We Were Stopped For Information, Lin’s Grand Buffet and Two Walmart Day.

Our Location today is at the La Posa South, LTVA, Quartzsite, Arizona.

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Since we’ve both been getting up early in the mornings lately we finalized our plans to get an early start today. We avoided setting the alarm because that would certainly trigger a Subconscious Message that would keep us awake. Another thing on our side was the near freezing temperature that would keep us cuddled under our warm Winter Sheets. Our plan worked so well that we slept in until nearly 8:30.

Windshield Glare.

There was plenty of Sunlight with barely any Clouds in the sky. After having breakfast and checking The Weather Network I completed my indoor chores while I had Kathy finding some Addresses.

I then headed outside to clean out the backseat of the Truck. While working on the Wind Generator Tower it became a quick Catchall that had to be cleaned up. It didn’t take long to repack the Bins and we were soon ready to go. After locking up the Trailer we stood for a brief moment watching and listening to the Wind Generator. It was rotating quite freely but unlike many of the larger Horizontal Wind Generators we have seen it was Silent. There had been no Vibration transferred to the Trailer the entire night or morning.

More Windshield Glare.

Wayne always heads east towards the Water Fill Area because he can get to the Front Gate sooner than if he cautiously and slowly drive through the Winding Paths towards the Culvert so you create very little dust. (Not like some Idiots!) So that was the direction we took this morning.

We had only travelled a Thousand Feet when suddenly another RVer on the other side of the wash started waving his arms and showing us to stop. We often have people pointing out that our Static Cables are hanging under our Truck thinking something is wrong but we stopped anyway. Dick and his wife walk every morning up the Main Road in the LTVA then back by the path we avoided this morning. They had immediately noticed the addition of the Wind Generator and the Tower and wanted to know how it was working.

Yuma Proving Grounds.

As mentioned in yesterday’s Blog I didn’t get the Charge Controller hooked up to the Batteries yet. Even though the Generator was happily rotating the energy it was producing was going unused. I was hoping that would change before the end of the day. After a Half Hour of explaining what we knew and were experiencing we invited Dick to stop by when we got Home.

We didn’t get on Arizona 95 heading for Yuma until after 11:00. We never get tired of the scenery especially with the Bright Blue Sky but there were a few Older RVs that were travelling much slower than the Speed Limit that really slowed traffic down. It was nearly 12:30 by the time we arrived at our first destination.

Inside Lin's Grand Buffet.

We have passed by Lin’s Grand Buffet every time we have driven to or from Yuma for the last Three Winters but never stopped. Thinking that this was simply a Chinese Buffet we were pleasantly surprised. We have also been avoiding Buffets this year but after reading about Lin’s on many other Blogs we knew we had to try it at least One time. Even though we watched not to overdo it we both felt like we had over eaten so it was not a problem to skip our supper.

Besides shopping for groceries we were looking for Containers to store the Wind Generator when it is being transported so it won’t get damaged. We stopped at Harbor Freight where the only thing we got was a set of Fifteen Foot Cargo Straps cheaper then we can by a single one back in Windsor.

Our next stop was Walmart on 24^th Street. We managed to find a large Plastic Tote that would safely store the Wind Generator’s Feathers. Going down the next Aisle we found the same size Tote in Clear Plastic for Half the price. Kathy also needed Five Trays for doing some organizing but could only find Four. Then we found a Plastic Tool Box that will safely store the Wind Generator itself along with all the hardware that goes with it. That totally filled our shopping cart but we still had our Groceries to get so I had Kathy get started while I paid for all this Plastic and brought it out to the Truck.

We managed to get most everything on our lists but some of that we hadn’t got were things that only Walmart carries. Using our GPS we headed over to another Walmart location on the US-95 BL where we did manage to find the rest of the items on our Shopping List.

Leaving Yuma after 4:30 is considered Rush Hour and even though we didn’t have a problem heading out of town we had a problem getting out of town. There was a Pickup pulling a Covered Produce Picking Wagon up Arizona 95 ahead of us. Some of the cars ahead of us got past but by then south bound traffic had increased so there was a long line behind by the time it turned off just before the Proving Grounds.

We got Home shortly after 6:00 and after a few quick Sunset Pictures it was time to unload the Groceries and get them all put away. It was dark by the time we finished that so I’ll be wiring up our Wind Generator in the morning. Thank you for following along and feel free to leave a comment.

Be Safe and Enjoy!

It’s about time.

Krackers

Joke of the Day

I haven't lost my mind,

it's just backed up on a disk somewhere.