My wife and I just bought a cabin by Pelican Rapids. I know it is early, but I have been buying things for it left and right and if I find good deals, I want to jump on them.
My questions is: I would like to use this cabin as often as possible, all four seasons. It has a crawl space and we have insulated it very well. What do some of you do to utilize your seasonal cabins in the winter. My first thought is to get a kerosene heater to put under the cabin just when I get there to warm up the pipes (I wouldn't run it continous). Can I use the water in the winter or do I need to just bring water in? We had some trouble getting the water going this spring, so we filled the toilet tank with water out of the tank until we got all of the pipes fixed. The toilet worked fine just filling the back with water and we could usee it. Would this be safe in the winter or am I out of luck?
Just looking for some early advice - I want to be ready.
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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My wife and I just bought a cabin by Pelican Rapids. I know it is early, but I have been buying things for it left and right and if I find good deals, I want to jump on them.
My questions is: I would like to use this cabin as often as possible, all four seasons. It has a crawl space and we have insulated it very well. What do some of you do to utilize your seasonal cabins in the winter. My first thought is to get a kerosene heater to put under the cabin just when I get there to warm up the pipes (I wouldn't run it continous). Can I use the water in the winter or do I need to just bring water in? We had some trouble getting the water going this spring, so we filled the toilet tank with water out of the tank until we got all of the pipes fixed. The toilet worked fine just filling the back with water and we could usee it. Would this be safe in the winter or am I out of luck?
Just looking for some early advice - I want to be ready.
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