Our RV Adventures

My morning started about 10:30 (Jan’s started about 8:30), with a big pot of hot coffee, and luckily, no circuit breaker kicking out.

Jan did good.

While Jan read and watched TV, I worked on the layout map of the fairgrounds using the data Nick and I compiled yesterday. This will give us a comprehensive map showing all the hookups at the fairgrounds, making it easier to park incoming RV’s quickly and efficiently.

Around noon Jan fixed us a lunch of turkey sandwiches with cranberry horseradish and mayo with Tabasco. Nice and Spicy!

A little after 1pm Nick and I headed over to the gun show being held here at the fairgrounds. Neither one of us were looking for anything in particular, but did have some ideas.

I bought 3 magazines for my M1 Carbine. You can never too much ammo, or too many magazines to hold it.

As I was leaving for the gun show, I asked Jan if I could pick her up anything. She laughingly said “A Taser”.

I said I wasn’t sure that was a good idea since I’m the one she’s around most of the time, and I might not feel too safe.

She said “Just don’t do anything ‘Taser-worthy’ and you’ll be fine.”

So, riding that ragged edge as usual, I bought her one.

This one.

Trying to avoid being ‘Taser-worthy’, and hedging my bets, I also bought her some handcrafted sterling silver beaded earrings.

Nick bought an avocado.

We got back to the rigs a little before 3pm, and I went back to work on the layout map. Then Barb Westerfield came by to invite us over for a tour of their new coach. Also spent some time getting to know their cat ‘Pansy’.

Getting back to the rig, I started taking our Moen shower faucet apart, so I can replace the cartridge to eliminate a slow drip. But the cartridge is apparently the original one that’s been there since 1999 and it’s stuck. So tomorrow I’ll have to get a cartridge puller to get it out without breaking something.

About 5:30 Nick and Terry came over and we all went over to EAT, our favorite local Chinese buffet. And as usual, we spent more time talking than eating.

You’d think Nick and I would be skinnier in that case, but unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to work that way.

Coming home a little after 7pm, we passed The Sticker Bus parked across the street from Wal-Mart.

We’re not sure what they sell, but we assume it’s stickers, since it’s called “The Sticker Bus”.  And although you can’t tell from these nighttime pics, it’s covered with thousands of stickers. Maybe we’ll get a chance to check it out in the daytime tomorrow.

Back in the rig, we spent a while longer talking with Nick and Terry, before calling it a night.

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Thought for the Day:

Remember, effective gun control involves effective recoil management.

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We didn’t really do much today, but Nick and I got a lot done.

Huh?

First off, I got a number of comments and emails thanking me for detailing how to weigh your coach at truck stop scales. Glad I could help.

One thing to note. Weighing this way will not be possible at all truck scales. I have seen many scales that either have railings alongside the scale platform, or the scale platform is elevated above the surrounding surface. I assume this is to prevent drivers from fudging their truck weights, but it makes if harder for us, too.

I was rudely awakened this morning by absolute silence…and “Sorry, Sorry, Sorry” from Jan up front in the kitchen. We have a white noise generator in our bedroom and when the power goes off, it gets very, very quiet.

Jan had gotten up about 15 minutes earlier, and forgetting that we only have 20 amps where we parked right now, she turned on the microwave without first turning off the electric floor heater.

That’s a no-no!

On 20 amps we can only use one heavy-draw appliance at a time. Which means the toaster oven, microwave, coffee maker, or the floor heater are one at a time.

So having to get up to reset the breaker, I just decided I was up for the morning. I also made sure that Jan now knows where the breaker is outside, so when she blows it again (and she will) she can reset it herself.

And I can stay in bed.

But since I was up, I decided to stay up and went ahead and made us coffee for the morning. Then about 10:30 Jan called Terry to see if she wanted to go to WalMart with us, but she said she would go later.

So Jan and I headed out to WalMart, by way of the Post Office to mail a letter, and Wendy’s for a Spicy Chicken sandwich lunch.

After we got back about noon, Nick and I headed out for our real job of the day. We spent a couple of hours driving around the fairgrounds, mapping all the electrical plugs and their location. Unlike a lot of fairgrounds, the electrical hookups here are scattered all over, hidden in nooks and crannies, and behind barns and trees. Last year we had to find the hookups on the fly, so hopefully this year will be a little more organized.

Of course, last year we also had rain, hail, and lightning, at different times, all on the same day we were parking incoming rigs. So anything will be an improvement.

About 5:00 Nick, Terry, Jan, and I headed over to Famous Dave’s BBQ, where we met Tom and Barb Westerfield for supper. As usual the food was great, and Jan and I couldn’t resist sharing a Bread Pudding with ice cream dessert.

We got home about 6:30 and that was it for today.

More from Yuma tomorrow . . .

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Thought for the Day:

Just remember…if the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off.

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