Let's review what we've learned through our rural experience so far:
- We've run out of well water costing $100 to refill -- don't do 5 loads of laundry in one day.
- We've used 75% of the filled propane tank within one month of moving in -- refill cost $500.
- We've had uninvited furry guests coming in out of the cold -- we're still trapping them.
This weekend we had a new experience. We invited some friends to come out for the weekend but just 20 minutes before they arrived our plumbing backed up and wouldn't drain. I had dishes in the dishwasher that I hadn't done yet and I'm about to finish dinner adding even more dishes. So I can't use the sink because Brian comes to tell me the shower wasn't draining. Since we've moved in we've noticed the gurgling sound that comes from our kitchen sink whenever the washing machine drains and whenever the shower is being used.
We don't know if the septic tank is full or if we have frozen drainage pipes somewhere. In the meantime we entertained our weekend guests with non-flushing bathrooms, which included the guys making use of the rugged outdoors while the gals didn't flush the toilet.
Monday morning rolls around, our guests are gone, we still can't do dishes but the good news is we are able to flush. We chose not to do any dishes yet until we get a professional assessment of the situation.
At this point, I maintain my mantra "There is no place like home and home is where the heart is."
P.S. The final assessment of our sewer is we are pretty sure we will have to have a new system installed and/or repair the leaching bed; we'll probably have to have a cistern put in too because the well isn't sustaining us. This is the reason we have decided to sell the motorhome or at least our reasoning. If we are meant to have keep it then we will have another means of income so we don't have to sell our luxury RV investment. In the end, we yield to God's plan whatever that is for our lives.
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