Refrigerator saga - part 4

As I indicated in previous posts, after moving into the "new" park model, we weren't real pleased with the refrigerator that was already in there (a side-by-side model). We swapped it out for a new French door model and are happy with that in our home. We had partially justified this swap by knowing that the refrigerator in the casa was older and did not seal well, so we could upgrade the refrigerator in the casa by moving the side-by-side one to the casa. We waited until the tenants moved out, and then our friend, Ervin, helped us move the side-by-side refrigerator to the casa. 

Before installing the side-by-side refrigerator into the space in the casa, we wanted to run a water line so the built-in water dispenser and ice maker would work.

The refrigerator opening in the casa

Water line coming up from underneath the park model

Access to water line under the house

The kitchen sink is on the opposite side of the house (and where we want to hook into the water supply), so we need to run the water line under the casa -- this is the opening under the kitchen sink. We eventually got the water line fished across.

Getting the water line hooked up behind the refrigerator before pushing the refrigerator into place

Refrigerator in the middle of the floor while we got the water line hooked up

Closing up under the casa

Carl still needed to hook the water line up to the water under the sink.

Refrigerator pushed back into its space

The water worked well through the dispenser and the refrigerator seemed to be cooling well. It is a bigger unit than the one that was there, but I think it is probably a better refrigerator. Carl will put a water filter in under the kitchen sink before the next tenant arrives.

A new (and unwelcome) tenant

The tenants who were renting our small park model (the older one next to the RV site) decided to purchase a unit in the park and moved out a week or so before the end of their lease term. When we went over there a few days later...

... we found that a squatter had moved in...

Nest built, eggs laid, setting commenced!

I figured that, since there was no one on the patio or using the house, the dove felt comfortable putting her nest there. I sent a picture to our former tenants, and Sharlene said that the doves had tried to build there while they were still living there, but Al would get the nest taken down before they laid eggs. The tenants were out on the patio every day and had two dogs... I was shocked that a bird would think that a busy place like that would be a nice place to set up their nest -- I don't think that these "tenants" (squatters) will leave it anywhere near as clean as Sharlene and Al did!

"We've invited you here..."

A few days ago, we went for Carl to get a chest x-ray. It was a one story building with a few medical offices located off a central hall.

When we went in the automatic doors into the central hallway, we found dozens of chairs set up along the hallway.

We thought, "Well, maybe the individual offices don't have many chairs and sometimes they overflow into the hallway," or... "Maybe during COVID they didn't let many people into the office waiting areas so the chairs in the common hallway were used."

Carl asked the radiologist, and she indicated that they had been there the whole time she had been working at that location, and she had never seen anyone using any of them (for at least the last couple of years).

Maybe a good place to have a meeting if you aren't able to schedule it anywhere else!

More live music options

One of the new couples that we had met invited us to join them for Music on the Terrace...

This group of musicians gets together on most Tuesday afternoons during the season and play together. With iPads or other tablets, they can share their music. They take turns, each performer choosing a song they would like to perform, sharing the music and the key of the song with the others, and they all "jam" together. It is really neat how they all work together!

Moving Gracie

Gracie has been in the storage lot here at Venture Out while we had tenants in our RV spot. They left a couple of days before the end of March, so on the last day of March, we moved Gracie back from storage to our RV lot.

When we got to the place where Gracie was parked, the recycling bins were set out both in front and behind her in preparation for the city to pick up the recycling on that day.

We moved a few of the bins in front...

... and then Carl was ready to get her moved.

We had to plan our trip a little carefully -- there are corners within our community that can be navigated by a car or golf cart, but not by a motorhome. We had thought through our trip and got her back to our RV lot with no difficulties.

Impromptu concert

The last Friday night dance of the season had been completed on March 27, so we figured our options for live music in the park had ended. But, the son of one of our fellow residents and his wife were visiting, and they did an impromptu concert on the patio on a Saturday evening...

The patio is an open area between the fired clay / sewing / laundry / real estate building and two tennis courts. It is used for various outdoor events...

It was a little warm the evening that they performed, but after the sun went down, it was comfortable enough.

They had a tip jar out and I think they felt they were well appreciated! They usually entertain near their home in North Dakota (https://49thparallelfargo.com/). They were glad to have the opportunity to perform for friends of their parents, and we were glad to hear them!

Window washing

We decided to have our windows in the park model washed. We had noticed that there seemed to be a film on the glass -- we think inside -- possibly from off-gassing of materials inside the house during the summer when the air conditioning is not on. We didn't know how long it had been since they had been washed, so it was time... 

The fellow who did the windows also lives in our community.

He did a great job -- taking all the screens off and cleaning them, cleaning the window sills, and cleaning the windows inside and out. Several of the windows required being up on a ladder, and we were glad not to have to do that. It is amazing how much brighter it is inside the house!