We were out in NY hse for 7 days and vacation hse in RI for 5 days...decided to stay in RI since we are on the lake and could use that water to flush...no water (well). I now know how Laura Ingals felt...bringing buckets of water up from the creek. Cooking over a camp fire etc...reading by candlelight. And NO SEWING...thought I could start cutting for Dresden plate quilt or use my "GO"...but didn't have an iron since my scraps were full of wrinkles...How did they survive!!!!!