So this blog has become a chronicle of Lake Riverside events.

This past week has been very cold in California. I was worried about the pipes in Aguanga, but we needed the long weekend at home. Then, on Monday morning (Martin Luther King day), I heard a story on the radio about how the DWP was busy helping people who had burst pipes. That’s burst pipes from the cold. In Los Angeles.

So that made me worried about the house in Aguanga. My wife and I spoke about it and agreed that I would sacrifice my afternoon and drive out to check out the house.

As I drove up the to gate, I knew we had a problem. I could see the glint of water between the house and the workshop. The main line into the house had broken. It is a 2″ PVC pipe. Not my choice, I’d prefer copper. But another do-it-yourself work on the house had left this pipe there and it was broken. I turned off the valve by the line. The water to the workshop had no problem.

It was 44° outside and 46° inside. No worries about inside pipes, but I checked. I ran the heat to warm things up. But there was only one problem, the main line. The pump is off. The main line is off – at the pump. We await the plumber.