Monday, October 9, 2017

A non-fall long weekend

We are having the water shut off at the cottage this week, which seems even ridiculous to say considering we had to turn the central air on today.  It's been at 100% humidity here and tomorrow is supposed to be in the low 80s.  We spent some of the weekend at the cottage preparing for the offseason.  Such preparations included scrubbing down the bathroom one last time while we had water.  After everything we went through in the spring just to get water, I'm not so sure I'm a fan of seasonal living.  Not much I can do about that now.  Perhaps I just need to get used to it.

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When the camera's resting on your legs as you lounge in a camp chair and you randomly take a photo.

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When it's a long wait.

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Clam chowdah, always.

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Rainy day on the new couch.  

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I live in the south and we are about 3 hours from the beach which we visit year round. Is the plan to only use the beach cottage in the summers? We don't always go out onto the beach when it's cold (our cold) but sometimes a weekend away is nice!

Sarah said...

Our cottage, and all the cottages on our street, can only be used for 5-6 months of the year because they aren't built for winter. There's no insulation and in most cases the hot water tanks aren't even located in the cottage. All the pipes would freeze and burst if you left the water on year round. The tradeoff is that costs less to purchase a seasonal cottage and the upkeep is less because you don't have to heat it during the winter to keep the pipes from freezing. I agree - it would be nice to have a getaway year round even if you can't go to the beach!