When It Rains, It Pours — Literally

By Day 16 of this off-grid camper saga, we thought we’d seen the worst.
No furnace? Been there.
Frozen boots? Survived that.
Mental unraveling? Flirted with it.

But rain?

In January?
In Northern Ontario?

Come on.


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It started as a light drizzle tapping the roof. We welcomed it, briefly — anything but snow felt like a reprieve. But that reprieve didn’t last.

Soon, we noticed water inside the camper. Not condensation. Leaks.
One in the kitchen.
One at the back corner.
One in the middle.

The rain had found every weak point in our roof and decided to introduce itself.


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What do you do when your ceiling cries on you in winter?

You grab what you have:

Rags

Towels

Sealant

Hope


We pulled out our emergency repair kit and made our best attempt at patching — from the outside, in the cold, while getting soaked. And to make it all worse, we couldn’t even run our tiny electric heater because the power cord kept tripping the outdoor plug.

> “This isn’t just a camper anymore. It’s a test chamber. And apparently, we’re the experiment.”




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We dried what we could.
We moved what mattered.
And we prayed it wouldn’t get worse.

And then, somewhere in the madness of buckets and cold coffee and wrung-out socks… we found it.
Calm.

Not peace.
Not comfort.
Just… calm.

Because once you’ve been through this much, the next punch doesn’t knock you over — it just makes you duck smarter.


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So yeah, it rained.
And yes, it leaked.
But we’re still standing in the storm, looking up.

> Not every drop is a disaster.
Some just remind you where the cracks are — and what still needs fixing.



We’ll seal the roof.
We’ll keep moving.
And when the next challenge comes (because of course it will)… we’ll meet it soaked, smiling, and still swinging.

Based on Ep010: “When It Rains It Pours – Jan 26, 2024”: