Sunday, March 15, 2015

JUST ABOUT READY TO GET THE BIG WHEELS ROLLING

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OUR MESQUITE TREES ARE ADORNED IN THEIR SPRING COLORS

Lets just say it was a very busy morning with all the last minute check-list things to attend to before one heads off on any long distance journey.  I went all around the property in this morning’s cool air giving all our cactus plants a big drink.  It may be quite awhile before it rains.   More things loaded into the rig while Kelly busied herself cleaning inside.  To be fair I clean my own bedroom & bathroom & do assist with a few other ‘spic n span’ chores.  Stowed all our outside ornaments away including garden tools etc.  Couple loads of laundry plus a couple million other little things.  By noon we both had pretty well exhausted our energies for the day but just kind of kept intermittently plugging away at stuff anyway.  More to do Monday morning & then it’s very possible we may just take off.  If you do not see a post tomorrow night it may just be that wherever it is we are we may not have an internet signal.

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MOTHER NATURE SURE IS A MASTER LANDSCAPER

Did a really dumb thing ‘again’ Saturday.  Checked the rig’s gas gauge & saw we had less than a quarter tank of gas so figured we’d better put in $50 to get us up to the Chino Valley north of Prescott before filling up.  Sure didn’t want to lug a full tank of gas all the way up the Yarnell Hill.  After picking up some propane we stopped at the gas station & put in $50.  Jumping back in the rig I checked the fuel gauge to make sure that $50 was sufficient & sure enough we now had a full tank of gas.  ‘WHAT’!!!!!!  Yep, I had gone & done it again.  For the third or fourth time since buying our rig back in May I read the gas gauge wrong!!  The rig’s gauge reads the opposite way our Jeep gas gauge reads & without thinking that is how I read the Big EEE’s gauge.  We now get to climb the long winding 2000’ Yarnell Hill with the extra weight of a full gas tank anyway.  Oh Joy.  Decided we will drive the Jeep up separately so Kelly will follow & I will hook the Jeep on in Yarnell.  Is it any wonder I frequently get sooooooo upset with myself.  And these Senior years are not making things any easier for me either because I don’t take too kindly to me doing dumb stuff:((

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GOING TO MISS OUR VENTURES INTO THE DESERT BEHIND OUR HOUSE

It has been an odd feeling all day.  By this point I am generally geared up & ready to rumble but all day I just seemed to be in some kind of fog.  I’m sure once we get rolling my mood will clear & we’ll have our teeth into another rousing RVing adventure.

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I did end up moving a bunch of bricks again this afternoon.  We have 5 larger Burbank cactus pods in pots & I knew from experience if I put them in the ground they would be chewed on by rabbits so I made another little enclosure out of the bricks under a Mesquite tree beside our patio & set the 5 cactus plants inside.  The black plastic heat absorbing pots are out of the blazing sun so roots should remain cooler over the summer.  I’m already anxious to see how everything turns out when we return in the Fall.

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GROANER’S CORNER:(( The hunched-back man decides very reluctantly, that he should go see a doctor after a few too many people have started to comment on his back.
DOCTOR: I need for you to get undressed, sir.
(Hunchback removes jacket and then stops)
HUNCHBACK: I really don't like getting undressed, doctor.
DOCTOR: If you want me to examine your back you'll have to get undressed.
(Hunchback removes his shirt but leaves his t-shirt on)
HUNCHBACK: I don't like showing people my back. They always laugh at me.
DOCTOR: Do you want me to examine your back or not?
(Very reluctantly, the hunchback removes his t-shirt)
DOCTOR: Ah...just how long is it since you were in school?
HUNCHBACK: Gosh, over 20 years, doctor. Why?
DOCTOR: Did you ever wonder all those years what ever happened to your backpack?

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- The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails -William Arthur Ward
- The only thing better than right now will someday be the memories of right now...AL.
- It is not so much having nothing to do as it is not having the interest to do something....AL.

22 comments:

  1. Don't beat yourself up about the petrol - you have already worked out a solution - drive separately, so all fixed?..I wish you both all the best in your travels northward (does that mean u are now classed as home birds instead of snowbirds?) Travel safe and enjoy..cheers

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  2. Safe travels.
    Fingers crossed, the weather stays right for you.

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  3. Praying for a safe journey home. Enjoy the canyons.

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  4. Good wishes for a safe and good trip coming your way...

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  5. Sorry we didn't get a chance to stop and say hello this year although we did wave a couple times on our way north. Trust you have safe travels, surrounded by beauty, on your way to your northern home.

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  6. Everything in the yard looks so put together and nice.. safe travels!!!!

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  7. Travel safe and enjoy the journey.

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  8. You'll be fine once your on the road. Toot as you drive through Yarnell. Safe journey. Look forward to some more of your RV adventures.

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  9. Safe travels. Enjoy the adventure

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  10. Hope you have a safe and enjoyable journey back north. Take care.

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  11. Safe travels as you begin your journey back to Canada:)

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  12. Safe travels as you begin the journey northward !

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  13. Sounds like so much fun, we are really missing doing that right now. The weather is getting nicer by the day. Enjoy the adventure.

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  14. Gorgeous pics of the desert, I just love the variety of the area. Don't forget to check the dryer :-) Safe journey should you launch today.

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  15. Well, this way you won't have to stop for gas as quickly as if you had not filled up.

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  16. I agree with Merikay. We always travel with a full tank of fuel as well as water. we want to get as far as we can without having to stop and top up. For the few extra cents it is not worth the time refueling. Have a wonderful adventure.

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  17. Oh Drat. Just missed ya....We were headed over there Thursday to say hello. We have been camping in Mojave NP thanks to your excellent post about it. More on that later.
    Thats weird about EEEs gas gauge. You mean the Empty is on the right and Full on the left?? Or is the jeeps gauge is like that??
    Easy to see your excited about some new travels and we will be watching where you go on your way back to Bayfield. You and Kelly Have a trouble free and safe trip.
    CC&D

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  18. I guess it is just the idea that you made a mistake is why you are so down on yourself for adding about 100 pounds to the weight to EEE. I'm assuming that Kelly suggested that she drive the Jeep separately to the top of the hill to offset the 100 pound addition and made it all better.

    If this is the worse thing that happens to you on the way back to Bayfield then you will have had a great trip. I do hope it was!

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  19. I think your brick enclosures are a really good idea. It might just deter the rabbits from eating your plants.

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  20. I think all of us has looked at or done something backwards - it happens when we have too much on our minds and try to do several things at once. Have a great trip.

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  21. Travel well my friends!

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