Palm Springs

Fairhaven, MA Blizzard 2015

Woke up to read that New England was hit pretty hard with snow yet again. I was reading that the pipes were freezing all over Fairhaven due to yet another blizzard with severely low temperatures. I immediately called Diane, who as in a panic because her pipes were frozen along with a neighbors. Her husband was under the house and was able to defrost the pipes before any serious damage occurred. She sent her husband along with a kid to shovel down to our house. Once the walk was cleared Tim could check and see what the status was. I felt bad for Diane - all I asked them to do was water the plants every two weeks and now another blizzard - what are the odds!! 

Geoff and I waited patiently by the phone to hear from Tim. We were both terribly worried. It is a helpless feeling being so far away if something goes wrong.  Finally, the phone rang. Tim was cheery and eased our minds with the good news. Pipes are fine, It was 45 degrees in the crawl space (we have a remote thermometer to check on the pipes for this very reason) and the house felt quite warm.  When we were finally able to breathe again, we thanked him. We are very fortunate nothing was wrong and that we have great friends.  Next trip, we turn off the water!!

After all that excitement, we packed up - kissed the baby goodbye till Friday - and it was off to Palm Springs. No traffic, arrived here at around noon. Bernie & Marj were here to greet us but left this afternoon and will be back tomorrow. We chatted with them for a bit. Their son came over and fitted us up with bikes to borrow. With all that done, we headed for the pool. The weather continues to be record breaking beautiful. The rest felt great. 

Met up with Nick & Steve for dinner. Ate at a local pub. Good food, lousy service. It was great seeing them. They are doing fine. Biking over there tomorrow for some more sunshine. Nick is cooking dinner tomorrow night. Love his pasta!

Next time... Fun in the sun