Autumn Cove Manufactured Housing Community Blog

Winter brings an abundance of activities that let you enjoy nature’s beauty covered in snow. Most people think of skiing or ice-skating during this time. However, there’s another activity that is easy to learn and less strenuous on the body. Snowshoeing gives you an opportunity to explore the frozen landscapes in a safer, low-impact way. You’ll also get great health and fitness benefits. Snowshoeing is as easy as walking. The snowshoes provide stability and secure-footing as you move over the snow. The poles also assist with balance. Choosing somewhat flat or lightly-sloped terrain and shorter trails helps make snowshoeing more leisurely. You can select longer and steeper trails if you want more of a strenuous workout. A short drive away from Autumn Cove, Craters of the Moon National Park features a 1-mile Snowshoe Loop Trail that’s perfect for novices. They even provide guided Snowshoe Walks on Saturdays in January and February. No experience is necessary to join, but you do ha...

If you have grandkids visiting this winter break, you won’t want to miss the special programs offered at ARTitorium on Broadway! From now through January 6 th , “Let It Snow!” provides special activities focused on kids from 0-12 years old. They’ll enjoy projects, movies, and other age-appropriate fun. Kids will love adding “fur” to the larger-than-life Abominable Snowman. They’ll also use magical puffy paint to animate snowmen, snow storms, and winter activities in a fun craft project. You’ll need to supervise this one, grown-ups! The fun continues as kids design custom snow globes and mitten patterns. They’ll be challenged to make the objects their own, whether they choose funky or fancy! And if you bring them on Friday, they can make cookies into art! Kids and grandparents can have fun adding frosting, sprinkles, and candies to sugar cookies in the MC Theater. Frosting Friday happens December 22 nd and 29 th and January 5 th . You’ll have a blast, and we’ll deal with the...

Many of us have Christmas decorations that have been passed down to us or that we purchased when our kids were young. Because of that, decorating for the season brings wonderful memories and reminders of our traditions. But updating your Christmas décor can be fun as well. You don’t have to be a crafting expert or spend a bunch of money to change things up! Painted letters are a fun and inexpensive way to bring Christmas into your home. You can pick up wood letters at any craft store and spell out “Joy” or “Santa”. The letters can stand alone on a mantle nestled among a garland. You can hot glue them to a painted wood plaque and hang it on the wall or a door. Use acrylic paint to paint your letters in traditional red and green. You can even use colorful, tightly-wrapped yarn if you don’t want to paint them. Picking a different color scheme for your decorating can spice up the holidays as well. If your default is red and green, try another festive combination! Blue and silver ...

As our thoughts turn to fall and the end of the year, Autumn Cove’s staff is busy preparing the community to withstand colder temperatures without damage. A major part of this is to winterize all water lines before the beginning of October. To do so, we need residents to insure their heat tape is working properly and to insulate the pipes under their homes. Doing so will help prevent damage to the water lines caused by freezing temperatures. If your heat tape and/or pipe insulation is damaged or insufficient, you can purchase replacements at Home Depot or Lowe’s. Local plumbers also carry these items. Autumn Cove also requires residents to assist with winterization of the community by notifying us immediately of water leaks underneath your home. Please check for these as soon as possible and notify us by email, voicemail, or a note placed in the mail slot. That way we can inspect the problem and take action before temperatures drop. PLEASE BE AWARE: You must properly prepare your pipes...