It Has Been A Long Week!

Lucy and Ethel Louise. No cares in the world except where the sunbeam is going to hit next.

Road Hog went and picked up some dinner for us. He went to a near by tavern to pick up his bacon cheeseburger, and sweet potato fries.

I have heard such rave reviews about the in and out burger. I haven’t eaten beef in over 4 years and was hankering for a burger. But, it was too late! I couldn’t taste it! I’ve come down with a cold and it was a very crappy burger! 

Here is what I have been living on. I am also taking ivermectin, which isn’t in the photo. Road Hog is taking the same thing, except for the ivermectin. He is feeling pretty good. I can’t sleep at night because of all my coughing, so I’m not very active during the day. I think I’m over the hump, we will see tomorrow. We are moving in the morning to Quartsite.  Hopefully it will be cooler! 79 degrees out today! Too hot!! We will be in Quartsite until next Monday. Please let it be cooler! 😂

Bath Day!

 

Here is Tully watching some people playing tennis. Or, somebody could be walking their dog. It doesn’t really matter. Either way she has a front row seat.

Here is what I got in the mail on the 6th. I was supposed to report for jury duty on the 6th, at 8:30 am. I think I might be late! I immediately logged on to Polk County district court to find out how to get out of it. One of the options was if I was a member of the escapees program. I said yes, and that got me off. Whew! The escapees program are the ones that handle all our mail, so the courts know that even if I have a Texas address, I am traveling, and I am not currently in the state of Texas.

Here is last nights sunset. It got up to 76 degrees today but it was a DRY heat! 😂

We have been in a couple of wind storms and our house was filthy! We figured we would hire someone to come out and wash the outside. Look at how dirty the above photo is.

The people that we hired was family oriented, aunts, cousins, and mom! They did an excellent job. We didn’t want a wax since the trailer is less than a year old.

And with just a wash, it turned out great. They cleaned the awnings, the roof and the solar panels. My windows are clean! Hopefully we are done with the dust storms!

Visiting Family!

 

Here is this morning’s sunrise. It is going to be a great day! We are going over to our son’s place in Scottsdale to visit!

Not only do we get to visit with Michael and Sid, but we also got to meet Sid’s sister and mom!

Michael barbecued some great ribs, and there was salad, baked potatoes, and cornbread. Lots of food!

Sid and Michael have a couple of pets. This is Cowboy.

And this is Kat. These dogs love to play. Especially Kat, as you can see she has her favorite toy in front of her.

This is their other pet named Lucky. I’m not too sure about this pet. And it doesn’t help that this snake is so long! But, it’s their pet and as long as he stays in his cage, he is fine. 

Michael and Sidney are getting married on May 12th, which also happens to be Aunt Jackie’s and Uncle Mo’s wedding anniversary. We want nothing but the best for these guys. I’m so proud of both of them! We are hoping to get together with all of them before we leave on the 15th.

Casa Grande, Arizona

 

The day before we moved on, this little guy was hanging around.  Can you guess who was so interested in this little guy?

Yep, it was Lucy.  Any time that little lizard moved, Lucy’s eyes followed it.  

Here is our sunrise Wednesday morning when we left. We had gotten a winter storm warning for Bowie, so we had to leave. We also got a high wind warning for Casa Grande, but that wasn’t going to start until about 3 pm. So we had plenty of time in the window to get packed up and get on the road.

No, we didn’t stop at exit 322 to see the thing. I’ve seen enough things in my lifetime, I don’t want to see another!

God Bless America!

This is hard to see but if you look real close right below those mountains, there is what is called the bone yard. Where airplanes go to die. There were lots and lots of planes there. It is called the marana bone yard and there is currently over 3,000 planes there either for scrap, or just out of commission because of covid.

Can you see what I see up in the sky?

I think I got pretty lucky in getting a photo before you know who could shoot it down!

We had to go to a feed store this morning to pick up some cat food and both me and Tully heard little peeps. I think I could have walked out of there with all of those little peeps. One day…

We’ve been taking Tully on her walky walks around the huge campground resort, and there are over 750 sites. Most are park models like you see in the photo, but there are also a lot of trailers. Everyone drives a golf cart, and most of the dogs are small. And everyone is so old! There are tennis courts, golfing greens and pool. It’s so busy with so many old people!

Now I don’t have anything against old people, I mean look at Road Hog. These people are a lot older than Road Hog, but it’s just that there are so many! I could never live in a place like this full time. These old people have so much energy that I get tired just watching them…playing tennis, jogging or whatever they’re doing! I need a nap!

Crazy Weather!

Here is our sunrise on Saturday morning. I think it is called calm before the storm.

The over pass has some great creative fences.

We are surrounded by snowy mountains.  And yet our weather has been in the mid 60’s.

Guess who found a buddy?  This goat lives here at the park and the owner is trying to find a girlfriend for him. The problem is that all the girl goats are so much bigger than he is. He is a lonely goat and if you know of a female goat looking for a partner, please let me know. (Note: I’m talking about the real goat and not Road Hog!) 

This is Jake. He is the owners dog.  She whispered to me that Jake is 17 years old, and I asked her why she was whispering she said that she didn’t want Jake to hear. She told me that pugs don’t normally live to be 17 and if Jake doesn’t know how old he is, then he would just keep living.  

Here is Saturday’s sunset. Another calm before the storm.

Here is the sunrise on Sunday morning, the day the storm came through. We had high winds which we felt because it was coming on the drivers side of the trailer. We were beaten with rain, ice and snow, and even had snow built up on some windows. Since it was 44 degrees, the snow didn’t stick around for long. But man, that wind was bad! We woke up this morning to 29 degrees, but it didn’t take long to reach 60.

Ethel Louise found a sunny window.

We are on our way to Casa Grande on Wednesday morning. We will be there for 2 weeks to visit our son Michael and his fiancée Sid.

After 2 weeks, we will move to Quartzsite, AZ for about 5 days, then on to Laughlin, Nevada.  Slowly heading up north. Hopefully it will be spring!

Bowie, Arizona!

 

We got on the road around 9:30, and as you can see, a beautiful day for a drive. Cats and dog loaded up, ready for a 3 hour drive.

I think the skies had more traffic then we did!

Two minutes leaving the park we crossed over to New Mexico. The town of Anthony is half in Texas and half in New Mexico.

We got to the inspection area where we had a green light and we drove on through.

New Mexico has some beautiful rock formations.

Whoohoo!!! We are now in Arizona!

Here is our setup. We are staying five days and for a pull through, full hook up it was $100 total. For 5 nights! Cash! The sites are smaller than what we are used to, but we fit just fine.  We are surrounded by mountains that have snow on them, and yet we had a 67 degree day, and no wind!  We are close to the town of Wilcox so we will go into town tomorrow and fill up on diesel and food.

Last Day In Texas!

 

Here is our view out our door. Gorgeous and no sand or dirt blowing! We’ve had a pretty calm day today. Not too far from us, 100 mph was recorded yesterday during the wind storm. 

About 3:30 this morning, the coyotes were screaming.  I woke Road Hog because his window was open and I didn’t want him to miss the noise! Did I get a thank you? Nooooo. So if the coyotes are out there tonight, I’ll wake him again! 😂

The neighbors were gone and this little birdie spent forever waiting for someone to come to the door. It was such a fat little bird.

Tomorrow we are heading to Bowie, AZ. Just in case you didn’t know, Bowie is pronounced Boo-e.  (No, I didn’t know this until someone corrected me. And I think we all know who that someone was!) We will be leaving Texas! It seems like it took months and months to drive across Texas.  Well, we did have a ten week break! 😏 On to Arizona!