We
loaded the motorcycle in the toy hauler and pulled out about 9 for our short 3
hour drive to Yuma. We stopped in Gila
Bend for fuel for us & the truck.
For some obscure reason, we followed the incorrect GPS instructions to
Fortuna de Oro RV park instead of following our common sense. This park was purchased a couple of years ago
by CalAm and anyone staying at least 3 months in another CalAm park can stay
here for up to a week for free.
We
are parked in a large area with very few park models and no other RVs so we are
all alone. We set up & unloaded the
bike, relaxed for a bit and then went for a ride around the park and checked
out the golf course. Dinner was prepared
by learning how to use the convection oven – worked OK – and juggling items on
my tiny counter space. This will be an
interesting trip!
At
some point Terry looked out the kitchen window and saw a huge plume of very
black smoke blowing our way from the freeway.
Through the smoke we could see fire trucks and police vehicles so we
hopped on the bike to check it out.
There was a pickup truck on fire on the side of the freeway and the
black smoke had to be from the tires burning.
There appeared to be only the truck in trouble and we didn’t find out
what happened.
Apr 18th – Fri
We
had coffee & played computer games before heading for Algodones. We stopped for a burger at McDonalds for an
early lunch, parked in the very empty lot and discovered that most of the town,
including the dentist who didn’t respond to my email, was closed for Good
Friday. The optical store was only open
until 2 and not open on Saturday so nothing happened there either - $6 to park
for 20 minutes!
We
had to console ourselves by stopping at the casino but since I pretty much
continued my losing streak it didn’t work very well! We stopped at WalMart on the way back to buy
new sheets since the ones on the bed came with an inexpensive comforter and we
both hated them. Also got avocados for
25 cents each and they turned out to be perfect as an appetizer/salad. I thought I thawed chili for dinner but it
turned out to be spaghetti sauce.
Luckily I did have some spaghetti and I will label containers in the
future.
Apr 19th – Sat
The
usual morning with a little bit of housecleaning thrown in. We took the motorcycle and finally decided on
Denny’s for a late breakfast. It was
very busy but it didn’t take long to be seated.
One
of the light switches in a three switch bank quit working yesterday so we found
an RV place but the service dept/parts was not open. They referred us to a place on the way back
to the RV park where Terry got a switch and I had a good time wandering all the
aisles and buying a couple of things – they have lots of “good stuff”! We stopped at another RV supply place to look
for a satellite TV dish and ended up getting 2 more switches that don’t light
up. The switches in the bedroom are so
bright that I have taped a washcloth over them.
We
have a couple of neighbors one street over but we just said hi as they walked
past.
It
was quite a job getting the switches replaced as the fuses ended up blowing up
which confused the testing at the switch.
But we finally got them all done – goodbye washcloth.
I
was just getting ready to make dinner when a car pulled up in our site. It was Joe & Bea who we met in VVV. We had a nice long visit with them – they are
from New York, sold their house last year and are travelling for the summer –
and then had a late dinner.
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