We Come and We Go

Now that Fire Lily Base Camp is all set up for us, we will come and go twice a year - spring and fall will be our seasons there until we decide to stop full-timing. All the utilities are in, including a landline so we could get DSL. That is the only utility that we have put on vacation mode, saves us quite a bit of money. The others have hefty fees so we just locked up the access points. I haven't updated our cost spreadsheet but hope to soon and will post the results for those interested.

I have uploaded a lot of photos to our SmugMug Albums, feel free to browse around. Here are a few I took as we left...compared to our setup photo.

We will be back on the property in November, staying till some time in December. We loved staying there and look forward to visiting again. 

Still rolling,
Stu and Donna

Quick update from McDonald's

Have photos but they are on the other computer. We now are fully utilitied...septic is hooked up and the shed has power installed. Life is good!

Today the world's largest yard sale started....US 127 is packed with people and cars. McDonalds is busier than a Saturday date night.

Oh, and Sadie is having a blast running the legs off her BFF, Keta.

Will post photos and another update when I can get the pics loaded into SmugMug.

Donna & Stu

Settled in!

Just a quick update....we moved to Fire Lily Base Camp yesterday. Got settled in....twice, had to move forward 4-6' to get satellite signal for DirecTV. Power and water working perfectly! We have a little phone service that pops in and out so if anyone needs us, the best thing is to send us email or text.

Here are a few photos...

Water, Power, Phone lines in the ground!

Yup, all the major utility lines are in and, except for the phone, are operational. We won't connect the phone until we come back in November since there is a $25 disconnect/reconnect fee (each instance)...at least that is what we took away from the last conversation. We will verify that this week and if it turns out to be $25 total, I think we'll hook it up now. Why? Because we can get DSL and won't have to worry about an Internet connection.

Here are some photos of the utility line installations. The water was run behind the shed and the power/telephone in front.

We had another truck load of crush run gravel brought in and put on the back half of the drive. Once we have moved in, we'll get another load brought in for the front half. The one thing we would do differently next time, get the utilities run first!

 

The last photo shows how we have blocked off access to the property (thinking ATVs) until it grows back up.

We are moving to the property in the morning!!! Can you say excited? The only downside will be lack of cell and Internet service. But for five weeks, we can deal.


Still rolling,
Stu and Donna