A Quiet Week So Far

This fellow was resting on the capstone of the wall beside the campground early yesterday morning. I guess this is the Arizona version of a rooster because he was calling out at full voice, which actually sounds nothing at all like a rooster. But he was full of himself nonetheless.

We haven't done much that's exciting since we arrived in LHC (Lake Havasu City) on Monday. Shopping and more shopping and routine and not so routine maintenance on the fifth wheel. When your house gets moved every couple of weeks over what are sometimes very rough roads, things tend to get jarred loose, screws become unscrewed and seals are no longer sealed tightly. If you are lucky, you find these things before they become a problem. Many times we check screws and bolts and nails but sometimes something will come loose that we don't think of or see. So today Denny got to do manly man things while I did water aerobics and walked the cat. Hmm, I think I like that kind of division of labor!

The high winds that were predicted for our area haven't appeared here, at least around the campground. That's just as well since Denny is trying to get a coat of wax on the fifth wheel this week. The desert heat is tough on the exterior of both the fifth wheel and the truck, although I have to admit people still ask us if our truck is new which is a compliment to Denny's hard work since it is seven years old now. Of course all of this weather is certainly preferable to the sleet and snow that the rest of our family is getting back east. Spring is teasing them badly with temperatures of 75 degrees one day and snow the next.

Perhaps I can find some geocaches here that don't require the use of a 4x4 or an ATV to reach them. Getting ourselves stuck in a sandy wash in the desert once was enough. Sometimes we learn the hard way, but we do learn. Now we have to start worrying about rattlesnakes out there--doesn't geocaching sound fun?