Our Location today is La Posa South
L.T.V.A., Quartzsite, Arizona, U.S.A.
After laying awake in the
dark I finally looked at my watch to find out that it was 6:30 MST. I tried turning over in hopes of
catching just a few more minutes sleep but finally just got up at 6:50. It’s
really disturbing being retired and not being able to sleep late like most people
do. I had all the Window Shades raised,
things were readied for a lite breakfast and then I settled in at the Computer by 7:00.
My plan was to get On-Line to hopefully beat others in the
area and it worked. All the sites I connected to as if we were connected back
in McGregor.
The biggest achievement was getting into our G-mails through Google which
has been a big problem recently. It wasn’t until 8:00 that Kathy finally made
her way downstairs.
We talked about what we
were doing and where we were going today while having breakfast but that was
also how long it took for our Coffee/Tea
to be ready. Having left my Computer on
to Kathy’s G-mail she had her Tea while getting caught up on her reading.
That meant my Coffee had a chance to
cool while I took care of my inside morning Chores.
After I drank my Coffee I gathered our Weboost
and headed out to the Truck. As
mentioned in last night’s Blog I had
put enough water from our Fresh Water
Barrel into our Fresh Water Tank
so we could both have our showers and the water was warm. If we were going
anywhere this morning I had to transfer more water before I could lift the Barrel out of the Truck.
While the water was being
transferred I used the time to test the Weboost on the 12 Volt Power Plug in the Truck
and couldn’t get a flicker on any of the Indicator
Lights. This tells me that there is a problem with the unit and not just
with the 12 Volt System in the Trailer. The problems we are having in
the Trailer are not hazardous, just
frustrating because the wiring was not done using any kind of common sense.
Kathy and I are members of
the Escapees
RV Club and have taken many Safety Courses while attending their Rallies. A comment mentioned that with
all the Electrical Problems we are
having our Trailer is a Fire Hazard waiting to happen. Not So, because our problems are mostly
Electronics. According to a Retired Firechief all RVs are Fire Hazards because of the Building
Materials used to produce them.
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| Heading north on Arizona 95 towards Parker. |
By 10:00 we were already
north of Quartzsite
heading for Parker. It was nice to
be able to clearly see the Mountains after
yesterday’s Wind Storm. It was
shortly before 11:00 when we started checking out the shelves in the NAPA Auto Parts
Store. It took a bit of time to find the proper Epoxy that I needed so Kathy was checking other things out. After
she asked me about certain things that NAPA stocked we added a few more things to our
Shopping Basket that helped Kathy
scratch Three More Christmas Gifts off next year’s shopping list.
Our next stop was at Terrible’s Gas
Station where we used one of their
Self-Cleaning Car Wash Bays to give
the Truck a good cleaning. After
yesterday’s Dust Storm the Truck looked to be more of a Tan colour rather then it’s Burgundy colour. It isn’t perfect but a
lot better then before.
It was getting close to
noon and we were starting to get hungry so we went to Taco Bell for our lunch. The combos that we got were satisfying but didn’t
make us feel stuffed.
From there we walked across
the parking lot to Safeway to do some grocery shopping. We were
there for some time because we have been using up lots of our food stocks. We
also bought a bit more then we wanted as well because of their sales. When you
live in your RV you can’t stockpile due
to the lack of space. The problem was when Kathy would tell me to get Four cans of soup but the sign says if
you buy Five the cost was half. There
were other deals that we just had to take advantage of.
When we finished at Safeway,
we drove across the road to Walmart. We no longer needed to buy groceries
there so Kathy just wanted to browse around. By the time we left there our Christmas Shopping
List for next year had almost disappeared.
It was amazing the amount
of traffic on the roads this afternoon and the majority of them seemed to be RVers. Where could they possibly all be
going? LOL!
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| Sun just behind the shrub. |
We almost didn’t want to
drive back to our Trailer in the LTVA because
the truck looked so clean. The first thing we did when we got Home
was to open the last of our Windows
and Vents to cool it down. After
unloading all our purchases from the Truck
we worked together putting the groceries away.
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| Got a quick picture in the other direction. |
We grilled a ready-made Hawaiian Pizza on the Weber Q for our supper. It’s taken a
lot of practice plus choosing the right kind of Premade Pizzas but they are now turning out perfect.
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| The Sun just dropped out of sight. |
We stood outside to watch
the Sunset and after taking one
picture while it was still high in the sky I turned my back to look at
something else off in the distance. Kathy said the Sun just sank like a Rock and
was gone in a matter of seconds. Thanks for following along, feel free to leave a comment and click on
the pictures to enlarge them. Be Safe and Enjoy!
It’s about time.
Krackers
Ask a silly question
If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
That's one reason I'm always up so early. I can always get on the internet at 5:00 am!!
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