Snowbirds - Foothill Village RV Park, Yuma, AZ - February 21, 2022

 As we were packing up and getting ready to head back toward Yuma (instead of our planned trip to Florida), I noticed a fresh new groove in one of our Goodyear G614 RV tires. It was the rear, door side tire.

It seems to have been rubbing on a metal brace under the kitchen slide. The clearance was only about a half an inch and I could see old rubber built up on the piece of metal.

This must be something new. I would have noticed this if it had been happening earlier. It almost seems that the slide was in too far, if that was possible. Thank goodness the tire wasn't grooved too far that it would be in danger of blowing. Until I can figure something out, I just extended the slide about 1 inch. Now the clearance is just fine. And it isn't so bad that we can't travel like that.

Well, it is always something... we will see what comes of this later. 

It was traveling day.

We drove 179 miles and setup camp at the Pilot Knob BLM area just on the California side of Yuma. This time we found the 14 day area, and not the LTVA area. 

This worked out good for us. We were just spending 1 night here.

The next morning, we moved back 25 miles into Yuma and checked into the Foothill Village RV Resort that we have stayed several times before. We are going to be here 21 days. It is part of our Thousand Trails membership (free). 

It was a bummer that we had to cancel our trip to Florida. The winter storm that dipped south across Texas was the culprit. If we waited it out, then our timetable would have not worked out. Our Son is flying down here April 11th and the next day we are picking up a U-Haul truck. We will be packing up our mini-storage here in Yuma and he will be driving it up to Washington. I will follow in our 5th wheel. If the housing market ever cools off, we plan on purchasing property in the Pacific Northwest. If not this Sumer, maybe the next.

Meanwhile, I guess we are just being Arizona snowbirds. Definitely can't complain about the weather here. We even had to use our air conditioner a few times last week.

Oh and one more thing.... It was Superbowl weekend and I got a crazy idea that it was time for a new look. 

before

now

I kinda like it .... for now.

The Fergs out .......

To Florida ????????? - Rovers Roost SKP Park, Casa Grande, AZ - February 6, 2022

 After a 109 mile drive from Yuma, we arrived at the Painted Rock Petroglyph BLM Campground near Gila Bend, AZ. This was to be the first stop on our Eastward trip toward Florida. This campground is just 11 miles off Interstate 8 and is a really nice place. We chose a nice pull through site and got setup. 

They charge $8.00 per night, and with our Access pass, we just paid $4.00. What a bargain for this awesome boondocking spot. 

We stuck our check into the iron maiden and walked around the place. There is a lot of history here. Many petroglyphs on the rocky mound here.

This was a really nice stopping spot for us. We could easily spend a couple of weeks here.

 

Tuesday, February 1st, we headed Eastward to the Escapees park near Casa Grande. Just an 80 mile drive, but close enough to touch bases with our friends Bev & Tim, who we were going to travel to Florida with. The only spots available were boondocking spaces, which were fine with us.

Here is some pictures of Rovers Roost, the Escapees park we were staying at.

We were going to just stay here 3 nights and head out toward Florida. Our first stop would have been Deming, NM.

While here, we met Bev & Tim in Mesa at the Organ Stop Pizza place. This is such a cool place. Not only good pizza and beer, but the entertainment (organ) is definitely worth it.

Pictures of the Organ Stop Pizza place.

While there, we discussed our travel plans with Bev & Tim. There was a cold, stormy front passing through our travel path and we had to consider the ramifications.

Our next stop would have been Deming, NM and it was going to get down to 14 degrees that night. Then on to Van Horn, TX and again into the teens at night. After that, Junction, TX and San Antonio. The weather was not co-operating with us. So we thought, maybe wait 3 days and then head out. 

Unfortunately, we had some firm plans that we had made in the Yuma area after this Florida trip. Our son is flying down to Yuma and we have a U-Haul truck reserved to  move our storage unit up to Washington. This delay is messing up our whole Florida trip. After long thought, we decided to postpone this Eastward trip and hang around Arizona till we could get our mini-storage moved up north. Bev & Tim will still head toward Florida, and we will spend the rest of the winter in and around Arizona.

We extended 3 more days here at the Rovers Roost Escapees Park.  

There is always tomorrow...

Since we are boondocking, we needed some more water for our fresh water tank. The dump station and a fresh water supply was just a little ways from our spot here. I picked up a 7 gallon water container from Walmart, and a really neat little pump too. I made 3 trips with my truck to the dump station (and fresh water) and pumped it into our fresh water tank. With just a couple of D cell batteries to power the pump, I put a third of a tank in our rig. That's all we needed. To transfer 7 gallons into our fresh water tank took only 2 minutes. Not too bad for a $10.00 pump at Walmart.

So in the morning, we are headed back towards the Yuma area. 

We will be killing time till our son flies down here to help us move our stuff up to Washington.  

The Fergs out .......