February 17, 2017. Getting settled at our new assignment

LOCATION:  House-sitting in Davidson, North Carolina on Lake Norman

WEATHER:  Very spring-like.  Birds chirping.  Flowers blooming. Highs in 60s

 

The homeowners left around 9:00, so we are now in charge.  This assignment will be about 3 weeks.  Our responsibilities are to care for two cats and the house.  The homeowners travel a lot and have had several housesitters.

We use a website called TrustedHousesitters.com to find our housesitting assignments.  The company is based in the UK, but the assignments are all over the world.  Each day, I receive an email listing about 20 new assignments.  Some are brief, only 2-3 days, and some are up to one year, but most are for 2-3 weeks, while homeowners take a vacation.  I know that there are other websites doing this, but this one seems to have an excellent reputation and has worked for us.

 

We took a short drive into the town of Davidson, just across the highway, and drove around the campus of Davidson College.  It is a small liberal arts college with a beautiful campus.  

 

Then, we took a walk around our condo development.  There are many condos situated on tips of land that jut out into the lake.  This is the view of the front of the house.

The best thing about this condo is its view of the lake.  The entire back wall are windows leading out to the deck.

The area has lots of tennis courts, playground areas, walking paths and even a beach.

Each section of the development has its own marina with jet skis and boats moored there for the winter.

 

We walked on the boardwalk around part of the lake.  

This is a view of our condo from the marina.

I think we will enjoy this assignment a lot.  We are not far from Charlotte.  The traffic in Charlotte is terrible, so we are going to check out a bus service into the city.  We are also not far from Winston-Salem where several of George's family and friends live.  We can make some day trips there to visit.  The weather forecast is great, with continued spring-like weather predicted.

 

And, every evening, the sun puts on a show as it sets over the lake.  

 

DINNER:  Leftover grilled salmon and Asian vegetables that George's sister-in-law gave us when we visited there.  Tomorrow will be time for me to start cooking again.