Power is out on Whidbey Island

Like this is news.

We are scrambling to find flashlights and water.  I have a backup battery for the router, but it is fading fast.  Maybe it will last until I post this.

We are amused.  We just went 4 months without electricity and did fine.  Now that we are in civilization, we are trying to cope with not having it.  We have turned on the refrigerator in the camper, and in a couple of hours it will be cold enough to keep our food safe.  We can also cook in the camper, and charge any needed electronics.  We heat with wood, so will stay warm enough.  Our only long term problem is water, but we have some and I will drink diet Coke until this is over so Vicky can have what water we do have.  Toilets don't flush, but neither have the toilets we have used for four months.

We have spent time in the two days we have been home picking up fallen branches.  And now, nature, with its wicked sense of humor, is taunting us with a replenished supply.  

This is our welcome home.  Kinda fun......for now.