I made “refrigerator”
cinnamon rolls this morning which were not nearly as good as the ones I make
using refrigerator flaky biscuits. We
watched TV and worked on the computer a bit before deciding to head back to the
casino. As we were leaving, I noticed
that the one leftover roll and plate were covered with little ants. The vacuum & bug spray got rid of them
again and I hope we don’t take too many with us tomorrow.
I continued my losing ways at
the casino – you would think I would get tired of it! – but Terry won small
amounts again. We ordered off the menu
for lunch and got quite cranky when it took 25 minutes to get our food. I won a bottle of wine so I picked it up,
went back to the rig and left Terry to gamble.
I had a great time watching HGTV and taking my time cleaning the
cupboard under the sink. I just turned
off the TV to go see how Terry was doing when he walked in the door.
We had a drink and went back
to the casino for dinner. This time we
had the steak specials for $9.99 – T-bone for Terry and New York for me. I made the better choice! We couldn’t leave until we took Terry’s
winnings down a bit but didn’t stay for long.
Sept 19th – Wed - to Mesa
We had a longer drive than
usual today – 367 miles. We got an early
start after a restless night and left at 7:15.
We stopped for fuel for us and the truck in Kingman and then made
another stop for DQ Blizzards in Wickenburg.
About 2:00 we pulled into Val
Vista Villages RV Park which will be home until the end of March. This will be the longest that we have stayed
in one spot since we started our full-timing adventure nearly 6 years ago. We registered and waited for a ranger to
escort us to our site – park policy.
Terry was tired from the drive and the heat and didn’t do his usual
efficient job of parking. Also, the
ranger gave him “advice” rather than letting me direct him in as we usually
do. As we were parking, I noticed that a
tire on the 5th wheel was low so we had to pump it up before setting
up.
After we set up, we called
Julie & Larry and asked them to join us at the pool which they did. The water was pretty warm but it was still
refreshing. A lady named Mary joined us
and said she recognized us from bocce ball last year. We gave Larry & Julie ½ hour to change
& walk the dog and picked them up for a trip to Fat Willy’s for dinner –
cold beer and happy hour pricing on appetizers.
We were back just after 7:30 and crashed.
Sept 20th – Thurs
Terry got up early and played
games on the computer so I could sleep longer.
It didn’t work – I was up shortly after him. It was cool enough to turn off the AC and
open the door. I walked around the rig
to check the tire that was low and discovered it was now flat so Terry figured
he better change it before it got too hot.
We figured out the switches so we could pull in just the kitchen slide
for access to the tire. We knew that the
flood lights were labeled backwards – DS should be “driver’s side” and ODS
should be “off driver’s side” and we found out that the slide switches are also
backwards so we got out the trusty Sharpie to make our own labels.
After looking up tire shops
on the computer, I showered and went for coffee & doughnuts while Terry
went to get the tire fixed. I chatted
with Mary after the meeting and then met her friend Patti and admired the job
that she did fixing up a park model that she bought in the spring. I still had time to work on the blog &
emails before Terry got back.
The problem with the tire was
another cracked wheel/rim so we have to get new wheels. These are the replacements that we got a year
ago in Colorado when we had repairs after a blowout so obviously they are not
heavy enough for our rig. Terry ran all
over looking for wheels and getting quotes – yuk! We spent time looking up info on the internet
before I made “breakfast for lunch”.
We went shopping for a few
groceries and an ice maker – ours quit working about a month ago. Terry figures they have a life of a year and
I would buy bags of ice instead if we always had enough room in the freezer for
a full bag. This park now sells 8 lb
bags of ice for $1 so it is convenient and inexpensive but when we are
somewhere else we would have to remember to get ice all the time. We found an ice maker at the nearby Fry’s
store, came back and set it up. Terry
went to get filtered water that we buy all the time here and it was not warm,
it was hot. He also got a bag of ice so
we could put ice & water in the ice maker as it won’t work well with hot
water. Phew!!
We went shopping for a few
miscellaneous items and then joined Larry & Julie, Mary & a friend of
Julie’s in the pool until all us were wrinkled from the water. It was 6:45 by the time we returned and
changed out of our bathing suits so I got dinner going and relaxed.
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