Tuesday, November 26, 2013 (Midland LTVA, Blythe, California)

We had another very lazy start to the day...as usual! After breakfast and getting cleaned up, Steve headed outside...time to pump the two 5-gallon containers of freshwater into the trailer. While he was doing that, I called a hair salon in Blythe that Charlene had recommended, and made an appointment for a haircut this afternoon.

Charlene picked me up at 11:30 and we left Steve relaxing in the sunshine as we headed off into Blythe. We started our afternoon off by going to Rosita's for a lovely lunch....good food, good conversation...good company! After that we went over to The Dollar Store and wandered around, gathering a few interesting things as we went. Then it was time to go to Angel's Salon for my much needed haircut.

After a stop at Albertson's for a few groceries, we headed  home...it was going on 3:30 and I had had a great afternoon!  Thanks so much, Charlene...it was great having a "girls afternoon"!

While I was gone, Steve decided to go into town and get propane, more fresh water and also check out the local tire stores to see if he could find a spare wheel/tire for the fifth-wheel. Looks like we are going to have a tough time finding a spare...apparently 17.5" wheels are an unusual size...hmmm....

Just before 6:00, we received a Skype call from Rob and Angie...and a very active little boy.  Sounds like Conner is going to by-pass crawling and go right to walking! It was great seeing and chatting with them!

Steve grilled burgers on the barbecue and after dinner, we settled in for another evening of TV. Ahhh...the end to a great day!

Monday, November 25, 2013 (Midland LTVA, Blythe, California)

I opened the blinds this morning to see clear blue sky! YAY! The forecast for today is for a high of 68F/20C...now, that's more like it!

We had our usual start to the day...then got our exercises over with, showered and had breakfast. Our bedroom TV started acting up again last night...the sound keeps cutting out. It was doing it awhile ago but has been working fine for the past couple of months...until last night. So Steve researched TV repair places in Blythe. Sears was all that came up so he tried calling...well, to start with all he got was voicemail...then after that, ringing with no answer...and then it was busy.  It took him well over an hour to get through to someone, only to find out that they don't to repairs there...they would send it away and it would probably take a month. That's not going to work for us. Hmmm...I guess we'll have to figure something else out.

After lunch we decided to go out for a quad ride...

These pictures are probably the same as the ones we took last year...but it is our day :-)

We stopped for a rest at an old calcium carbonate mine site...white as snow...

And away I go!

After a great couple of hours out in the sunshine, we were back. Time to get ready for our guests. Dennis and Charlene are coming over for happy hour.

We had a another great evening chatting with our good friends...