Our Location today is at Walmart
in Casa Grande, Arizona.
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We
both managed to sleep soundly last night without the usual Pretravel
Night’s Wakefulness thinking of totally useless things. Waking
at 5:00 I convinced myself it was too early to start getting ready to
leave. Then 6:00 I was again awake but told myself to relax that it
was Sunday. When my Back started bothering me at 6:45 I knew
it was time to get started.
Leaving that Chair by the Firepit. |
We
had deliberately not packed too many things away inside the Trailer
as it seemed to trigger the Restlessness in the
past. The first thing I did was start packing away my Computer
before getting things ready for breakfast. Kathy was downstairs at
6:55. After finishing breakfast we started packing things away inside
the Trailer.
Lots of Wildflowers along the road. |
As
we were hooking up I suggested that Kathy offer the Camping Chair
that we could not fold to our neighbour on the other side of the
wash. He said he had no room so we left it sitting by the Firepit
that we’ve enjoyed so many times this winter. With all our
Lights working and nothing we wanted being left behind we started
our departure.
When
we arrived at the Dumping Station something
was as the Maintenance Truck had the One Lane blocked
off. Just as we got to the front of the line he waved me over and
headed off. With only Ten Days of Waste there was a lot that
went down the drain.
Another Homemade RV. |
As
we were going to pull up to the Fresh Water Spigots a woman in
a car blocked both lanes and started doing her Laundry right
at the Spigot. It was a good thing there was no one across the
road so we got filled up over there. Other people shared some heated
words with her but she just gave them the Bird and continued
what she was doing. As we were driving towards the Entrance we
saw another neighbour across the Wash putting our Old Chair
by his RV.
Lots of Flowers and Butterflies. |
It
was 10:30 when we rolled off the I-10 Ramp
leaving Quartzsite in out
Rear-view Mirrors heading east. We had only gone about Five
Miles when we seemed to go through a Swarm of Butterflies
that had been feasting on all the Wildflowers along the road.
If you read yesterday’s Blog you’ll remember how long it
took to clean the Truck’s Windows. All that work will have
to be redone.
Special meaning! |
We
stopped for lunch at 12:15 at Cracker Barrel
and because we knew exactly what we wanted we had our
meals in Ten Minutes compared to the Twenty Minute Wait
everyone else had. Everything was done exactly the way we liked it
and we were back on the road by 1:00.
Orange Wildflowers. |
Our
destination was the Casa
Grande Monument
where
they have room for a Dozen
RVs
to park.
Before
going in I noticed something hanging from the Roadside
Slide.
This
is the Slide
that cause us a lot of problems when we first got this Trailer.
Both
End Seals
were actually sliding out the bottom of the Track
and the Rear
Seal
actually had
Wear
Marks
from where it rubbed on the Pavement.
With a little team work we
finally got Both
Seals
to where they should be.
Visiting
the Monument
we
learned how the Ancestral
Tribes
know as the Huhugham
learned how to master living in the desert by producing natural
Irrigation
for their crops as well as creating a Community as well as a Four
Story High Grand House made
entirely by
hand from
materials that were available. This
Grand
House
has lasted over Seven
Hundred Years.
Like
many other Civilizations
they suddenly disbanded and headed off in different directions taking
with them the secrets of the Tribe.
In
1892 it was made into the Nation’s
First Archaeological
Reserve.
It
was covered
Twice
to protect it from the natural elements of the desert
with its Present
Canopy
being erected in 1932.
The Metal Structure was built in 1932. The Grand House is Seven Hundred Years Old. |
Heading
back to the Truck I noticed One of the Load Straps holding our
Barrels was hanging loosely. With the Netting olding
them in place we
headed over to the nearby Walmart.
As we were leaving the Truck
a gentleman told us we were missing a Signal
Light on
the Trailer.
After getting replacement Bulbs
and a few supplies we got
Permission
to spend the night.
As
soon as we’d eaten I replaced the Burnt
Bulb and
refastened
the Load
Strap
that had slid off the Barrel
it
was holding. Luckily the Tarp
and Load
Net
were still holding it in place.
With
lots of traffic and EMS
coming by our parking spot it looks like we’ll be wearing Ear
Plugs tonight.
Thank
you 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
TV is wider than your sofa.