MARCH 25, 2012 SUNDAY
NAPERVILLE,IL
MADE THE TRIP FROM THE CAPE TO NAPERVILLE. FIRST STOP AFTER DISCONNECTING THE CAR AND PUTTING THE COACH IN THE BARN WAS DINNER AT ANGELI'S. GREAT AS EXPECTED! NICE TO SEE PETE AGAIN.
NO SURPRISES ON THE RIDE HOME, EVERYTHING WORKED WELL, THE COACH GOT A WELL DESERVED BATH IN BLOOMINGTON.
ILLINOIS INTERSTATE PAVEMENT IS NOT TOO BAD, LOTS OF NEW AND LOTS MORE COMING THIS SUMMER.
I WILL STILL HAVE TO DO SOME BUG REMOVAL TOMORROW.
WE HAD NO LANE CLOSURES ON THE WAY HOME TODAY, IT WON'T BE THAT WAY TOMORROW I BETCHA.
ANYWAY THAT IS IT FOR NOW, I WILL CHECK MY NOTES AND SEE IF I MISSED ANYTHING AND WILL ADD THAT LATER.
BYE BYE FOR NOW
ART
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
ON TO THE CAPE [NOT THAT ONE]
SATURDAY MARCH 23, 2012
CAPE GIRARDEAU MO.
TODAY WE LEFT TEXAS BLEW THROUGH ARKANSAS AND ON TO MISSOURI.
IF TEXAS HAS GREAT ROADS = ARKANSAS NOT SO MUCH.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE MAYBE THE MOST INTERESTING INTERSTATE INTERCHANGE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE ONE WHERE I 30 & I 440 BYPASS GOES AROUND LITTLE ROCK, IT GOES FOR MILES IN MANY DIRECTIONS AND AT MULTIPLE LEVELS ALL OVER WATER = WOW
445 MILES TODAY WE ARRIVED IN THE CAPE AT ABOUT 4:45 = HOOKED UP AND MADE A PIZZA.
MY DEAD BUGS WOULD AGREE THAT THIS WINDSHIELD IS A KILLER = WASHED IT TONIGHT BECAUSE I WOULD NOT BE SEEING VERY WELL THE WAY IT WAS.
QUESTION = WHAT IS TH LAST THING THAT GOES THROUGH THE MIND OF A BUG JUST BEFORE IT HITS THE WINDSHIELD?
TOMORROW = HOMEWARD BOUND = A WASH JOB IN BLOOMINGTON FIRST.
ART
CAPE GIRARDEAU MO.
TODAY WE LEFT TEXAS BLEW THROUGH ARKANSAS AND ON TO MISSOURI.
IF TEXAS HAS GREAT ROADS = ARKANSAS NOT SO MUCH.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE MAYBE THE MOST INTERESTING INTERSTATE INTERCHANGE, TAKE A LOOK AT THE ONE WHERE I 30 & I 440 BYPASS GOES AROUND LITTLE ROCK, IT GOES FOR MILES IN MANY DIRECTIONS AND AT MULTIPLE LEVELS ALL OVER WATER = WOW
445 MILES TODAY WE ARRIVED IN THE CAPE AT ABOUT 4:45 = HOOKED UP AND MADE A PIZZA.
MY DEAD BUGS WOULD AGREE THAT THIS WINDSHIELD IS A KILLER = WASHED IT TONIGHT BECAUSE I WOULD NOT BE SEEING VERY WELL THE WAY IT WAS.
QUESTION = WHAT IS TH LAST THING THAT GOES THROUGH THE MIND OF A BUG JUST BEFORE IT HITS THE WINDSHIELD?
TOMORROW = HOMEWARD BOUND = A WASH JOB IN BLOOMINGTON FIRST.
ART
Friday, March 23, 2012
A DAY AS PLANNED
FRIDAY MARCH 23
TEXARKANA TEXAS
THE ABILENE DEPARTURE WAS ABOUT 9:15 AM AS PLANNED. WE NEEDED TO TRAVEL TO TEXARKANA TODAY.
THE WEATHER WAS GREAT AND LET ME SAY THIS ABOUT TEXAS ROADS = THEY ARE ABOUT 99% GREAT =.
THE DRIVERS HERE EVEN KNOW HOW TO MERGE WITH 80 MPH TRAFFIC, [YES THAT IS THE INTERSTATE SPEED LIMIT] THEY ACTUALLY ACCELERATE TO MATCH THE SPEED OF THE TRAFFIC UNLIKE ILLINOIS DRIVERS THAT IN SOME CASES GO TO THE END OF THE RAMP AND STOP.
TODAY WAS ABOUT 7.5 - 8 HOUR DRIVE. A STOP AT A PILOT FUEL STATION AT ABOUT 2:30 PROVED INTERESTING. THE PLACE WAS PACKED WITH SEMIS AND ONE MOTOR COACH, WE PARKED AWAY FROM THE MAIN AREA AND AGAINST A CURB AND OPENED THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDE OUT TO HAVE A LITTLE LUNCH, LITTLE DID WE KNOW THIS WAS THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND EXIT FOR TRUCKS THAT WERE NOT GETTING FUEL. THE DRIVEWAY WAS WIDE ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST 4 TRUCKS TO PASS AND NOW WE MADE IT 3. SOME UNHAPPY FACES WERE SEEN BUT I HAD NO OTHER PLACE TO PARK AS THIS FACILITY WAS A BACK IN STYLE TO PARK THE RIGS.
THE COACH CAN'T BACK UP WITH THE CAR ATTACHED SO WE NEED A DRIVE THRU.
AFTER LUNCH WE GOT BACK ON THE I30 AND ARRIVED AT THE SHADY PINES RV PARK IN TEXARKANA TX. THIS IS A NEW PARK WITH EXCELLENT FACILITIES, BATH ROOMS AND SHOWERS JUST LIKE HOME.
WHEN IT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NO ONE THOUGHT TO WIRE IN A CABLE TV SYSTEM AND NOW THEY SAY IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE TO INSTALL. THERE IS FREE WY FI HOWEVER.
LAST NIGHT WE HAD STEAKS DELIVERED. TONIGHT I ASKED THE FRONT DESK IF ANY RESTAURANTS DELIVERED AND SHE SAID YES PIZZA HUT.
I WAS AGAIN READING THE PARKS BROCHURE AND SAW AN AD FOR "THE POINT" A FISH HOUSE AND FRIDAY WAS AN ALL YOU CAN EAT CATFISH FRY. I CALLED AND ASKED IF THEY COULD DELIVER IT 3 MILES UP THE ROAD TO THE SHADY PINES?
THE PERSON I SPOKE WITH SAYS WE DON'T NORMALLY DELIVER BUT THEY DO TO GO ORDERS. SHE SAID SHE WOULD ASK THE OWNER AND GUESS WHAT = 30 MINUTES LATER IT WAS AT OUR DOOR. THE CATFISH WAS HOT AND FRESH, NOT OVER COOKED AND, THE ORDER CAME WITH 7 FILETS EACH ALONG WITH HUSHPUPPIES, FRIES AND COLESLAW ALL FOR $25 INCLUDING A NICE TIP.
AS YOU ALL KNOW I ALWAYS "HAVE MY ASK IN GEAR"
TOMORROW TO CAPE GIRARDEAU MO.
ART
TEXARKANA TEXAS
THE ABILENE DEPARTURE WAS ABOUT 9:15 AM AS PLANNED. WE NEEDED TO TRAVEL TO TEXARKANA TODAY.
THE WEATHER WAS GREAT AND LET ME SAY THIS ABOUT TEXAS ROADS = THEY ARE ABOUT 99% GREAT =.
THE DRIVERS HERE EVEN KNOW HOW TO MERGE WITH 80 MPH TRAFFIC, [YES THAT IS THE INTERSTATE SPEED LIMIT] THEY ACTUALLY ACCELERATE TO MATCH THE SPEED OF THE TRAFFIC UNLIKE ILLINOIS DRIVERS THAT IN SOME CASES GO TO THE END OF THE RAMP AND STOP.
TODAY WAS ABOUT 7.5 - 8 HOUR DRIVE. A STOP AT A PILOT FUEL STATION AT ABOUT 2:30 PROVED INTERESTING. THE PLACE WAS PACKED WITH SEMIS AND ONE MOTOR COACH, WE PARKED AWAY FROM THE MAIN AREA AND AGAINST A CURB AND OPENED THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDE OUT TO HAVE A LITTLE LUNCH, LITTLE DID WE KNOW THIS WAS THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND EXIT FOR TRUCKS THAT WERE NOT GETTING FUEL. THE DRIVEWAY WAS WIDE ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST 4 TRUCKS TO PASS AND NOW WE MADE IT 3. SOME UNHAPPY FACES WERE SEEN BUT I HAD NO OTHER PLACE TO PARK AS THIS FACILITY WAS A BACK IN STYLE TO PARK THE RIGS.
THE COACH CAN'T BACK UP WITH THE CAR ATTACHED SO WE NEED A DRIVE THRU.
AFTER LUNCH WE GOT BACK ON THE I30 AND ARRIVED AT THE SHADY PINES RV PARK IN TEXARKANA TX. THIS IS A NEW PARK WITH EXCELLENT FACILITIES, BATH ROOMS AND SHOWERS JUST LIKE HOME.
WHEN IT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NO ONE THOUGHT TO WIRE IN A CABLE TV SYSTEM AND NOW THEY SAY IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE TO INSTALL. THERE IS FREE WY FI HOWEVER.
LAST NIGHT WE HAD STEAKS DELIVERED. TONIGHT I ASKED THE FRONT DESK IF ANY RESTAURANTS DELIVERED AND SHE SAID YES PIZZA HUT.
I WAS AGAIN READING THE PARKS BROCHURE AND SAW AN AD FOR "THE POINT" A FISH HOUSE AND FRIDAY WAS AN ALL YOU CAN EAT CATFISH FRY. I CALLED AND ASKED IF THEY COULD DELIVER IT 3 MILES UP THE ROAD TO THE SHADY PINES?
THE PERSON I SPOKE WITH SAYS WE DON'T NORMALLY DELIVER BUT THEY DO TO GO ORDERS. SHE SAID SHE WOULD ASK THE OWNER AND GUESS WHAT = 30 MINUTES LATER IT WAS AT OUR DOOR. THE CATFISH WAS HOT AND FRESH, NOT OVER COOKED AND, THE ORDER CAME WITH 7 FILETS EACH ALONG WITH HUSHPUPPIES, FRIES AND COLESLAW ALL FOR $25 INCLUDING A NICE TIP.
AS YOU ALL KNOW I ALWAYS "HAVE MY ASK IN GEAR"
TOMORROW TO CAPE GIRARDEAU MO.
ART
UNEXPECTED LOADS = DON'T GO THERE
THURSDAY MARCH 23 2012
EL PASO TO ABILENE TX.
YOU KNOW IT TAKES 3 DAYS TO CROSS TEXAS AT THIS LEISURELY RATE OF TRAVEL. IT IS NICE TO SMELL THE FLOWERS ALONG THE WAY.
WE SAID GOODBY TO EL PASO AND HEADED TOWARD MIDLAND TEXAS AND ALL WAS IN ORDER HOWEVER WE FAILED TO CALL FOR A RESERVATION AND WE ROLLED INTO A VERY NICE PV PARK CALLED "THE OIL PATCH". WELL WE HEARD THAT THERE WAS AN OIL BOOM IN THE AREA. OIL BOOM? WHY IS GAS SO HIGH IN TEXAS? ANYWAY THE RV PARK WAS FULL AND HAD NO SPACE FOR A YEAR AS THE FOLKS THERE WERE WORKING ON THE OIL RIGS AND HAD LOCKED UP THEIR SPACE FOR THE LONG TERM.
POINT BEING = THERE WAS NO ROOM AT THE INN.
SO BACK INTO THE KNIGHT AND WE HEAD FOR ABILENE TX = A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY = ABOUT 150 MILES.
THE COACH ROLLED INTO THE ABILENE KOA ABOUT 7PM [3 HOURS AFTER OUR PLANED STOP AT MIDLAND]. HOOK UPS WERE COMPLETED AND NOW WHAT FOR DINNER?
WHILE READING THE KOA BROCHURE I NOTICED AN AD FOR A STEAK HOUSE THAT DELIVERED TO THE KOA, SAY WHAT??
YES THEY DO AND DID, I HAD A RIB EYE AND SANDY HAD A FILET BOTH WITH A LOADED BAKED POTATO.
THE STEAKS WERE FANTASTIC, MELT IN YOUR MOUTH FANTASTIC, COOKED TO PERFECTION.
WHODA THUNK?
ANYWAY NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A MOMENT TO DIGEST THE TITLE ABOVE, HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT SOME OF THE UNUSUAL MACHINERY THAT IS LOADED ON TO THESE BIG SEMIS IS FOR?
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE PROP BLADES FOR THE WIND GENERATORS AND THE PARTS OF THE POSTS THAT THEY MOUNT ON AS WELL AS TRACTORS, PIPES, HAY BALES AND THE LIKE BUT, THERE ARE THINGS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE FOR MUCH LESS WHAT THEY DO. I DO KNOW THAT THEY SHURE LOOK EXPENSIVE. THE CLOSED UP TRAILERS WITH NO NAMES, WHATS IN THERE?
WE CAN ASSUME WHAT A TRUCK WITH BEST BUY, OR LOWES OR HOME DEPOT IS CARRYING BUT THE CLOSED ONES?
I'M THINKING THIER ARE SOME UNEXPECTED THINGS INSIDE THOSE TRAILERS, MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW AND I AM SURE WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW. JUST THOUGHTS.
THURSDAY TO TEXARKANA TX
ART
EL PASO TO ABILENE TX.
YOU KNOW IT TAKES 3 DAYS TO CROSS TEXAS AT THIS LEISURELY RATE OF TRAVEL. IT IS NICE TO SMELL THE FLOWERS ALONG THE WAY.
WE SAID GOODBY TO EL PASO AND HEADED TOWARD MIDLAND TEXAS AND ALL WAS IN ORDER HOWEVER WE FAILED TO CALL FOR A RESERVATION AND WE ROLLED INTO A VERY NICE PV PARK CALLED "THE OIL PATCH". WELL WE HEARD THAT THERE WAS AN OIL BOOM IN THE AREA. OIL BOOM? WHY IS GAS SO HIGH IN TEXAS? ANYWAY THE RV PARK WAS FULL AND HAD NO SPACE FOR A YEAR AS THE FOLKS THERE WERE WORKING ON THE OIL RIGS AND HAD LOCKED UP THEIR SPACE FOR THE LONG TERM.
POINT BEING = THERE WAS NO ROOM AT THE INN.
SO BACK INTO THE KNIGHT AND WE HEAD FOR ABILENE TX = A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY = ABOUT 150 MILES.
THE COACH ROLLED INTO THE ABILENE KOA ABOUT 7PM [3 HOURS AFTER OUR PLANED STOP AT MIDLAND]. HOOK UPS WERE COMPLETED AND NOW WHAT FOR DINNER?
WHILE READING THE KOA BROCHURE I NOTICED AN AD FOR A STEAK HOUSE THAT DELIVERED TO THE KOA, SAY WHAT??
YES THEY DO AND DID, I HAD A RIB EYE AND SANDY HAD A FILET BOTH WITH A LOADED BAKED POTATO.
THE STEAKS WERE FANTASTIC, MELT IN YOUR MOUTH FANTASTIC, COOKED TO PERFECTION.
WHODA THUNK?
ANYWAY NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD A MOMENT TO DIGEST THE TITLE ABOVE, HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT SOME OF THE UNUSUAL MACHINERY THAT IS LOADED ON TO THESE BIG SEMIS IS FOR?
WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE PROP BLADES FOR THE WIND GENERATORS AND THE PARTS OF THE POSTS THAT THEY MOUNT ON AS WELL AS TRACTORS, PIPES, HAY BALES AND THE LIKE BUT, THERE ARE THINGS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE FOR MUCH LESS WHAT THEY DO. I DO KNOW THAT THEY SHURE LOOK EXPENSIVE. THE CLOSED UP TRAILERS WITH NO NAMES, WHATS IN THERE?
WE CAN ASSUME WHAT A TRUCK WITH BEST BUY, OR LOWES OR HOME DEPOT IS CARRYING BUT THE CLOSED ONES?
I'M THINKING THIER ARE SOME UNEXPECTED THINGS INSIDE THOSE TRAILERS, MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW AND I AM SURE WE DON'T NEED TO KNOW. JUST THOUGHTS.
THURSDAY TO TEXARKANA TX
ART
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
INTERSTATE 10
MARCH 21, 2012 WEDNESDAY
EL PASO TX.
THE KNIGHT HIT THE ROAD AT ABOUT 10:15 THIS MORNING, LEAVING TUCSON AZ FOR EL PASO TX ABOUT 350 MILES OR 6 HOURS WITH STOPS FOR A BITE TO EAT. WE ARRIVED AT ABOUT 5PM.
THE ROUTE TOOK US THRU NEW MEXICO, IT WAS FUN TO SEE THE CHANGING SCENERY OF ROCKS AND CACTUS
AS YOU MAY KNOW, SANDY AND I ARE NASCAR FANS AND WATCHED MAYBE 15 NASCAR HAULERS HEADING TO CALIFORNIA FROM PHOENIX FOR THE NEXT RACE. THESE SEMIS ARE PAINTED TO THE MAX WITH SPONSOR LOGOS AND NAMES WITH CAR NUMBERS AS WELL, THEY HAUL CARS AND PARTS FOR THE RACE CARS
AS WE PASSED THRU NEW MEXICO WE NOTED THAT OUR BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE VERY BUSY WITH HELICOPTERS, SUVS, ROAD BLOCKS AND SNIFFING DOGS. AS YOU ALL KNOW EL PASO IS A BORDER TOWN AND WHEN WE CHECKED IN TO THE MISSION RV PARK WE WERE CAUTIONED NOT TO GO TO WAREZ MEXICO.
I WENT TO HOOK UP THE ELECTRIC SERVICE AND ALL WAS WELL, HOWEVER WHEN I TRIED TO HOOK UP THE CABLE TV CONNECTION I FOUND OUT THIS THE RV PARK PARK WAS WIRED WITH THE FEMALE END FOR HOOK UP, I HAVE ONLY SEEN THE MALE END AT CAMP SITES, EXTENSION CABLES HAVE 2 FEMALE ENDS = SOOOO = I NEEDED AN ADAPTER THAT IS EASILY AVAILABLE AT ANY RADIO SHACK BUT THAT IS SOMEWHAT INCONVENIENT TONIGHT. I WAS TELLING SANDY ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THE GUY PARKED NEXT TO US HEARD MY CONVERSATION SAID HE HAD ONE AND I COULD USE IT FO THE NIGHT = PROBLEM SOLVED.
THNK ABOUT THIS=
THERE IS TRAVEL ADVERSARY ABOUT AMERICANS TRAVELING INTO MEXICO AND TODAY I READ THAT ONE OF THE OBAMA KIDS IS VACATIONING IN MEXICO????? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN AND WHAT DOES IT COST US FOR SECURITY?
WE ALSO SAW MILITARY ARMS TESTING GOING ON ALONG THE WAY, USING F18S AND HELICOPTERS - VERY COOL!
TOMORROW, THE KNIGHT GETS A BATH, I10 HAS A BUMPER CROP OF BUGS AND THAT POPULATION HAS BEEN SEVERELY REDUCED AS SEEN ON THE KNIGHTS WINDSHIELD AND WHEN THAT WINDSHIELD IS 100 INCHES WIDE AND 54 INCHES TALL IT TAKES A MAJOR TOLL ON BUGS.
DIESEL FUEL IN AZ AND TX IS ABOUT 75 CENTS A GALLON LESS THAN IN CALIFORNIA. I CAN'T SAY I AM HAPPY PAYING $4.14 A GALLON. OH WELL IT IS WHAT IS = I GUESS WE CAN BLAME PRESIDENT OBAMA.
SEE YOU SOON,
ART
EL PASO TX.
THE KNIGHT HIT THE ROAD AT ABOUT 10:15 THIS MORNING, LEAVING TUCSON AZ FOR EL PASO TX ABOUT 350 MILES OR 6 HOURS WITH STOPS FOR A BITE TO EAT. WE ARRIVED AT ABOUT 5PM.
THE ROUTE TOOK US THRU NEW MEXICO, IT WAS FUN TO SEE THE CHANGING SCENERY OF ROCKS AND CACTUS
AS YOU MAY KNOW, SANDY AND I ARE NASCAR FANS AND WATCHED MAYBE 15 NASCAR HAULERS HEADING TO CALIFORNIA FROM PHOENIX FOR THE NEXT RACE. THESE SEMIS ARE PAINTED TO THE MAX WITH SPONSOR LOGOS AND NAMES WITH CAR NUMBERS AS WELL, THEY HAUL CARS AND PARTS FOR THE RACE CARS
AS WE PASSED THRU NEW MEXICO WE NOTED THAT OUR BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE VERY BUSY WITH HELICOPTERS, SUVS, ROAD BLOCKS AND SNIFFING DOGS. AS YOU ALL KNOW EL PASO IS A BORDER TOWN AND WHEN WE CHECKED IN TO THE MISSION RV PARK WE WERE CAUTIONED NOT TO GO TO WAREZ MEXICO.
I WENT TO HOOK UP THE ELECTRIC SERVICE AND ALL WAS WELL, HOWEVER WHEN I TRIED TO HOOK UP THE CABLE TV CONNECTION I FOUND OUT THIS THE RV PARK PARK WAS WIRED WITH THE FEMALE END FOR HOOK UP, I HAVE ONLY SEEN THE MALE END AT CAMP SITES, EXTENSION CABLES HAVE 2 FEMALE ENDS = SOOOO = I NEEDED AN ADAPTER THAT IS EASILY AVAILABLE AT ANY RADIO SHACK BUT THAT IS SOMEWHAT INCONVENIENT TONIGHT. I WAS TELLING SANDY ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THE GUY PARKED NEXT TO US HEARD MY CONVERSATION SAID HE HAD ONE AND I COULD USE IT FO THE NIGHT = PROBLEM SOLVED.
THNK ABOUT THIS=
THERE IS TRAVEL ADVERSARY ABOUT AMERICANS TRAVELING INTO MEXICO AND TODAY I READ THAT ONE OF THE OBAMA KIDS IS VACATIONING IN MEXICO????? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN AND WHAT DOES IT COST US FOR SECURITY?
WE ALSO SAW MILITARY ARMS TESTING GOING ON ALONG THE WAY, USING F18S AND HELICOPTERS - VERY COOL!
TOMORROW, THE KNIGHT GETS A BATH, I10 HAS A BUMPER CROP OF BUGS AND THAT POPULATION HAS BEEN SEVERELY REDUCED AS SEEN ON THE KNIGHTS WINDSHIELD AND WHEN THAT WINDSHIELD IS 100 INCHES WIDE AND 54 INCHES TALL IT TAKES A MAJOR TOLL ON BUGS.
DIESEL FUEL IN AZ AND TX IS ABOUT 75 CENTS A GALLON LESS THAN IN CALIFORNIA. I CAN'T SAY I AM HAPPY PAYING $4.14 A GALLON. OH WELL IT IS WHAT IS = I GUESS WE CAN BLAME PRESIDENT OBAMA.
SEE YOU SOON,
ART
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
TUESDAY MARCH 20, 2012
TUCSON AZ.
HAPPY SPRING!!!
TODAY WAS GET AWAY DAY FROM OUR MOST BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS FOR THE LAST 8 WEEKS : ((
THE PLAN WAS TO BE OFF THE PAD AT 9AM AND HOOKED UP TO THE CAR AND ON THE ROAD BY 10AM.
WE WERE CLOSE TO THAT AND PULLED OUT OF THE MOTORCOACH COUNTRY CLUB AT ABOUT 10:30 = NOT BAD.
WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE 90 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL AT $4.19 USING A NEW FREQUENT FUELER CARD AT "FLYING J AND PILOT" FUEL STOPS.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF "THE GOOD SAM" MOTORCOACH CLUB AND THRU THEM WE GET A 5 CENT A GALLON DISCOUNT = SWEET.
I WAS CONCERNED THAT WE WOULD BE LATE FOR OUR ARRIVAL AT THE LAZY DAYS RV CAMPGROUND IN TUCSON AZ AS THEY CLOSE AT 7 PM.
WHEN WE CROSSED THE BORDER FROM CALIFORNIA INTO ARIZONA WE SET OUR CLOCKS AHEAD 1 HOUR JUST AS WE DID WHEN WE CAME HERE IN JANUARY. GUESS WHAT ARIZONA DOESN'T DO, DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SO WE ARRIVED EARLIER THAN EXPECTED AND WERE ABLE TO GET THE COACH SET UP AND MAKE HAPPY HOUR AT THE "FLORIZONA" RESTAURANT AND HAD A GREAT DINNER, PIKE, BAKED POTATO AND A BLUE CHEESE SALAD.
TOMORROW WE WILL VISIT THE CAMPING WORLD STORE TO PICK UP A FEW SUPPLIES.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE BAD WEATHER IN THIS AREA. THERE WAS FROST LAST NIGHT AND EXPECTED HERE TONIGHT, MANY GRAPE FARMERS HAVE LOST A GREAT PORTION OF THEIR CROPS = TOO BAD.
WHILE CHICAGO IS SETTING ALL TIME HIGH TEMPS IN THE 80'S TUCSON IS SETTING RECORDS OF COLD TEMPS.
WE CHOSE TO RETURN HOME VIA THE SOUTH ROUTE AND WHEN I SAW THE SNOW STORM IN FLAGSTAFF I MADE THE BETTER CHOICE EVEN THO IT ADDS A DAY OF TRAVEL.
MORE LATER.
ART
TUCSON AZ.
HAPPY SPRING!!!
TODAY WAS GET AWAY DAY FROM OUR MOST BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS FOR THE LAST 8 WEEKS : ((
THE PLAN WAS TO BE OFF THE PAD AT 9AM AND HOOKED UP TO THE CAR AND ON THE ROAD BY 10AM.
WE WERE CLOSE TO THAT AND PULLED OUT OF THE MOTORCOACH COUNTRY CLUB AT ABOUT 10:30 = NOT BAD.
WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE 90 GALLONS OF DIESEL FUEL AT $4.19 USING A NEW FREQUENT FUELER CARD AT "FLYING J AND PILOT" FUEL STOPS.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF "THE GOOD SAM" MOTORCOACH CLUB AND THRU THEM WE GET A 5 CENT A GALLON DISCOUNT = SWEET.
I WAS CONCERNED THAT WE WOULD BE LATE FOR OUR ARRIVAL AT THE LAZY DAYS RV CAMPGROUND IN TUCSON AZ AS THEY CLOSE AT 7 PM.
WHEN WE CROSSED THE BORDER FROM CALIFORNIA INTO ARIZONA WE SET OUR CLOCKS AHEAD 1 HOUR JUST AS WE DID WHEN WE CAME HERE IN JANUARY. GUESS WHAT ARIZONA DOESN'T DO, DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SO WE ARRIVED EARLIER THAN EXPECTED AND WERE ABLE TO GET THE COACH SET UP AND MAKE HAPPY HOUR AT THE "FLORIZONA" RESTAURANT AND HAD A GREAT DINNER, PIKE, BAKED POTATO AND A BLUE CHEESE SALAD.
TOMORROW WE WILL VISIT THE CAMPING WORLD STORE TO PICK UP A FEW SUPPLIES.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE BAD WEATHER IN THIS AREA. THERE WAS FROST LAST NIGHT AND EXPECTED HERE TONIGHT, MANY GRAPE FARMERS HAVE LOST A GREAT PORTION OF THEIR CROPS = TOO BAD.
WHILE CHICAGO IS SETTING ALL TIME HIGH TEMPS IN THE 80'S TUCSON IS SETTING RECORDS OF COLD TEMPS.
WE CHOSE TO RETURN HOME VIA THE SOUTH ROUTE AND WHEN I SAW THE SNOW STORM IN FLAGSTAFF I MADE THE BETTER CHOICE EVEN THO IT ADDS A DAY OF TRAVEL.
MORE LATER.
ART
Sunday, March 18, 2012
WHETHER OR NOT
SUNDAY MARCH 18, 2012
INDIO CA.
THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MAD MEN SOMETIMES HAVE TO CHANGE.
OUR PLAN WAS TO LEAVE INDIO TODAY, SUNDAY = BUT = THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR OUR TRIP HOME WAS NOT GOOD, BIG SNOW STORM IN FLAGSTAFF AND RAIN WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO ST LOUIS.
WITH A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE LIKE OUR COACH, THE WIND MAKES THE TRIP HARD WORK EVEN THO WE WEIGH 33,000 POUNDS
SO----
THE NEW PLAN IS TO STAY HERE AND LEAVE ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY.
PROBLEM #2 TODAY SANDY CAME DOWN WITH A FLU BUG THAT IS RUNNING AROUND THE VALLEY. SOME OF THE BIG TIME TENNIS PLAYERS THAT ARE HERE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL MATCH [WATCHING ROGER FEDERER AT THIS TIME] HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PLAY DUE TO THE BUG.
IN INDIO TODAY, IT IS COOLER THAN IN CHICAGO!!! I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SECOND OR THIRD DAY WITH A LITTLE RAIN AND OVER CAST.
IN THE SEARCH FOR A BAD RESTAURANT, WE HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
INSTEAD WE WE HAVE SELECTED OUR THREE FAVORITES:
JACALOPE RANCH IS #1 =
FANTASTIC STICK CALAMARI THAT IS AN APPETIZER TO DIE FOR. AN OUTDOOR PATIO THAT HAS THE MOST AMAZING WATERFALLS AND BEAUTIFUL GARDEN ART THAT WOULD BE HARD TO BEAT ANYWHERE.
SERVICE AND FOOD IS GREAT. BARBECUE AT IT'S BEST.
THE CLIFF HOUSE IS #2 =
AS THE NAME IMPLIES, THE RESTAURANT IS BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN WITH WATERFALLS RUNNING THROUGH THE LOBBY AND NEXT TO THE OUTDOOR PATIO.
MAYBE THE BEST HAPPY HOUR IN THE AREA AND ALL DAY ON SUNDAY.
THE FOOD AND SERVICE IS GREAT AND THE OWNERS RESPOND TO THE CUSTOMERS = HERE IS THAT STORY:
THE FIRST TIME WE WENT TO THE CLIFF HOUSE WE HAD DIRTY MARTINIS WITH BLUE CHEESE OLIVES, THE BARTENDER SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A MINUTE OR TWO FOR THE OLIVES BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE MADE IN THE KITCHEN = NO PROBLEM.
THE NEXT TIME WE WENT THERE WE WERE AT A TABLE AND ORDERED THE SAME AND THE WAITER SAID THEY DON'T HAVE BLUE CHEESE OLIVES AND THAT THEY COULD NOT MAKE THEM EITHER. AFTER SOME CONVERSATION THE WAITER BROUGHT SANDY AN OLIVE AND BLUE CHEESE "KIT" SO SHE COULD STUFF THE HERSELF.
ON THE WAY WE SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE OWNERS = GUESS WHAT = THERE ARE NOW B/C OLIVES AT THE BAR.
THE CRAB POT IS #3
THIS CUTE LITTLE RESTAURANT IS LOCATED IN OLD TOWN INDIO AND SERVES A CALAMARI STEAK WITH CAPERS = WOW!
A NICE HEATED PATIO ROUNDS OUT THE PLACE.
HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO LAMP POST PIZZA AND BREWERY
A GREAT SPOT FOR LUNCH AND WE WERE THERE SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS YESTERDAY FOR SOME GREEN BEER.
I NEED TO GET BACK TO THE WEATHER AND TRY TO SET OUR DEPARTURE TIME.
ART
INDIO CA.
THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MAD MEN SOMETIMES HAVE TO CHANGE.
OUR PLAN WAS TO LEAVE INDIO TODAY, SUNDAY = BUT = THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR OUR TRIP HOME WAS NOT GOOD, BIG SNOW STORM IN FLAGSTAFF AND RAIN WITH WINDY CONDITIONS ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO ST LOUIS.
WITH A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE LIKE OUR COACH, THE WIND MAKES THE TRIP HARD WORK EVEN THO WE WEIGH 33,000 POUNDS
SO----
THE NEW PLAN IS TO STAY HERE AND LEAVE ON MONDAY OR TUESDAY.
PROBLEM #2 TODAY SANDY CAME DOWN WITH A FLU BUG THAT IS RUNNING AROUND THE VALLEY. SOME OF THE BIG TIME TENNIS PLAYERS THAT ARE HERE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL MATCH [WATCHING ROGER FEDERER AT THIS TIME] HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PLAY DUE TO THE BUG.
IN INDIO TODAY, IT IS COOLER THAN IN CHICAGO!!! I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SECOND OR THIRD DAY WITH A LITTLE RAIN AND OVER CAST.
IN THE SEARCH FOR A BAD RESTAURANT, WE HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
INSTEAD WE WE HAVE SELECTED OUR THREE FAVORITES:
JACALOPE RANCH IS #1 =
FANTASTIC STICK CALAMARI THAT IS AN APPETIZER TO DIE FOR. AN OUTDOOR PATIO THAT HAS THE MOST AMAZING WATERFALLS AND BEAUTIFUL GARDEN ART THAT WOULD BE HARD TO BEAT ANYWHERE.
SERVICE AND FOOD IS GREAT. BARBECUE AT IT'S BEST.
THE CLIFF HOUSE IS #2 =
AS THE NAME IMPLIES, THE RESTAURANT IS BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN WITH WATERFALLS RUNNING THROUGH THE LOBBY AND NEXT TO THE OUTDOOR PATIO.
MAYBE THE BEST HAPPY HOUR IN THE AREA AND ALL DAY ON SUNDAY.
THE FOOD AND SERVICE IS GREAT AND THE OWNERS RESPOND TO THE CUSTOMERS = HERE IS THAT STORY:
THE FIRST TIME WE WENT TO THE CLIFF HOUSE WE HAD DIRTY MARTINIS WITH BLUE CHEESE OLIVES, THE BARTENDER SAID THAT IT WOULD BE A MINUTE OR TWO FOR THE OLIVES BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE MADE IN THE KITCHEN = NO PROBLEM.
THE NEXT TIME WE WENT THERE WE WERE AT A TABLE AND ORDERED THE SAME AND THE WAITER SAID THEY DON'T HAVE BLUE CHEESE OLIVES AND THAT THEY COULD NOT MAKE THEM EITHER. AFTER SOME CONVERSATION THE WAITER BROUGHT SANDY AN OLIVE AND BLUE CHEESE "KIT" SO SHE COULD STUFF THE HERSELF.
ON THE WAY WE SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE OWNERS = GUESS WHAT = THERE ARE NOW B/C OLIVES AT THE BAR.
THE CRAB POT IS #3
THIS CUTE LITTLE RESTAURANT IS LOCATED IN OLD TOWN INDIO AND SERVES A CALAMARI STEAK WITH CAPERS = WOW!
A NICE HEATED PATIO ROUNDS OUT THE PLACE.
HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO LAMP POST PIZZA AND BREWERY
A GREAT SPOT FOR LUNCH AND WE WERE THERE SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS YESTERDAY FOR SOME GREEN BEER.
I NEED TO GET BACK TO THE WEATHER AND TRY TO SET OUR DEPARTURE TIME.
ART
Thursday, March 15, 2012
ESCALADES AND OTHER NOTES OF INTEREST
MARCH 15TH THURSDAY
INDIDO CA
I THINK THEY MUST GIVE AWAY AN ESCALADE FOR FREE WITH EVERY PRIUS. TODAY AT WALGREENS THERE 3 SIDE BY SIDE, THERE ARE GANGS OF THEM ON THE ROAD AND GAS IS $4.45 A GALLON.
I THINK TURN SIGNALS ARE AN ACCESSORY AS THEY ARE NOT USED SO MUCH.
STOP SIGNS SEEM TO BE CAUTION ONLY SIGNS AND BE CAREFUL OF THE DOUBLE LEFT TURN LANES, SOME FOLKS USE BOTH LANES.
ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN IS DRIVING THROUGH A MALL PARKING LOT, SOME OF OUR OLDER DRIVERS CAN'T TURN THEIR HEADS SO WELL AND JUST PROCEED TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPOT KNOWING FULL WELL NO ONE WILL HIT THEM.
PEDESTRIANS HOWEVER FOR THE MOST PART DO OBEY THE WALK DON'T WALK SIGNS.
CAR ALARMS ARE A BIG ANNOYANCE, BEEP, BEEP AND HEADLIGHTS FLASHING TO SET AND BEEP TO CANCEL IT, THEY EVEN DO IT WHEN THEY ARE JUST 15 FEET AWAY. THEY DO IT AT MIDNIGHT AND 6 IN THE MORNING. PEOPLE, THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE NOISE UNLESS YOU ARE TRYING TO IMPRESS SOMEONE THAT YOU HAVE AN ALARM, GUESS WHAT MOST EVERYONE HAS ONE AND YOU KNOW WHAT = THEY ARE USELESS, [THE ALARMS I MEAN] NOBODY EVEN LOOKS WHEN AN ALARM GOES OFF BECAUSE IT IS USUALLY A FALSE ALARM BY THE OWNER THAT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
IF YOU ARE THAT WORIED ABOUT SOMEONE STEELING YOUR INSURED CAR = GET LOJACK INSTALLED.
WE HEAD HOME ON SUNDAY AND WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE SHOPPING TO STOCK UP FOR THAT TRIP. THE CAR NEEDS TO BE WASHED AGAIN AND SO DOES THE COACH. I WILL HAVE THE CAR DONE BUT I MAY WAIT TO HAVE THE COACH DONE CLOSER TO HOME. BY CLOSER I MEAN AT THE BLUE BEACON TRUCK AND MOTORCOACH WASH IN CREET ILLINOIS. THERE MAY BE A SERVICE THAT WILL COME TO THE HOUSE AND WASH IT BUT I HAVE NOT CHECKED THAT OUT. MAYBE SOME ROTARY MEMBERS WILL DO IT FOR PIZZA & BEER???
THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT WEEK FOR THREE OF OUR ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS, NORM & LIZ ZIENTY LOST NORMS MOM AND MARY ENZOR LOST HER MOM AS WELL. OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO EVERYONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE THAT HAVE JOIND THE BLOG AND WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OTHERS TO JOIN AS WELL AS TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE BLOG. IT HAS BEEN FUN WRITING IT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO ANY TIME WE ARE ON THE ROAD.
ART DAVIS
INDIDO CA
I THINK THEY MUST GIVE AWAY AN ESCALADE FOR FREE WITH EVERY PRIUS. TODAY AT WALGREENS THERE 3 SIDE BY SIDE, THERE ARE GANGS OF THEM ON THE ROAD AND GAS IS $4.45 A GALLON.
I THINK TURN SIGNALS ARE AN ACCESSORY AS THEY ARE NOT USED SO MUCH.
STOP SIGNS SEEM TO BE CAUTION ONLY SIGNS AND BE CAREFUL OF THE DOUBLE LEFT TURN LANES, SOME FOLKS USE BOTH LANES.
ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN IS DRIVING THROUGH A MALL PARKING LOT, SOME OF OUR OLDER DRIVERS CAN'T TURN THEIR HEADS SO WELL AND JUST PROCEED TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPOT KNOWING FULL WELL NO ONE WILL HIT THEM.
PEDESTRIANS HOWEVER FOR THE MOST PART DO OBEY THE WALK DON'T WALK SIGNS.
CAR ALARMS ARE A BIG ANNOYANCE, BEEP, BEEP AND HEADLIGHTS FLASHING TO SET AND BEEP TO CANCEL IT, THEY EVEN DO IT WHEN THEY ARE JUST 15 FEET AWAY. THEY DO IT AT MIDNIGHT AND 6 IN THE MORNING. PEOPLE, THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE NOISE UNLESS YOU ARE TRYING TO IMPRESS SOMEONE THAT YOU HAVE AN ALARM, GUESS WHAT MOST EVERYONE HAS ONE AND YOU KNOW WHAT = THEY ARE USELESS, [THE ALARMS I MEAN] NOBODY EVEN LOOKS WHEN AN ALARM GOES OFF BECAUSE IT IS USUALLY A FALSE ALARM BY THE OWNER THAT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
IF YOU ARE THAT WORIED ABOUT SOMEONE STEELING YOUR INSURED CAR = GET LOJACK INSTALLED.
WE HEAD HOME ON SUNDAY AND WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE SHOPPING TO STOCK UP FOR THAT TRIP. THE CAR NEEDS TO BE WASHED AGAIN AND SO DOES THE COACH. I WILL HAVE THE CAR DONE BUT I MAY WAIT TO HAVE THE COACH DONE CLOSER TO HOME. BY CLOSER I MEAN AT THE BLUE BEACON TRUCK AND MOTORCOACH WASH IN CREET ILLINOIS. THERE MAY BE A SERVICE THAT WILL COME TO THE HOUSE AND WASH IT BUT I HAVE NOT CHECKED THAT OUT. MAYBE SOME ROTARY MEMBERS WILL DO IT FOR PIZZA & BEER???
THIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT WEEK FOR THREE OF OUR ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS, NORM & LIZ ZIENTY LOST NORMS MOM AND MARY ENZOR LOST HER MOM AS WELL. OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO EVERYONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE THAT HAVE JOIND THE BLOG AND WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OTHERS TO JOIN AS WELL AS TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE BLOG. IT HAS BEEN FUN WRITING IT AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO ANY TIME WE ARE ON THE ROAD.
ART DAVIS
Sunday, March 11, 2012
DEALS AND 7 DAYS TO GO
SUNDAY MARCH 17, 2012
INDIO CA.
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME RESTARTED TODAY AND WE LOST AN HOUR OF SLEEP = OH YA IT DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE.
ALL CLOCKS RESET
BOB & LINDA HUBENY LEFT A FEW DAYS AGO, WE HAD A GREAT VISIT.
INDIO IS THE TENNIS MEGA CENTER IN THE WEST. THE PLACE THEY PLAY IN IS HUGE AND THEY PLAY SOMETIMES UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
YOU SHOULD SEE THE LIGHTING BANKS. THE GAMES ARE SOLD OUT FOR EVERY EVENT EVERY DAY.
WE WENT OVER TO THE POLO CLUB TOLOOK AROUND, WOW, IT IS HUGE, 13 PLAYING FIELDS, LOTS OF HORSES, 2 RESTAURANTS ONE PRIVATE THE OTHER ONE IS WHERE ONE OF THE ROTARY CLUBS MEET.
DAVE AND SUSAN HEADED HOME ON WEDNESDAY FOR GLEN ELLYN. THEY SHOULD BE THERE ABOUT NOW.
I WAS GETTING THE CAR WASHED FOR THE SECOND TIME SOON AFTER WE ARRIVED AND A PR GUY ASKED IF I WANTED TO JOIN THE CAR WASH CLUB IN INDIO. AS YOU KNOW I DID JOIN THE CLUB FOR $25.00. I HAVE NOW USED THE CAR WASH CLUB TO A VALUE OF $65.00, GOOD PURCHASE AND THE MEMBERSHIP ENDS ON THE 18TH THE DAY WE HEAD HOME.
ANOTHER DEAL I RAN ACROSS WAS AT THE RESTAURANT OWNED BY CLINT EASTWOOD. I BOUGHT A MEMBERSHIP FOR $25 AND GOT 2 GIFT CARDS FOR $25 EACH = ALREADY AHEAD = I GET POINTS FOR PURCHASES AT ANY OF THE 5 RESTAURANTS AND I NOW HAVE ANOTHER $25 GIFT CARD.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE "GOOD SAM CLUB" A CLUB FOR MOTORCOACH OWNERS.
GOOD SAM JUST BEGAN A FUEL DISCOUNT PROGRAM. A 5 TO 9 CENTS PER GALLON DISCOUNT AND WITH DIESEL FUEL AT ABOUT $5.00 A GALLON, EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. BY THE WAY DIESEL IS ALMOST A DOLLAR A GALLON MORE THAN IT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO, THAT MEANS IT WILL BE ABOUT $500 TO FILL THE TANK AND THAT WILL GIVE US ABOUT A 850/900 MILE RANGE.
ANOTHER GREAT DAY HERE, 80 DEGREES AND NO WIND OR CLOUDS, LUNCH AND DINNER OUTSIDE.
LATER
ART
INDIO CA.
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME RESTARTED TODAY AND WE LOST AN HOUR OF SLEEP = OH YA IT DOESN'T MATTER ANY MORE.
ALL CLOCKS RESET
BOB & LINDA HUBENY LEFT A FEW DAYS AGO, WE HAD A GREAT VISIT.
INDIO IS THE TENNIS MEGA CENTER IN THE WEST. THE PLACE THEY PLAY IN IS HUGE AND THEY PLAY SOMETIMES UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
YOU SHOULD SEE THE LIGHTING BANKS. THE GAMES ARE SOLD OUT FOR EVERY EVENT EVERY DAY.
WE WENT OVER TO THE POLO CLUB TOLOOK AROUND, WOW, IT IS HUGE, 13 PLAYING FIELDS, LOTS OF HORSES, 2 RESTAURANTS ONE PRIVATE THE OTHER ONE IS WHERE ONE OF THE ROTARY CLUBS MEET.
DAVE AND SUSAN HEADED HOME ON WEDNESDAY FOR GLEN ELLYN. THEY SHOULD BE THERE ABOUT NOW.
I WAS GETTING THE CAR WASHED FOR THE SECOND TIME SOON AFTER WE ARRIVED AND A PR GUY ASKED IF I WANTED TO JOIN THE CAR WASH CLUB IN INDIO. AS YOU KNOW I DID JOIN THE CLUB FOR $25.00. I HAVE NOW USED THE CAR WASH CLUB TO A VALUE OF $65.00, GOOD PURCHASE AND THE MEMBERSHIP ENDS ON THE 18TH THE DAY WE HEAD HOME.
ANOTHER DEAL I RAN ACROSS WAS AT THE RESTAURANT OWNED BY CLINT EASTWOOD. I BOUGHT A MEMBERSHIP FOR $25 AND GOT 2 GIFT CARDS FOR $25 EACH = ALREADY AHEAD = I GET POINTS FOR PURCHASES AT ANY OF THE 5 RESTAURANTS AND I NOW HAVE ANOTHER $25 GIFT CARD.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE "GOOD SAM CLUB" A CLUB FOR MOTORCOACH OWNERS.
GOOD SAM JUST BEGAN A FUEL DISCOUNT PROGRAM. A 5 TO 9 CENTS PER GALLON DISCOUNT AND WITH DIESEL FUEL AT ABOUT $5.00 A GALLON, EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. BY THE WAY DIESEL IS ALMOST A DOLLAR A GALLON MORE THAN IT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO, THAT MEANS IT WILL BE ABOUT $500 TO FILL THE TANK AND THAT WILL GIVE US ABOUT A 850/900 MILE RANGE.
ANOTHER GREAT DAY HERE, 80 DEGREES AND NO WIND OR CLOUDS, LUNCH AND DINNER OUTSIDE.
LATER
ART
Saturday, March 3, 2012
SPRING IS HERE
SATURDAY MARCH 3,2012
INDIO CA.
WHEN I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF NAPERVILLE BACK IN 81/82, 30 YEARS AGO, BOB HUBENY WAS MY ASSISTANT GOVERNOR. HIS JOB WAS TO GUIDE THE CLUB PRESIDENTS AND BE SURE THEY DID A GOOD JOB AND FOLLOWED THE RULES. WELL, BOB AND I ALONG WITH HIS WIFE LINDA AND MY WIFE SANDY HAVE REMAINED FRIENDS OVER THESE MANY YEARS.
TODAY I RECEIVED AND EMAIL FROM THEM THAT SAID THEY WILL BE SPENDING A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH US NEXT WEEK, THEY LIVE IN HENDERSON NV.
WE ARE SO PLEASED TO HAVE THEM JOIN US EVEN THO THEY HAVE TO DRIVE ABOUT 900 MILES ROUND TRIP TO SPEND A FEW DAYS WITH US HERE IN INDIO CA.
TODAY I DID ANOTHER ROTARY MEETING MAKEUP ON LINE, I HAVE YET TO ATTEND A TERRA CLUB EVEN THO THERE ARE 3 CLUBS HERE. I WAS GOING TO LET MY 35 YEARS OF NEVER MISSING A MEETING FALL WHEN I RETIRED AND THEN AGAIN WHEN I GOT OUT HERE BUT SANDY SAID "WHY DON'T YOU DO YOUR MAKE UPS ON LINE, HAVING NO EXCUSE FOR THAT, I AM MAKING UP ON LINE. BY THE WAY IT IS REALLY EASY.
YESTERDAY WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DUST STORM, WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE COACH NEEDS TO BE WASHED BUT THE GUYS ARE BOOKED UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. I HAD THE CAR DONE TODAY.
WE ARE IN SEARCH OF A BAD RESTAURANT, THAT IS PROVING TO BE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK. WE HAVE NOT FOUND ONE YET BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS YET TO GO. WE WILL CONTINUE THE SEARCH NEXT YEAR IF WE DON'T TURN UP ANYTHING BEFORE WE HEAD HOME IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THE FIVE RESTAURANTS THAT CLINT EASTWOOD OWNS SEEM TO BE OUR FAVORITES SO FAR.
THE CLUB HOUSE RESTAURANT HERE AT THE MOTORCOACH COUNTRY CLUB IS PRETTY GOOD AND VERY CONVENIENT .
PROBABLY OUR MOST UNSUAL PLACE IS CALLED THE CLIFF HOUSE AND THIS RESTAURANT IS BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF A ROCK MOUNTAIN WITH WATERFALLS CASCADING DOWN FROM ON HIGH. VALET PARKING $1.00.
HAPPY HOUR IS A BIG DEAL OUT HERE, 3 TO 6, 3 TO 7, SOME ARE 3 TO 7 AND 9 TO CLOSE, SOME ARE ALL DAY ON SATURDAY.
THEY PACK THE BARS AND WE CAN'T DO IT IN NAPERVILLE.
MOST MEALS ARE BIGGER THAN YOU NEED BUT THE DOGGY BAGS ARE PLENTIFUL SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT YOU MAY GET A TWOFER AND ENJOY A SECOND MEAL AT NO COST.
BLOG YOU SOON.
ART
INDIO CA.
WHEN I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF NAPERVILLE BACK IN 81/82, 30 YEARS AGO, BOB HUBENY WAS MY ASSISTANT GOVERNOR. HIS JOB WAS TO GUIDE THE CLUB PRESIDENTS AND BE SURE THEY DID A GOOD JOB AND FOLLOWED THE RULES. WELL, BOB AND I ALONG WITH HIS WIFE LINDA AND MY WIFE SANDY HAVE REMAINED FRIENDS OVER THESE MANY YEARS.
TODAY I RECEIVED AND EMAIL FROM THEM THAT SAID THEY WILL BE SPENDING A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH US NEXT WEEK, THEY LIVE IN HENDERSON NV.
WE ARE SO PLEASED TO HAVE THEM JOIN US EVEN THO THEY HAVE TO DRIVE ABOUT 900 MILES ROUND TRIP TO SPEND A FEW DAYS WITH US HERE IN INDIO CA.
TODAY I DID ANOTHER ROTARY MEETING MAKEUP ON LINE, I HAVE YET TO ATTEND A TERRA CLUB EVEN THO THERE ARE 3 CLUBS HERE. I WAS GOING TO LET MY 35 YEARS OF NEVER MISSING A MEETING FALL WHEN I RETIRED AND THEN AGAIN WHEN I GOT OUT HERE BUT SANDY SAID "WHY DON'T YOU DO YOUR MAKE UPS ON LINE, HAVING NO EXCUSE FOR THAT, I AM MAKING UP ON LINE. BY THE WAY IT IS REALLY EASY.
YESTERDAY WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DUST STORM, WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE COACH NEEDS TO BE WASHED BUT THE GUYS ARE BOOKED UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON. I HAD THE CAR DONE TODAY.
WE ARE IN SEARCH OF A BAD RESTAURANT, THAT IS PROVING TO BE AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK. WE HAVE NOT FOUND ONE YET BUT THERE ARE HUNDREDS YET TO GO. WE WILL CONTINUE THE SEARCH NEXT YEAR IF WE DON'T TURN UP ANYTHING BEFORE WE HEAD HOME IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THE FIVE RESTAURANTS THAT CLINT EASTWOOD OWNS SEEM TO BE OUR FAVORITES SO FAR.
THE CLUB HOUSE RESTAURANT HERE AT THE MOTORCOACH COUNTRY CLUB IS PRETTY GOOD AND VERY CONVENIENT .
PROBABLY OUR MOST UNSUAL PLACE IS CALLED THE CLIFF HOUSE AND THIS RESTAURANT IS BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF A ROCK MOUNTAIN WITH WATERFALLS CASCADING DOWN FROM ON HIGH. VALET PARKING $1.00.
HAPPY HOUR IS A BIG DEAL OUT HERE, 3 TO 6, 3 TO 7, SOME ARE 3 TO 7 AND 9 TO CLOSE, SOME ARE ALL DAY ON SATURDAY.
THEY PACK THE BARS AND WE CAN'T DO IT IN NAPERVILLE.
MOST MEALS ARE BIGGER THAN YOU NEED BUT THE DOGGY BAGS ARE PLENTIFUL SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT YOU MAY GET A TWOFER AND ENJOY A SECOND MEAL AT NO COST.
BLOG YOU SOON.
ART
Thursday, February 23, 2012
ROTARY'S BIRTHDAY
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1905 [2012]
INDIO CA.
TODAY IS AN AMAZING DAY FOR THE WORLD-ROTARY INTERNATIONAL WAS BORN.
IT WAS IN CHICAGO IN AN OFFICE NUMBERED 711. FOUR MEN ATTENDED AND PAUL P HARRIS LAID OUT HIS IDEA.
TODAY ROTARY IS IN OVER 200 COUNTRIES [MORE THAN THE UNITED NATIONS] AND HAS ABOUT 1,300,000 MEMBERS DOING GOOD IN THE WORLD.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROTARY.
TODAY WAS PRESIDENTS DAY AT MY ROTARY CLUB BACK IN NAPERVILLE IL. I WAS SORRY TO MISS THAT MEETING AS A ROSTER OF PAST PRESIDENTS TOLD THE MEMBERSHIP ABOUT THE YEAR THEY WERE LEADING THAT FINE CLUB.
OUR CLUB HAS QUITE A FEW NEW MEMBERS AND SOME DON'T HAVE AS MUCH BACK GROUND AS THE MORE SEASONED [SHALL WE SAY] MEMBERS, SO IT IS COOL THAT WE REMEMBER OUR PAST AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE.
I WAS PRESIDENT 30 YEARS AGO [81/82] AND I WAS ASKED TO REMEMBER SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND SO I DID VIA EMAIL AND SOMEONE AT THE MEETING TODAY WOULD SPEAK FOR ME.
ON TUESDAY OUR GREAT FRIENDS PAST ROTARY DISTRICT GOVERNOR CHRIS & GEORGIA FROM DARIEN STOPPED BY FOR A TWO DAY VISIT. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM AND SHOW THEM AROUND THE PALM SPRINGS / INDIO CA. AREA.
WHILE IN PALM SPRINGS WE TOOK A TRAM UP A MOUNTAIN SOME 8000 FEET, IT WAS 85 AT THE BOTTOM AND 55 AT THE TOP.
THIS IS THE ONLY TRAM CAR IN NORTH AMERICA WITH A ROTATING FLOOR, IT MAKES TWO REVOLUTIONS EACH TRIP SO EVERYONE GETS A 360 DEGREE VIEW TWICE. BY THE WAY THERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHERS LIKE IT IN THE WORLD, ONE IN SWITZERLAND AND ONE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN EUROPE.
LUNCH AT THE TOP.
I HAVE HAD A JONES FOR A GREAT HAMBURGER SINCE WE ARRIVED IN CA. AND THEY HAD A "KOREAN HAMBURGER" ON THE MENU MADE FROM ANGUS BEEF AND A VERY INTERESTING SOY SLAW. CHRIS AND I ORDERED IT AND ASKED FOR IT MEDIUM RARE, THE WAITER SUGGESTED MEDIUM WELL OR WELL, WE SETTLED ON MEDIUM.
WELL, WHEN IT ARRIVED IT LOOKED FABULOUS, BUT WHEN WE CUT IT HALF IT WAS KIND OF GREY AND MUSHIE, ON FURTHER INSPECTION WE FOUND THAT IT WAS 25% ANGUS BEEF AND 75% SOY BEANS. DISAPPOINTED, I WOULD SAY SO, WE ATE IT AND SAVED A COW. THE FRIES WERE GREAT, SOME SALVATION.
FIRE UP DATE;
THE OWNER OF THE COACH THAT BURNED, IS HAVING ISSUES WITH HIS INSURANCE COMPANY. THE COACH IS STILL HERE AND THE BURNT ODOR IS THERE AS WELL, SORRY FOR THE FOLKS ON EACH SIDE.
A NEIGHBOR IS LETTING THEM STAY IN IN THEIR COACH AS THEY ARE NOT USING IT RIGHT NOW = VERY NEIGHBORLY.
THERE WAS A TOW TRUCK HERE TO PICK IT UP BUT LEFT BECAUSE THE COACH WAS TOO BIG.
IT WILL BE A MONUMENTAL CHORE TO ROLL IT OUT FROM THE SPACE ON TO THE ROAD, IT WEIGHS ABOUT 40,000 POUNDS AND IS 42 FEET LONG AND WON'T RUN AND THEREFOR HAS NO POWER STEERING. IT WILL HAVE TO BE PUT ON A LOWBOY OR THE DRIVE SHAFT REMOVED TO TOW IT FROM THE FRONT.
ANYWAY ENOUGH FOR NOW.
ART
INDIO CA.
TODAY IS AN AMAZING DAY FOR THE WORLD-ROTARY INTERNATIONAL WAS BORN.
IT WAS IN CHICAGO IN AN OFFICE NUMBERED 711. FOUR MEN ATTENDED AND PAUL P HARRIS LAID OUT HIS IDEA.
TODAY ROTARY IS IN OVER 200 COUNTRIES [MORE THAN THE UNITED NATIONS] AND HAS ABOUT 1,300,000 MEMBERS DOING GOOD IN THE WORLD.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROTARY.
TODAY WAS PRESIDENTS DAY AT MY ROTARY CLUB BACK IN NAPERVILLE IL. I WAS SORRY TO MISS THAT MEETING AS A ROSTER OF PAST PRESIDENTS TOLD THE MEMBERSHIP ABOUT THE YEAR THEY WERE LEADING THAT FINE CLUB.
OUR CLUB HAS QUITE A FEW NEW MEMBERS AND SOME DON'T HAVE AS MUCH BACK GROUND AS THE MORE SEASONED [SHALL WE SAY] MEMBERS, SO IT IS COOL THAT WE REMEMBER OUR PAST AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE.
I WAS PRESIDENT 30 YEARS AGO [81/82] AND I WAS ASKED TO REMEMBER SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND SO I DID VIA EMAIL AND SOMEONE AT THE MEETING TODAY WOULD SPEAK FOR ME.
ON TUESDAY OUR GREAT FRIENDS PAST ROTARY DISTRICT GOVERNOR CHRIS & GEORGIA FROM DARIEN STOPPED BY FOR A TWO DAY VISIT. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM AND SHOW THEM AROUND THE PALM SPRINGS / INDIO CA. AREA.
WHILE IN PALM SPRINGS WE TOOK A TRAM UP A MOUNTAIN SOME 8000 FEET, IT WAS 85 AT THE BOTTOM AND 55 AT THE TOP.
THIS IS THE ONLY TRAM CAR IN NORTH AMERICA WITH A ROTATING FLOOR, IT MAKES TWO REVOLUTIONS EACH TRIP SO EVERYONE GETS A 360 DEGREE VIEW TWICE. BY THE WAY THERE ARE ONLY TWO OTHERS LIKE IT IN THE WORLD, ONE IN SWITZERLAND AND ONE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN EUROPE.
LUNCH AT THE TOP.
I HAVE HAD A JONES FOR A GREAT HAMBURGER SINCE WE ARRIVED IN CA. AND THEY HAD A "KOREAN HAMBURGER" ON THE MENU MADE FROM ANGUS BEEF AND A VERY INTERESTING SOY SLAW. CHRIS AND I ORDERED IT AND ASKED FOR IT MEDIUM RARE, THE WAITER SUGGESTED MEDIUM WELL OR WELL, WE SETTLED ON MEDIUM.
WELL, WHEN IT ARRIVED IT LOOKED FABULOUS, BUT WHEN WE CUT IT HALF IT WAS KIND OF GREY AND MUSHIE, ON FURTHER INSPECTION WE FOUND THAT IT WAS 25% ANGUS BEEF AND 75% SOY BEANS. DISAPPOINTED, I WOULD SAY SO, WE ATE IT AND SAVED A COW. THE FRIES WERE GREAT, SOME SALVATION.
FIRE UP DATE;
THE OWNER OF THE COACH THAT BURNED, IS HAVING ISSUES WITH HIS INSURANCE COMPANY. THE COACH IS STILL HERE AND THE BURNT ODOR IS THERE AS WELL, SORRY FOR THE FOLKS ON EACH SIDE.
A NEIGHBOR IS LETTING THEM STAY IN IN THEIR COACH AS THEY ARE NOT USING IT RIGHT NOW = VERY NEIGHBORLY.
THERE WAS A TOW TRUCK HERE TO PICK IT UP BUT LEFT BECAUSE THE COACH WAS TOO BIG.
IT WILL BE A MONUMENTAL CHORE TO ROLL IT OUT FROM THE SPACE ON TO THE ROAD, IT WEIGHS ABOUT 40,000 POUNDS AND IS 42 FEET LONG AND WON'T RUN AND THEREFOR HAS NO POWER STEERING. IT WILL HAVE TO BE PUT ON A LOWBOY OR THE DRIVE SHAFT REMOVED TO TOW IT FROM THE FRONT.
ANYWAY ENOUGH FOR NOW.
ART
Saturday, February 18, 2012
FIRE RAIN AND FRIENDS
2/18/2012 SATURDAY
FROM 1/1/12 TO 2/16/12 THIS AREA HAS HAD JUST 0.03 INCHES OF RAIN!
ON THIS PAST WEDNESDAY I THINK WE GOT ABOUT 1/2 INCH OF RAIN, NOT SNOW. THE YEARS AVERAGE RAIN FALL IS JUST 4 INCHES.
THE COMMUNITIES AROUND HERE MUST SPEND A FORTUNE ON SPRINKLING ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT ARE EVERYWHERE.
ABOUT THE FIRE.
THURSDAY ABOUT 12:30 AM A POLICE CAR CAME FLYING AROUND THE VERY QUITE STREET IN FRONT OF US.
AS I HAVE SAID, THE STREETS ROLL UP ABOUT 10PM, SO ANYWAY THEY ROLL THRU AND ABOUT 8 TO 10 MINUTES LATER HERE COME THE FIRE TRUCKS, THEY USE THE WATER TANK TYPE OF FIRE TRUCK. THEY ALSO ARE DRIVING LIKE THEY ARE ON THE WAY TO A FIRE. GUESS WHAT, THEY WERE.
JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM US A MOTORCOACH HAD A SHORT IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND IT HAD STARTED A FIRE.
CONSIDERING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE VEHICLES IT IS NO WONDER THAT THE COACH WAS ENGULFED IN FLAME IN ONLY A MINUTE OR TWO.
THERE IS A CONCENTRATION OF WOOD CABINETS, FIBERGLASS, PLASTIC AND FABRICS THROUGH OUT AS WELL AS A 40 GALLON PROPANE TANK UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR. WHEN THE FOLKS INSIDE SMELLED SMOKE THEY ONLY HAD TIME TO GET THEMSELVES OUT SAFELY. THEIR TOAD CAR WAS PARKED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE COACH AND IN DANGER BUT, THE KEYS WERE IN THE COACH. IT SURVIVED.
SHE HAD ON PAJAMAS AND HE WAS IN SHORTS AND A T-SHIRT.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE LACK OF EMERGENCY THAT THE FIREMEN HAD, I GUESS THEY FELT THAT THE COACH WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THAT EVERYONE WAS SAFE, SO LETS NOT TAKE A CHANCE AND JUST PUT THE FIRE OUT. THEY DID THAT IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE FIRE DID NOT GET TO THE PROPANE TANK AS FAR AS I KNOW, AS THERE WAS LITTLE DAMAGE BELOW THE FLOOR. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE CASSITA NEXT DOOR.
THE OWNERS OF THE BURNT COACH HAVE A HOME IN LAKE TAHOE WHERE THEY WILL GO TO AFTER THE INSURANCE INSPECTION IS COMPLETED, THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE FUN OF SHOPPING FOR A NEW COACH.
OUR FRIENDS OF 30 YEARS PLUS ARRIVED LAST WEEK FROM GLEN ELLEN IL AND WILL BE HERE UNTIL THE 4TH OF MARCH.
SANDYS BROTHER AND HIS WIFE STOPPED BY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY LIVE IN AUSTIN TEXAS.
CHRIS AND GEORGIA WILL BE COMING IN FROM TUCSON AZ. NEXT WEEK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN HERE IN INDIO CA. AND TO HAVE VISITORS STOP BY JUST MAKES THE STAY EVEN MORE ENJOYABLE.
TODAY, AS WITH MOST DAYS, ONLY THE HIGH FLYING AIRPLANES HAVE SCARED THE MAGNIFICENT BLUE SKYS WITH THEIR VAPOR TRAILS.
SOMEONE SAID, OUT HERE YOU JUST GO FROM ONE GREAT DAY TO ANOTHER AND THE WEEKS AND MONTHS GO BY BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. AND SO IT DOES, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THREE WEEKS.
ENJOY
ART DAVIS
FROM 1/1/12 TO 2/16/12 THIS AREA HAS HAD JUST 0.03 INCHES OF RAIN!
ON THIS PAST WEDNESDAY I THINK WE GOT ABOUT 1/2 INCH OF RAIN, NOT SNOW. THE YEARS AVERAGE RAIN FALL IS JUST 4 INCHES.
THE COMMUNITIES AROUND HERE MUST SPEND A FORTUNE ON SPRINKLING ALL OF THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT ARE EVERYWHERE.
ABOUT THE FIRE.
THURSDAY ABOUT 12:30 AM A POLICE CAR CAME FLYING AROUND THE VERY QUITE STREET IN FRONT OF US.
AS I HAVE SAID, THE STREETS ROLL UP ABOUT 10PM, SO ANYWAY THEY ROLL THRU AND ABOUT 8 TO 10 MINUTES LATER HERE COME THE FIRE TRUCKS, THEY USE THE WATER TANK TYPE OF FIRE TRUCK. THEY ALSO ARE DRIVING LIKE THEY ARE ON THE WAY TO A FIRE. GUESS WHAT, THEY WERE.
JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM US A MOTORCOACH HAD A SHORT IN THE REFRIGERATOR AND IT HAD STARTED A FIRE.
CONSIDERING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE VEHICLES IT IS NO WONDER THAT THE COACH WAS ENGULFED IN FLAME IN ONLY A MINUTE OR TWO.
THERE IS A CONCENTRATION OF WOOD CABINETS, FIBERGLASS, PLASTIC AND FABRICS THROUGH OUT AS WELL AS A 40 GALLON PROPANE TANK UNDERNEATH THE FLOOR. WHEN THE FOLKS INSIDE SMELLED SMOKE THEY ONLY HAD TIME TO GET THEMSELVES OUT SAFELY. THEIR TOAD CAR WAS PARKED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE COACH AND IN DANGER BUT, THE KEYS WERE IN THE COACH. IT SURVIVED.
SHE HAD ON PAJAMAS AND HE WAS IN SHORTS AND A T-SHIRT.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE LACK OF EMERGENCY THAT THE FIREMEN HAD, I GUESS THEY FELT THAT THE COACH WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND THAT EVERYONE WAS SAFE, SO LETS NOT TAKE A CHANCE AND JUST PUT THE FIRE OUT. THEY DID THAT IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE FIRE DID NOT GET TO THE PROPANE TANK AS FAR AS I KNOW, AS THERE WAS LITTLE DAMAGE BELOW THE FLOOR. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE CASSITA NEXT DOOR.
THE OWNERS OF THE BURNT COACH HAVE A HOME IN LAKE TAHOE WHERE THEY WILL GO TO AFTER THE INSURANCE INSPECTION IS COMPLETED, THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE FUN OF SHOPPING FOR A NEW COACH.
OUR FRIENDS OF 30 YEARS PLUS ARRIVED LAST WEEK FROM GLEN ELLEN IL AND WILL BE HERE UNTIL THE 4TH OF MARCH.
SANDYS BROTHER AND HIS WIFE STOPPED BY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEY LIVE IN AUSTIN TEXAS.
CHRIS AND GEORGIA WILL BE COMING IN FROM TUCSON AZ. NEXT WEEK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN HERE IN INDIO CA. AND TO HAVE VISITORS STOP BY JUST MAKES THE STAY EVEN MORE ENJOYABLE.
TODAY, AS WITH MOST DAYS, ONLY THE HIGH FLYING AIRPLANES HAVE SCARED THE MAGNIFICENT BLUE SKYS WITH THEIR VAPOR TRAILS.
SOMEONE SAID, OUT HERE YOU JUST GO FROM ONE GREAT DAY TO ANOTHER AND THE WEEKS AND MONTHS GO BY BEFORE YOU KNOW IT. AND SO IT DOES, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THREE WEEKS.
ENJOY
ART DAVIS
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
ODDS AND ENDS
FEB 14, TUESDAY
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!
WE ARRIVED AT THE MOTOR COACH COUNTRY CLUB JAN 28. [3 DAYS EARLY]
THIS PLACE IS A REALLY GREAT RESORT WITH ALL OF THE "REQUIRED" STUFF.
A 9 HOLE PAR 3, 3 SWIMMING POOLS, TENNIS, BOCCI BALL AND A FITNESS CENTER JUST TO NAME A FEW.
MY DADDY SAID, AFTER HE RETIRED, THAT "WHEN HE GOT UP IN THE MORNING HE HAD NOTHING TO DO AND WHEN HE WENT TO BED HE HAD ONLY GOTTEN HALF OF IT DONE".
I NOW KNOW WHAT HE MEANT, I HAVE MADE UP MY ROTARY MEETINGS ON THE INTERNET NOT AT A CLUB, MY BLOG HAS SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE OF THIS LIFE STYLE OF UP AND AT 'EM AT MAYBE 9 OR 9:30, BREAKFAST, GYM, LUNCH, SWIMMING, SNACK, RELAX THEN DINNER. THIS CHALLENGING SCHEDULE LEAVES LITTLE TIME FOR OTHER STUFF.
WHAT WITH THE TIME CHANGE I DON'T EVEN GET TO SEE JAY OR DAVE. THE STREETS ROLL UP AT 10PM THE LATEST.
I NEEDED TO HAVE THE MOTOR COACH WASHED AND BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT 13 FEET TALL AND 38 FEET LONG I DECIDED NOT TO DO IT MYSELF. I NOTICED A WASH SERVICE TRUCK IN AND AROUND THE RESORT. I FLAGGED THEM DOWN AND ASKED WHEN THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO WASH IT, THERE WAS A 3 DAY WAIT!
THEY ARRIVED ON TIME, A TEAM OF 9, THEY WERE ON THE ROOF UNDER THE BACK FOR THE MUD FLAP AND GENERALLY ALL OVER IT, IT TOOK ONLY ABOUT 30 MINUTES INCLUDING DOING THE TIRES. IT LOOKS LIKE NEW!
$55.00 AND A $10.00 TIP WHAT A DEAL
THE CAR NEEDED A WASH AS WELL AND I TOOK IT TO A VERY NICE FULL SERVICE CAR WASH $22.00 PLUS $3 TIP = THE CAR IS 16 FEET LONG AND 4.5 FEET TALL, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE.
I WENT BACK FOR A SECOND WASH AND THEY WERE DOING A BIG PROMO TV, RADIO AND SUCH. WHY THEY SELECTED ME FOR A SPECIAL DEAL I WILL NEVER KNOW.
$25.00 TO JOIN THE CLUB FOR 5 WEEKS [PERFECT FOR ME BECAUSE WE WILL BE HEADING HOME ABOUT THEN].
THIS WAS THE DEAL = FOR $25 I COULD HAVE THE CAR WASHED EVERY DAY FOR FREE AND THE WASH I WAS ABOUT TO PAY FOR WOULD BE INCLUDED FOR FREE {$13}. THIS WAS A NO BRAINER SO I JOINED A CAR WASH CLUB IN PALM DESERT CA.
WHODA THUNK.
THE WEATHER HERE IS INTERESTING, 45 TO 60 AT NIGHT, 75 TO 85 DURING THE DAY, THIS IS THE DESERT AND THERE IS NOTHING TO HOLD THE HEAT IN AT NIGHT. ERGO THE BIG SWING IN TEMPS
IT IS FUNNY TO SEE WOMEN IN FUR COATS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WINTER WEATHER, BACK HOME AT 60 WE WOULD HAVE T SHIRTS AND SHORTS ON WITH THE TOP DOWN.
THERE ARE 400 COACH SITES HERE ALONG WITH A HOST OF INTERESTING PEOPLE, JOHN DALY THE GOLFER FOR ONE, THE DUNKLE BROTHERS THAT MOVE HEAVY MACHINERY AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR ANOTHER,
THERE ARE MOTOR COACHES HERE THAT COST NEAR 2 MILLION BUCKS.
WE WILL VISIT AGAIN, SOON, WHEN I CAN SPARE THE TIME.
ART
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!
WE ARRIVED AT THE MOTOR COACH COUNTRY CLUB JAN 28. [3 DAYS EARLY]
THIS PLACE IS A REALLY GREAT RESORT WITH ALL OF THE "REQUIRED" STUFF.
A 9 HOLE PAR 3, 3 SWIMMING POOLS, TENNIS, BOCCI BALL AND A FITNESS CENTER JUST TO NAME A FEW.
MY DADDY SAID, AFTER HE RETIRED, THAT "WHEN HE GOT UP IN THE MORNING HE HAD NOTHING TO DO AND WHEN HE WENT TO BED HE HAD ONLY GOTTEN HALF OF IT DONE".
I NOW KNOW WHAT HE MEANT, I HAVE MADE UP MY ROTARY MEETINGS ON THE INTERNET NOT AT A CLUB, MY BLOG HAS SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE OF THIS LIFE STYLE OF UP AND AT 'EM AT MAYBE 9 OR 9:30, BREAKFAST, GYM, LUNCH, SWIMMING, SNACK, RELAX THEN DINNER. THIS CHALLENGING SCHEDULE LEAVES LITTLE TIME FOR OTHER STUFF.
WHAT WITH THE TIME CHANGE I DON'T EVEN GET TO SEE JAY OR DAVE. THE STREETS ROLL UP AT 10PM THE LATEST.
I NEEDED TO HAVE THE MOTOR COACH WASHED AND BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT 13 FEET TALL AND 38 FEET LONG I DECIDED NOT TO DO IT MYSELF. I NOTICED A WASH SERVICE TRUCK IN AND AROUND THE RESORT. I FLAGGED THEM DOWN AND ASKED WHEN THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO WASH IT, THERE WAS A 3 DAY WAIT!
THEY ARRIVED ON TIME, A TEAM OF 9, THEY WERE ON THE ROOF UNDER THE BACK FOR THE MUD FLAP AND GENERALLY ALL OVER IT, IT TOOK ONLY ABOUT 30 MINUTES INCLUDING DOING THE TIRES. IT LOOKS LIKE NEW!
$55.00 AND A $10.00 TIP WHAT A DEAL
THE CAR NEEDED A WASH AS WELL AND I TOOK IT TO A VERY NICE FULL SERVICE CAR WASH $22.00 PLUS $3 TIP = THE CAR IS 16 FEET LONG AND 4.5 FEET TALL, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE.
I WENT BACK FOR A SECOND WASH AND THEY WERE DOING A BIG PROMO TV, RADIO AND SUCH. WHY THEY SELECTED ME FOR A SPECIAL DEAL I WILL NEVER KNOW.
$25.00 TO JOIN THE CLUB FOR 5 WEEKS [PERFECT FOR ME BECAUSE WE WILL BE HEADING HOME ABOUT THEN].
THIS WAS THE DEAL = FOR $25 I COULD HAVE THE CAR WASHED EVERY DAY FOR FREE AND THE WASH I WAS ABOUT TO PAY FOR WOULD BE INCLUDED FOR FREE {$13}. THIS WAS A NO BRAINER SO I JOINED A CAR WASH CLUB IN PALM DESERT CA.
WHODA THUNK.
THE WEATHER HERE IS INTERESTING, 45 TO 60 AT NIGHT, 75 TO 85 DURING THE DAY, THIS IS THE DESERT AND THERE IS NOTHING TO HOLD THE HEAT IN AT NIGHT. ERGO THE BIG SWING IN TEMPS
IT IS FUNNY TO SEE WOMEN IN FUR COATS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WINTER WEATHER, BACK HOME AT 60 WE WOULD HAVE T SHIRTS AND SHORTS ON WITH THE TOP DOWN.
THERE ARE 400 COACH SITES HERE ALONG WITH A HOST OF INTERESTING PEOPLE, JOHN DALY THE GOLFER FOR ONE, THE DUNKLE BROTHERS THAT MOVE HEAVY MACHINERY AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR ANOTHER,
THERE ARE MOTOR COACHES HERE THAT COST NEAR 2 MILLION BUCKS.
WE WILL VISIT AGAIN, SOON, WHEN I CAN SPARE THE TIME.
ART
Friday, February 3, 2012
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES [FOREST GUMP]
FEB 3, 2012 FRIDAY
WELL, I HAVE HAD MY iPHONE FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT REPLACING IT WHEN WE RETURNED FROM CALIFORNIA.
WELL, I HAVE HAD MY iPHONE FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT REPLACING IT WHEN WE RETURNED FROM CALIFORNIA.
IT STILL WORKED JUST FINE BUT IT WAS OLD AND WORN.
IT TRAVELED EVERY WHERE WITH ME, CANADA, COPENHAGEN, FINLAND, RUSSIA, NORWAY AND OH SO MANY OTHER PLACES.
TODAY I GOT A NEW iPHONE, I FOUND OUT THAT THE PHONE AND THE SWIMMING POOL DO NOT GET ALONG - AT ALL.
I WAS WORKING AROUND THE COACH FOR A WHILE WITH THE PHONE IN MY SWIM SUIT POCKET AND TOTALLY FORGOT THAT AS I WENT FOR A SWIM.
SO OFF TO THE AT&T PHONE STORE, VINCENT WAS REALLY HELPFUL IN ASSISTING ME IN THE CHOICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, I ALSO KNEW WHAT I WANTED BEFORE I WENT TO THE STORE.
I PURCHASED A NEW iPHONE AND CASE TODAY.
CALIFORNIA HAS AN INTERESTING SPIN ON SALES TAX. REMEMBER OREGON HAS NO SALES TAX, WELL CALIFORNIA CHARGES THE TAX ON THE "RETAIL" PRICE NOT ON THE SALE PRICE - SO THE TAX WAS ON $695.00 NOT ON THE $199.00 I PAID.
SO AN EXTRA $35.00 WENT TO HELP OUT THE BROKE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
IT WORKS GREAT AND IS MUCH FASTER THAN THE OLD ONE.
I NEEDED IT ANYWAY = I JUST GOT IT SOONER.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
49 STATES AND THEN THERE IS CALIFORNIA
WE DEPARTED THE KOA IN KINGMAN AZ. AFTER A REALY NICE STAY AT A GREAT SPOT THAT PROVIDED US A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD MENTIONED THAT THIS BIG DIESEL RIG HAS A 100 GALLON FUEL TANK AND IF YOU GO TO A REGULAR GAS STATION THAT SELLS DIESEL FUEL IT WILL TAKE ABOUT 1+ HOUR TO FILL THE TANK.
I PULL INTO THE TRUCK STOPS WITH THE BIG SEMIS AND USE THOSE PUMPS BECAUSE THEY CAN FILL THE TANK IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES, THEY PUMP AT THE RATE OF 10 GALLONS A MINUTE!!!!
INTERSTATE 40 WAS THE ROAD TO USE IN THE MORNING AND WE MOVED ON TO RT 95.
THIS WAS A NEWLY PAVED WIDE 2 LANE ROAD THAT TOOK US FROM I40 TO I10.
WE CROSSED MANY STATES FROM ILLINOIS TO ARIZONA WITH NO ISSUES BUT CROSSING FROM ARIZONA INTO CALIFORNIA THERE IS AN INSPECTION POINT THAT ALL VEHICLES HAVE TO STOP FOR.
AFTER A SHORT WAIT IN LINE WE PULLED UP TO THE "BORDER GUARD", HE ASKED IF WE HAD ANY FRUITS, VEGETABLES, FIRE ARMS OR ILEGLE ALIENS ON BOARD.
THEN THE GUARD WANTED TO KNOW HOW LONG WE WERE IN ARIZONA.
AFTER A FEW MORE QUESTIONS WE WERE WAVED FORWARD INTO CALIFORNIA.
A FEW OBSERVATIONS: USE TURN SIGNALS? NOT SO MUCH HERE.
SPEED UP TO MAKE A YELLOW LIGHT, YES JUST LIKE AT HOME.
LOT'S OF NICE OLDER CARS WITHOUT RUST.
ROAD WORTHY AND LEAGLE GOLF CARTS THAT WILL GO 30 MPH WITH WIPERS, LIGHTS AND ALL THE OTHER LEGAL ACCESSORIES. THESE THINGS ARE REALLY COOL AND CAN LOOK LIKE A ROLLS OR A 34 FORD BUT I ALREADY HAVE MENTIONED THAT.
DID I SAY THESE "GOLF CARTS" ARE REALLY COOL.
TODAY I MADE A ROTARY CYBER MAKE UP! FIGURED OUT THE POOL HEATER AND LIGHT TIMERS. THERE ARE 4 LIGHTS THAT DON'T WORK - BULBS MOST LIKLEY -
THE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE WILL CHECK IT TOMORROW.
THE COACH WILL GET THE ROAD GRIME REMOVED TOMORROW AS WELL.
LUNCH AT TOMMY BAHAMAS TODAY. AN AFTERNOON SWIM AND BLTS IN THE COACH THIS EVENING.
LIFE IS GOOD!
TILL NEXT TIME
ART
Saturday, January 28, 2012
NEARING THE GOAL
JAN 28,2012 SATURDAY
AS A FOLLOW UP TO YESTERDAY AND ONE OF THOSE "UH OH" MOMENTS, THE CAMPGROUND IN AMARILLO IS SO FAR AWAY FROM TOWN THEY DONT HAVE "AIR TV", SO I PURCHASED A CABLE TO CONNECT TO THERE CABLE TV SYSTEM.
IT WAS EASILY CONNECTED HOWEVER THE PICTURE WAS VERY GRAINY, THE SOUND WAS GOOD. I CHANGED ALL 3 TVS FROM AIR TO CABLE, STILL A GRAINY PICTURE, I KNEW THERE WAS STILL AN ANTENNA PROBLEM BUT COULD NOT FIND IT.
IT WAS BED TIME SO I PUT IT OFF UNTIL THE MORNING.
IF ALL ELSE FAILS READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!
THE OWNERS MANUAL STATES THAT THERE IS A SWITCH IN THE BEDROOM TV CABINET = BUT I COULD FIND NO SUCH SWITCH IN THAT LOCATION. I DID FINALLY FIND IT IN THE ELECTRONICS CABINET OVER THE ENTRANCE DOOR, I PUSHED THE BUTTON AND WE HAD A CLEAR PICTURE AND GOOD SOUND = LESSON LEARNED =
MAYBE?
SOME TIME AGO THE FEDS DECLASSIFIED ROUTE 66 AS A US HIGHWAY, SO THE INDIVIDUAL STATES TOOK THE REMAINING SEGMENTS AND HAVE CALLED THEM HISTORIC ROUTE 66.
THERE ARE SOME VERY COOL PARTS LEFT. AS WE MOVE ALONG THE REPLACEMENT OF THE "MOTHER ROAD" [I55 AND I40] WE SEE OLD BUILDINGS WITH CLOSED BUSINESSES AND WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. THE INTERSTATE HYWAY SYSTEM BEGAN IN THE EARLY 50s DURING THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION.
I THINK THAT MANY OF THOSE SHUTTERED BUSINESSES WERE A VIBRANT EMPLOYERS AND A SUPPORTER OF THERE COMMUNITIES, BUT AS THE NEW HYWAY AND THE FUTURE PASSED THEM BY THEY BECAME A THING OF THE PAST.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DRIVE FROM AMARILLO TX. TO KINGMAN AZ. PRETTY MUCH NO WIND AND LIGHT TRAFFIC.
I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW IMPRESSED I AM WITH THE ENGINE BRAKING SYSTEM ON THIS NEW NAVISTAR ENGINE, COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAINS FROM 7300 FEET I DID NOT HAVE TO USE THE FOOT BRAKE AT ALL.
IT IS AN AMAZING USE OF THE ENGINE POWER TO SLOW THE COACH DOWN, I CAN USE TWO CYLINDERS FOR A SMALL AMOUNT OF BRAKING OR 4 CYLINDERS FOR MORE OR ALL 6 CYLINDERS FOR MAXIMUM BRAKING.
THINK ABOUT THIS, I AM TRAVELING AT 65 MPH IN A 33,000 POUND MOTORCOACH TOWING A 4,000 POUND CAR AND I CAN SLOW THIS 37.000 POUND MONSTER TO
10 MPH WITHOUT STEPPING ON THE FOOT BRAKE. WOW!!!!
WE ARRIVED AT THE KINGMAN AZ KOA AT ABOUT 4:30, IT IS VERY NICE, A GUIDE IN A GOLF CART SHOWED US THE WAY TO OUR PAD AND ASSISTED WITH THE HOOKUPS.
WYFI WORKS WELL, CABLE TV IS GOOD AS WELL.
LAST LEG TO INDIO TOMORROW
Friday, January 27, 2012
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
FRIDAY JANUARY 27
THIS MORNING WE LEFT AMARILLO TX EARLIER THAN OUR NORMAL DEPARTURE TIME AS THE WEATHER REPORTS WERE FOR HIGH WINDS IN THE LATE MORNING SO WE LEFT EARLY AND IT WORKED WELL.
THE DRIVE WAS GREAT, WE DID RUN INTO SOME GUSTY WIND UP AT ABOUT 7200 FEET.
TEXAS ROADS WERE PRETTY GOOD, NEW MEXICO NOT SO MUCH.
AS WE MOVED ACROSS THE COUNTRY IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE MANY AUTOMOTIVE GRAVE YARDS. SOME ARE SPECIALIZED IN ONLY ONE BRAND OF CAR, I SAW A YARD WITH ABOUT 150 TO 200 PONTIACS FROM ABOUT 1952 TO 1977, BONNEVILLES, CATALINAS, LEMANS, EXECUTIVES, GTOS, VENTURAS, GRAN PRIXS AND OTHERS. HOW MANY NAMES DO YOU RECALL?
THE NEXT ONE WAS NOT ONLY A GRAVE YARD BUT A RESTORATION SHOP AS WELL.
THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF COOL OLD RUSTY HULKS JUST SITTING ALONG THE ROAD IN YARDS AND FIELDS. REMEMBER IT IS WAY CHEAPER TO BY A NICE OLD CAR THAN TO FIX UP AND OLD CAR TO MAKE IT A NICE OLD CAR.
GOT INTO TO THE BAR S RV PARK IN GRANTS NEW MEXICO ABOUT 3 PM AND JUST RELAXED FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ENJOY!!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
IT'S BEEN A WHILE
JANUARY 10th TUESDAY
THERE WAS NOT MUCH TO REPORT ON FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND SO THAT WAS THAT.
TODAY WE TOOK THE KNIGHT TO WAKARUSA INDIANA FOR A VISIT WITH THE FACTORY.
WE LEFT MONDAY RIGHT AFTER I FINISHED WITH THE DENTIST
WE STAYED OVERNIGHT IN SOUTH BEND AND ARRIVED A THE FACTORY ABOUT 8:30.
THERE WERE A FEW MINOR THINGS THAT NEEDED ATTENTION SUCH AS A RATTLE IN THE SCREEN DOOR, INSTALL A REMOTE EYE FOR THE DIRECTV, ADJUST THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS AND INSTALLED AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET FOR MY WINE CELLAR.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, I FELT THAT THE STEERING WANDERED TOO MUCH, THE ALIGNMENT WAS CHECKED AT THE NAVISTAR DEALER IN PORTLAND OREGON WAS PRONOUNCED AOK.
I ASKED AT THE FACTORY TECHS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY IN FACT FOUND THAT THE FRONT RIDE HEIGHT WAS OVER AN INCH TOO HIGH.
YOU MIGHT THINK "SO WHAT" AN INCH IS NOT THAT MUCH, BUT WHEN THE FRONT OF A VEHICLE IS TO HIGH IT SHIFTS WEIGHT TO THE REAR AND IN SO DOING SO IT TAKES WEIGHT OFF OF THE FRONT STEERING WHEELS SO NOW THE WEIGHT THAT KEEPS THE TIRES ON THE GROUND IS LESS, CAUSING A WANDER IN THE STEERING.
THEY ADJUSTED THE RIDE HEIGHT AND IT SEEMED BETTER ON THE WAY HOME.
WE SHALL SEE AS WE TAKE IT TO CALIFORNIA.
OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WE FINISHED UP WITH THE NECESSARY ITEMS AND CREATURE COMFORTS AND INSTALLED THEM.
BY THE WAY THE LICENSE PLATE IS [WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT] "KNIGHT".
JANUARY 24 th TUESDAY
THE PLAN WAS TO LEAVE ON MONDAY BUT WE NEEDED AN EXTRA DAY.
THE PLAN WAS TO LEAVE ON TUESDAY AT 9 am.
AND THE PLAN TURNED OUT TO BE LEAVING AT ABOUT 11:30 am,
THE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT WEEK FROM NAPERVILLE TO INDIO CA. LOOKED PRETTY GOOD.
WE WERE SET TO ARRIVE AT THE PIN OAK RV PARK IN VILLA RIDGE MO IN THE LATE AFTERNOON BUT WITH SUCH A LATE START WE GOT THERE AFTER THE CAMP GROUND CLOSED. WE GOT THERE AT 6:05 AND THEY CLOSED AT 6 PM. OH WELL.
IT WAS PITCH BLACK OUTSIDE, AND THERE WERE MOSTLY NO LIGHTS ANYWHERE SO WE CAREFULLY AND SLOWLY MOVED THROUGH THE PARK UNTIL WE FOUND A DRIVE THRU PAD. THE COACH AND CAR TOTAL ABOUT 60 FEET LONG.
IN THE MORNING IT STARTED TO RAIN AND IT RAINED MOSTLY ALL DAY. OUR START TIME WAS ABOUT 10 am.
WE MADE PRETTY GOOD TIME ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25th
ABOUT 3pm THE RAIN STOPPED AND THAT CERTAINLY MADE THE DRIVING EASIER.
WE ARRIVED AT OAK GLEN RV PARK IN CHANDLER OK. AT ABOUT 5pm AND WERE DIRECTED TO OUR PAD. RED DIRT AND MORE RED DIRT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME I NEEDED TO EMPTY THE HOLDING TANKS. I WAS EXPECTING AN AWFUL PROJECT FROM WHAT EVERYONE SAYS.
WEAR SAFETY GLASSES, PROPER CLOTHES, BOOTS AND RUBBER GLOVES. I AM HAPPY TO SAY WITH THE OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT I CHOSE FOR THE COACH, THE "JOB" WAS VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD, RUBER GLOVES WERE USED FOR SURE. GREY AND BLACK TANKS DRAINED AND FLUSHED, FRESH WATER FILLED AND PROPANE WILL BE ADDED TOMORROW.
THE SKY WAS AMAZINGLY CLEAR AS I GAZED OUT OF THE BEDROOM WINDOW AND AT LAST COUNT THERE WERE JUST OVER A BIZILLION STARS OUT AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
THURSDAY JAN26th,
THE NEXT LEG OF OUR JOURNEY BEGAN AT ABOUT 10am.
OVERCAST WAS THE LOOK OF THE MORNING BUT IT WAS ABOUT 60 DEGREES. WE TRAVELED ABOUT 100 MILES FOLLOWING THE "MOTHER ROAD" OLD ROUTE 66. WHAT FUN IT WAS TO SEE SOME OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS THAT ARE NOW MUSEUMS OR TRINKET SHOPS. SOME OF THE OLDER ONES ARE EMPTY AND JUST FALLING APART.
THE CLOUDS CLEARED AND THE SKY WAS A BEAUTIFUL BLUE AND IS STILL 60 DEGREES.
WHEN WE STOPPED FOR FUEL AND OPENED THE DOOR WE KNEW SPRING WAS HERE.
I NOSED THE COACH INTO THE DRIVEWAY TO THE FORT AMARILLO RV RESORT, WE LIKE DRIVE THRU LOCATION SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DISCONNECT THE TOWED CAR EACH TIME. REMEMBER WE ARE ABOUT 60 FEET LONG.
WHAT A NICE PLACE, SANDY LOVED THE "GENERAL STORE". BOUGHT SOME NICE WINE THEMED COASTERS.
PROPANE GAS IN THE MORNING AND WE WILL BE OFF TO THE NEXT LAY OVER.
BY THE WAY I WAS REALLY BUMMED OUT TO HAVE MISSED THE ROTARY PARTY AT THE ROCK BOTTOM BREWING COMPANY TONIGHT.
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