Our Location today is La Posa South LTVA,
Quartzsite, Arizona, U.S.A.
After sleeping with all the
windows and vents open again and having an almost perfect sleep when the Sun started peeking in the windows I knew
that I’d over slept. It was already 7:15 Arizona time and in order to get our chores
done before the heat of the day set in we had to get moving. Within minutes Kathy
was up though not moving at my pace she was ready to start the day.
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| Kathy like the steam vapour rising from our Coffee Mugs. |
I had already changed my
clothes before we ate breakfast because I didn’t want to waste the early hours
of the day. The breakfast discussion was what we were doing. Once breakfast was
over I stripped the bedsheets off the bed and brought them along with the rest
of our laundry to the living room area to be sorted. With our empty Propane Tanks, empty Water Containers, and our Laundry loaded in the truck we were
soon on our way heading to Quartzsite.
Our first stop was the Main Street Laundromat which looked only partially full on the outside
but was busy on the inside. Kathy helped by getting change while I loaded the Washers. Then we had a chance to relax
for a bit. When it was time to change the clothes to the Dryers we were able to sit quite a bit closer. As the Dryers stopped what was still damp went
in a bit longer while we worked together at folding the clothes. From the time
we arrived by working together and the warmer weather we were done Five Loads of Laundry in an Hour and a Half.
It wasn’t even 10:00 when
we arrived at Discount
Solar. We had purchased some LED
Lamps back in December for over our Dining
Table that made it hard for Kathy to read using that light. Talking to Mike
I suggested the LED Waffles like we had
used in our closets that work great but this time I suggested Kathy choose
which colour she wanted. We went with the more natural colour. The problem with
the other LED Replacement Bulbs is
that a lot of the diodes were facing the inside of the lamp housing. We also
considered replacing our Exterior Security
Lamps with a LED Fixture but
they didn’t have anything in stock so the suggested a couple of other places to
try.
We also mentioned our
intention of adding more Batteries, Solar Panels and a Wind Generator in the fall. Mike’s face went white and then he
explained that he had put a Wind
Generator on his trailer in the past. It generated more then was needed
especially in the winter months when there was little Sun. What he and his wife could not stand was the Whooshing noise that it constantly made.
Figuring if he moved it on a tower away from the trailer it would be okay. It
was not as intense but it could still be heard. Since they got rid of the Generator and he doubled his Solar Panels. His wife often uses the Slow-Cooker to make supper or the Microwave for a fast warm up. He said
if we still want to go that route it was our business but he would advise
against it. When we left Discount Solar
we were rethinking our future plans without a Wind Generator.
The next stop was at Family Dollar where I was busy filling our Water Containers at the Reverse
Osmoses Dispensing Machine while Kathy went inside to get a few more necessities
and to get out of the heat.
We still had more errands
to run but by the time we finished at Family Dollar since our breakfast was long gone so we drove to McDonalds where
we each had what suited our taste for lunch.
As soon as we were back on
the road we went to RV Pit Stop where
we had a couple of Propane Tanks
that needed filling. Even though we are not using Propane to heat the trailer with at this time we are using it to
run our Fridge, when we Cook on the stove and to heat Water for our showers.
We stopped at a few places
that had been recommended looking for the LED
Security Light Fixtures without any luck before we headed to the Roadrunner
Grocery Store for a few food
items.
When we got Home even
though we had left the windows and vents open it was like walking into an oven.
As soon as everything was brought in Kathy put the groceries away while I went
upstairs to put fresh linens on the bed that I had only stripped this morning. I
drank a bottle of water just doing that. Then we started putting away the clean
laundry.
By this point we needed
something to cool us down with and Kathy had just the thing, Welches Fruit
Flavoured Icicles. They only cooled us a bit but it helped us to feel more
comfortable.
While sitting at the dining
table I decided to install our new LED Waffles
to see if they worked any better. I should have known better than to be looking
directly at those lights without the globe when I first turned them on. It was
like looking at the Flash on a
camera. Kathy says she can now see what she is looking at with no shadow. Since
those LED Waffles worked so well
inside Kathy and I discussed using them outside.
Back at Discount Solar I was hoping to get larger LED Waffles but then one of the clerks suggested soldering the
leads of two Waffles together to get
what I wanted. “Why didn’t I think of
that?” Because I wasn’t drinking enough in this heat I could barely think
straight.
After washing dishes and
cleaning things up we sat outside for a while to cool down. It was already past
Sunset so we didn’t get the
beautiful pictures we did last night. We also didn’t get the brilliant show of
the Moon coming over the mountain
like last night. When Kathy Googled why
the moon had not risen by the time we came in the answer was that it would be
after 9:00 Arizona
Time before we’d see it.
With the sound of the Serenading Coyotes we didn’t stay out
very long afterwards. We have things we want to accomplish tomorrow as we get
ready to hit the road on Thursday. Thanks for following along and feel free to leave a comment. Be Safe
and Enjoy!
It’s about time.
Krackers
You Might Be a Redneck If
Your birthstone is gravel.
Not surprised by your comments on a wind generator, I was over at a friends site on Dome Rock Road and he had a wind generator. My thoughts were that it was pretty noisy and I probably didn't want to listen to that all winter.
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