Monthly Archives: February 2012
Tuesday in Yuma . . .
Jan and I headed out about 2:30 this afternoon to solicit more door prizes for the upcoming Gypsy Journal Rally here in Yuma. We continued to work our way down the list, picking up several more door prizes, and getting a few ‘Come back tomorrows”, about par for the course.
Our daughter Brandi called about 3:30 to catch us up on Landon’s latest antics. Hopefully we’ll be able to Skype soon since we really miss the little guy.
About 4 Jan and I headed back toward the rig, but first stopping off at the Wal-Mart right outside the fairgrounds to pick up some supplies. We’ll probably have to go again before the Rally starts since we won’t have time during the rally.
Getting home a little before 5, Jan got the groceries put away, just in time for Nick to call about dinner.
We decided on Texas Roadhouse, so about 5:30 the Gang of Six, along with the addition of Bob Parker and Donna Huffer, headed over there for a great meal of grilled bovine flesh. Sounds real tasty, doesn’t it.
While we were there, we got to thank the manager for his donation of several gift certificates to the rally. We try to only eat at places that help us out, and it always helps when they have really good food.
On another note, I finally got a chance to take a look at some of the numbers for our trip here from the Texas.
Our best MPG was the 138 mile trip from Tucson to Gila Bend. Our Silverleaf showed 11.2 MPG. This was probably helped by the fact that during the trip we dropped from about 2500 feet down to about 700 feet along the way. It always nice when gravity lends a hand.
Our 116 mile trip from Gila Bend to Yuma gave us about 9.5 MPG, still not bad.
And our overall MPG from Houston to Yuma was about 8.9 MPG.
Pretty good for moving 37,000 pounds down highway at 55 MPH.
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Thought for the Day:
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” – Voltaire
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Back to Work . . .
It was really nice to be able to just get up and relax this morning without having to pack up and travel somewhere. But after goofing off all morning we did have chores, Gypsy Journal Rally chores, for Nick.
So about 1 pm Jan and I headed out to start soliciting gift certificates to give away as door prizes at the nightly get-togethers. But our first stop was the Der Wienerschnitzel right across the street from the fairgrounds.
Jan and I both really enjoy a good hot dog, and Der Wienerschnitzel always fills the bill. Even their Cheddar Poppers are hot and spicy.
After lunch, we began working our way down the list of last year’s donors. After a slow start, we got donations from Applebee’s, Texas Roadhouse, Famous Dave’s BBQ, and Mimi’s, and several requests to come back tomorrow to pick gifts up.
We got back to the rig a little after 4:30, and a little later, Mister and I sat outside for a while. I was watching the Marine AV-8A Harriers doing T&G’s, while Mister was on coyote patrol.
As we were parking here yesterday, Nick said he saw a coyote run thru the grassy area behind us, and then later we heard about a coyote attacking a small dog belonging to a gun show attendee here at the fairgrounds.
At about 27 pounds Mister outweighs most coyotes I’ve seen, and his favorite pastime is chasing dogs, large dogs like German Shepherds, Chows, or Rottweilers. Every one turned and ran when he came after them
A little after 5 pm, Nick, Terry, Tom, Barb, Jan and I headed over to downtown Yuma to have dinner at Da Boyz Pizza, One of our favorite local restaurants, their pizza, and everything else for that matter, is fantastic.
Jan had her favorite Meat Ravioli and I had their Spaghetti and Meatballs. We also got a small Pepperoni, Sausage, and Mushroom Pizza so we would have plenty of leftovers.
The manager remembered us from last year, and gave us a very nice door prize donation. Or maybe it was just a way to get Nick and I out of the place.
On another note, I found out that mounting the 12 volt satellite power plug in the outside bay has another advantage besides convenience. Since I can now keep power on the satellite all the time, this means that if the antenna is moved or jostled from any reason, like this evening’s high winds, the antenna instantly realigns itself and doesn’t lose the signal.
Nice.
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Thought for the Day:
You notice how accidents always seem to happen with unloaded guns. This is the reason I always keep my guns loaded.
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