After a enduring a mid November 12" snowstorm in beautiful metropolitan Oxford, MI, I packed up the minivan...
...and headed to the southern estate for the month of December. I quickly discovered travel on the Sunday after Thanksgiving wasn't the best idea.
Pouring rain through three states didn't help the matter either. But after a day and a half of driving, I arrived to find our trailer surrounded by the summer overgrowth.
Amazing how much stuff grows over a few months. That "tree" half way down the side of the trailer wasn't there the 1st of April. So I spent a couple days and got the grounds cleaned up a little.
The cable TV service in the park was removed so I was forced into satellite service if we were going to watch anything beyond a couple local stations. It has worked out well.
Since I was there in December, I decided to put up the Christmas tree that was left here.
There was even a Christmas parade through the park.
The real reason for the December trip south was a rehab of the bathroom. There was a little water damage to the floor so I had to put in a new subfloor.
Cleaned up the wall with a little paint.
and put down new flooring.
That's as far as I got in December because while traveling south through Kentucky, I discovered I left the bath cabinet and countertop that I made at the house in Michigan. So with the bath project on hold, I kept busy with other activities.
I wandered through a park sale one morning, went to the driving range, and took care of some cruise business.
Although the bath cabinetry didn't make the trip south, I did get Kathy's new (used) sewing cabinet hauled down.
So after a trip back north via Virginia and a visit with Mom, Kathy and I returned to Florida and enjoyed our traditional "welcome to Florida" meal at Sonny's.
After settling in for the season, I got back at the bathroom project and tore out the sink and countertop.
Today I got the new countertop installed with china bowl sink and dry fitted the cabinet framing.
Another couple days of staining, finishing and installation and this project will be history. Then it will be on to new flooring in the rest of the place.
It's called "Work Island".
