Building the Dream- Jjjerm's Journal: Post 9- Thanksgiving, Mom and Dad, Trailer Denial, and a cold weather kayak test! (pix)

Here's a rough layout of the slab/base of the house, the 6 bricks form a rectangle that's (fairly) square and facing due south. Dad and Mom came up, which is always fun. We pulled over the pop up and set it up...power and all the amenities, woohoo! After some discussion, we decided not to get the 5th wheel.

Mom cleaned up the inside a little

Dad, outside after we got it levelled and powered up. Mom has to work on Thanksgiving day, so they left and made it home safely Wed night. It was really nice to see them and hang out, and it was Dad's birthday on Monday. The boys slept out on the land with my parents the last night they were here, that was neat. They all said it was pretty comfy.

Thanksgiving Day: Heather needed some gloves for her 10k this morning, and I decided to try out kayaking. It's cold, cold this morning, but while I was in the closet looking for gloves, I found an old rainsuit which gave me an idea... Here's the mist on the river in the morning

So, I've been wondering about how to kayak in the cold. The main thing is keeping my bottom dry, because I don't use a skirt on the 'yak usually. I looked into (and then quickly out of) getting some "dry pants": they're way too expensive for me, but I get the idea...so...here's my improvised dry pants...total cost $12 to make. Hey, it looks silly, but my socks and butt were dry when I got done!