It's been an absolutely gorgeous spring-week here in Newberg Oregon! Abundant sunshine every single day, not a cloud in the beautiful blue skies, also no wind, no rain and temperatures in the low 80s!
Very un-Oregon of course, and things are going to change soon, but for now .. we take it!

I took some pictures of everything that was blooming in 'our' yard when we arrived:



I got inspired, and when we went out to Walmart to get groceries and stock up our pantry, I couldn't resist going by the garden department and snatching up one of their colorful hanging baskets ..

After about a week of hard work we're pretty much set up right now. There were no hook-ups in place so we had to create them.
James managed to temporarily tie us into the electricity from the barn, which gives us only 30 A, but we've ordered cable and connections to set us up for the 50A that we need to run everything without constantly tripping a breaker.
All the boxes, sleeves and extra fuses are already in place, part of which you can see in the left picture:

         

 
That red hose on the right is our water-line, it has since than been 'sleeved' in PVC pipe, together with a heating coil, which we plug in during the winter when it freezes.
We even set up our 'shed', the vinyl skirt under the hitch, which comes in handy to store all kind of 'stuff'. 

                             

So far we all love it here! The site is really beautiful, so green and peaceful and quiet, and very safe too, we're behind a fence with a gate that's padlocked day and night (unless we want to leave of course).

Merlin wholeheartedly agrees! He seems very happy to be in cooler temperatures, seems to have a lot more energy than he's had in ages, loves stalking through the grass and snooze in the sun.
He's even taken up sleeping outside in 'his' chair again!

He's a happy camper .. or cat

Of course I've been exploring the neighborhood already. Hyland Drive is a pretty country road, very quiet, and has several even smaller and quieter roads connecting.
One road is closed off permanently for traffic on both ends and turns into a woodsy path in the middle .. very pretty!

   
A small creek runs through it, Otter Creek ..

All kinds of woodsy spring flowers have popped up, like this Trout Lily or Houndstooth

And I'm happy to say there's an abundance of birds in our backyard! Lots of Red Robins and small finches and this pretty fella, a Spotted or Rufous-sided Towhee ..



OK, so far for the fun stuff,  of course we also have to talk about more serious business ..
Although, it has gotten a lot less serious than a week ago!

James has done an absolutely amazing good job putting the whole back together!

First he made sure we had power .. at all!

  
And while he was back down there, he also replaced the stabilizer that was wrecked and, for good form, put in a new one on the other side as well .. just so we match, you know .. to look good!

   And than he squeezed/clamped the rear end back together! This was the before ..

                              

And this is the after!

         

Next step is to make it water tight .. some resin and fiberglass patches will be involved ..

We'd taken two of the windows out, the ones that were partially lifted up by the crash already (!), and now that the back was restored, they could go back in ...

Today, James has worked on putting a thick layer of resin and mesh on the rips, so we're watertight. Just in time for the rain that is coming on Saturday .. and just in time for Happy Hour!

To progress!