The first night in the fiver was mostly successful. We brought up a whole truckload of stuff (about 300 lbs – we weighed it all) and got “settled in” in a minimal sort of way. We cooked our first meal – mac and cheese on the stove and burgers on the grill. The refrigerator is working fine – the beer was frosty and the freezer kept our bag of ice well. The dogs were pretty comfortable with the metal stairs, though Cha-Cha needed some encouragement in the form of a hand on his collar to start the descent. We met two dogs on our morning walk and neither produced a fight.
Pretty successful, overall.
But… we had a lousy night’s sleep. The mattress is too thin and we didn’t bring enough blankets. It gets COLD in NH at night. Who knew?
We will get a foam “crate” for the mattress before our next overnight. If that doesn’t work, we will get a new mattress. As for the cold… we could try closing the windows before we go to bed. And maybe bring another blanket. We could even think about turning on the furnace (which I tried, this morning, successfully), but it is fairly noisy and I will avoid that if possible.
The other significant problem is the water. Yes, we have water – no problem there. We just don’t have any cold water. Hot water – VERY HOT – comes out of both spigots. I am told there is a “mixer” valve somewhere, but I have no idea where. I may have to email the seller to figure this one out.
In the meantime I am not sure I want to chance a shower. Can you say “scald”?
The Wi-Fi is also kind of “iffy”, as is the cable service. It took about 15 minutes to get the Wi-Fi connected this morning and the cable went out without warning during breakfast.
But I expect that the Wi-Fi will be iffy just about everywhere. We will get our own Wi-Fi before we hit the road. I just have to arrange that with Verizon. And we will get DVD capability in the bedroom as well as the living room and have a supply of DVDs that we can play if we get bored.
It will work. I just need to figure out how to sleep and take a shower. Little things.