Monthly Archives: April 2015
Very Little . . .
happened today.
About 10:15 Jan and I walked down to the Homestyle Grill here at the park to have breakfast. Turned out to be really good, except for the ‘strange’ biscuits. To paraphrase Sheldon Cooper, “In what universe are these biscuits?”
I wish I had gotten a photo, but I guess I was too stunned at what they were calling these. First off, they were obviously baked in a pan and cut into squares like a sheet cake. And that’s what the texture was like too, like cake.
And with a little sugar and some icing, that’s what it would be, cake.
Walking back to our rig, we came across another American Eagle, in this case, a 42 foot Tag Axle 2003 model. I got to talking with the owner who said that they had previously owned a 1999 like ours and really liked it. He said they kind of wish they hadn’t brought a 42 foot model due to the problems with finding sites that are long enough for them.
Jan and I ended up spending most of the afternoon just reading and napping, with not even the TV on. A very nice way to spend the day.
Later, about 4:30 Jan and I drove into Cottonwood to have dinner with Dave and Lynn Cross at the Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant.
Although it was not as good as the #1 Eastern Super Buffet down in Apache Junction, but it wasn’t bad. The most noticeable difference was the selection, as it was only about half what they have at #1. But what they did have was pretty good, especially the Hot and Sour Soup.
Yesterday, as I was walking back to get something out of the truck, I noticed a little seepage and damp ground from one of my two old sewer hoses, luckily not the new one. Looking for the problem, I discovered one of those pesky little pinhole leaks. But rather than throwing the hose away, I decided to spray the leak with Rust-Oleum Leak Seal.
I used this stuff earlier this year to seal leaks in our canopy when we were gate guarding, and found you could spray on an active leak and it would seal it instantly. And it did the same to my sewer hose leak, since when I checked today, there was no sign of any leakage.
Great Stuff!
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Thought for the Day:
You can judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
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It’s Like Déjà vu All Over Again . . .
We had planned to drive up to Jerome today but Jan was a little under the weather so we put off the trip until maybe tomorrow. So we’ll see.
Later in the afternoon I was back outside working on my magnetic shades. Today I wanted to glue the corner pouches on the shades that I will use to lift the shades into place.
Then, about 4pm Jan and I headed over to our favorite local Mexican place, La Fonda
If you check out the reviews on Yelp, they’re kind of mixed. People either love it or hate it. But we’ve always enjoyed it, and today was no exception.
I had the #3 Special Dinner,
while Jan had the Chile Relleno Special Dinner.
Both really good.
Even better, for a Mexican Restaurant, the chips and salsa were both excellent too.
While we were at La Fonda, I noticed that I had received a phone call earlier in the afternoon that I had missed. I didn’t recognize the number except it was an 907 Alaskan area code. Googling the number, I found that the caller was the Material Girl Fabric Shop in Fairbanks AK.
When I told Jan this, she immediately said, “I bought quilting material from them”. That was in 2008 when we spent five months up there from April through September. So curious, I called them back. The lady laughed and said she guessed it was a wrong number. She said she had 4 Jan White’s in her contacts, and just called the first one oh her list. I guess it’s always something.
Before coming home, we drove down around the Camp Verde area to check things out around there, and confirm that Crusty’s Pizza, an Italian restaurant we enjoyed in the past, is still open.
Thought I’d post this photo on how tight our site is, complete with the aforementioned sharp, pointy trees.
Later this evening, I was going through the blog posts from our last visit here in April 2011 and discovered, that in one of those weird coincidences, April 9th, 2011, 4 years ago today, Jan and I ate dinner at La Fonda with Nick and Terry. And even weirder, I ordered the exact same Special Dinner.
When we were here 4 years ago, it was even colder than it now, with temps in the 20’s rather than the 33 degrees we had last night, and there was snow on the cars in the area.
Glad it’s a little warmer now.
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Thought for the Day:
“The problem with elections is that you never know ahead of time who’s going to win.” – Stalin
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