The snow on Thursday made our street impassable. My wife drove down it Thursday afternoon but there would be no driving back up for a couple of days. Remember, our property is located along the top of a ridgeline. The street that runs to our property goes straight up taking the steepest route to the top of the ridge. While we could have parked our cars at the bottom of the street and walked to the camper, we decided to spend Thursday and Friday night at the in-laws' house. When we came back home on Saturday, the camper's water had frozen. We were quite bummed about having no water. Had we stayed at the camper we might have prevented the freezing of the water lines.
Using a hair drier, we thawed out the place where the water hose connects to the camper. We saw ice at this spot and suspected it might be the culprit. Fortunately that step worked and got us water to the kitchen sink. The pipes to the bathroom sink and shower were still frozen. Also, as we ran water into the kitchen sink to clear out the ice in the line, the sink started filling up. We think the drain line from the kitchen sink was frozen. Saturday night we ran the gas furnace hoping it might help thaw out some lines. Doing so thawed out the cold water line running to the shower but there was still no hot water to the bathroom. Sunday morning we found the kitchen sink had drained. Using a combination furnace, hair drier, and turning up the space heater in the basement we were able to get hot and cold water to the bathroom shower and sink. Having water is very nice. I suspect we won't be able to use the camper's toilet until Thursday or Friday.
