Dormant

Ajo sunup. 

In the afternoon we left Frank & Marlene in their home which is pretty nice.  Carol loves Marlene’s club house.

up the road on route 85

Now on the Interstate 10 heading West.

Traffic was really heavy Eastbound.

 

Off the interstate and turned right on route 85 in town.  Went North 5.5 mile and turned right on to Plomosa Rd.  Went 3 miles hung a left and out into the desert.

It seems like their is really hardly anybody out here.  I can count 5 rigs that I can see doing a 365 degree.

Here’s where the SKP social will be.  “At the left turn onto dirt”.  Can see us from the road with ease.

Retirement is being able to enjoy the freedom of movement more.

See ya

OK It Rains In the Desert

Sunday New Year’s Day. Rained like hell most of the day.  Carol & Marlene danced the day away.  Frank & myself BSed the day away.  Neither of us Twitted like some BSers.

Monday morning January 2, 2017

Retirement is waiting for change and not caring.

See ya……

Ahhhhhhhhhh Hole

Here’s where we spent last night.  It was quiet and uneventful.   Just what we like.

But earlier this morning here’s what we woke to.

When the fog cleared and dried a little bit it was time to get on the roof.  Yesterday evening the sat dish got stuck in an award position and we decided not to move unless it came down.  I went up on the roof and started taking it apart, at least what I could so we could move on without tearing it up.  So now it looks like this…I will work on it later at Frank & Marlene’s.

We hit the road on route 85 south to Ajo. 

About 45 miles later we arrive in Ajo.

Since the J is usually silent I pronounce it A hole.  It’s really pronounced Ah Ho.

Here’s Frank & Marlene’s place.  This all of their place – both buildings.

Here’s Frank coming out to greet and park us.

He tells us what area to park in and here is where we wound up.  Great spot.

If we ever come in the camper here’s where our spot will be.  It’s a small site.  It even has a cement pad.

This is Marlene’s room in the building on the right.  This is where she has her line dance classes just about everyday.  Real nice….

Here’s our view out the front window.

Low and behold…Frank & Marlene.

Frank cooked some very extra large hamburger patties and some tater patties on the grill for brunch.  It was good and filling.

Now it’s New Year’s Eve.  The Elks Lodge was closed.  So we tagged along with Frank & Marlene to a party just down the road.  We met about 20-30 people of all ages.  Everyone brought finger food and booze.  There was plenty to eat or drink if you so wanted.  I snacked a little and drank water.  Carol & Marlene had some Wicked Apple Ale.  Frank drank his favorite beverage – coffee.  We had some interesting conversations about how these local people come to Ajo to live.

About 10 PM (12 PM Eastern time of course) everybody celebrated the New Year coming in.  Then everybody packed up and left including us.

Frank & Marlene dropped us off at our rig and went onto a favorite special local club.  It was way past our bed time so we passed.

Now it’s 7 AM New Year’s morning and it’s pouring down rain and windy. 

I looked up the Wingard sat dish on line.  It appears to be a manual way to lower the dish down.  Oh well.  Later today I will put it back together and then lower it manually.  The on line manual for trouble shooting said to call them for our problem and that’s why I want to put it back together.  There’s a big sat dish place in Quartzsite.  I will take it to them Tuesday if I can’t get it to work  via a phone call with them on Monday.

Retirement is not having to go out in the rain if you don’t want to.

See ya….

12 Miles Per Gallon–No FW

We left Sharon & Don’s about 11:00 AM head for Tucson about 40 miles away.  We got an appointment with La Mesa for a Winnebago recall on an engine filter part recall.  I don’t know why Winnebago is doing it vice Cummins the diesel manufacture doing it.  I guess its Winnebago parts just before the big expensive Cummins air filter. 

Anyhow I found on Gas Buddy a gas station that had diesel for $2.35 a gallon.  It’s located about 2 miles off the Interstate near Tucson.  I went for it.  I had to do several special turn arounds and go into a back of a shopping center to get to it but I did.   I was like a dog smelling a fire hydrant.  I got in and to the pump.  I filled that baby up again.  Diesel is running about $2.65 and up around Tucson. 

We arrived at La Mesa Tucson about a half hour early.  The service department jumped on us like a salesman seeing a newbie.  They gave us coupons for their lunch and took the RV.  We had hamburgers, hot dogs, chips and soda for free.  I went around back to the service area and saw the guy working on our rig.  He had a bunch of water (gal+) coming out of the air filter system on the bottom.  I was friggin amazed how much water came out.  Our clean air entry to the air filter starts near the top edge of the side rear of the rig.  Pretty normal.  I guess the water couldn’t escape like it’s suppose to down near the bottom.  It can now for sure.

We are on our way.  My fuel indicators were reading near 12 mpg.  Now that ain’t true for sure.  Later my fuel tank gauge said I was not using very much fuel either.  Hmmmmm.  I might be getting near 9 mpg.  That’s a lot better than 6-7 mpg it got so far coming out here.  Time will tell.

Many years we’ve gone by Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch outside of Tucson.  Every time we would say someday we would stop.  Today wasn’t it either.  Just kidding.  We stopped.  It was $13 bucks each and you got a big cup of food, some nectar and seed sticks.  Here are some pics…

Looks like a girl I use to know.  She probably really looks like this now.

These guys actually took the lid off a 1 oz cup

I think we both enjoyed the Lorikeets the most.  It was fun. 

Then back on the road and not real sure where we are spending the night.  We are headed towards Frank & Marlene’s down in Ajo.

We made it to Gila Bend within 40 miles of Ajo but I decided I wasn’t gonna go any further, I was tired.  We stopped at a lot next to a pizza place that we have stayed at before.  I forgot about it until I saw it.  It was a done deal.  Hey pizza tonight.  We did have a problem.  The friggin sat dish stopped working and stuck in the up position.  It actually said the motor was broke.  Well, I was too tired to go up on the roof and check it out plus the pizza was hot.  We watch a dumb movie and called it a night.  It was very quiet and it even rained some.

Retirement is doing the things that you said you would do some day when you retired.

See ya..