Freeze warning, so yesterday, off to my camp... 25 miles from here in Illinois... to shut down for the winter.
Major project!
Clean out pantry food. Defrost, empty and defrost refrigerator, and pack all into coolers to bring home.
Screws into all parkmodel windows to seal tight... (older parkmodel louvered windows), reorganize two storage sheds. Take my 250 lb pontoon paddle boat out of water (lake is very low, so had to use my come-along). 1 hour there. Store canoe.
Empty fire ring. Vacuum and general clean up of park model and add-a-room. Close blinds... simple, but there are 22 blinds. Take down American flags, front and back. Put away 6 lawn chairs and two umbrellas. Lower tire pressure in 3 bikes, take down 4 bird feeders (leaving two full for winter birds) put out new suet for woodpeckers etc. Unplug and pack up DirecTv, unplug all tv connectors, unplug all appliances and lights. Bug spray all rooms. Empty and store 3 garden hoses. Cover firewood, store gas grille in shed, Sort and bring selected tools home.
Decommission water a 1 1/2 hr process: Shutdown water at hydrant, drain HWH, use my 80 year old compressor to blow ot water lines, partially fill lines with RV antifreeze, as well as traps for sinks, and toilet bowl. Turn off the propane, shut down furnace, unplug slider. Shut down electricity at meter.
Lock both sheds. Lock all inside and outside doors of camp.
Last circle of outside... along the lake, around the entire campsite and around the "house"... last minute check... Drop off trash in dumpster.
Pick up visitor passes at the campground gate and head home.
Not very interesting, I'm sure, but for me... double duty... I'll use this as my check list if I'm lucky enough to be able to do the same thing next year.
Now the fun really begins... Plans to shutdown the house, and pack for a return to our senior park in Florida.
Gettin' a little bit harder, every year.
