Thanks, John. We've already got one of those support racks for the hose, but the top of the pipe in the ground is higher than the top of the far end of the rack. So the hose has to go up to go into the pipe in the ground. I guess I'll take a look around and see if they make any support racks that are taller at the far end than the one we have. I've got the trailer pretty level. It's perfectly level side to side, and the bubble's well within the lines front to back. Thanks for the heads up about the refrigerators though. That's good to know.

I had a chat with one of the people who work here in the campground. He gave me a lot of useful advice for getting the blackwater tank sorted out. So that's going to be a lot of fun.

Our trailer -

We got one of those hybrid types that is like a regular hard shell trailer, but it has fold-down beds at either end. These beds look like part of a tent trailer stuck to the end of a regular travel trailer: click here for picture (ours is at the top of the page, or you can click on 'Aerolite Cub'). We like it because it's lightweight and pretty easy to haul. It's only 23', but it has about as much living space as a 33' trailer when the beds are folded out and the room extender on the side (the part with the dinette and the couch) is out.

It's a nice compromise. Most of it is like a house, only really small, but when we sleep, it's almost like being outside. In the bed compartment, I feel like I'm completely surrounded by nature, which I guess I actually am. Most of the time I find it quite soothing. Sometimes it's kind of weird having people sitting around their campfire only a few feet from my head, but that doesn't happen too often.

We have an inside stovetop (and oven), and we have an outside stovetop and a grill. We've been doing a lot of veggie grilling, which we both think is about the best way to eat veggies, and it's nice to be able to do the regular cooking outside as well. The less heat we put into the trailer while cooking, the less often we have to use the air-conditioner.

We're both feeling pretty good about having a lifestyle that allows us to make a fairly small impact on the planet at this point in time. And it's nice to be able to migrate with the seasons. In a month or two, when it starts to get cold here, we'll be heading south where it'll still feel like summer.

I had a funny realization recently. Our actual physical address is in Alabama. I have an Alabama driver's license, our vehicles are registered in Alabama, and I'm registered to vote in Alabama, but because of the quirky timing of our move, I've never actually spent even one night in Alabama. These days when people aske me where I'm from, I usually just say I'm originally from Rhode Island (where I was born and lived for 9 1/2 years). But a few days ago when someone asked me where JtS and I are from, I found myself saying "pretty much all over... we're citizens of the world these days".

Addendum to yesterday's post:

I dug my diversion ditch (about 3" deep and about 4" wide), and filled it with river rock (about 1" diameter average). It seems to be working. We had a good rain last night along with a thunder storm, and there was no mud on our fake lawn in the morning. (Huzzah!)