Friends, Family, & Projects - Fort Mohave, AZ - October 26, 2014

Not much change in our Sister-in-law's condition. God works in His own time. His will be done. Donna visits most everyday. Gene is doing as well as is to be expected. Her brother Mitch is still here. Her daughter Summer had to return to Washington.

Meanwhile....

I found a new addition to the valley the other day. In Bullhead City, just outside of the Chamber of Commerce, a BIG turtle had appeared. Had to shoot a couple of pictures.

Fergizmo, the gnome, had to ride the beast!

Don't look up!  :)

Is this pretty cool, or what? There was a sign that said - 'Do Not Climb On Turtle'. If that sign wasn't there... it might have gotten pretty crazy!

We did drive across the Colorado River one day and found our first geocache in Nevada.

This makes 18 states that we have found geocaches in.

We did miss a few states while we were travelling east, but we'll get them next time through.

While Donna was visiting with Gene & Cyndi, I have been working on a few projects.

A few months back, while turning out of a pretty tight parking spot, the back end of our house smashed up against a big shrub. It pushed in the rear quarter panel. And now I have time to work on it

I removed the jack controls and was able to get inside of the panel. This area in aluminum and I was able to get it all worked out, painted and caulked. Almost back to normal now.

There had been a bad 'sulpher' smell when using our hot water. I replaced the anode last week, but the smell was still there. Thanks to Google, I put together a plan.

I had to fill the hot water tank with vinegar, kind of like cleaning a coffee pot. Three feet of hose into the anode hole.

  
My handy-dandy washer gizmo.

Empty, rinse, fill, heat, rinse, repeat....

After all was done, I filled our fresh water tank plus 1 1/4 cup of bleach, and flushed everything out. All is good now. No smelly hot water!

I also made a clothes line to attach to our rear ladder. Our washer/dryer doesn't make the clothes as soft as a fresh air dry. They sure dry fast out here.

Here is another little gadget I made.

This broom is kept just inside our door.

The 4 marks on it represent the distance each of our slides stick out.

Now when we pull into a spot, I grab the broom and insure the slides won't hit anything.

Cool huh?
Now everyone knows that the water down here pretty well sucks. We refill gallon water containers from the water machines here (1 quarter per gallon). And always keep a case of bottled water on hand too.

But here is my next project......

We saw this at Walmart for $175.00 and picked it up. I will post pics and let you know how it goes.

This last weekend, we had visitors.

My sister and her husband Cliff showed up and parked right next to us.

They have a Sydney 5th wheel and Karen has just retired. They are on the road now. They left Wenatchee, WA and are heading for southern Arizona for the winter. They stopped here in Fort Mohave to visit for a week.

We all headed to Oatman to see Route 66 and the burros. A fun day.

Then the same weekend, my good friend from high school, Stan and his wife Marilyn showed up too. They live in Sun City West by Phoenix and were in Laughlin for the weekend. We went over there and caught up on old times.

Then they came to our 'house'. I had a great high school graduating class and love these type of get-togethers. There are more of my classmates here in Arizona and we plan on seeing them at some time while we are here.

And also the same weekend, our RV Dreams friends, Ruth & Dale, were passing through and stopped for a night. We all went out to the C-Belle (Colorado Bell Casino) and had diner at the Pint's Brew Pub.

Then came back to our place. We have met up with them in Oregon, Washington, South Dakota, and Arizona. This is such a small world. Especially for RVer's.

What social butterflies we are!!!