Monday January 30, 2012
I worked on posting my blog when I got up this morning. The Internet service was so slow last night that I gave up. It was much better response this morning.
Received a call from Bob, the washer repairman, about 9:00am and said he planned on being here about 10:30. I worked around the RV doing some cleaning and walked up to office to check our mail. Nothing in the mail today. Leslie sent mail and Larry's prescription drugs out on Saturday so should receive maybe tomorrow.
Bob showed up right on time and started working on washer. He ended up having to remove front panel to get to one of the main drains from the washer. When he removed the hose he found Larry's comb and a dryer sheet plugging it. He cleaned out some pretty nasty gunk, which I think was from the rugs I washed when we first arrived here. I have never washed rugs in my washer before. I had the feeling that I should not have washed them in my washer and started having problems with washer shortly afterwards. He worked on the washer for more than an hour and when he left his bill was $100. I guess I could have bought several new rugs for this price. The repair seemed quite reasonable considering the guy that was to come last week charged $60 just for a 'trip' charge. Bob has a repair service in Idaho and lives in Yuma for the winter. When he is here he runs his repair business here as well. He was such a nice guy that I was happy we called him.
When I was setting outside this morning, Don the guy next door was out and we talked for awhile. They have a tiny dog named Missy. He brought her over to see Raven, which was not a big hit. Of all the cat's, Raven is not the ' PR' man of the group. Yuma is Don and Cynthia's permanent residence but are from Indiana originally. They work as security for the park part time. Cynthia was the one that helped us get settled on our site the day we arrived. They are both very nice people. We are very lucky to have such great neighbors all around us. Everyone is very friendly and very helpful with whatever is needed.
We called the University of California to make a reservation for the Farm Tour and we are scheduled for Wednesday. They told us that Thursday would be a better day as they have fewer people but we both have dental appointments on Thursday. After we talked about it, we decided to call back tomorrow morning to find out if Friday might be a better day to go than Wednesday.
After the repair call, we went to the post office to get a box to mail my friend Cathy's medications, that I picked up in Mexico last week. From there we were going to take the car through the quick wash but there were 6 cars waiting in line. We drove on down to Walmart to return rope lights we bought last week and pick up a few groceries.
Leslie called when we got home and said she took Ava to Bass Pro after work. I did not know that they allow people to bring their dogs into Bass Pro when shopping. When they walked in, the guy at the door asked if Ava could have dog treats and he gave her 3 handful's of treats. When it came time to leave, Ava refused to walk out the door so Leslie picked her up and carried her to the car. Ava is almost as big as Leslie so she is not easy to pack around. To say Ava is spoiled would put it mildly! Pete is much stricter with Ava's training than Leslie. When Pete is traveling for work, Ava gets very spoiled by Leslie while he's gone.
Sent Taylor a text message to find out if they got home from Florida today. They have been at Disney World since Thursday and I have received several pictures from Taylor of the girls while there. I am missing them terribly already!!! Taylor sent me back a message that they did get home without a problem so I was relieved they were home safe.
Sat outside and drank a couple of beer. The weather today was absolutely the best. The first day since we've been here that it got almost hot and there was no wind so was beautiful setting outside. Raven thought it was wonderful being outside today as well. I had him out 3 times--2 times on the leash and once in the pet cage. Tucker refuses to be put in the cage and he doesn't really enjoy being outside at all for some reason. Poor Charlie hardly has the energy to get off the bed during the day. I feel so bad for Charlie and am afraid we may have to have him put down. He is so thin it is like picking up a feather. I'm beginning to seriously worry about him.
Larry put brats on the grill and I cooked onions and peppers in a small amount of the garlic olive oil that we bought in Las Cruces. I steamed the cauliflower and broccoli that Doris gave us last week. Dinner was either very good or I was very hungry! I was so stuffed and was very uncomfortable for most of the evening. We went back outside and drank our coffee and sat out on the patio until after 7:00 without a jacket. This is the first time it has been warm enough to be out after dark without a jacket since we arrived in Yuma. If we continue with the warm days, I will be spending my afternoons lounging at the pool soon.
We talked about going to the Date Farm tomorrow. I looked on the Internet to find out where it is located. I don't remember where the brochure said it was but I don't think it is very far from Yuma. When I looked up information on the Date Farm, I found there are several around this area and a few in Southern California. The Bard Date Farm is located in Bard, AZ which appears to be just outside of Winterhaven, CA. We were in Winterhaven last week and it is only about 8 miles out of Yuma. On the website however, it sounded like they only give tours to groups. I may call before we go over to find out what's available. I would love to see the farm as it sounds like it is a very interesting process.
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