Right now, I am heating something in the microwave and our little heater is on. A while ago, I used my blow drier while our little electric grill was on. Big deal, you say - but to us it really is a big deal. Because our Inverter-charger has been broken for the last month or so, we have not been able to use 2 heating appliances at once without blowing a fuse. Now it’s fixed and are we ever excited. I don’t have to watch what I’m cooking at a particular time and Gary doesn’t have to rush out to reset the fuse. We’re both happy.
I have a friend who says we are living in a Lilliputian village or, less kindly, a Canadian ghetto. I’ve also heard that this kind of village can be called a ’Tinominium.’ You’ve heard of condominiums, well villages of RV’s are called tinominiums. Hmmm. There are a variety of homes here. There are quite a few RV’s like us. We think that there will continue to be sites for RV’s since that is how they draw new people in to see the village. Since Val Vista has been here since the 1980’s, there are some fairly old buildings. Here’s one that is selling for $3500. Yep, that’s right, $3500.
But, the resort is continually upgrading their housing stock and on the right is a picture of a newer home which is for sale for $18,000. Of course, 90% or better of these homes are second homes. The owners have homes in the cold north country where they live in the summer. Many also keep a car down here with their 'winter' home. 
But there are still some newer ones and this one is selling for $69.900. I liked this style which has the kitchen in front so you can look out on the street while you’re cooking. This one still has an Arizona room on the left which functions as a great room or a living room or as a guest room for company.
They actually have a while new style of home which is almost a craftsman style home with a great room. Nice great room about 24’ x 12’ which has the kitchen, dining area and the living room. 2 large bedrooms with 2 bathrooms. Pretty nice. Are we interested? Nope, we’re still traveling. We have lots of the US to see and, though we look at each place as a potential final location, we still haven’t chosen any over any other. But, it is a nice home and we can see why so many people choose this lifestyle.
We were taking a walk the other day and saw this in one of the sites. Gary is all excited and wants to move our RV to be next door.
One of the buildings here has a woodworking shop with any saw or lathe or tool you could need. Gary wanted to fix a cupboard door, paid his membership fee and here he is. Voila!! The door is all fixed.
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