A Little Of This & That

We started off the day by going to breakfast at the Country Kitchen.  They didn’t have waffles on the menu but Carol asked and they could make it happen and did.

We then went to the Dodge dealer to harass the sales people, my favorite pass time lately. In years pass they weren’t the easiest to deal with.  The tide has changed and it’s a buyer market.  Thus, my turn to harass them.  I would like a truck that can be towed and put my toys (Razor) in.  It’s a guy thing.  I haven’t had a pick up in over ten years.  Carol don’t agree in me getting a truck.   She will keep the Mariner Hybrid.

We got back to the Beast and it was time to do some work on the Razor.  First I washed it so we could find it.  I went over to Ed’s place.  Between Ed, Walt and myself we got the Razor door back aligned. I screwed up going thru a gate and almost tore the door off of it. Hey, Denny & his son rolled his new Razor over on it;s side so I don’t feel bad.  A large crow bar, a big hammer and a car jack and we were in business.  It reminded me of the three stooges.  We laughed and got it back in shape after about an hour.

Later we went over to Denny and Susie’s and had diner with other close friends.  It was fun.  We didn’t leave until 9 PM. That was unusual for all.

Tomorrow is Daytona 500 NASCAR time…

See ya

Not Today

Today was auction day at Prescott, AZ for a lot here at North Ranch. People call it he pink house lot.  The lady died two years ago and it’s been empty ever since.  Anyhow, the auction started off at $57K (us) and quickly moved to $69K.  We stopped and the Ponders got the lot. Good Luck…you got some work ahead of you..

That was the highlight of the day….

See  ya…..

Here It Is

People have been asking for pictures of our new (used) Razor so here it is.  Mine is a 2008.  The Blue one is brand new (2012) and it’s Denny & Susie’s. 

She’s pretty dirty but you get the jest of it.  The suspension is set up pretty harsh.  Ed, Walt & I adjusted it to where it is a lot softer.  I will adjust it again later on.  The terrain here is different than what it was set up for.  Walt, Denny & his son, and I went out today for about 30 miles in the desert today.  It was fun and we all got real dirty from following each other. You know when you use to go to the beach and get sand it places you didn’t know existed.  It’s the same with dirt/dust on these machines in the desert.  I had to take two showers today.  There goes my monthly allotment.

Later we made some adjustments to our schedule for the rest of the year for various reasons.  We didn’t like making the changes one bit but they had to be done for reasons due to family and medical.  Those are things that some full timers have to deal with on their terms accordingly. Family and health first.  We called our friends and coordinators and let them know what was going on.  We won’t be doing the east coast SKP rally in April in NC.  We won’t be doing the fall Escapade in September nor the Gypsy Journal Rally about then either.   We are also backing out of the Smart Weigh Program at this time.  Maybe in the future.  Our good friends in FL we won’t be able to make it to see you before your boat trip, really sorry.

From here we will go to the Gypsy Journal Rally. Then to Hemet for a Line Dancing Rally.  Then on to Livingston.  We’re not sure how long we will be there.  We would like to be gone before it gets hot and muggy hopefully.  Time will tell.

Tomorrow (Friday) is auction day.  The lot we have been chasing thru the auction process is going up for auction for sure (?).  If we get it – good.  If we don’t get it – it wasn’t meant to happen.  Their are other people that will be bidding on it we are pretty sure.  It ain’t going to go cheap!

So, that’s the number of that…….

See ya…..

Gone Again - Kinda

What do I mean gone again kinda.  Ed hooked up his trailer to his Jeep and we were off to Joshua Tree a 250 mile one way trip.  It was a rush trip.  One stop for fuel and stop to eat each way.  When we got to Jean’s and Claudette’s we loaded up the Razor and returned to North Ranch.  We got back about 4:30 PM.  No pictures of the Razor yet.  I got extra stock parts with my Razor thanks to Jean & Claudette – thank you.  I in turn gave some to Denny for his new Razor.  One was a roof that went on top of his roll bar.  The other was part of the rear roll cage that made it complete in the rear of the Razor.  Denny & Susie’s Razor is “looking good”.  Several people came over to look at  our new used razor.  they were admiring all the extra options it had.  I will list later.  Carol & I jumped in it and went for a ride with Walt leading.  We went out for about about 7 miles in the desert.  The ride was very firm so I have to soften it up for this type of riding around here.  I will go extreme on lowering the dampening on the after market shocks and lower the air on the oversize tires to their minimum.  This should work.  If not, I might have to go back to the stock shocks for the time being.

I got my camera back from Ed.  I left it over  his place the other day.  Here are some pictures from a couple of days back.

TTN Thousand Trails Palm Springs.

A little tight.

 

Quartzsite…

 

This is the area that was jammed tight about 5 weeks ago with over 400 people at the SKP Quartzsite gathering.

 

Here we are at North Ranch campground.

 

Here we are at Ed & Sandy’s getting ready to graze over some food.

 

And the adventure continues….

See ya………

Gone Again

We got up with all the intentions of staying a few days.  By 10 AM we were on the road back to North Ranch, Congress, AZ.  There were a couple of reasons that I will get into tomorrow.

250 miles or so we arrived and are staying at the campground.  We don’t want to impose on anybody at this time.

We had dinner at Ed’s and Sandy’s place along with Denny and Susie and Walt & Kellie.  Kellie cooked up some real nice chicken and red taters.  Good memories were talked about by all.

Ed is picking me up at 6 AM tomorrow which is almost now as I type this.  We’re going to Joshua Tree to pick up my Razor from Jean & Claudette.  We bought it Monday.

See ya….

Good News, Bad News, Good News

Good News….I checked my email first thing this morning and I had one from Remco about the F350 truck towing.  They said that yes that it could be made to tow behind a motorhome.  Their web page was incorrect. Bad news…it takes about 6-8 weeks to make the parts.

I then went to the dealer to undo the deal due to the time it would take to make the truck towable.  I explained the situation and showed them the email.  Good news…they said OK and returned my check.  Wow, I’m not use to be treated so nice on an auto purchase deal especially in this type of deal.

We then packed up the Beast and left for TTN Palm Springs which is a 187 miles away.  Along the way…

When we got to I-10 traffic was very heavy.  Carol reminded me it was President’s Day. 

Carol said “NO!”  and I didn’t even ask.

We arrived at TTN Palm Springs and got a pull thru 30 AMP FHU side.  We were lucky.  We got set up and headed for Joshua Tree to look at a Polaris Razor about 50 miles away.

We got to Jean and Claudett’s place.  They were part of the Loosey Goosey Gang to Alaska last year.  We took their 2008 Polaris Razor out for a short run.  It really looks tuff with it’s options.  Good news..we bought it.  Good news….earlier Ed & Walt offered to come and get it later this week and I will take them up on it. Thanks guys…

We returned to the Beast and finished hooking up the Beast.  We were beat and went to bed early.

See ya…..

And…..

I went on line today and found out that the lot in Congress has been postponed (again) until Friday.  That works out for the time being.  It makes this Monday/Tuesday more workable.

I stayed in bed until 8 AM.  I’m starting to like this sleep in business..  8 AM is sleeping in for me.

I made some phone calls and did a little research on the internet about the F350 and towing it.  It appears that it can be as long as we don’t tow anything real heavy behind it with the Remco installed.  It can handle about 15K without the Remco kit.  With the kit installed I would probably never tow anything even half that weight.  If I need to, then a stock drive shaft would have to go back in.  I will cal Remco first thing Monday to see what they say of course.

We went for a little drive on London Bridge road near the lake/river.  No bigee to us.

Then we came across a flea market.  You know one of those that is selling mostly new things from China and very little used stuff.  It took about an hour to walk around.  It was OK and it was on pavement and not dirt.  That was nice. 

Here’s a picture of a truck we think is in our real price range with a little Enron financing.  The tan color matches our rig too.

When we got back to the campground we jaw jacked with Jim a little while.  They are parked just one row over. Jim & Pat were among the Loosey Goosey Gang to Alaska last year.

For diner we went back to the China Buffett on London Bridge Road.  We met Sharon/Don, Pat/Jim and  Denny/Susie.  Carol Hinkley was a no show.  We jibber jabbered a lot and ate a lot.  Some where still planning to go to the fireworks again tonight – not us. The pic quality sucks.

So that’s about it…..until tomorrow of course.  We will check on the truck situation, move 175 miles and check out Jean’s Polaris razors, both his new one and old one.

See ya…………