Feb 19, 2019 - Cochise and snow!

Due to a forecast for a cold wet weather system heading our way, we left Tucson a few days sooner than planned and headed east along I-10 about 60 miles to the town of Cochise. Our purpose for heading to Cochise was to meet up with Dennis from Performance Brakes so that he could do an inspection and some maintenance. Dennis installed our disc brakes for us while we were in Cottondale Florida 2 years ago, almost to the day. We met up with him again while we were in Quartzsite in January, and made arrangements to go to his 40-acre ranch in...

Feb 18, 2019 - Yuma AZ, An update from the desert

Here we are in the middle(ish) of February already, seems hard to believe that a month has passed since our last journal entry. ** We made it over to the Howling at The Moon gathering in the foothills back on January 20th. There was quite a large gathering of people and the live band that played was excellent. The weather did not cooperate as it was cloudy, and we only caught a short glimpse of the moon as it came up over the mountains. However, the next morning, the sky was clear and we had a good view of the full moon as it was setting in...

Feb 17, 2019 - What's An Arcosanti?

Before leaving on my journey last fall, I Googled things to see in Arizona, and the name Arcosanti popped up. I jotted it down in my notebook (which is a hodge podge of stuff) and promptly forgot about it, only to rediscover it while looking for something else. Its name comes from the term “arcology”. Here is a brief blurb from Wikipedia: “Arcosanti is a projected experimental town with a molten bronze bell casting business in Yavapai County, central Arizona, 70 mi north of Phoenix, at an elevation of 3,732 feet. Its arcology concept was...

Feb 16, 2019 - Three good days...

Thursday it was raining. Not like back home but rain none the less. I think the forecast was for us to get less than 1/2 inch. But, it took it all day to do so. It started clearing about 4:30 or so. When I took Ziva to the Dog Park Thursday morning even the dogs did not want to get out from under the tree. All four dogs stayed under the tree with all of us parents instead of getting out and running around like they do normally. So Thursday was a stay in the Bus and watch a little television. I even managed to get Ziva off the sofa and I...

Feb 15, 2019 - My Personal Escort Service in Havasu

Today was a gift. Dave played chauffeur and we had a magical little adventure tour driving south from Lake Havasu City through the areas where Dave and Theresa spent many years vacationing. They always dreamed of retiring in the Lake Havasu area and their dream came true several years ago when they retired and moved here full time. Having sold their home last year, they're now in the process of building another one. We drove over Parker Dam which was built in the 1930s and created Lake Havasu which holds over 210 billion gallons of water....

Feb 14, 2019 - Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Hello, We know it has been awhile since our last post but we have been in Tucson living a semi-ordinary life. Maybe we are learning a new feature of life on the road. We don’t always have to be moving. We are even in the process of buying a house. We are at the negotiation stage after a home inspection so it may not go through. We are not planning on living here full time but would like to have something permanent. It is in the middle of the city and has an RV pad. Our next stop is Camp Verde near Sedona where we will volunteer for 3 or 4...

Feb 14, 2019 - On "The Steps"

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY from the Colorado River As I write this we are having a fairly heavy rain. They have forecast an inch or more for this area today!!! After saying goodbye to our Yuma friends, we left there yesterday, Feb 13. The past 10 weeks have flown by. As with the rest of the country, the weather in Yuma this winter has been unusual. Our landlords, Joe and Joanne, say that they have never seen such a cloudy/rainy winter. Not THAT many clouds or THAT much rain compared to the rest of the country mind you!! The bonus to this is that...

Feb 14, 2019 - Valentines Dinner & Dance

Not going to have much time to rest after that bus tour, Marion had tickets for a dinner dance event at the clubhouse tonight. There was a photo booth set up and we participated,lots of dressup items. Ed choose this hat because of our location to Mexico.

Feb 13, 2019 - The World is Mine

This is so beautiful and so appropriate. A friend sent it to me today. THE WORLD IS MINE - Author Unknown Today, upon a bus, I saw a very beautiful woman and wished I were as beautiful. When suddenly she rose to leave, I saw her hobble down the aisle. She had one leg and used a crutch. But as she passed, she passed a smile. Oh, God, forgive me when I whine. I have two legs; the world is mine. I stopped to buy some candy. The lad who sold it had such charm. I talked with him, he seemed so glad. If I were late, it'd do no...

Feb 13, 2019 - Maybe we have made the turn

Well the deadline for going to the doctor was Monday morning. Sue woke up feeling a lot better. She still had a cough but not as bad and the rattle had diminished considerably. We decided the need to go to the doctor had diminished so I got ready to drive to Wellton and play golf. I had a great time as one of my playing partners was very good and patient as my driver decided it had some sort of sickness. On the back nine I put my sick driver in the bag and moved on to my 3 wood. I included a picture from the back nine of some of the...

Feb 12, 2019 - Beautiful Lake Havasu

The photos from the Mexican restaurant were taken last Thursday evening after we girls got home from Oatman. Loved the Mexican restaurant and all its colors. Today, Theresa took me grocery shopping and we also drove to the island in Lake Havasu and walked along the beach for a short ways. Just a beautiful day - t-shirt weather - but a cold front is looming. I even got a flash flood warning on my phone for Thurs/Friday. This has been a horrible year for weather nation-wide. Lots of rain at home and California certainly needs it. Hopefully...

Feb 11, 2019 - Holding my Breath

It's Monday morning and the EGR repair, which Bud hopes is the solution, will be done this morning. They will take it on a test drive and if all goes well we'll make a trade. I'll give Bud some grocery money and he'll give me my truck. I'll then make my own test drives to Parker and back and Parker and back. And maybe Parker and back once again. The town is 45 miles south and the round trips will keep me on the highway where I can be easily found if...if. No, I don't even want to think about it. Right now, I'm just holding my...