The furnace was running a lot last night...no wonder...it
was only 36F/2C when I got up this morning.
I don’t think the thermometer got much above 63F/17C today and the breeze was chilly...but the sky
was clear and the sun was shining so all is good. The coyotes woke us in the wee hours with
their howling...so funny that we would hear them right after talking to our
friends back home yesterday...Rob and Nancy have stayed in Parker numerous
times and asked us if we had heard the coyotes.
We said no, we hadn’t...well now we have. (By the way Rob and Nancy, it was great connecting with your on FaceTime!!)
We ended up having a pretty laid back day. Steve spent time working on the tire pressure
sensors getting them all sorted out, programmed correctly...and they all work
properly now. Apparently last spring when we had to buy new trailer tires from Les Schwab they mixed up the tire sensor position. Steve had asked that they balance the tires and assumed that they had. After the new tires were installed he put the tire pressure sensors back on in their proper position then went to pay the bill. That's when he found out they didn't do the balancing so they had to removed all the wheels again and do the balancing. Steve assumed that they were put back on the way they came off....wrong. Well it turns out that the right front sensor that we sent back to the factory was fine and it was the left rear tire sensor that was indicating a dead battery. We now know that the sensors do not indicate on the monitor display when they are in the wrong position...Sheesh!
I puttered around inside,
doing some odds and ends. I found out
that Serena (GPS) needs some updating...the maps are outdated but when I tried
to download new ones, it was going to take 5 hours. I’m not sure if it is size of the download or
the slow connection we have here...probably a combination of both. So I cancelled the download and will try it
again when we have a faster internet connection...or probably wait until we go
home to Victoria in December (and use our son’s fast land line connection).
At about 2:30 we decided to get a little cardio so headed
out for a power walk. We walked out of
the campground and down the road for 15 minutes and then turned around. On the way back we thought we would walk
through the resort next door to the campground.
The Rio Del Colorado had a sign advertising the riverfront Rio Bar and
Grill...sounds interesting...let’s check it out. It’s pretty quiet around there...probably the
lull before the busy season...but we did come across a woman taking the garbage
out and asked her about the bar.
She
said that it wasn’t open and she thought that it was going through ownership
change. It’s a nice spot...
This is the pool area...
A picnic area...
We cut through the wash and back to our campsite and were
back just after 3:00...a short half hour power walk but if felt good. While we were sitting outside in the
sunshine, we had visitors...4 burros came wandering through, going down to the
river for water.
I figured it was ‘Wheel
(Burro)’ bringing his wife and 2 kids for a visit...we have no idea if it was
Wheel or not...but I like my story so I’m sticking with it!
After moving our chairs trying to stay in the sunshine, we
finally decided that it really wasn’t very pleasant sitting outside. The wind seemed to be getting stronger and it
was just too chilly, so we put the chairs away and headed inside for the rest
of the afternoon and evening. It is
supposed to be warmer tomorrow...with gradual warming as the week
progresses...79F/26C sounds more like it!
After dinner I baked cookies for Steve...yes, his favourite chocolate chip cookies! (I don't know what happened to the "healthy" ones I used to bake...hmmm...oh well, an indulgence once in awhile, I guess!) It was also a good way to heat the inside of the trailer!
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