Monday, September 06, 2010

FIRING UP SOME OF THE RIG'S SYSTEMS

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SOME OF OUR LEAVES HAVE BEGUN TO TURN

After a reasonably good night's sleep & this mornings cooler temps I was a veritable ball of fire for most of the day.  Well, part of the day anyway.  Ok, at least until the rains came & dampened my enthusiasm a bit.

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WITH SCHOOL STARTING TUESDAY THESE CHILDREN'S SHELTERS AT THE ENDS OF SOME FARM LANES WILL KEEP THE LITTLE ONE'S OUT OF THE WIND, RAIN, & COMING WINTER SNOWS WHILE WAITING FOR THE  SCHOOL BUS

Test fired the rig's generator, water heater, water pump & blue flame heater & they were all a go.  Took me a few minutes to get over all that as I stood there in a wide eyed stupor wondering why everything had worked.  I'm a little worried now because that just was not  a normal happening!!

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On August 2nd we received the following email from a fellow RV couple in Prince Edward Island.  Had meant to include it earlier but had temporarily misplaced it until I found it again yesterday.........................................

Dear Bayfield Bunch,
We take great pleasure in reading your blog, and enjoy your photographs.  My wife and I live on PEI and are avid boondockers.  I would like to relate a story to you which you and your readers may find of interest.
We decided to go to Europe and boondock in every country we could.  We went to Germany and bought a vehicle and travel trailer, and being of English origin, we thought we would boondock the UK first.  Our intention was to spend 2 years on the road in Europe.  As you may well know, Europe does not have the space that Arizona has, and you have to boondock where and when you can.  Sometimes in life, you get a gift from heaven:  we were waiting to catch the ferry to France when in front of us in the line up was the oldest Motor Home you have every seen, and as we had 7 hours to wait it wasn't long before we were in conversation with the owners.  They were a couple aged 87 and 84 and they were heading to Portugal to boondock for the winter.  They told us they lived in a seniors home and each year they told the staff they were going to visit their son and grandchildren.  They had their   vehicle parked on a side street and disappeared in due course.  Over the next 7 hours they gave us every little tip they had gained over the 32 years they had been boondocking, which bolstered our spirits and gave us confidence.  Their advice to us was to buy 4 traffic cones, pull up somewhere outrageously obvious, cover your number plate, pull up a drain cover, set out the cones as though you were fixing something.  They said you would be surprised how people just ignore you.  They knew every dump station, every free shower, and passed this information on to us.  We thought we would put their advice to the test.  Once we had obtained our cones we tried it in France and wonder of all wonders - it worked.  So then, it came to boondocking somewhere you would always remember.  Somewhere with high security, security guards and cameras.  What more obvious place than the Monte Carlo casino in Monaco!!!  We pulled up to the side of the casino in the centre of Monaco, put up our cones, and stayed two days. 
From that point on, we realized what an adventure boondocking really was. 
Now we read your blog and you are the couple parked in front of us. 
Keep on blogging, keep on boondocking, and don't let age scare you.
Ian & Linda Bloomfield

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GROANER'S CORNER:((   Ed was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was really angry. 
She told him "Tomorrow morning, I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in less then 6 seconds
AND IT HAD BETTER BE THERE!!"
The next morning Ed got up early and left for work. When his wife woke up she looked out the window and sure enough there was a box gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway.
Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway and brought the box back in the house.
She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale.
Ed has been missing since Friday!!

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10 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing that email...It gives me incredible hope that I don't have to have Dennis pick me up at the home and wheel me into the rig...Love those peeps!!!! They would be fun to spend time with, eh???

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  2. I love that story! Those old folks won't ever be candidates for senility, and I hope they're pulling this stunt when they are in their 100's.

    It also was very nice of Ian and Linda to share it with you.

    The groaner was a real "groaner".

    Also, the children's shelters are such a good idea. Wish they had them everywhere it rains or snows or the wind blows.

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  3. Nice pics of the children's shelters, we never see those out here on the Island.

    Looks like it's all systems go for a launch on October 23rd!!

    Thanks for sharing that email, it was a great story especially since the couple involved were in their 80's.

    I'm not near 80, Al, and I'm not in line ahead of you waiting for a boat, but I'll still give you some great advice. When you're on the road and you can't find anywhere to boondock, look for the nearest RV Resort with full hook-ups, swimming pools, bingo every night, pot-luck dinners, dances, dog parks, pancake breakfasts and evening happy hours - you'll love it, I know!!

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  4. When I saw the children's shelters, I thought they were out-houses! So Funny! In Southern California and we don't have children's shelters because of bad weather.
    I want to be an old person like those old folks. That's really funny.
    Barbara

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  5. I hear you about being apprehensive when everything works. I'm thinking my new rig is inhabited by roving gremlins. Things work/things don't work...depends on the day. :) My hydraulic levelers may be a real "ouch", hope your's aren't. :)

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  6. What a great e-mail you shared. Thanks. Boondockers or not, it was encouraging to read about folks in their 80's still enjoying the RV lifestyle and not about to quit until they absolutely have to. I can only hope we are so lucky!

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  7. love the pictures fo the shelters..very good job!!

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  8. Al, The lower left shelter looks like the one I had when my boys were growing up, after the youngest was out of high school, I took the glass out of it and painted a half moon on the door. Then I trucked it out to the Lake campground on a Labor Day weekend, and we had an outhouse burning in the big community pit at the campground, the kids love it and it didn't take long for there to be nothing but ashes, and a base for some new logs to go on. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna.

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  9. Thanks for the post and I enjoyed the "groaners corner". I'm sure Ed is still missing. It is refreshing to read of people in there 80's still enjoying the rv lifestyle. It is a wonderful lifestyle.. rving.

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  10. Recognized the shelters from some we used to see in Montana! Your top picture is "tops!" The groaner had Suzy guffawing!

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