Saturday -or Friday May 8th or 9th - I think

Well I think it is Sat., that's what my calendar says, and so does my laptop.
This would be 4 nites, 5 days without running our generator. Seriously, no generator, just my Lithium and Solar system.

Morning, my State of Charge is around 70%, after I turn on the electric coffee pot, and it is in the warm state, the SOC about 68%. Not bad, by 1100 hours back at 100%, and then the Solar runs everything during the day, with no issue.

The only major work has been windshield wiper blades, replaced a flush mount circuit breaker on my solar, as it was getting warm, even though it was within spec's. But, hey, every now and then it is time to try something else.

On Friday May 7th, the Arizona National Guard  (CopperHeads) did a fly over for Hospitals, here and in New Mexico. We caught photos, but no video.

It has been hitting in the very low 40's around 0500, in the morning. We have been leaving the vents open, and let's say it have been a little chilly, here in the Rv. However by 0700, it is warming up with highs in the low 70's. Quite a difference from Yuma, where they have been in a heat advisory.

The site we have is ok, but Susan and I did some scouting on other NF roads. We found lots of some good sites, however, most of our friends would not approved. You ask yourself, why wouldn't they approve the location?.

Well you see, most of our friends Require no, let me rephrase this, they DEMAND good cell signal for data. Yes phone and text would work, but cell signal to surf the web? Nope, nada, zip, nothing. So, we will stay close to where we are, and maybe move 200 yards on Monday. We'll see.

Anyway, I though I would keep sharing a little more often, especially since we are now mobil.

So, before you go, here are a few photos Rudi took:

Susan, Tilly, Dakota & me
Safe Journeys and Travels
DaGirls Rv

Heading to the High Country

Well, the last you read from us, was we were hunkering down in Yuma, with our Alfa family in DaHood. Our zip code had only 5, Covid19 cases. We all decided that we did not want to see it increase.

Susan, made masks for all of us, which she shared with family and other friends, here and in other cities. We all agreed to wear these mask when we went out, so as to protect our friends and family. We agreed, if you violated this, you were not to be allowed back into out lot until a self imposed quarantine.

Ok, let's get back to the real important stuff.

First, my Elk's membership has been transferred to Gila Bend. Which was a very fun process, and required a fun road trip. It turned out, the first cards were loss in the process to Yuma. So, I decided a road trip was in order to meet Becky and get my card. Friday morning, we headed out to Gila Bend, met Becky, received my card and then headed back. As no one had any clear destination as to where to go, I headed out to Painted Rock Petroglyph Site & campground just west of Gila Bend.

Along with that, we enjoyed  fee birthdays. We suprised the heck out of Rudy, with a birthday party and special present. The present came all the way from Dallas, specifically from Sebastian Gefeke.  Big thank to you Sebastian for all your help to make your dad's party a big suprised.

This year I turned a corner, 69, yes I turn 69 years old.

Now along the way, we did many Covid-19 projects, (next winter projects), many walks in and out of the hood and of course many helping each other.

I also spent some time repairing a storage compartment door.

Completed Door

Fibreglass repair

Rotten wood inside door.

Our decision was to wait until all our packages had arrived, then leave around the 15th of May. However, on Saturday May 2nd, our next to last package arrived. I asked the question, is there any reason, why we couldn't leave on Tuesday? We all got together (Rüdiger, Beate, Susan & I), plan developed a war plan. Yes we all leave on Tuesday, and head out to the High Country of Arizona. Specifically Coconino National Forest, just west of Flagstaff. 

We left a few minute before 0700, on Tuesday, plan take Hwy 95 north, to I-40, then head east to Flagstaff, specifically exit 185. Along the way, we change drivers, walk the puppies outside Parker, refueled east of Kingman at a Love's (saved over $100 on Fuel), and stopped to closed the garbage door which just happened to opened.

Next was realizing that the radiator cap, came off, and we loss some coolant. But we found the coolant on the Truck.

We arrived around 3ish, disconnected at the truck stop, and we all drove down to NF Rd 171, where we parked the Rv's and went in search of sites.

So, what's the plan? We really have no hard core plan in place except for Rüdiger & Beate. There plan, leave on Monday and head to Custer Mountains & Cabins in Custer, SD., where they will stay in place and work-camp. Susan and my plan hang around for a few more weeks and then make our way someplace.

Now for anyone, thinking of coming up here are instructions.
Easier to head North on US Route 95, then East on Interstate - 40. 
Leave I-40 at Exit 185. At this point, 2 different thing to do:
1. Enter into the Truck Stop (Farthest Left), Go to the back and disconnect. Then leave, turning left onto the frontage Rd. Turn left onto FR 171, proceed until you see the corral on the left, proceed to the 2nd RIGHT hand turn. GO VERY SLOW due to the dust.

Or, you can proceed left to the frontage rd., Stop on the road, disconnect and then follow the instructions. The Frontage Rd, do NOT get much traffic, so you will be safe in disconnecting. 


So, lets get this published, shall we?

DaGirls Rv
Susan, Tilly, Dakota and me
Safe Journeys and Travels
Wear your Mask when going into stores
Wash your hands and keep others safe,
especially your family and dfriends

What Happen ?

Last time I posted, we were getting everything ready for close up and heading out to Branson, Mo.

Well we all know what happen, Covid 19. New marching orders? Self Impose Quarantine. Yep, we are still in Yuma, waiting for it to settle down. Which at the time of this writing, (April 8), may not happen until end of April to Mid June. However life goes on, we are find, keeping down to 10 friends or less, wearing Susan's face masks and getting everything clean.

Going out, only when necessary, stores and other items required. Us, Rudy & Beate,

We serve food mainly outside in beautiful weather, select few friends will come over and visit, we all maintain our distance and stay safe.

However, we ran into a few problems, things to do. So, we started on next seasons projects now, and we are almost finished with them.

Examples would be, leveling a new area and moving out shed over by 15 feet, making a brick wall way to the shed from the patio, laying out 4 yards of dirt to level our yard and respread our rock around.

Move the gazebo over to the center of the yard, started our our out-door kitchen. Working on the front and rear compartment doors of the Rv. Wood holding the hinges on, are rotten and require replacement.

We all go on long walk-a-bouts in the Hood and other trails.

All in all it have been a very busy 3 weeks.

Our original plan, pick up our grand-daughter, have fun, Susan and Faith fly to Chicago, I would pick up Susan up on the 1st of April and then we would have headed to Branson.

Drove 30 miles to a place called Valley of Names

 

Safe Travels and Journeys
DaGirls Rv
Susan, Tilly, Dakota and me.