Back in Tucson

Hi gang well we arrived in Tucson the 14th after spending 3 months in Yuma.We had a good winter and now its time for DR appointments and visiting friends & family before heading out for the summer.We will probably be here till the middle of April.We drove up to Casa Grande Saturday to meet my 1st cousin and husband (Carol & Dean) who is visiting his sister who lives in Phoenix and we also visited with our dear friends Jack & Carol who live there. We all had a good time and hopefully got caught up on everyone's plans for the summer.We also have a few RV friends ( Escapees class of 2007) who are in this area that we will visit with also. Not to much to report for now the weather has been stiller for this week and Kathy has her hummingbird feeders busy so life is good. Wishing all of you safe travels and hopefully might get to see some of you this summer.

Our Canada friends

As some of you know Yuma is Canada south for our friends from the north. Since we have been wintering in Yuma for the past 6 years we've met a lot of folks that come here for the winter and most come here from the Pacific Northwest & Canada in a RV. We have had the pleasure to meet quite a few and see them each year. We've had happy hours together and play cards and generally just BS and have fun. Duncan & Ruth, Jerry & Ronda The Holt's & Colin (who store's our smoker each year) which reminds me I need to smoke some chicken for him to show our appreciation. Anyway Ruth & Duncan were over the other night and showed us a new game called sticks which we all really enjoyed so much that I went to the market place(flea market)this morning and bought the game. Canadian's are fun loving folks who for what ever reason put up with us Americans (thank goodness) as we are running out of friends as a nation. I just wanted to thank them for befriending & putting up with us and hope to see each and everyone of them again this up coming winter. Safe travels out there.

Mexico

Hi fans well we went to Algodones Mexico last week had a dental appt. for a cleaning and they found a small cavity and repaired it total cost was $80.00. They do good work down there. The reason it probably cost so much in the states is insurance and law suits and taxes. but as long as we have access to going down there I will use them. We had a good meal and came back with no problems We've been going down there for dental & glasses for 3 years now. Had some friends Bob & Marge from Tucson come over Tuesday and they left this morning we had a great visit and we took them down to Algodones for lunch and a little shopping the girls bought some jewelry and we had some good Mexican food and then crossed back into the USA. We went to the Yuma Territorial prison where they kept the bad guys before Arizona became a state late 1880s to early 1900 it has been a while since we were there and they have made some nice changes over the years and very informative and interesting I sure would not want to be locked up there. Well all is good with us we are enjoying our winter visit here and plan to leave for Tucson in March. Until later safe travels.

Working way too much

When we were in Georgia this summer we met up with friends that we have know for years Billy & Kay, well billy and I worked together in Tucson. Anyway we met up with them for a few days and their RV shined like new. Billy told us about the product he used called (Poliglow) said it is time consuming but worth it,well we ordered the kit and I (we) decided to get started on applying it. This product works great on boats and anything that is fiberglass, boats are one thing as you can stand on the ground or a small ladder and reach the entire surface well not true with a RV motorhome or 5th wheel as they will require a extension ladder or tall step ladder. The last two days have been hell you have to hand clean the area with a special cleaner wash off and dry then apply the poliglow with 4-6 coats. with a minimum of 1-10 minutes drying time in between depending on outside temps and you are looking at doing a small area at a time I must have been up and down the ladder 500 times in two days and I'm only about 1/3 done. Folks let me tell you I'm warn out and using a heating pad in the evenings. Today is Sunday and the Lord give me the day off. I will get started again tomorrow if I can roll out of bed. But the RV is looking good. the weather is great mid to high 70s daytime and is ideal for this task. hope to get the rest done this week if I can move.Hope all you folks are enjoying your lives wherever you are and think of me as I only have 750 more trips up and down that ladder. Safe travels.

Warming up

Well after 5 days of unusual cold here in AZ its starting to warm up. Kathy and I drove to Phoenix Sunday to visit her brother & sister in law Mike & Rita Smith it was a short visit but worth the trip they are house sitting and looking after 3 grand daughters while there daughter & son in law are taking a few days of vacation anyway it was a good visit and we made it back to Yuma before dark.we have been kinda of home bodies not to much happening around here. Looks like some folks we know are arriving in "Q" (Quartzsite AZ)for the big happening this month as most RVers are aware of it is truly amazing to see all the RV's that invade this small town in the winter time. We will probably go up for a day soon. Hope all of you are doing well and have safe travels.

just running a test

This is a test post been having issues logging on to blog so seeing if this works.

Weather change

Well after many warm days a cold front will chill us off for a while looks like a 10 to 15 degree temp drop and possible rain oh well I'm not complaining its still good compared to most of the country. Kathy and I went out to Mittery lake and Imperial Dam and drove around the BLM land out there a few days back looks like the winter visitors are down in numbers compared to pasted years and there are RV lots out where we stay that are still vacant Maybe its the economy or folks want to try another snowbird area. We haven't been down to mexico yet it might be interesting to see if its as busy down there as it has been in the past years. Oh well not to much happening here hope all of you out there where ever you might be are doing well and staying warm. Safe travels.