Fulltiming Road Runners

I can’t believe it!  We didn’t have to leave the campground all day today!  We both worked our hindy’s off getting loaded and ready to leave.  Thom got the tires checked and filled with air… on ALL vehicles.  He also got air-suspension on the trailer pumped up.  Once the weight is on the trailer he’ll check it again and make sure it’s pumped up to the right pressure.

I don’t remember what I’ve shared before about our travel plans, so I’ll do it again.  Tomorrow we will head down to Anderson Cove (9 miles) to dump the black and load up fresh water.  Then we plan on going south to Nephi, Utah, only 2.5 to 3 hours south.  The next day we’ll go about 4 hours to Mesquite, NV and stay in the Montego Bay casino parking lot.  The next day we should be in QZ.  Phyllis and Larry are being real sweethearts about letting us take our time and be comfortable in our getting there.  Our work days will be Thursday and Friday, if I remember correctly.  Phyllis will set me straight if I’m wrong.

In the meantime, I’m going to go sit on the couch and chill for a while before I go to bed.  (knowing me, I’ll be finding cubby holes and places to stash things that need homes)

Ya’ll stay healthy ‘n happy!

Toodles!

I do believe my last post said we were told we were going to shut down NOW, as in lock the gates Monday, 9/14.  Today we were told we should stay open thru the weekend of 9/19.  That’s fine, we can do that.  They just need to understand that I will be having the cataract surgery done on the left eye on Wed, the 16th.  That means a pre-op on the afternoon of the 15th and a post-op on the morning of the 17th.

Our supervisors are really great in making things work for our needs.  The difference between last year and this year is unbelievable .  We really have full support this year, while last year we  had to fight for everything we needed.

This doesn’t have a lot to do with campground hosting, fulltime RV’g, or other workamping, but I’m going to share anyway.  It has a lot to do with the quality of my life.

I went to the Ophthalmologist today to see if my cataracts were operable yet.  I was sooo hoping they would be.  They are.  I will have the cataracts in the right eye done on Wednesday, Sept 2nd. and the left eye done on Sept. 16th.  My last appt. with the Dr. will be on 9/24 and we plan on leaving here on the 25th.

It’s going to be odd to not have to wear glasses for my near-sightedness, but very welcome,  I’ll probably still have to wear reading glasses, but that’s fine with me.  Heck!  I can even get by with cheap-o sun glasses now.

I’ll let ya’ll know how things go, how I manage to deal with the cataract surgery AND managing the campground, & supervising the other canyon managers.  I don’t think it will be an issue, but we never know.

Ya’ll stay healthy ‘n happy!

Toodles.

Today we brought a new member of the family home and before that we had a wonderful color show in the form of a sunrise.  This post is going to be really short.  I’m going to share photos of the sunrise and photos of our new member of the family, the Whippet/Heeler cross dog, Willow.  Willow is a sweet, loving, smart dog and we have high hopes she’ll be a real positive addition to the family.

I’ll start with the two photos of the start of my day.  I got up at 6:45, looked out the window and this is pretty much what I saw.  Getting up early is certainly worth it!

And now you get to be introduced to our sweet Willow.

Ya’ll stay healthy ‘n happy.

Toodles!

…but we’re not having much fun.

Thom got word yesterday that our parts (without the carpet) should be arriving today.  Hopefully it will be before noon and they can work on the trailer this afternoon.  If not today, then Monday for sure.  We’re hoping to be on our way to Quartzsite on Monday or Tuesday.  We plan on stopping at the Virgin River Gorge campground again.  It’s only about 15 miles from St. George and the Campground volunteer coordinator is in the BLM office in St. George.  He wants to meet with us regarding our hosting the winter of ‘09/’10.

I called Phyllis at QZ to tell her we should be arriving by the end of next week.  She said for us not to worry, they’re still not very busy.  They are looking for two more couples to host down there, just in case anyone is interested.  It’s only 2 days a week and is really a lot of fun.  You get to meet all kinds of people.  Of course, they do expect you to stick it out at least until the end of March.  If you’re interested, just stop in at the host site in La Posa North LTVA and ask about it.

Phyllis told me the guy who took our spot went to them to complain about someone walking in the wash behind his unit at 1:00 a.m..  She just told him that he has to expect that kind of thing if he’s going to park along the wash.  Of course, we’re thinking it’s probably the Honda thieves at that time of night.  Hopefully, this guy will move to a “safer” spot, and we can have our spot back.  It’s a nice dream anyway.

It looks like this Sunday will be our last visit with Mike, Tiff and Coen.  Just writing about it makes me feel weepy.  I’m going to miss those 3 so totally!  I hope and pray they really can make it down to Quartzsite for a visit this winter.

I guess it’s time for me to get to work getting the trailer ready to close up and move in to the service bay… just in case the parts really do come in today.

Ya’ll stay healthy ‘n happy!

Until next time…. Tah!

Actually, I called them.  Since we’ll be running behind on getting down to Quartzsite, I called Phyllis (she and Larry are the campground coordinators) to let her know.  It’s not a problem as far as they are concerned, “business” is slow right now and will be for the month of Oct.  She did give me some disappointing news though.  Just yesterday someone came in and parked in the spot we had last winter.  They parked on the other side of the two Ironwood trees from where we parked.  Technically, we could still park where we were last year, but we wanted the whole thing, not just half. *whine*

Maybe it’s a good thing.  Maybe we’ll find a really nice spot along the wash somewhere else.  Sandy had a pretty nice spot last year, maybe we’ll look and see if we  can park on that side, but get a bit closer to the trees and shade.  We’ll see.  At least this time we have the car so we can drive around looking for the perfect place.

Another thing about someone else having “our spot” is Thom stashed a bunch of firewood, so if it stayed stashed during the summer, they’ll have some pretty good campfires.  If they don’t find it, we can still go in and get it.

I had a wonderful time Friday at lunch with Polly and Barb.  It was fun catching up with things at the office and sharing my experiences with them.

When I got back from lunch Thom asked if I wanted to go north to Ben Franklin’s Crafts and then to Mike & Tiff’s to pick up mail.  Of course, I said YEP!  Ben Franklins had quite a beading department, but not the kind of beads I want… not at a decent price and quantity anyway.

Mike was in Washington at his friends wedding and Tiff and Coen were about to leave to go to dinner with her two sisters, so we just picked up our things and left.  We stopped on our way home to visit with Melani, Kirk and Brody for a bit.  It’s going to be hard to leave those three.  At least we can keep in touch by phone and email.  We both have Verizon Wireless, so we can talk forever at no charge.  They also said they’ll be going down to QZ for a visit (probably in January), so that’ll be really nice.

I’m getting restless just sitting here waiting for things to come in so they can finish up the trailer.  It’s not good when I get restless…. I have a tendency to shop and spend money when I can’t afford to spend money.   I downloaded a couple more free beading patterns, so maybe I can keep occupied with those and stay home.

Ya’ll stay healthy ‘n happy!

Toodles!

My keyboard is’t working properly, so I’m not posting as I’d like.  Sorry.  I’ll post as soon as things get back to normal.

I can’t believe it’s been 3 days again.  The days seem to just flow from one to the next and all of a sudden it’s Friday instead of Tuesday.

Yesterday Thom had to go to the dentist.  He’s had a tooth bothering him for a couple of weeks and finally decided it was time to do something about it.  It was infected so he’s on antibiotic and will go back on July 14th for a root canal and the fitting for a crown.  It seems we just start getting ahead with a decent $$ cushion and something like a toothache comes along.  Oh well, ya gotta do whatcha gotta do.

I sure did like having the golf cart whenever I needed to do my rounds or check something out.  Of course, being without the cart is better for me, I get a lot more exercise walking the rounds.

A while back I mentioned I had a gentleman stop by to see if it was okay for him to hike a group of girl scouts through our campground.  He’s a botanist.  They came through this morning.  Stopped and knocked on our door.  He asked me to come outside and tell the girls about our  experiences here.  It was kind of fun.  He also told me the names of a couple more plants.  Would you believe my books don’t have Jacobs Ladder in them?!!

We had 21 people move into two adjacent sites yesterday.  I had to talk to them twice about burning oversized wood in the fire pits and Thom had to go speak to them last night about being quieter.  It wasn’t quiet time yet, but they were really disturbing their neighbors, and that’s a no-no.

I need to get busy.  I hae a couple of campers to register.  So I’ll share these photos with you and then post the blog.

This is the Apricot Globe Mallow.  It’s interesting that it grows here as well as down in the heat of the desert.  I think it’s a lovey flower.

This is one of the wild roses.  It’s much darker than most of them in the campground.

This is the Jacob’s Ladder the botanist had to tell me the name of.  I hate sharing pics when I can’t identify them.

And this is a Bald Faced Hornet.  He was on the side of a stump in my yard.  His markings are very interesting.

Gotta go.

Ya’ll stay healthy & happy.

Toodlels!

I know… I’ve been reminded and will “report” soon, but at the moment I’ve no time.  Rain has kept us off line.  Will write soon.