Short
drive to Main Street Station RV park. We did our usual gamble, eat,
walk to Freemont, etc. We took the bike (hot weather!) looking for a
WalMart one day and ended up at a different casino for a while.
Robin & Neil Umatum were housesitting in Vegas and invited us to
a pool party on Wednesday. We had a very nice time catching up with
them and meeting Robin's sister and her husband. Oh yeah, we had good
food too but never did get in the pool!
Aug 27th to
29th – Prescott AZ
We
are scouting for a summer RV park. Prescott (rhymes with biscuit) is
at 5200 feet so it doesn't get so hot in the summer. It is a big
enough town that it offers several versions & multiple locations
of all needed amenities (including a casino unfortunately!). We
stayed at the Elks club which is in Prescott Valley about 8 miles
from downtown Prescott. There were no full hookups available but we
could park beside the building with 110 electric and we had fresh
water in our rig.
On
Thursday we took the bike to Jerome on a winding, hilly road that we
cleverly bypassed with our 5th wheel a couple of years
ago. We had a late breakfast and headed back in pretty hot weather.
We checked out a couple of large RV parks and put our names on a
waiting list for a site for next summer at one of them. They have
quite a few scheduled activities during the summer and the staff
seemed very friendly & helpful.
On
Friday evening we went to a dance at the Elks club and had a great
time dancing to country music. We joined in a line dance and found
out that a group goes to 3 different locations to line dance each
week.
Saturday
morning we wandered through a big swap meet close to the Elks club
and were looking for shade. Terry's Fitbit band bubbled again so we
put Best Buy in the GPS and headed the bike into town. I saw some
big, black clouds shortly after we got on the highway and just as we
decided/hoped that were going in a different direction it started to
rain. A few seconds later it poured! We had rain gear but saw we
weren't too far from Best Buy. Unfortunately, we hit every traffic
signal and the GPS had a hard time getting us through a shopping
center and onto another road so we were totally soaked when we got
there. It took a while for Terry to get his new FitBit and the rain
had stopped but we weren't even out of the parking lot when it
started again. This time we did put on rain gear just to keep us
warmer since we couldn't get much wetter. The rig looked like a
Chinese laundry when we got back!
Aug 30th to
Sept 7th - Mesa
We
debated about checking out Payson for a summer RV park but decided it
was just too small and probably not cool enough so headed for “home”.
It wasn't a very long drive so we had time to unload stuff from the
toy hauler and then park it in storage. Everything was OK with the
5th wheel.
We
went in Monday morning to register and found out that there was a
baked potato lunch so I took the bike to Albertsons for a topping
(creamed corn) and we joined friends for lunch & hugs. Tuesday
was salad lunch day and, more importantly, haircut day for me! A
salesman took us around on a golf cart to look at park models that
have been turned over to the park rather than the owners paying rent
for the next year. Of course they are older places but Terry thought
we might get one cheap, fix it up a bit and rent it out. Think that
phase passed!!
Wednesday
we stopped at the RV place that fixed warranty issues on our toy
hauler when we saw that they had XLR toy haulers. Terry talked to a
factory rep about the issues with fitting the Spyder in the 385AMP
and we have to send him the bike specs. We started Thursday with
coffee & doughnuts and found out that we will get to meet the new
managers at a “meet & greet” lunch on Tuesday. Joe &
Jean came over Thursday for happy hour (supposed to be more but wires
got crossed so Mark & Colleen, Bill & Beth and Lynette came a
bit later) and then we all went to Rooster's for line dance lessons.
Grocery
shopping Friday and I put a roast in the crock pot as Larry &
Julie were arriving today and we invited them for dinner. They came
over early as it was so hot in their park model and they figured it
would cool down by the time they got back. After dinner Julie called
to say it was still hot in the house so we went over and still
couldn't get cool air. Luckily it was quite cool outside so I
managed to get some windows open and cooler air going through the
place. In the meantime, Larry & Terry were trying to open the
shed but the key wouldn't open the door (or at least the key they
thought was the shed key!) and no other key would work.
On
Saturday, Julie ended up calling a locksmith for the shed and we
tried all sorts of things with the AC including research on the
internet before deciding they would need a repair guy. Turns out it
was a lack of freon. The guy couldn't find a leak but they have cool
air. On Sunday we made a trip to Verizon to find out why our bill
was higher than expected. I asked why I couldn't see all the details
on the computer that the tech was seeing and she said my phone number
was the account manager but Terry's phone number was the owner.
Apparently the account manager doesn't get to see everything! We
went to Ft McDowell casino for a while and then to Chen's Garden
restaurant in Fountain Hills for a late lunch/early dinner.
On
Monday Natalie sent a message asking if we could help Julie with her
phone so we walked over and found Julie trying on clothes so she
could see what to get rid of so she can fit in things she brought
with her. Her phone took a bath in a glass of Coke (quick stop in
the car, phone slides off the console!) and still worked but only
when plugged in so it seemed the battery was toast. Terry opened it
up & wiped everything, then messed around with an old phone of
Julie's and dug out an old phone of ours. Later Julie called to say
the phone worked without being plugged in – go figure. Al &
Linda dropped by to visit and we discovered that we forgot to go to a
potluck lunch that we signed up for! Better get our calender marked
– and it would help if we knew what day of the week it is!
Bonnie
invited us over so we joined her group when Al & Linda left. The
guys sat outside while the ladies enjoyed the AC inside. We ate,
drank & laughed for hours – perfect party. We even did one
line dance and Bonnie showed off her baton twirling expertise!
