Sunday, Jan. 15th, 22
years ago, my daughter gave me my first grandson. At 1:38 pm I knew exactly
where I was. I was cutting the umbilical cord that disconnected him from his
Mom after 9 months.
From this day forward, I was hooked.
Taylor has grown from this little munchkin to the strapping handsome young man
you see below.
Happy Birthday Taylor!
Today we woke up at 7 and after a cup
of tea, I went for a nice walk around the area. This place is familiar to me so
I knew my way around and how far I wanted to walk.
To the east of us, was this beautiful
sunrise.
To the southwest was the moon,
hanging on refusing to say goodbye.
Once more it was nice to have Bill and
Clemson meet me on my way back home.
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| Bill and Clemson are just silhouettes in the morning sun |
This is our beautiful spot in the desert.
The sky was playing havoc with our
brains, first sun, then clouds, then sun again. The temperature was already 51F
so we figured if the clouds cleared away, it would be a lovely day.
A knock, knock on the door at 9:15 am
and we were surprised to see Gayle out on her morning walk. A brief chit chat
and she was on her way and we finished our breakfast.
Since they were set up at the other
side of La Posa South, we hopped in the truck and went over to find them. They
were pretty much in the same area as before so easy to locate.
John, Gayle’s husband, had ordered
solar panels for themselves from Amazon and when they arrived, they had 3 for
us as well. We exchanged panels for cash this morning and headed back home to
unload them. Three more panels would just suit us perfectly, whether we get
them hooked up here or just get them mounted.
It was around 11:30 when we took a
drive into Quartzsite to see what kind of mad house awaited us. Well, we found
out. It took us 2 traffic lights to get through at I-95 and Main St. because of
the congestion. People were looking for places to park just like we were but
there were none to be found.
This gal was here the last time we
were here! What a thankless job!
We drove to a back-parking lot and
turned around, making the decision to try tomorrow but closer to 9 am. Bill
wanted to pick up his tilt kits for the panel installation. On the way home, we
answered a whim and stopped to look at the motor coaches that were for sale.
No, don’t get excited, we aren’t
looking to buy, just looking. We were curious to see what the high dollar ones
were like inside. I found THE one and only one that I would ever be interested
in and it was a 2014 listed at $500,000 sale price. Enough of that, I can’t
even say we were dreaming because I love our Mobile Suite and nothing matches
it in my eyes. Apparently, no one could blame us, the reps agreed that in their
humble opinion we had the best fifth wheel on the market. Ahem!
Funny thing though, Bill got more
attention to his truck than we gave to the coaches. The dealers couldn’t say
enough about it and wanted to know how it towed etc. Bill was in his glory.
Back home we had some lunch and I sat
outside in my shorts for a while with my book. The sun had taken control of the
sky and it was absolutely gorgeous at 69F. Before too long, I had to change
into jeans and put on the kettle for our tea. We were invited to Gayle and John’s
for Happy Hour today.
Clemson surprised us all by jumping
up on Gayle’s lap, something he doesn’t do often. Usually it is mine or Bill’s
lap no matter how much encouraging you try. He is a funny little guy and seems
to know what he wants when he wants it. Gayle simply said “do you want to come
up?” and he gave no hesitation whatsoever.
Well, time flies and even though the
sun was still strong in a clear blue sky, we packed up our chairs and came back
home before 5. Tonight is sausage night so Bill readied the Weber Q and we made
short order of our supper topping it off with a salad.
The sun set and we settled inside for
the evening, subsequently for the night. It was another good day here in
Arizona. We will end our evening by watching a new episode of Madam Secretary.
Thankfully, your weather has pushed my way. Yesterday was not a good day. I had almost forgotten about the horrendous flood of cars during tent week. Oh, well.
ReplyDeleteThe best thing I like to do is walk through the high end 5th wheels and motorhomes just to see what they are like. I wonder what I would buy if I were a full-timer, instead of a three month wanderer.
Glad that you are getting the nice weather now. Today looks like another good day, enjoy because it sounds like temps are dropping off for the week of the show. Boohoo
DeleteYes, it is nice to dream but i don't plan on changing our home anyway. That would involve a high winning lottery ticket!