My big concern is the one ML has. Electric power in the country is not a sure thing or maybe I ought to say reliable in the winter or even when it rains.

Trailer house plumbing sags so I'm not comfortable putting a drain line on the house. Some years back I found a double ended hose connection that screws onto a threaded kitchen faucet. I then screw on a device that has an air valve into it and use a small compressor to actually blow the lines. I found it at an RV supply house but haven't been able to find a spare since. I dread something happening to the only one I have.

My "well house" is the end of a dug up service station gasoline tank with a door and top vent added. It works OK but doesn't hold heat very well.

Theo, we usually get one or maybe two single digit nights per year. However, years ago, Joe Theismann almost got frostbite when playing in the Cotton Bowl when Texas and Notre Dame met. It almost ended his pro career befor it started. He said, in an interview, that he had spent his life in the cold country but had never been so cold as going to Texas during a "blue Norther:.