On a cold, snowy day, four of us took a road trip to Two. We headed out Saturday morning and got as far as Osceola before stopping. We ate in and had pancakes and sausage and toast and jelly and eggs and hot peppers. Well. Yes. We had too much. But it was good and we don't do that often.
Then off we went in the snow flurries and cold, to Two. We hauled down a rug, a chair, a this, a that. The new cabin is going to be furnished before we even get the inside walls in!
You have not experienced cold, real cold, until you go into an unheated house (or cabin) where the temps have been down . . . oh say Zero to 20 degrees. And no heat. When you walk in the stark, naked cold sucks the heat out of your body, right out of your bones. Even with coats, hats and mittens.
This little cabin has the same capability. It will chill feet and bones and crack toilet bowls! The cold extracts the heat right out of the 2X4s and boards and the walls contract; they moan and groan. After a visit in the fall or winter, there is a process of winterizing. It calls for draining pipes and applying antifreeze. We empty the fridge (but leave the doors open so it doesn't mold in there!). So, we have learned how to protect the pipes and plumbing fixtures. We know how to leave the little cabin so it is there and inhabitable upon our return. And we try to deter the Japanese beetles . . .but, oh well, we haven't figured that one out yet! Those darn Japanese beetles will be there come spring, by the thousands! By the dustpan full!
