Today was windy and cold. I did some minor maintenance and repair chores. Joanne did laundry. We went to the ice cream social and chatted with Dave and Maisie. In the evening we watched Celebrity Apprentice.
Monday ; Today started out cloudy and cold, but the sun broke through and it warmed later in the day. We spent the entire day running errands and shopping. We arrived home as the daily pack walk was underway, so I dropped Joanne and Bo at the dog park gate, then parked at home and joined them. Terry and Judy were back today after being away for a couple of weeks. Their dog Spanky behaved very badly today, attacking Gracie the Bichon Frise as she entered the dog park just as the pack walk was ending.
Dave and Maisie left earlier this morning than planned, so we did not get a chance to say goodbye to them. Maisie phoned late this afternoon from Parker to explain their early departure. Late this afternoon we said goodbye to our neighbours Ramon and Sheila who are leaving tomorrow morning.
Tuesday ; Nice weather has returned.
This morning Bo and I went drivey. First stop was RV Connection to buy a new shower head, then Sewmasters to order a custom made cover for the Arizona room's swamp cooler. The cover cost a lot more money than I really wanted to spend, but I suppose the swamp cooler is worth preserving, for resale value if nothing else.
In the afternoon Joanne and I emptied everything out of the trailer's pass through storage compartment, and front trunk. We reviewed, purged, and repacked. The Sun Oven and the satellite dish, both acquired this winter season, take up a lot of space, and some old things had to go to make room for the new. Purging is a regular and necessary part of our full time RV lifestyle.
In the evening we went to Olive Garden for supper. Just because !
Wednesday ; This morning I headed to the Quechan Casino to attend a luncheon seminar on knee and hip joint pain. It was sponsored by a prosthetic knee and hip manufacturer and a local orthopaedic surgeon. Attending a "sales pitch" on medical procedures and products is soooo foreign to me as a Canadian. I learned a few interesting things today. And had a nice free lunch. I was surprised to see five other Kofa Ko-op residents at the seminar. All women !
This afternoon we did an obedience session with Bo. He was unfocused. Well ... no ! He wasn't focused on obedience commands. He was focused on finding the Jackrabbit that he chased in the dog park earlier in the day. Later in the afternoon, on the daily pack walk, we saw the Jackrabbit again. Well, Terry, Judy, Joanne and I saw it. And Spanky saw it and chased it. Bo had his face too deep in a hole to notice.
We went for a drivey to The Foothills to see a used item for sale, but by the time we got there it had been sold. Joanne cooked a corned beef brisket in the Sun Oven today. It was for supper tonight and picnic supper tomorrow. After supper Joanne went grocery shopping. I stayed home and did computer work and read the newspaper.
Thursday ; Spent the morning doing regular maintenance chores and saying goodbye to departing neighbours. The northward migration is underway. Spent the afternoon doing some storage compartment "review and purge".
Today was hot ! This afternoon I started up the Arizona room's swamp cooler for the first time. WOW ... it worked great ! Just like an air conditioner.
This evening we went to the Cocopah Casino double feature drive-in movie night, rescheduled from three weeks ago during Midnight At The Oasis. At that time it was cancelled due to wind about half an hour into the first movie. < sigh > Déja vu ! Tonight it was cancelled due to wind about halfway through the second movie. Oh, well ... at least I got to see the famous car chase scene in Bullitt.
Friday ; This morning we went out to run some errands, stopping at Liquidation Center to buy some items, then over to Sewmasters to pick up our custom made swamp cooler cover. From there we headed over to Wild World Zoo & Camel Farm. Very interesting ! Sort of a "petting zoo" kind of place, but with camels and some other exotic animals as well as the usual assortment of goats and donkeys and mules and geese and ducks. There were two goats born yesterday and two goats born this morning. How adorable !
On the way home we came across a load of "Yuma road kill". HA HA HA ! Sitting on the side of the road was a busted open box that had fallen off a truck, surrounded by clear plastic packages filled with something green. Turned out to be freshly picked parsley. We picked up about a dozen bags and brought them home to Kofa Ko-op where we put them on the clubhouse kitchen's counter, the usual place where park residents leave "Yuma road kill" to be shared.
This evening we went out for dinner to Eat Asian Super Buffet with Terry and Judy who are leaving tomorrow.
After date shakes for lunch ... MMMMM ... we decided, on impulse, to go exploring. We drove north along the west shore of the Colorado River to Laguna Dam, and then Imperial Dam. We crossed over the Colorado River back into Arizona, entering the Yuma Proving Grounds where the military tests all their equipment in desert conditions. AND ... rents a test track to General Motors for them to do their hot weather testing on cars. Now travelling south along the east shore of the Colorado River we stopped at From Farm & Afar and discovered that today was the first day of artichoke harvest. We bought five artichokes ... for one dollar ! Aren't artichokes about $4.59 each in Penticton during the summer ? ! ? We continued southbound on Hwy. 95 back towards Yuma, then turned off to find / explore Mittry Lake. Now that we've seen it we understand why it's a popular boondock area.
Once back home at Kofa Ko-op we invited Carol Mae to bring Dulce for a pack walk with Bo. Or more precisely, a pack walk without Bo. The last few days while we walk around the perimeter of the dog park, Bo frantically and obsessively sniffs and digs rodent
and / or lizard entrance holes in the sand. Must be spring time ! And his terrier instincts have kicked in really hard ! After the pack walk and a visit with Carol Mae we went over to have a farewell visit and a glass of wine with Everett and Tina, and their big old dog Max.
DSK
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