Hold On Here We go!

…….at 7:15 the guys are eating breakfast like they do just about every Thursday in this neck of the woods.

Here Denny & Susie are cleaning their new Blue Razor for a ride.  This thing has power steering. Denny & Susie went out riding for a little while. 

In the mean time I cleaned the front end of the Beast.

Then the guys went out. We had four ATV’s all together.

First stop was for lunch up in Yarnell which is about 17 miles via the back way.  They got some great hamburgers.

There were some wild animals up here in the highlands.. 

We call these guys TS chickens after Tommie Sue.  They guard the restrooms.  I heard they do a great job.

Here is over the road gang.  Or is that over the hill gang?

Who is this masked man?

Yes there are wild animals out here in the desert.  And what do wild animals do in the desert?

A man and his country.

We met some friendly things out here.  I was wondering where all the poo was coming from.  At first I thought it was from Walt Gunn.  I got proof that some of it was….yes I do…..to be published at the right time…..how sweet it is……NOT!

Five hours and 47 miles later we return.  Look at Denny’s face real good.  I guess you could say he has some brown eye and has even a brown noise.  He was following Walt to close……think what ever…….

Then Mr Steven Dudley pulls up with this 2008 Polaris Razor that he just bought.  This thing has a lot of options.

We all, Orr’s, Dudley’s, Gunn’s, Kruty’s and us had dinner.  The girls were yakking so loud that us guys could hardly here are selves tell lies to each other about the day.

Another good day down the tubes….

See ya.

2014 !

Two days ago Mom Hill was admitted to the hospital in Livingston with pneumonia.  The doc said she is responding to meds at this point and our presence is not necessary.  We will be there in 4 weeks if not earlier.

Yep. We are already planning 2014.  Why so far ahead you might ask.  Because we can! 2014 will be our 5th trip to ALASKA.  We already have 2 couples and a single saying they are going.  We should have 4X4 vehicles and ATV’s both ride on and side by sides going.  It will be a mix for sure.  It will be another lossey goosey gang that worked so great in 2011.  We had a total of 6 RVs and that was about right.

Oh, I’m looking for a pick up with a 8 foot bed and automatic.  Let me know if anyone has one for sale.

Denny & I worked on expanding the entrance to his shed for his new Razor.  Now you have two Dennis’ working on a project…..get ur done!

Rainbow the cat loves roses too!

She really gets into them and eats the green stuff.

See ya……………..

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……….