FROM A FREEZING 32F THIS MORNING IN NEW MEXICO TO A SWELTERING 81F THIS AFTERNOON IN ARIZONA:))

FROST ON THE JEEP’S WINDSHIELD AND FROM A FREEZING 32F THIS MORNING WE HEADED FURTHER WEST TO A SWELTERING 81F THIS AFTERNOON
After double checking the areas weather again this morning in Truth Or Consequences New Mexico we made a snap decision to change our plans and make some fast tracks further west into Arizona.  On Thursday we had planned to do laundry and take a drive over to Elephant Butte State Park to see if we could locate RV SUE AND HER CANINE CREW as well as another couple she knows there.  Friday we had planned to head up into the Silver City area to Glenwood and do the ‘Catwalk’ that John and Judy at RV LIFE ON WHEELS had done last week.  With the incoming storm front packing possibly heavy rains we just did not feel like sitting here in this areas colder temperatures for the next 3 or 4 days with a poor Verizon connection, no cell phone and few TV channels.  We also received an email that required attention so needed a strong Skype connection.  Our plans are to slide back this way on our return journey later this winter and do the Glenwood area and some other New Mexico spots then.  Just gotta love New Mexico:))

WE QUIETLY TIPPY TOED THROUGH DOWNTOWN TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES EARLY THIS MORNING
Due to our poor Verizon connection in T or C I have not been able to access photos in some blogs or leave comments in others. My ‘Shout Box’ and ‘Blog Followers’ list wouldn’t open either. Fell asleep waiting for my blog to publish Wednesday night so it may have taken nearly an hour or maybe more.

THIS ONE PHOTO ABOUT SUMS UP THE CHILI PEPPER NEW MEXICO TOWN OF HATCH
I had unhooked the Jeep Wednesday night in preparation for our stay in Truth or Consequences but first thing this morning at 32F I scraped the ice off the Jeep’s windshield and hooked it back up to the Motor Home.  Total distance driving the Jeep while unhooked…oh maybe 30 feet!!  We were back on the road by 7:20 heading for that big old Arizony State and the Sonoran Desert.  I programed Tucson into my computer head, pulled my hat down, fixed me a stare on the western horizon, wiggled my ears, twitched my nose and we were off. Oh, how we are looking forward to warmer temps and big Saguaro Cactus again:))))))))

NOW, THAT IS A LOT OF SOLAR POWER
Ok, before I go any further, here’s something I messed up in Tuesday’s blog.  I mentioned about a self guided audio Auto Tour at Valley Of Fires.  That is incorrect!!  I got the Auto Tour mixed up with the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge.  No driving tours over the Lava Flow!!  I have since made the correction in Tuesday’s post.
I THINK SOMEBODY HAS A ‘MAD ON’

Once again a beautiful clear morning for driving.  Heading south on I-25 the surrounding distant mountains looked majestic wrapped in their early morning blue gray haze.  Took the shortcut to Deming through Hatch and rolled through there at 8:10.  A distant wave and hello to fellow RV Blogger BOONIE somewhere in the desert south of Hatch.  We met Boonie up in Silver City one time.

THE TEXAS CANYON REST AREA ON I-10 JUST EAST OF BENSON ARIZONA
About 25 minutes later I recognized a familiar mountain ridge looming out of the desert floor on the southwestern horizon.  It was the razor backed ridge of the Little Florida Mountains.  I knew Deming was just to the northwest of them and by 9 we were in downtown Deming itself.

LOOKING WEST ALONG I-10 IN THE DIRECTION OF BENSON
An hour later we were westbound out of Deming with a full fuel tank, full propane tank and 4 full tummy tanks.  I was able to share a couple McDonald’s Burritos with the Kids:))  Looked southward as we left Deming to see another favorite set of mountains.  The 3 Sisters just north of Columbus were still there so all was still right with the world.

Two heads are better than one and not long after leaving Deming we had another example of that again.  First, let me say, just as I always have….I believe women are far smarter than men…period!! At normal highway speed our rig’s tachometer usually runs about 2100 rpms.  I noticed after awhile we were running at 32 and 3300 rpms and the rig didn’t seem to want to shift into it’s final gear.  I spent a fair bit of time thinking about this, slowing down, speeding up, shifting gears and just basically grumbling to myself with all kinds of worse case scenarios.  Finally mentioned it to Kelly who took all of 3 seconds to diagnose the problem.  She said, “is that overdrive switch in the right place?”  BINGO!!  Seems a little Pheebs nose, paw or happily wagging Bum had clipped that switch which is low on the dash.  I flicked the overdrive switch back to where it should be and the rig immediately shifted into it’s normal drive mode and the revs dropped back down to 2100.  Let me tell you folks, I happen to know a few things about the fair opposite sex and when I tell you they have it all over us guys I know what I am talking about.  Trust me:))

THESE TWO LITTLE DOGGY BUMS ARE FOCUSED ON MY TURKEY SANDWICH WHICH JUST CAME UP FROM THE RIG’S GALLEY
East of Lordsburg I began scanning the mountain ranges to the south because we were approaching some very familiar territory and it wasn’t long before I spotted the long hulking grey shape of the mighty Chiricahua Mountains towering higher than the closer Peloncillo Mountains.

A big wave to John and Judy at RV LIFE ON WHEELS who we knew were just down the Animas Valley at RUSTY'S RV RANCH near Portal Arizona.  Crossed the Arizona State line 5 minutes later.  If any of you folks have not been to the Portal Arizona area, mark it down in your travel plans because you are going to want to go there.  Type Portal or Paradise or even John McAfee into our ‘Search’ bar.

As we headed west on I-10 between Wilcox and Benson Arizona my head was awhirl with countless great memories from our time spent here in the Sulphur Springs Valley between the Chiricahua and Dragoon Mountain ranges.  There was Bowie peak which brought back our hike to Fort Bowie a couple years ago.  Remember to type these places into our Search bar.  The twin peaks of Dos Cabezas brought more memories.  Passed the Cochise Stronghold exit at 12:20 p.m.  Caught a distant glimpse of the Swiss Helm Mountains and the memories in my head just rolled on and on.  Tombstone, Elfrida, The Ranch, Sierra Vista, Douglas, Paws and Hooves, Pearce, Grapevine Canyon Ranch, the Lazy W Ranch, Bisbee, Rucker Canyon and on and on and on.  I am already looking forward to getting back to this whole area later this winter.  The very area that has been so good to us these past 3 years and an area I definitely consider our second home.

KELLY AND THE MOTORMOUSE ARE DWARFED BY THE HUGE ROCKS AT THE TEX CANYON REST AREA
A big Hi-Ho Silver wave to JERRY AND SUZY as we rolled past Benson Arizona at 1 o’clock.  See you guys later this winter:))  Noticed the traffic really picked up at Benson and was steady all the way to Tucson.

PICKING OUR WAY WEST ON THE AJO WAY IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA
There is a stretch of I-10 where we always closely watch for our first Saguaro Cactus every time.  Watch for the small sign that says Davidson Canyon and look immediately down to your right.  Saguaros:))  Yaaaay, we are in the Sonoran desert once again.

PHEEBS KICKS UP DUST AS SHE RACES FOR THE MOTOR HOME AFTER KELLY CALLED HER FOR SUPPER…WEST OF TUCSON ARIZONA NEAR THE AJO WAY
It’s the day before Thanksgiving and one of the heaviest traffic days of the year so I wasn’t wasting any time as I swung the rig off I-10 onto the Ajo Way.  Traffic was heavy stop and go from traffic light to traffic light with a couple jamming stops for amber lights which re-arranged some furniture for us.  But, it wasn’t long and we were free of the City’s grip and out onto the desert floor.

SUDDEN STOPS HAVE A WAY OF RE-ORGANIZING THINGS IN RV VEHICLES
A few years ago we had spotted a boon docking area on the northeast corner of Ajo Way and San Joaquin road so that is where we headed and that is where we are right now nestled up against a large rock face with the whole city of Tucson just on the other side.  It’s 81F and we are just a cookin.  Didn’t take me long to haul off my too warm T-shirt and get myself into a light cooling shirt.  Looking forward to the cooler desert nights.  Yep, we are finally in nice warm air and that’s a big 10-4:))  In the morning we will be on the road again for another hundred miles and tomorrow night we’ll be all set up in one of our all time favorite boon docking areas. But, if there is poor or no Verizon service there we will have to move on.  It is imperative that Kelly has a good Verizon and cell phone connection for her Deer Park Lodge work.

WE ARE ALL SNUGLY TUCKED AWAY FOR THE NIGHT UNDER WARM ARIZONA SKY’S
While typing this tonight I suddenly remembered something.  We have 4 boxes of Shreddies cereal packed away for an RV couple camp hosting at the Kartchner Caverns.  We totally forgot to drop those off today and blew right by that exit back in Benson.  I hope those folks can hold out until we get back in the area later.

THIS IS A 300mm SHOT OF KITT PEAK ABOUT 45 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE BOON DOCKED…YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THE OBSERVATORIES JUST LEFT OF CENTER…I SPENT A COUPLE HOURS UP THERE 4 YEARS AGO AND REMEMBER TOURING THE TALLER ONE VISIBLE IN THE PHOTO…IF I WOULD HAVE HAD A STRONGER VERIZON SIGNAL TONIGHT I WOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE LINKS
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RECOVERING FROM LUNAR LAG

TOOK THIS PHOTO OF THE MOON MONDAY NIGHT AT 7:48 P.M. ARIZONA TIME….700mm TELESCOPE LENS AT 1/3200 OF A SEC SHUTTER SPEED.  HAD HOPED TO CATCH A COUPLE SHOTS LATER OF THE LUNAR ECLIPSE, BUT…………………………….

At 1:45 a.m. this morning we were outside like many others, gazing up at the total lunar eclipse.  From our vantage point here in southeastern Arizona the view was a bit disappointing because of a high thin cloud cover.  Checked several more times during the night but the clouds remained.  I had set up my Nikon D50 & 700mm telescope lens earlier in the evening in anticipation of some photos but it was not to be.  The moon was just too hazy.  We were able to see the dark orange color covering about 90% of the moon’s surface though.  Oh well, maybe another time.  The next lunar eclipse on the winter solstice date is over 400 years away so here’s hoping my camera batteries will hold up till then:))

SOLAR POWERED WINDMILL IN THE MIDDLEMARCH PASS

Monday morning we had planned to head for Wal-mart in Douglas.  Wanted to stock up on groceries before the maddening hordes of Christmas shoppers swarmed in.  Kelly opened the gate as I started up the Jeep to head for the opening.  Our little Jeepers felt sluggish as I glanced down to see if I had left the emergency brake on.  Kelly was decidedly pointing to the rear of the Jeep as I approached the gate.  Awwww nuts, flat tire!!!!  Well, no surprise after some of the rough roads we have been on lately.  Jeanie & Ray from the ranch just had a flat on their Jeep a couple weeks ago too.  Nail!!

        

I was encouraged that the tire was only flat on one side.  Ya right!!  Of course, being my usual realistic self, I figured I would never be able to get the nuts loosened because I knew the rims had been put on with a hammering ‘air gun’ a few short months ago. 

   

Had to get out the Jeep manual to locate the jack which was tucked away in it’s proper place under the passenger seat.  Looked very new so I suspect it had never been used.  The tire iron looked a bit short so imagine my surprise when I reefed on the first wheel nut……& it turned.  As Gomer Pyle would say, “Surprise, Surprise.”  With the successful turning of all the other wheel nuts I knew we had a good chance of getting the job done.  It had been dozens & dozens of years since I had to change a tire manually but it all came back & soon I had the Jeep jacked up, flat tire off, spare tire on, Jeep back down & we were ready to go.  Time elapsed….about 25 minutes.  Not exactly a Nascar pit stop but at least the job was done.  We were soon through the gate & off to Douglas.  And, I must say, I was quite proud of myself.  Not because I had successfully changed the tire but because I hadn’t lost my cool & got all mad about the flat tire in the first place.  My patience remained in place & I managed to keep my cool as well.   I like when that happens:))  And you know what……I may have even had a slight smile on my face heading for Douglas as well.  Changing a flat tire might not be a big deal for most guys but it’s those little mechanical success’s that are always a super big deal for me:))

    

LUCKILY WE CHECKED EVERYTHING AFTER CHANGING THE TIRE OR I WOULD HAVE LOST THOSE 3 LUG NUTS SITTING ON THE BACK BUMPER & THE SPECIAL SECURITY LUG I HAD LEFT ON THE WHEEL ITSELF

AT LEAST I REMEMBERED TO BRING THE FLAT TIRE ALONG FOR REPAIR:))

Dropped Kelly off at Wal-mart’s front door & then headed to their service tire repair garage section for an hours worth of frustration.  Let me just say they sometimes have a much different way of doing things here in the southwest.  Totally everybody I encountered in the garage facility was Mexican & by the time I figured out how they do things & what they were saying I was almost ready to leave & head back to the States!!   Anyway, let me just shorten this all by saying, from the time we got to Wal-mart to the time we finally left 3 hours later with tire repaired & a big load of groceries I had set a record.  Never before in my entire life have I ever spent that much time as a consumer in a retail store.  And no, that is one record I have no intentions of breaking!!  And, by the way, I have no idea what flattened our tire.  I just paid the $10 tire repair bill & got the heck out of the store.  I had no patience left for somebody trying to explain the cause of a flat tire in broken English or total Spanish.  As Forrest Gump might say, “Flat is as what flat was!!”

   

ABANDONED 1800’S MINE SHAFTS & A CURIOUS IRON PIPE STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND….MIDDLEMARCH ROAD NORTHEAST OF TOMBSTONE, AZ.

We were home mid afternoon Monday & my energy batteries were totally depleted from a poor Sunday night’s sleep.  Rest of the day I just kind of Zombied around the rig wandering aimlessly like a thirst slaked man in a hot dry desert.

      

OH OH, DEAD END ROAD!!  TIME TO GET OUT MY BACK UP LICENSE

OK, that now brings me up to date & I’m back on track for today’s current happenings.  First, let me say that our weather here in southeastern Arizona remains totally fantabulous.  We are so fortunate compared to many other parts of the country.  Even our night’s have been remaining well above freezing.  Most unusual for this elevation at this time of year in these parts.

Some commenters mentioned an interest in finding the Council Rocks area where we were Sunday.  We did actually enter the coordinates into our Delorme GPS while standing at the marker with the intention of posting that info in the blog to make it easier for folks to find.  Of course when I went to retrieve that info from the GPS for Mondays blog, the info was not there.  So, I gassed up our Google Earth plane this morning & flew back over to the Council Rocks area, circled the area round & round until I pinpointed the position where the photo is of Kelly beside the marker recording the info into our GPS.  Google Earth coordinates say….Latitude: 31'54'26.85”N & Longitude: 110'2'18.30”W.  Elevation is 4,904 feet & I took the photo of Kelly at 3:14 in the afternoon.  I think these coordinates should land anyone within about 50' of that marker.  It was impossible for me to zoom into the totally exact marker spot.  Now, having said all that, let me further confuse everyone by saying that 4 years ago when we had our Hughes net system & I would check our Datastorm position with Google Earth, it would always show our position about 15 miles away from where we actually were.  Oh dear, we just have to get ourselves very much more smartened up with our Delorme GPS…..& fast!!

WE IMAGINED SMALL INDIAN CHILDREN OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO PLAYING AT COUNCIL ROCKS ON THIS ODD SHAPED ROCK PRETENDING THEY WERE ON HORSEBACK CHASING WILD BUFFALO

Also meant to mention in Sunday’s blog about the Dragoon Springs which the marker refers to.  The Springs are north of this location & south of the town of Dragoon.  We Jeeped into that location a couple weeks ago & also stopped at the old Butterfield Stage Lines depot ruins where the bodies of 4 Confederate soldiers are buried after being killed by Apache Indians.  You can see my blog from that day here…… DRAGOON SPRINGS.

   

As you can tell from this picture, Santa came early to our house bringing Al a nice new vacuum cleaner.  The cheap plastic wheels had worn out & fallen off our old one making it too hard to drag around anymore.  Kelly & I took turns test driving the new sucker around the interior of the rig this morning.  Neat-O.

KELLY HAS LOTS OF HELP CHECKING OUT THE NEW VAC:))

Noticed what appeared to be some Christmas decorations beginning to appear on our Agave & Yucca plants this afternoon.  Could be a sign of things to come:))

GROANER’S CORNER:((  Back in the 1800s the Tates Watch Company of Massachusetts wanted to produce other products and, since they already made the cases for pocket watches, decided to market compasses for the pioneers traveling west. It turned out that although their watches were of finest quality, their compasses were so bad that people often ended up in Canada or Mexico rather than California. This, of course, is the origin of the expression, "He who has a Tates is lost!"

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SCROUNGING FOR PHOTOS IN THE FRONT YARD

STILL A FEW LAWN ORNAMENTS TO PUT AWAY

Our Thursday night snow showers did not materialize but we did get the showers part.  Friday has turned out sunny & our front yard is still showing lots of color.  Generally, if I am stuck for photos I can just grab a camera & walk outside into our mini jungle here & find something interesting.  Tonight's pics are from our front yard today.

SURFACE OF OUR FROG POND IS COVERED WITH DUCKWEED & PINE NEEDLES

I liked Chuck & Rod's common sense approach in the comment section of GYPSY'S Thursday post.  They both have a good point & I think they are right in their views about all the new technologies.  I hadn't thought of it that way but I can certainly understand companies doing that.  It just affirms my own grumblings about 'newer is not always better!!'  As I read through other blogs I am seeing what appears to be a consensus of other disgruntled folks as well.  Always nice to know I do not stand alone in my opinions:))))))

I noticed Thursday we have a new blog supporter.  LUCI & LOREE. I always enjoy reading about the determined courage of folks out there going it alone in the RV world.  Welcome aboard Loree & Luci:))

A year ago today we were preparing for our 09 departure to the southwest.  I remember hooking up our Santa Fe in a cold rain.  By the time we get out of here in another 2 weeks it could be a cold snow!!

   

WE STILL HAVE COLOR IN THE FLOWERBEDS

Two of our Snow Birding neighbors left this week for the sunny south with one lady heading to Florida & another couple to southern Georgia.  Another couple in the Park will soon leave for Texas.  I think we are the only people we know from around here who prefer the scenic wonders of the great American Southwest. 

And speaking of the Southwest, it has come to our attention that some folks living near the Dragoon Mountains in Arizona's Sulphur Springs Valley not far from the town of Sunsites are looking for some RV folks to look after 5 dogs on their property.  They will be taking a 2 week vacation for the first two weeks of March 2011.  We would do this but don't plan on being in the area at that time.  Electricity & water provided but no sewer hook-up.  Use of the house is offered.  If anyone is interested, just send us an email at.....  mousebanana@msn.com.  We'll get in touch with friends of ours in the area who are friends with the property owners.

MOTORMOUSE STAYS WARM BY THE FIRE THIS MORNING

GROANER'S CORNER:((    While on a road trip, an  elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch.   After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant, and  resumed their trip. When leaving, the elderly woman unknowingly left  her glasses on the table, and she didn't miss them until they had  been driving for about forty minutes.
By then, to add to the  aggravation, they had to travel quite a distance before they could  find a place to turn around, in order to return to the restaurant to  retrieve her glasses.
All  the way back, the elderly husband became the classic grouchy man.   He fussed and complained, and scolded his wife relentlessly  during the entire return drive.
The more he chided her, the more  agitated he became.  He just wouldn't let up for a single minute. 
To her relief, they finally arrived at the restaurant.  As  the woman got out of the car, and hurried inside to retrieve her  glasses, the old  geezer  yelled to her, "While you're in there, you might as well get my hat and the credit card too."

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IN AWE OF THE SOUTHWEST

 

CLOUD SHADOWS DRIFT ACROSS THE SWISS HELM MOUNTAINS

I have always been in awe of the American southwest ever since my first venture to this great land in May of 1992.  That trip was done in a small Mazda pickup truck with a topper on the back to sleep under at night.  Frigid desert temperatures & all.  No matter though because the beauty of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, & northern Arizona far overcame any hardships along the way.  For the next 12 years the mountains, rivers, valleys, canyons, deserts, & endless day & night skys simmered away in my mind.  I longed to one day return to the land that I felt so comfortable & at home in.

CLOUDS SITTING ON THE MULE MOUNTAINS OVER BISBEE

In late December of 2004 a rare window of opportunity presented itself.  I was driving school bus at the time & Christmas Holidays were coming up.  With another driver filling in for me I was able to extend those holidays to 2 weeks.  Kelly had that same time frame off as well.  We had just purchased a small Class C (too small) about a month before so we quickly formulated a travel plan.  Looking at our Wal-Mart atlas I figured the closest mountains & cactus to our place in southern Ontario would be in the south end of Texas.  Big Bend National Park.  To make a long story short we jumped into our Class C & with the pedal to the metal & Max sitting between us we made a bee line for Texas.  I remember straining my eyes looking for mountain tops south of Stockton. 

SOUTHERN END OF THE DRAGOON MOUNTAINS

We were only able to spend about 5 days in Big Bend & surrounding areas before we had to race back to Canada.  But, those 5 short days clinched the deal for us in our desire to return once again to the land of mountains & canyons.  It had been Kelly's first trip to the magic land of desert sand & towering mountains & she was hooked.  As much as we loved Big Bend I knew that it wasn't enough though.  Next trip we were going to have to head further west where the whole land is mountains & canyons & not just a small part of it.  Texas is basically.......flat!!  I knew that what we saw & experienced in Big Bend we would find a hundred times over once we headed west into New Mexico, Arizona, & California.

SNOW TIPPED & CLOUD SHROUDED CHIRICAHUA MOUNTAIN RANGE

Two years later we were able to fulfill our southwest dream as we rolled into Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, & California.  We knew then that we had found our winter home & we have been returning to these States ever since.  Wouldn't even remotely consider going anywhere east of New Mexico!!  The reasons for coming to the southwest are too numerous to mention but to-day reminded me once again of why we love it so much here.

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It was another fiery sunrise with tentacles of reds, gold, & pinks, splashing across the undersides of dark rolling clouds.    Distant mountains silouetted against the rising sun on the eastern side of the valley with slivers of light highlighting rocky tips of the Mule mountains on the western side.  As the sun climbed higher, clouds began casting their slowly moving shadows across the mountain faces & that continued for the rest of the day.  Sun splashes crossed the valley floor lighting large & small areas alike with their passing.  On our morning walk we saw clouds to the west sitting on the Mule Mountains over top Bisbee.  To the south were the dark mountaintops of Mexico.  A glance to the southeast brought into view the far distant mountain tops of the Pedregosa mountains & immedIately to the east was the Swiss Helm mountain range.  Beyond the Swiss Helms loomed the mighty & legendary Chiricahua mountains with their high snow encrusted peaks.  A hundred miles or so up the Sulphur Springs Valley to the north we could make out what was probably the southern tips of the Winchester mountains east of Tucson & to our northwest was the forboding & also legendary Dragoon mountain range with it's southern edge stretching all the way from I-10 down to the ghost town of Gleason about 20 miles from us.  And, all this from just standing in one spot here at the ranch turning in a slow 360 degree circle.  And, all this under a big beautiful cloud studded sunny Arizona sky.  Is it any wonder we are in awe every single day of the majestic American southwest..............:))

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