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Hi Jolly – Quartzsite, AZ – Saturday February 27, 2016

Here is our home in the desert:

WordPress as added a  new feature since I’ve posted a bunch of pictures.  When selecting a group of pictures wordpress creates the format.

And this is our view:
Rainbow with no rain.

This rainbow in the thin clouds was really cool, beautiful day 85 inside the motorhome.

Last night I got out and played with the 4.33 inch telescope Brian and Christine gave me for Christmas.  I looked at a planet (don’t know which one) and a bunch of stars.   I also spent a while looking at the moon, know that was cool, I actually knew what I was looking at.  I will get out and look at stars again tonight.  After our drive down here I was really tired last night, the kind of tired where you feel yourself running out of gas.

Near Quartzsite, AZ – Thursday February 25, 2016

Another day on the road.

Our goal today was a boondocking area just north of Quartzsite, Az.  However, we didn’t make it.  About an hour into today’s drive we got a rock into the driver’s side window.  The star in the window is the size of a quarter.
Stopped in Palm Spring/Cathedral City to get the window fixed.  The first place we looked for was no longer at their internet address.  I think a lot of the window fix places don’t have a physical location any longer they all work out of mobile vans.  The second place has a physical location but I could not get the motorhome close to their building.  When towing the car I cannot backup so I don’t drive into a parking lot I don’t see a way out of without having to back out.
We drove around the block several times before I could find a place to park.  Ended up in a strip mall lot a block away.  They came over in their mobile truck and fixed the window.  They did a really nice job however this took us three hours
We ended up at a rest stop just inside Arizona and 20 miles from the boondocking area we were looking for.   It was 6:10 and decided it wasn’t worth the hassle of trying to find a boondocking campsite in the dark.
Another rest spot campsite.

Eugene, OR – Monday February 22, 2016

We are starting our southern trip to Peoria, Arizona for Mariner’s Spring Training.
Here is our campsite picture for today. We are at a rest stop just north of Eugene Oregon.  It was almost 11:00 before we left home and got here at 5:30. 
Little rain in Washington and clear sunny skies all day in Oregon.  Not much else going on just driving in the sun.  Will continue south to Red Buff or so tomorrow. 

Home Trip Wrap Up – Sunday November 29, 2015

Trip follow up:

5363 miles in the motorhome
1183 miles on the car
762.3 gallons of gas
Avg price $2.14
High $2.99 McDermitt, Nv
Low $1.94 Texas & New Mexico border

States:
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
California
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Here are our travels this Fall.

Travels since retirement.

Mt. Shasta our last morning on the road.

When we got home last year I designed and installed a mounting bracket on the motorhome for our satellite TV antenna. I wasn’t sure how will it would take the wind on the roof of the motorhome so I put it between the airconditioners. I figured this would take care of the wind problem but wasn’t to sure that the airconditioners would not interfere with the satellite reception. It worked great, during the whole trip I did not have to remove the dish and all the mounting screws stayed nice and tight.

Motorhome projects after this trip:
Restring side window of livingroom slide.
Fix hotwater heater, quit four days before we got home.
Fix or replace water pump, it runs for a second about every hour or so.
Change oil
New air filter
Reseal kitchen sink strainer

We will be leaving during the third week of February for Peoria, AZ and Mariner’s Spring Training.

 

Boron, CA – Friday November 20, 2015

We are at a rest stop on Hwy 58 100 miles east of Bakersfield.  We got here at 2:30 p.m. and unfortunately to move on we would end up in the area north of Bakersfield on I-5 looking for a place to spend the night.  I think the rest stops are pretty busy in that area.

This rest stop has a great place where we can have the bedroom slide out tonight and not have someone knock it off, should be a good night.

Here are our travels for the day.

Where we are, think I saw a B-1 bomber flying in as we were getting close of Edwards.

It was 79 degrees when we got here.  I was reading Facebook and here is a picture a Tim Yerdon (Navy friend) from Sioux Falls, South Dakota posted this morning,

At least day was warm and sunny, it was a good day.

We do need to get on the stick snow is coming to the Siskiyous Monday or Tuesday.