California Coast (09-13-15)

Taking the truck camper, we headed over to the California coast for the weekend.  The occasion was our friend Kirk’s 60th birthday.  A weekend full of fun was in store for us.  We began with dinner at a “bring your own wine” restaurant.

We only had one bottle of wine, but I have never seen a bottle that big!  I think we determined that it was the equivalent of 5 bottles of wine.  Good thing we had designated drivers!

The following day we walked along the coastline before heading to yet another restaurant for lunch.  I must say that I really enjoyed the fact that the ocean is within a day’s drive of Havasu.

The actual party was held at a winery and was chock full of activities.  Hay rides were on the agenda once we’d had our fill of food.  This is the only hay ride I have ever been on that made stops along the way to refill your wine glass.

Wine tasting, karaoke, and dancing rounded out the evening.

After a great time with friends, we headed back to Havasu to check on the house.

House Update

The dry wall is up, taped and textured, ready for the painters to show up next week.

The interior doors were next on the agenda.  They will be fitted into the frames, and then removed again to be painted.

We met with the cabinet maker and made decisions regarding shelving and specialty cabinets.  We’ll have a custom trash cabinet near the kitchen table for example. Deciding how many shelves every closet should get had us chanting “whatever the model house has”.

Meanwhile, outside, our septic system installation is in progress.

The backyard is quite dug up right now.  They can’t backfill it until the city comes out and approves the septic system.   That should happen on Monday.  Once they finish, two things can happen.  We can start building the wall that we are going to do ourselves, and the pool company can come and dig the pool.

 

 

There is one more important piece of information!  We met with the builder about the progress on the house, and he told us that the house will be turned over to us before Thanksgiving!!

We have been in contact with the moving companies, and we probably won’t be able to time it in such a way that we guarantee our furniture will be here before Thanksgiving, but at least we’ll have access to the house!