Our Location today is La Posa South
LTVA, Quartzsite, Arizona, U.S.A.
Even though I spent part of
the night staring at the ceiling again as soon as the sun started peeking
around the window shades this morning I forced myself out of bed. By getting
myself on my own sleep schedule I will be able to control the quality of sleep
that I do get. There was one little price that I had to pay for that early hour
though and it was getting up to an inside temperature of 39 F (4 C) at 7:30 MST so without giving it a second
thought I turned the heat on for Kathy. With Kathy’s Diabetic Neuropathy the last thing she needs is to get up to a cold
trailer. Strangely even with my Raynaud’s
Disease the cold doesn’t seem to bother me first thing in the morning.
I did manage to get Online for a short while but the only
thing I could get to open was Our Blog.
No Email, No News and No Weather Reports.
As soon as the Big
Tent shuts down and the Vendors that were brought in for the
show leave the Wireless Connectivity
in the area will greatly improve and Kathy and I are not the only ones looking forward
to that.
As we ate our breakfast we
discussed things that needed to be done and the one was doing our laundry.
Unless you get at the local Laundromat here in Quartzsite at 6:00AM MST in the morning during the week of the Big Tent it
will take you hours to get one machine at a time. Kathy also wanted to go to Walmart
and the nearest one is in Parker so that’s where we decided do our
laundry while we were there.
There was only one little
problem delaying our departure. Last evening I’d filled our Fresh Water Barrel and most of that
water was in still in the Barrel. All
I could do was transfer as much water as I could and if it was enough I could
get the Barrel Safely out of the
truck. As soon as I stepped outside I knew why it had been so cold inside. Our Windsock was standing almost motionless at full
length facing the south which meant we were getting another Cold North Wind.
After going back inside to
add another sweater I set our New Water
Pump to work its magic and in no time our Fresh Water Tank was Full.
Unfortunately, the Fresh Water Barrel
was still Three Quarters full and
there was no way I could safely lift it out of the truck. Seeing Mike and Dee about
to leave I offered to fill their tank but Mike had just finished filling it
before I came outside. Mike offered to help unload the Barrel but I knew he didn’t need to get injured helping me. So I walked
over to George and Suzie’s RV and made the same offer. They still had water in
their tank but it was down to a third so they had room.
I backed our truck near
their RV and George brought their car around to power the Water-Pump. We had to stand on the south side of their RV so we
wouldn’t freeze. George and Suzie both said that in all the years that they have
travelled to Arizona
for the winter this has been the Windiest,
Wettest and Coldest they have ever experienced. They appreciated the Forty Gallons of water and I
appreciated them taking it because that way it was Not Wasted.
By the time I got back to
the trailer I used Firewood to weigh
down the Barrel from blowing away
since it was Empty. Kathy had
researched the addresses of the Laundromats in Parker
while I was outside and was in the process of making an early lunch when
I got inside. The warm drink helped take some of the chill from my body.
I separated the laundry and
loaded everything into the truck and we were on our way to Parker just before 1:00 this
afternoon. Even though we basically were driving into the wind there were some Gusts of Wind that caused us to swerve
a bit. Most of the Mountain Scenery
was hidden behind a wall of dust.
You can barely see the mountains due the dust in the wind. |
We found Both Laundromats in Parker quite easily but they were full of people using
them. Their parking lots were also filled with Class Bs and Cs that I am
sure I’d seen leaving La Posa South this
morning while I was outside. We switched to Plan B and checked out the Ace Hardware Store. It is much smaller than
the store in Blythe
and their prices are reflective of that.
Parker Walmart |
Our next stop was Walmart
where we looked unsuccessfully for the Towels
that Kathy was shopping for. We did however manage to get the groceries on
our list to tide us over for a few days.
Kathy reading in the truck. |
We finally got to the Kofa Street
Laundromat around 3:15 and I was
fortunate that a number of machines had just been emptied. Kathy sat in the
truck reading her book while I took care of business.
By 5:00 I had all the
clothes all folded and we were ready to go to have our supper. We wanted Fish and Chips but didn’t feel overly
hungry and we didn’t want to put up with the crowds in Quartzsite so we chose to have
the Filet of Fish at the local Mickey D.
Not quite the same but close enough.
It was nearly 7:00 by the
time we got Home
and we had a few more surprises waiting for us. As we entered La Posa South a
Coyote ran across the road in front
of us. The second surprise was our refrigerator showing it had no Propane so I had to go outside and switch
over the valve to the other tank but will get the empty one refilled tomorrow.
Since we missed Happy Hour today we are planning on
attending the 3rd Annual
Blogger-Fest here at La Posa South tomorrow
afternoon. It will be nice putting faces to the people behind the RV Blogs that we read. Hoping to see
you there. Thanks for
following along and feel free to leave a comment. Be Safe and Enjoy!
It’s about time.
Krackers
Office Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
Employee Evaluation
"This employee should go far, and the sooner
he starts the better."
Thanks for the water yesterday glad we had room for it. I have seen number of coyotes in the early morning and the evening this year.
ReplyDeleteYou need to be in North Texas we are having unusual warm weather here.
ReplyDeleteDoes it warm up during the day?
Say "hello" to everyone at the bloggerfest.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a productive afternoon.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the Blogger-Fest; wish we were going to be there. Just not in this year's "plan".
Definitely not my kind of winter weather:(
ReplyDeleteYou guys had a busy day!! Have fun at the Blogger-fest!!
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