Visiting Friends & Tires, Dec 12, 2008

We had a great visit with Tressa and Bruce. It was great to get caught up on the past two years since we had seen them last. We also drained their brains on France canal boat travel, as that is what Bob and I and our friends John and Judy are going to do in April. {One hint-they used 'le-boat'} Tressa and Bruce had been on 3 other canal boat trips, so in our eyes they were experts.

The evening sky was 'on fire', not really, but sure looked like it. It was a little cloudy, so our view of the largest full moon was not as pristine as we had hoped. Thanks Rich for the email head's up.

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Earlier in the day we were on a mission, after examining the Explorer tires more carefully, we noticed they were in need of being replaced. I believe that leaky rear tire was giving us a hint. So we ended up at a Big O tire store, and now the Explorer sports four new tires, ready for the next 50,000 miles.
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We will be leaving Gold Canyon today and heading to Coolidge, all of 40 miles to visit with my niece and her family.

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In this special moment in life...Live God's message.

To Gold Canyon, Dec 11, 2008

Moving day after three weeks. It was cold this morning in Q, 39 degrees, burr, but it was sunny. Bob got me up at 7:30 as I had asked him so we could be on our way by 10 am. We each set about doing our own stuff getting things ready to travel. I generally do most of the inside and Bob deals with the outside. We have one rear tire on the Explorer that keeps going down, so he had to get out the air compressor and blow it up. Also he has to go up on the coach and untilt the solar panels. I am so glad he does the roof stuff and I don't go up there!

We actually left at 10:20, not too far off of our estimated time; had an uneventful drive on I-10 through Phoenix to an RV park in Gold Canyon. We have a list of stores we want to stop at while in a metro area, Home Depot for a round piece of wood to put on the steering wheel when we are parked, Bob needs jeans and the Explorer needs tires.
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I-10 was not too busy when we came through, love this 5 level interchange.Evening view outside of our RV.

In this special moment in life...Smile often, savor special moments.

More Pecans and Baking, Dec 9, 2008

Any time any place, you can always pick out pecans, I have now over a pound picked out. I am going to be making some persimmon cookies soon, and I want to put these pecans in them.

The generator automatically started on this morning at 8:30, (we have it set to come on when the batteries reach a certain level and run for two hours.) Usually when it comes on, we try to put a load on the generator-make it work as suggested by using something in the coach that takes electrical power, like the hot water heater or convection/microwave or heat pump. This is when I usually bake something if I am planning on doing so. Well when the generator came on I had no idea I was going to be baking this loaf of zucchini bread, that thought occurred later in the day, so when I started to get out the ingredients to bake, Bob wondered why as the generator had already ran. Well, I just said I can start it again and you can see it is baked. It is for a gift when we head over to the Phoenix and Tucson areas.

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We are leaving tomorrow (Thurs) and will be visiting friends and family. When we leave Tucson, we are heading to another LTVA (Long Term Visitor Area-BLM lands) near Yuma called Imperial Dam. The same camping sticker works there as well as here in Quartzsite.

Sometimes this Master Mind game gets the best of me, well almost. Bob was a little slow at first figuring it out, now the tide has turned. Bummer...but I still like to play it, hopefully some my dormant brain cells will rejuvenate!

This is a shot of the sunset reflected glow last night, beautiful pinks along with the blues--see the moon.

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In this special moment in life...Think freely, Practice Patience.