Year 3 Day 159 – “Living the Dream”. Sunday, 10/08/2023. Clifty Hill 2 – The weather turned much cooler today. Steve is enjoying not having to work under the brutal sun. The 2 x 10 Ceiling joists aka attic floor joists are still going up pretty fast. We are short a few and a Lowes run is coming soon.
The bird or wind planted cantaloupe made it through the night under the tarp. Never had cantaloupe grow this well before. So, I like to review places we stay and things we do. Last week we stayed in an oceanfront home in Avon, NC called O’Sun. We rented this house through Vacasa Rentals – www.vacasa.com Vacasa rentals is a large company that manages vacation rentals. Anyway, here is a review of this home.
The Bad
Roaches/water bugs
All three overhead Lights didn’t work in middle level hallway
Stains on carpet. Disgusting
Pots and pans were gross
Rusty utensils
Broken chairs
Wobbly table
Filthy windows and sliding glass doors. We had an ocean front house and we could not see through the finger and nose prints on the glass doors.
Games were all missing pieces
Sliding door from living room was very hard to open and close. My arm was killing me after a few days. I ended up just asking Steve to open and close the door when I went in or out to the deck.
The Good:
House was neat and vacuumed when we checked in.
Nice new deck and roof.
Nice oceanfront area
Beautiful view from the deck of the Avon fishing pier
Lots of toilet paper and soap
Towels supplied were good.
Washer and dryer worked good.
No body cares about the house
Just somebody taking your money.
That’s it for today. We are glad to be home to our new clean home. Here’s todays thoughts to ponder.
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To view the complete daily diary, click here – This starts at Year 1 Day 1: Living the Dream – Deestimes – Make every step of the journey count