Valentines Day

The day started out by taking my honey to breakfast at a local place. She got raisin bread French toast. I got a 1/4 order of biscuits & gravy and spicy taters.  I still couldn’t eat it all.

Then I took her out and got her a dozen yellow roses.

You know what Denny did?  He put me to work expanding his door on the shed. 

I had two supervisors watching my every move.

Why was Denny making the entrance to his shed bigger you ask?  Because he got Susie a Polaris Razor side by side for Valentines Day.  Wow! Ain’t she lucky to have a guy like Denny.  Here it is being delivered.

It just barely fit in that 8 foot bed truck.

Here comes the welcome gang, Walt & Ed.

The rest is history….  

Denny & Susie going for their first ride in their cool side by side.

 

Can you see the little green man?  He’s around and watching us.

A while later they came back.  Then Denny took out Mary Pelly for a ride. She had a blast.

They returned and then it was me & Denny for a ride.

We returned later.  As a matter of fact we came back a half hour late for dinner at Sandy & Ed’s.  Ed cooked some thick NY strip steaks out on the grill.  Walt & Kellie was there as were our babes Carol & Susie of course.  The eight of us sat around and we had a very nice and fun time.  It was really great to set around with friends and chat and laugh a lot.  That’s what’s it all about – being with good friends.

It’s now 3 AM and it’s 32 degrees out.  What’s up with that?  It got only into the 50’s yesterday.  Damn Nick….

See ya……

Campground Reservations

I really hate making reservations at what I call public (non membership parks).  We made a reservation for a park in Lake Havasu.  It was the last site they said.  Three days before our arrival date I called and cancelled.  They friggin charged me $25.  They didn’t mentioned that would happen when I made the reservation.  They didn’t tell me when I cancelled the reservation.  It was only $21 night under Passport America.  What the hell.  I can’t put a hold on my credit card charge unless I send them a written request.  Our charge card bill is due this week.  If I pay it then I can’t stop the charge.  If I don’t pay it then I get a finance charge.  Oh, it’s so hard to be a full time RVer – NOT!  It’s just one of things that happen and I jump up & down then my feet get tired and I move on just like life does.

Later today we will find out if we need to go to the court house in Prescott.  People have been guessing right so far.  We are going there for an auction on a lot here at North Ranch.   We need a place out here to rest & play and hopefully we will get it. 

Now it’s later and the auction is postponed again.  Oh well.  We will continue on and return when need be.

It was pretty cool today and windy.  Locals said this is normal weather now and not the warm weather than has been here lately. I think it is because Nick Russell is in AZ myself.

Carol has been sick today, probably just a little allergy or dry weather.

See ya.

Busy?

Busy doing nothing and not even that.  I would list the things I should be doing but that would be boring to me and you.  I rolled up an extension cord and even put it away.  That was exciting.  I reaffixed the screen door latch handle that I fixed last week and put it back together upside down back then. I’m proud that I can fix my fixes.

Tuesday afternoon we will know if we are leaving that day or not.  If we end up not leaving Tuesday then it will be decided Wednesday if we leave that day or later.  That decision will be made on the court steps Wednesday morning if there is that meeting.  That meeting will be decided Tuesday if it will happen.  That’s why we could leave Tuesday.  I think I’m getting a headache from this.  Anyhow, two people have called/emailed me & guessed correctly what’s going on. It’s not all that big of deal – kinda.

Now that Denny is getting his Polaris side by side delivered Tuesday I’m thinking more and more about it.  Hey, these things are go carts on steroids. What more could a guy ask for.  I just can’t figure out how to take it with us on the road.  The best overall solution I can come up with so far is to double tow behind the Beast.  Remember I do have a commercial license and would just need to get an endorsement on it.  But that’s in Texas. That should make me legal in all states being it’s a commercial license.  Length becomes the problem then.

These are the nice problems that full timers have.  That is how do I take all of our toys.  I do see an orange something in the future.  Polaris doesn’t make a orange side by side in my price range (cheap).

We had dinner with the Orr’s and the Dudley’s and it was great.  I ate too much and had to take immediate power nap.  I woke up and everybody was gone.  Oh well, guess I wasn’t missed evidently.

See ya….

It’s Was Only Fair

This morning Denny took me to Verizon to spend my money.  I purchased a WiFi Mobile Broadband using Walt & Kellie’s old MiFi equipment that they gave me.  For $57 (incl tax+) a month I get 5 GB per month.  So, basically I got internet in most areas.

We went back to North Ranch for lunch.  Then it was only fair I take Denny shopping and spend his money.  I drove Denny to Prescott Valley to a Polaris dealer who carried side by side razors.  A half hour after arriving he was the proud owner of a 2012 Polaris Razor.  It was fun spending his money.  “It was only fair.”  In all fairness he did make a few phones call back to North Ranch I guess to get the OK (again). It will be delivered Tuesday.  I made the same call to North Ranch and got a no…..what’s the number to that TV Show Wife Swap?

We arrived back at North Ranch at 5 PM just in time for a Dinner Mystery Murder Show.  It was fun watching other people being hams.   We had chili with all the trimmings during intermission.  The show was funny.

And the day ended again no matter what we did.

See ya…………….

4 Wheeling Day

And we’re off…There’s even a women’s bathroom out there.    

Susie’s cactus.

Walt found a rock he wants…

Then he found some wood he wanted…..

Yes it was fun………..

See ya……….

Nice Start

I slept in until 8 AM.  Then Carol cooked me breakfast.  This is so rare that I thought I was still sleeping and dreaming.  Maybe I should rethink about getting up before dawn and not getting a cooked breakfast.

 

We went for a little walk and caught this quail setting around.

 

Denny didn’t return yesterday as planned.  He decided (Susie really) to go ahead and get the AC in their rig fixed while at Freightliner.   Now he will be back tomorrow.

In the mean time it’s birthday time for Jerry Lea. Here’s the I’m ready take the picture pose.

Here’ the  before picture..all sorts of things are running thru her mind. One can only imagine.  Like, “Does each candle mean 5 years or 10 years?”

Friends……………….

““I like birthdays when they aren’t mine.”

A good time was had by all…….

Tomorrow is off roading..

Oh, Nick Russell, those  were probably Love Bugs that God sent you.  Oh, I haven’t shined my wheels or washed the rig since last year.  Not even dusted after Quartzsite.  I’m retired!

See ya….

Do Nutin Day

It was a lazy day.  Carol got to go to line dancing in the morning and in the afternoon.  She’s happy.  I did some playing around with Microsoft Streets & Trips.  Just playing the what if game.

Denny had an appointment at Freightliner for 7 AM tomorrow.  He’s going to get his valves adjusted.  He left this afternoon to make sure he would be there at 7 AM.

Kellie, AKA as Cupcakes, brought me some of her special prepared gizzards.  they were very good and it didn’t take me too long to eat them all.  Thanks Cupcakes.

The sun retired and so did we.

Tomorrow we will find out (supposedly) what we will be doing at the court house hopefully.  That is if we have to go or not.

See ya………

Jello Plans Changed Again

We were up and ready early and went to the Prescott Court House again.  Things out of our control were changed so we will return again another day. Can’t say what we are doing until it’s over.

Being a full timer it’s OK if things happen that aren’t in your control or even in your control.  You just adjust to it accordingly and go on.  We had to cancel two reservations we made over near Lake Havasu.  First we asked Denny & Susie if we could stay longer.  They said we could. Tomorrow we have to wash and paint their house by noon then dust all the pebbles in their yard by dark – NOT.   I think!

Later us and Denny & Susie got invited to socialize with George & Valerie at their place.  they tried to fill us with food and booze and were pretty successful.  We solved the presidential problem – put me in office. A good time was had by all.  George & Valerie are leaving tomorrow (Wed). 

We’re not sure how much longer we need to be here.  I figure Denny & Susie will get suspicious when we are still here for Thanksgiving.

See ya….

Let’s Go For A Ride (car)

We decided to go up to see a little town in the mountains called Prescott.  Along the way we saw the Escapee’s North Ranch Park from a distance.

We saw a frog.

We went over this mountain.

Went thru Yarnell.

It got cold….slightly and not the 65 degrees. The other.

We came to Prescott to ……? Nope not that. It’s one of those things you might think about but never do it.  Well, we are doing it.

Reminds me of a campground in Hyder Alaska with the same name.

 

On our way back to North Ranch via Phoenix we got these pics.

We stopped at an interstate rest area and got a picture of the Winnie.  Notice the high door, the unusual slide and the windows in it.

Today was about 225 mile trip around in a circle.  I think we will do it again Tomorrow.  Stay tuned to find out why?  No we are not buying another RV.

See ya……

Boot Camp & Football

Today was the last day for Boot Camp.

The instructors were taking questions from the students.  Neil must of gotten one of those weird questions.  What a face. 

This crowd looks very interested.

Super Bowl – good game.  I chose all the losers to win in the play offs and then again in the big one.  I should have betted against myself.   I picked Baltimore and they lost.  I picked San Fran and they lost.  I picked New England and they lost. Hey, when you’re good you are good.

We changed our plans like a lot of RVers do.  Instead of going to the Thousand Trails park near Hemet, CA today, we are staying here a couple of more days.  Then Wednesday we will head for the Lake Havasu area.  They got a big Fireworks Bash that will be going on in about 10 days or so.

See ya……………..