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Sunday, December 17, 2017

the weather changes

Rain and possible snow was in the forecast for today, Sunday, so yesterday we unhooked our electric and water and drove about 1000 feet away to the park's dump station.   (Far enough away that we can't see or, ahem, smell it but close enough that we didn't have to take down everything inside to make the drive.)  Emptying our tanks is never a fun task, but doing it in the rain is very unpleasant so Dave wanted to take advantage of the good weather.

driving with a Christmas tree!

Lewis was confused.....we've never started up and driven away with a Christmas tree on the dashboard, plants and pictures in their places, laptop left on the table and  Mom sitting there using it instead of sitting in the navigator's seat up front.     Mom didn't even have her hair pulled back or make up on yet - highly unusual.....and quite possibly scary.


After just a few minutes we were back at our site, hooked up and a load of laundry humming away.    We made it without a sewer hookup for 12 days (including 2 loads of laundry)....a new "best" for us.    We're getting good at this!

It rained most of the night.    Today has been changeable but mostly rainy.   The mountains continue to fascinate us with their heads in the clouds one minute and in the sun the next.



Today has turned out to be a football kind of day.   Not for me, I'm working around, getting caught up with Cindy P on a nice long phone call, organizing and cooking, but Mr. David has been enjoying this rainy day in front of the TV.


His traditional Christmas Toe has made its appearance so I know the holiday is near!



8 comments:

  1. I am supremely impressed that you made it for 12 days without dumping, especially since you did laundry. The mountains were lovely today with the clouds and the sun.

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  2. Aaah....the annual red toe award! What a guy! Thanks for the truck advice, Dave. Door is 100 times better. Love the MY sweatshirt. Five months!
    Forgot to ask if Judi's cookies are still around?

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  3. You're better than I am to go 12 days! Wow! I struggle with four. Smart thinking to beat the rain! You must be about ready to head out soon!?

    I can't believe the weather in Arizona. We could so use some of that rain here in CA. We have had desert weather since we've been here...very low humidity, blue sky everyday, warm days,and very chilly nights. We even had single digit dew points a few days. Sure doesn't help the wildfire situation.

    Good to see the red toe is back!!

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  4. We (alan) got the pleasure of stowing everything and hooking up the tode in that rain for our move to Phoenix for a quick holliday visit with his brother.

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  5. I wish we'd get some rain in San Diego! Going 12 days is amazing...good job!

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  6. Looks like a great place and sometimes you need rain to just get caught up on the "what nots".

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  7. I was wondering if your weather had changed there! We had 27 degrees on Friday night in the Chiricahuas and snow on Sunday. Brrrrr. And no hookups! Thank goodness we had Mr. Buddy to keep us warm. Love the photo of Dave driving with the Christmas tree on the dashboard. And the traditional Christmas toe, haha! 'Tis the season!

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  8. I'm thinking you would be singing carols at the dump station with that Christmas tree to "follow" on the way there :-)) Love the changing mountains, so pretty. Good job on the tank management!! I think we've done 10 with one load of laundry, but that's not our norm :-)

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