About Me

Lee Creek, North Shuswap near Chase, B.C, Canada
We went full-time Rving in October of 2005! We retired from full time to part-time as of the end of 2015. Our present "small but comfortable" Wagon is a 2008 Camper trailer(TravelAir Rustler), pulled by a 2008 Dodge Dakota, 4X4.l. Our home is now a Gated Community Park, in Oliver, British-Columbia, Canada. I retired in 2005 and my Life Companion, Valerie, retired October 1, 2006 from nursing. We invite you to follow and share our new adventures and mishaps. Life is but an adventure full of dreams yet to be fulfilled!

Thursday, April 03, 2014

April 1-2, 2014; To Phoenix, AZ

APRIL  1, 2014; Tuesday; Last day in Desert Pools
12*C @ 7am WINDY;

It blew all night and this morning, it’s cloudy and we have a few drops of rain on the windows; definitely time to leave this place!  Our day consisted mainly of doing laundry, washing last side of the rig, putting everything away and loading the bikes and kayaks.   Dave and Louise left around 11 am, headed for Indio.  We took Tucker to the Vet to have his neck checked as we suspect a tick but it turned out to be a mole so we don’t have to worry about that anymore.  We stopped at VON’s for a few items then to the storage to finalize our bill.  When we got home, we had lunch then Val went to do the laundry while I washed the last side and the rear of the Beaver.  As I was loading the bikes on the Jeep, I notice the rear tire was low in air so I drove the Jeep to town and found out I had a screw in the tire.  Bloody Hell!  Anyway, it’s fixed now!  I came home and put the carpets away and the chairs; now it’s time to relax!  Still very strong winds blowing out there at 10 pm.  Heard from Gaetan and he made it home safe and sound!

 
APR  2, Wednesday; To Mesa, AZ
10*C @ 7 am, WINDY still; 18*C, clouds/sun

Yes, the wind is still blowing as strong and there is fresh snow on top of the mountain (9000’), time to get out of here! I had to put the heat on this morning!!! 
We left by 10:30 am heading south-east on Dillon then East on I-10.  The ride was monotonous as we have been on this section many times and there ain’t much to see.  We stopped in Ehrenberg where I took on fuel @$3.71/gallon with my Flying J card and had lunch at WENDY’s then back on the road.  As we got nearer Phoenix, the sky became darker and eventually we hit rain on the East side; nothing heavy but enough to wet everything.  We finally arrived at Val Vista Resort after “Ms Daisy”(read GPS) took me on University Drive, read BIG MISTAKE!  Anyway we made it and parked right across from our friends Glenda and Terry.  After setting up, we went over and began HH then Glenda cooked us a marvelous dinner of tenderloin pork.  Two other couples were present and shared the dinner.  We had a great time as usual and finally called it quit around 9:30 pm.  We came home and soon were in bed.

We travelled 289 miles in 5.5 hrs @ an average 52mph
N  33* 25.248’
W 111* 45.127’
ALT: 1290 feet

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