Fun day exploring with John and Judy, Nov 3, 2010

Off we all five went today to explore more ghost towns.  We were armed with our GPS and topo maps we printed off from a new web site we found, Geohack.  Input the coordinates near where you want to find.  Then you have choices of several different maps, the Topo choice is great.  You can then move all around that area and see what it there, that is how we found some of the old cemeteries and ghost towns. 

To see what we did today, check out John and Judy’s post at their blog, Tire Swing.  Yes, Judy’s curry for dinner was delicious!!

Guests coming, Nov 2-3, 2010

This afternoon our friends John and Judy were to arrive.  So some coach cleaning was in order, not because they were coming, but because it needed it badly. 

We have been having ongoing problems with our Motosat dish, and as you can see from the photo below, it stowed crooked, really not good. 

Since coming back from Alaska, we have been trying to get our Motosat satellite assignment changed so our BOW (Bird on a Wire) will work for Directv.  Well, on one of its searches to find the other satellite, it lost it’s mind as to where it was (apparently lost its motor count).  When it stowed it came down crooked!  You should have heard the ‘clunks”, not a pretty sound.   We deployed the unit again, went up OK, then stowed it again, this time Bob assisted the crooked landing.  OK, now, we re-installed the latest software, deployed again with Bob assisting, then stowed again and it came down fine, yea!!  At this point we stopped the pursuit in changing satellites and were just happy it was working again.

Soon John and Judy arrived at the RV park.  We all enjoyed dinner in our coach. The conversation never stopped, too much to get caught up on.  It was so nice to see them again!   Here is John with Mollie’s new bully stick – 24” long!

Exploring Nephi and Mona, UT, Oct 31, 2010

With several emails flying back and forth, it was confirmed that our good friends John and Judy will be stopping at the same RV park in Nephi as we are in.  They will be here on Nov. 2nd, so we will extend our stay here, and at $12.50 per night (CampClub USA), no problem!

In Nephi we found this wetland area, called Burraston Ponds, fed by a warm spring.  On our way there, this black swirl caught our eye.

They are birds, don’t know what kind, but there were thousands of them.  They settled for a short time in some of trees around the ponds.   Doesn’t this rope look like fun?

Back in Nephi, found the “Old Mill Wheel.  This mill has had an operating history from 1859 to 1949.

Thought you might enjoy seeing our sophisticated leveling device for our Directv tripod. The best part, it works!