We moved over to Distant Drums RV Park in Camp Verde, AZ this morning. We have 24 rigs here for our Rally. Starting at 4:00 is happy hour followed by dinner for the Chapter 45 Trailer Trash Rally. I’ll finish this up after we get home tonight.
Had a great BBQ dinner with Moon Pies for dessert.
A fun time was had by all.
We were supposed to leave this morning to go up to Camp Verde. Ha Ha Ha.
So instead of heading out we are frantically trying to find someone to help us get this fixed. We called one place here in Apache Junction and they said it would cost about $500, would take a week to get the jack in, and we’d probably have to leave our home with them.
On to the next place. Talk about hitting the jackpot. Apache Junction RV Service and Supplies. I can’t say enough good things about these guys. Jim called and gave them the parts number on the jack but they weren’t sure what kind we had. So here comes Tom to check it out for us. He figured out which jack we needed and of course, it’s one they didn’t have in stock. He went back to the shop and started making phone calls. Found us the jack in a warehouse in Phoenix.
So now, we’ll head up to Camp Verde in the morning.
You’ve probably figured out by now that we love to eat, we love to eat out, and we love to eat out with friends.
And that’s what we did last night. Don and Faye are parked in Mesa doing fun stuff like doctor appointments, visiting with dentists, and getting a fresh water tank repaired.
I got hold of them and asked them if they wanted a break from all the fun their having and they actually said yes. Can you believe they would want a change from everything?
Had a great visit and they will be joining us at the Chapter 45 Rally in Camp Verde, AZ on Halloween. Yes!!! We will be on the move tomorrow. We’re going to Camp Verde early so we can do some exploring around that area. I’m happy.
Hey HoboJoe – yes Jim is a very, very lucky man to have found me. Just ask me I’ll tell you how lucky he is. LOL But to be completely honest – I’m the lucky one. For those of you are new to my blog, I was old (almost 38) when I found Jim (or did he find me?) and got married for my first and only time. Marrying Jim was definitely the best and smartest thing I’ve ever done in my life.
I have an aunt who lives in Mesa. Her name is Norma but we have always called her Aunt Happy. Her husband and my Dad are brothers, but she’s the only one that’s left. She just turned 98 in August and we wanted to pop in and surprise her because she doesn’t expect us until closer to Thanksgiving.
Well, let me tell you, popping in to surprise a 98 year old woman is not the thing to do. No, not because of her heart, but because she is NEVER home. We stopped Friday afternoon and she was out gallivanting with a friend who took her shopping. Saturday when we stopped by she had gone to a Memorial Service and then had gone to play cards with her friends. Finally on Sunday, we actually found her home. But the only reason she was home was because the front desk had told her someone was looking for her and she was hoping it was up. So she put her Sunday plans on hold so she’d be home.
This lady just cracks me up. She is so sharp. She told us how she met Uncle Don on a blind date and married him before he went off to war. She talked about dating men from the CCC camps. Then we went on to discuss the stock market. She knows all of the stocks she owns and follows them in the paper. Still loves to play the horses (the wooden ones they use at the Senior Living Complex) and dime bingo. Like I said, she is on the go most of the time.
She had made one concession to getting older. She has hired a girl to come in and stay with her at night. She fell last year and it scares her to think that she might fall again. But other than that she is going strong.
What a delight she is.
Jan and Bill presented us with this fish pillow when we spent last Sunday with them. It goes perfectly with out new couch. Thanks guys.
He got the new border on and I sure do like it better than the flowered stuff. I am not a flower/frilly type person.
He wanted a picture of the border and his boat.
Jim also got one of the outlets changed out so the new fish outlet covers will work.
And what were the girls doing during all this excitement? Such a tough job they have. They are definitely desert dogs.
Just received the following alert and thought I’d pass it on to any of you who may be headed towards New Mexico next week. Every one stay safe out there.
Updated Oct 22, 2011, 9:40pm MDT
... MIDWEEK TASTE OF WINTER POSSIBLE FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
A WINTER STORM TAKING SHAPE IN THE GULF OF ALASKA THIS WEEKEND WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST EARLY MONDAY AND THEN DIVE RAPIDLY TO THE FOUR CORNERS BY WEDNESDAY. WITH A STEADY SLIDE SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING... WEDNESDAY DAYTIME RAIN SHOWERS MAY CHANGE TO ACCUMULATING OVERNIGHT SNOW OVER NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN MAY ALSO PICK UP SOME SNOWFALL AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.
COLDER AIR BLASTING INTO NEW MEXICO WILL DROP TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY WITH WIDESPREAD FREEZES ON TAP FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THURSDAY HIGH TEMPERATURE FORECASTS ARE IN DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW LATE OCTOBER NORMALS.
ALTHOUGH MUCH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THIS WINTER STORM OVER ITS LONG TRIP FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA TO NEW MEXICO... THOSE PLANNING MIDWEEK TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO... AND OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN SUMMITS AND HIGHER SLOPES... SHOULD STAY IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH THEIR PREFERRED WEATHER INFORMATION SOURCE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS MIDWEEK WINTRY WEATHER.
I really want to like all this new stuff but I spend so much of my time frustrated by it that I’d love to just throw it all out the window.
On Tuesday we went to the Verizon store to make me the primary account holder on our phones. Sounds easy enough. Just transfer our account from Jim’s name to mine. Wrong. It took the guys at Verizon over two (TWO) hours to get the job done. Normally, I would just say forget it but with my name as primary on the account we qualify for a discount. Being a retired Federal employee is the qualifier for us. But I have to be primary. We finally got that finished and then I had to come home and set up a whole new account on line.
Back to Verizon Friday with the wifi. Guess there’s an update that they need to do. It’s going to take over an hour so we left the device with them and headed out to try and fix my next problem.
Went back to Verizon, picked up the wifi and came home and downloaded books. Finally.
