About all I can say about that is... whoops!  I put everything together this morning - well all the way up to the water heater anyway - so I could have it dry and cured enough to put it under pressure later on.  Including installing 2 valves for water shut off purposes for future reference.  

So, we went to a museum today - it was a kid's museum full of fun things for the kids but  Taylor and I were having fun as well.  A pretend kitchen, kids were handing us make believe coffee, fried dishes and other things that we pretended to enjoy.  We built a sort of log cabin thing out of giant Lincoln style logs.  

After that, we had a bite to eat at a local restaurant, which was quite good and then we went home after stopping by the property. Taylor hadn't seen it since shortly after the trees had been cut down - a long time ago.  We drove around it and she was like, well let's have weiners and smore's tonight!  I have that big fire pit that basically, I am the only one that uses it.  Lol, it wasn't intended that way, but that's how it has worked out.  

Well, I went back to the property with one of the boys - who really wanted to go, the other one did not - to turn the water on to see what would happen and to take Addler for a walk in the woods.   That's the whoops moment.  You see, when I was bringing the pipe from outside to the inside of the shed? I forgot to glue one of the fittings together.  When I turned the water on, there was a literal geyser going on inside of the shed - there is very good water pressure at the park and it comes pouring out. 

Well, I turned the water back off and just figured I'd come back tonight for the hot dogs and fix it after everything drained out of it.  Which is exactly what I did, but I didn't turn the water back on. Not with that much pressure, I wanted to let it dry/cure enough that it's not going to blow up again.  Over to the fire pit and James already had a fire going - we used my last fire log.  We had fun roasting hot dogs and making s'mores, tho I didn't eat any s'mores, my diet said no.

I also checked the dumpster - almost completely full. A couple more bags of trash would fit into it, yes, but it was amazing to see how much trash was in that thing.  I don't really think anyone is dumping into it that doesn't stay there, I just think with 14 lots and mostly full, that's going to happen.  The dumpster is being emptied tomorrow. Hopefully people will get rid of more trash tonight to keep the next one from getting filled up too quickly. 

I have the boys tomorrow morning, but after Taylor comes and gets them I will be back over there.  I will charge the system back up and make sure there are no leaks up to that point.  The pipe came off immediately, there is no way the entire system charged up with water. But, earlier today, I was trying to think what I was missing.  Then it dawned on me. They don't put solid lines on water heaters, they have somewhat flexible tubing coming off of it. 

Of course! I want flexibility because  neither the amenity shed nor the small shed the water heater is in are tied down to the ground.  Yup, back to Lowe's tomorrow morning to get those hoses and also to attempt to find the fittings to convert the pipe to CPVC.  If I can't figure out what to use to convert it, hopefully that plumber who works there will be there to help me out.  If I can get the figured out and if there are no leaks, I can pretty much get the water lines completed tomorrow. I only have to run the hot water line back to the laundry box.  That will take some hole drilling and pipe cutting and installing some fittings, but a couple of hours should be enough. 

Once I am sure that is good to go, I will start on the electrical.  It will invariably mean another trip to Lowe's but I intend on getting as much done first as I can so I know exactly what I will need and at least try to make a one-trip excursion to Lowe's, instead of multiple trips.  

I - think - I have all the wiring I need for the dryer, washer, AC unit, wall switch, light fixture and another general outlet.  I definitely have enough boxes and I think I have enough plugs.  I have all the circuit breakers I need for that portion of the project, I will probably need a few more for HipCamp. HipCamp is not a priority at the moment, the shed needs done first.  

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Shower stall. A person had just posted it on Marketplace while I was writing this entry.  Something told me to look at FB Marketplace, don't ask my why, I think God is involved with a lot of things in our lives and He blesses us in ways we don't even recognize.  And there it was.  It's a molded shower stall, the base and the walls all one piece.  It doesn't have a door on it, but they only want $225 for it - that stall sells new $700 and up all day long.  They claim it is in near perfect condition with no scratches or cuts in it.  It has the water valves and the shower tubing on it as well.  I don't necessarily have to have a door, I can put a shower curtain on it, just have to see if i can find a door cheap as well.  It's a done deal as far as I'm concerned, the man is remodeling a cabin and is upgrading it to a more luxury style setup.  I don't care about that right now, usability is all I need.  

This guy is now telling me he has a "I have another cool corner shower stall with round door".

This is actually what I wanted to begin with.  He said I could see it tomorrow, didn't give a price.  If it's the complete setup with the base, walls and glass, it's a grand. That's pretty much where the complete setup starts and goes up from there. If it has the fixtures, it would be worth even more.  I'm not telling him that, of course, he can set whatever price he wants and then we go from there.  The corner thing would be easier to install for the base doesn't need concrete put down first.  I never knew these stalls - certain styles I guess - have to have a concrete or similar layer installed on the floor first.  

Do I need this shower stall right now? No, of course not. I've been looking for quite a while now, however, and I can tell ya, that stuff isn't cheap and anything decent at a good price sells almost instantly. Unless this thing is messed up - which the pictures don't show any problems with it - I consider this just short of a miracle.  Not just for the price, but the fact that I had this feeling to look at marketplace and it was the first thing I saw on there. I'm serious, it was literally the first thing that showed up.  I'll watch videos how to install it replete with the concrete if necessary.  I don't really care, the price is the selling point. The labor is - it is what it is.  

"Apparently this is a great price- in 30 mins I have people begging me"

Lol. Yup, I can imagine!

Well, long day and time to start thinking about bed. Tomorrow is going to be chock full o' stuff to do as well.

 Went to bed at 10:22 pm last night, woke up in the middle of the night, went right back to sleep and then woke up at...6:22 this morning. 10 minutes later, the hacking  began.  It go so bad that there were tears streaming from my eyes.  I wasn't in pain, exactly, just a physical response to so much uncontrolled coughing.  I got out of bed.  If I get up, I know it will die down or even stop.  I went even further than that, got in the shower, turned it to a nice, hot setting, got the room filled with steam and soothed my lungs by breathing the steam in deeply.  I learned that when I was single digit age with asthma.  My parents had no drugs to give me, it was get in that bathroom and turn it into a sauna or suffer, suffer badly.

Yes, it's early, at least by my current standards.  My head is still a bit groggy from sleeping so hard.  If I could have gone back to sleep, I definitely would have.  Go a week without sleeping and see how that feels, is all I can say about that.  Once you get a night where your body says, uhh, no, we're going to sleep tonight? You take advantage of it.  But the coughing prevented it and so I am awake and drinking coffee instead.

There is a trip to a museum today that I am going to with the mom and the boys.  Why? Because I want to.  Yes, there is  a lot to do at the property.  Oh well.  I'm going to Lowe's in a few minutes to get the stuff I was lacking yesterday and at least get that much done.  I'm guessing about 3 hours worth of museum trip, that should leave me time to get a few hours work done over there today regardless. If I do, indeed, get a couple hours of work done, I will be getting close to getting the laundry stuff done.

I think. Who knows? I haven't even started on electricity yet beyond installing the boxes for the outlets.  I don't "think" it should be that hard, but I've experienced obstacles on nearly everything I've done in that shed thus far.  

I've had no new reservations made in many days.  A few calls about long term of which I cannot currently help these people out with and one person that wanted an overnight stay - the park was full, I couldn't accommodate her.  

The best I can do under such circumstances is give them a place to park that has no amenities whatsoever at a very cheap rate.  People mostly don't want that when they're calling, they want that electricity, first and foremost and then be able to dump their holding tanks and fill the water tank up.  I haven't had anyone taking me up on that offer, but I make it anyway in case the desperation is so great that they'll literally take anything over nothing.  

Hipcamp will have 20 amp outlets. That's enough for those people to turn on their lights, run their refrigerators, etc.  it won't do all of that and run their AC - right now AC doesn't matter, it is cool at night once again. In fact, it's going to get cold again.  It's in the high 40's right now as it stands.

I've fiddled with my rates a few times now.  But basically, I want to raise the 50 amp trailers up to $475 before summer to make them pay for the ridiculous amount of electricity they are using.  It's pretty easy to turn the AC setting to a very cool temp when you aren't paying separate for electricity.  

My outdoor wifi box should be arriving today.  So, now that I think of it, I also need to get a bag of quikcrete and a 4x4 pole while I'm there.  An 8 footer will fit inside my SUV between the middle row of seats without damaging anything - I don't have the trailer and I don't want to go get it.  That trailer is going to need a new landing gear installed soon, it's so dry inside of the gear box you can hear the gears grinding. There are no grease zerts anywhere on the thing and no holes to try and force some in. I suppose I could drill a hole into the side of the thing and see if I could install a zert.  Not a bad idea, actually.  

The outdoor box is going to need electricity run to it - It's just nothing I can get involved with right now. It means running an underground line to the main meter assembly. Both of the meters have regular breaker boxes on them meaning I can install a lot of breakers in there if I needed to . I don't know if they did that because it needed it for the setup or they did that as a convenience, either way, it's good the option is in there.  Too bad it's so far from the shed, I could have just used one of those instead of having to add a whole new breaker box.  It's at least 350 feet away. 

I will just have to use an extension cord for now.  I'm also going to have to put some kind of sun-eliminating cover over that box to keep the direct sunlight off of it.  That won't happen this week but I am going to try to get the thing installed in there at least.  Maybe, lol.  

With all the expenditures I've had to continue to make, the business bank account is growing regardless. And doesn't include cash I have on hand.  A trip to the bank would grow it another 2plus grand.

I will help that along by selling firewood soon - instead of giving it away free, that was just the first cord and getting that laundry going.  Hopefully will at least pay for themselves versus a constant drain on finances, especially that shed.  I will be looking at the brand that Lowe's uses today for firewood to see how much a cord costs, pre-packaged and if they will deliver it to my park.  I'm guessing the cost is high and the price for customers would have to reflect that cost.  But if I don't try to turn it into a money-maker - convenience instead, maybe I can keep the cost down.  

I dunno, but that pile is dwindling and it will need replaced soon.  2 of the overnights stays have been digging into it and 3 long term have been using it as well.  I suspect charging for it will cause that usage to go down quite a bit. Shrugs shoulders, it's not an expense I should have to bear. People can go forage for free wood if they so desire, there is plenty of it on the property.  There are piles of it next to the walking trails.  Nicely seasoned as well.