Thursday, November 1, 2012 (Lake Havasu State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ)

There was a light cloud covering hanging around for the most part today...after so many days of clear skies it seemed odd.  But it was still a hot, beautiful day.

After our coffee, we did our exercises, showered and had breakfast...now it was time to get on with today’s agenda.  We headed out just after 10:30...to find the car wash...it was truck washing day today.  And that was what we did...over 2 hours and $18 in quarters later, Buster was all clean!

Once back home, we had lunch and then Steve drove down to the park gate to pay for another night...we will be staying here until at least Tuesday now since we are waiting for a package.  A replacement tire pressure sensor is being sent so we figured we would just stay put and have it delivered to Lake Havasu City.

We spent the rest of the afternoon outside in the shade reading our books.  It was after 4:30 when we grabbed a drink and walked down to visit a couple that we had met in Quartzsite last year.  Rob and Peggy are from Okotoks, Alberta and are on their way back down to Quartzsite.  They were here at the campground before we got here but it wasn’t until the other day when I went for a walk and spoke to them as I passed their site.  That’s when they said that they had met us last year...Rob had gone on one of the ATV rides with us.  Ahhh...right...I remember the yellow quad now.  We have met so many people in the past 28 months...we don’t often remember meeting people right off, but everyone remembers the truck (and not necessarily us).

We sat with them and had a nice chat and then returned home.  The sun was going down and with the clouds, there was a beautiful sunset developing.  So instead of going in and getting dinner started, Steve took our chairs down to the lakefront and we enjoyed another drink watching the sun go down.  It was just magnificent...

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 (Lake Havasu State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ)

Today was a work day for Steve...he was up and outside before 7:30 (he wanted to get started before it got too hot).  His first task was reducing the truck’s tire pressures...as a result of the RV weighing we had done at the RV rally. He has been dreading dealing with the pressure sensors on the inside duallies. Turns out it wasn't so bad after he removed the theft proof case that just spins but requires a special tool to remove/replace it on the stem. He still had to be a bit of a contortionist but found it much easier putting the inside duallie sensors back on now. If somebody wants to go to all that effort to steal them they can help themselves! After that, he moved onto the generator. It was due for an oil change and air filter cleaning.

Then it was off to the trailer...the casing housing the camera wires at the back of the trailer was coming off at the top.  So he removed the whole thing, cleaned off the old adhesive and replaced it.  I helped him by removing the old adhesive...holy cats, that is sticky stuff!

About 1:00 I decided to walk downtown...a very brilliant idea considering it was 89F/32C.  But I was after some exercise and it seemed like a good idea...besides I wanted to find a health food store and there was supposed to be one along the main drag (McCulloch Blvd).  So off I went with my backpack to carry my purchases.  And it was very hot...especially with few places in the shade that I could stop...and to top it all off, it’s a slight but steady incline away from the lake area.  But I found the store I was looking for and with my purchases in my backpack...and replenished with another bottle of water (with electrolytes added...very important with the heat in Arizona apparently), I was on my way home.

I was back home shortly after 3:00 to find Steve relaxing in the shade...he had completed his work.  I quickly joined him in some shade and read my book.  It cools off quite nicely as the sun gets lower in the sky...unfortunately, it takes a little longer for the trailer to cool down.  But we headed in at 5:00 to watch the news...such devastation with the storm back east...our thoughts go out to all those affected.