped over the RV proved to be a two person job. In the midst of that operation, Sid Glassner came over with Kate Middleton and her husband, Dan Wheeless, who will be our new neighbors to the south. We had a nice visit. Turns out Kate (who is an actress in New York) and Dan live just around the corner from where Lynne & Perry used to live in Greenwich Village when Perry was in the acting business. Small world! By 5:30 pm Delores was snugly under her tarp and (fingers crossed) secure for the winter. During my final walk-around, shoved a green unburnt stump over the area of the fire that was still smoldering. On a positive note, t'weren't much left of the pile after 5 days of burning! Dinner and a warm bed at Lynne & Perry’s. Perry reviewed the woodshed plans after dinner and made several excellent suggestions that will make the construction process easier.
heels right on the edge of the road, we had a full two inches of clearance to get by the power company bucket truck. Piece of cake. The CVPS crew left a large log in the road for the return trip just to add a bit of extra challenge. Getting the 30′ x 50′ tarp draped over the RV proved to be a two person job. In the midst of that operation, Sid Glassner came over with Kate Middleton and her husband, Dan Wheeless, who will be our new neighbors to the south. We had a nice visit. Turns out Kate (who is an actress in New York) and Dan live just around the corner from where Lynne & Perry used to live in Greenwich Village when Perry was in the acting business. Small world! By 5:30 pm Delores was snugly under her tarp and (fingers crossed) secure for the winter. During my final walk-around, shoved a green unburnt stump over the area of the fire that was still smoldering. On a positive note, t'weren't much left of the pile after 5 days of burning! Dinner and a warm bed at Lynne & Perry’s. Perry reviewed the woodshed plans after dinner and made several excellent suggestions that will make the construction process easier.
