The Waiting Game - Fort Mohave, AZ - October 18, 2014

It has been almost 10 days since I have posted on our blog. Opps!  But we really aren't doing too much at the moment. We go over to Gene & Cyndi's house everyday. Cyndi is still with us, and some days she even recognizes us too. Hospice comes almost everyday. They sure do provide a great service. Cyndi is so weak. But they are keeping her as comfortable as can be. It is hard some days.....on all of us.  Gene is doing as well as can be expected. With us and Cyndi's daughter Summer, and her brother Mitch, we are making it through it all together. We are sure glad we are here for him.

While we have been here, the weather has been pretty nice. The days have been in the high 80s and low 90s. It almost rained one day. I have been doing a few maintenance items on our rigs too. I haven't changed the anode in our hot water heater for just over a year, so I went and bought one. It was a good thing I did. It really needed to be changed.

And for the last 5 days or so, I have been cleaning our Bighorn. Starting with the bugs on the front cap, then the road crap that gets kicked up under the overhang while towing. Then I worked around the rig. There is no washing of rigs here in the park, so I had to just use a bucket, sponge, and 409 spray cleaner. Up and down the ladder, rinsing out the sponge in the bucket, I finally finished. It was quite a job... but looks great!

Then I started cleaning the truck. The bugs came off a lot more easily than the road tar spots. Another big job, but they look great. I now have a California Duster to keep them looking pretty!

And then I made sure our door map of the states was up to date.  We now have traveled and spent the night in our RV in 23 states!

I have also been playing bug-catcher. While we were at Master Tech in Elkhart, IN, we picked up some hitch-hikers. They are called the Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs.

And they like to hide - between window shades, heater and AC vents, beside our bed, and any nook & cranny they can find. 2000 miles and 17 days later, I still kill a couple a day. Rumble Bunny helps too. She goes nuts and  I grab the fly swatter. What a team!

Next month we are flying to Seattle to visit family for a week, then we are going to rent a car and make a quick trip to Livingston, TX and get our vehicles registered and get our drivers licenses. We are going to be Texans! South Dakota dosen't offer any health insurance options anymore to pre-medicare RVers who use the Healthcare Marketplace. Yee Haw!

That's about it.....

There is a Safeway and Smith's grocery stores right outside of our park. We go there quite a bit. And we have been to Sam's Club, Walmart, and Walgreen's. That is about all we have been doing since we have been down here. My sister Karen and her husband Cliff are taking off full time from Washington on the 21st and we are looking forward to seeing them here in Fort Mohave as they head on south. And RV Dreams friends Ruth & Dale are heading this way also and we are looking forward to our upcoming visit as well.

Meanwhile...... the sunrise and sunsets here are... WOW!