My Life As We Know It.: December 2020 and we are "weary"!

December 1st and the Thanksgiving Cactus is showing off.

The cactus has been blooming since before Thanksgiving and it just keeps going.

Chuck has been doing some more upgrades to the Leprechaun.

Thank goodness the weather is fairly warm and he is able to work in the barn.

The new inverter charger combo has been installed behind our fireplace and should give us ample power for our rig.

So glad he was able to get this finished before the snow comes.

December 13th we have Snow!
I wish I could say that I just love it, but I don't.

Don't get me wrong, it is very pretty. Its also nice to be in a nice warm home and not having any power issues. The snow stayed around for a little longer than normal.

Usually we have snow one day and then the following day it is gone.

Christmas is here and the Pandemic has made it just a little different this year.

Just like Thanksgiving we took precautions with Mother and Louie as we didn't want them to get sick.

Mask were worn to protect them and us.

We watched our customary Christmas Eve Church Service but this time it was on the TV.

This was different, but it worked.

One thing I got from the sermon was the word "Weary".....

I think this word really does say it all.

I am truly "weary" from all the changes we have endured this year due to Covid-19.

We all have to adapt and go with it, but we also can be "weary".....and I think we are!

As always the kids were excited to start opening their presents.

Cooper was shocked when she got a roll of toilet paper.

Little did she know we had placed her yearly Pandora Christmas Charm in the middle of the hole.

I caught her ripping out the tissue paper just in time to save the charm. LOL

Cash was so excited to have his wireless gaming ear phones with a built in microphone.

He couldn't wait to play a game with some of his friends.

We so enjoyed the time we got to spend with our little family.

These times are becoming so very important to all of us.

Mother and Louie were worn out from their outing and the ride home was pretty quiet.

I know I enjoyed the day, and they seemed to as well.

Christmas Day we spend packing McClassC up so we can head out on the 26th.

Diana and Chris are going to follow us to Arizona.

One more sleep and we will be on the road.

I am so ready to get back to some warmer weather.

Dec 26th

We are meeting Diana and Chris to start our journey west.

We meet them as we get into I-40 west around 9:20 am.

Looking forward to the trip.

Weather is supposed to be good and we are looking forward to some sun!

Dec 27th
Santa Rosa was very windy all night.

We start out around 8:30 am and hit big wind as we travel 54.

The worst of the winds were to the little town of Corona.

So glad we have all the steering and other improvements on the rig.

I don’t think this drive would have been very pretty without them.
We got out of the wind as I predicted.

The drive thru Alamogordo and over the pass was good.

We did make a stop just before the pass to eat some lunch.

It was so nice to get out of the rig and feel the warm sunshine.

Our drive thru Las Cruces was fine.

We hit wind as we got outside of town on I-10.

It was pretty heavy wind but we were driving straight into it.
We made a stop at Lordsburg to get some fireworks for our friend Tony.

I had an address and we drive straight to it only to find it was closed.

Their sign said to go two miles down the road.

We did just that and I ran in to buy the fireworks that were requested.

Diana went across the street to the Loves Truck stop and pick up some individual size Godfather pizzas. Looks like we are set for dinner.

We get to Bowie, AZ about 4:30 and check in at Mountainview RV Park.

This little hideaway is one of my favorites.

No frills but such an easy stop for us.

When we were checking in I purchased one of their famous Pecan Pies.

Pizza and pie is in order tonight!

I speak of this RV park being one of my favorites but if you can’t stand hearing the roaring of trains this will not be your place to stay.

They literally sound like they are coming through your door.

I guess I got used to the noise as I felt I slept very well!

Dec 28th
On the road at 8:30 and making our final drive to Yuma.
The discussion of lunch has come up and we thought we might just eat something from our rigs. Diana had said that if we didn’t stop somewhere to get food they would have to attempt to eat frozen salad’s and I sure didn’t think that sounded appetizing!!!

We stop for what we thought would be a quick lunch in Gila Bend.

We knew there was a Subway with easy off and on access.

As we get to what was once a Shell station we find it has been replaced with a brand new Flying J Truck Stop.

The parking that was once across the street is now gone.

The Flying J was a lot tighter and a lot less space to park.

We occupy two of the three spaces that we marked and open and run into the Subway and place our order.

As I was attempting to pay something happened.

The card reader wasn’t reading any credit cards.

After a supervisor and then finally the big boss shows up they still can’t seem to get the computer rebooted.

The line behind us was growing like crazy.

Finally the lady behind the register said something about cash and I told her that I could pay with cash. Diana did the same and we got out of the store.

So much for easy!!!

Have to say the subs were really good.

I know Diana and Chris liked them better than their frozen salads that were in their camper!!!

We get back on the highway and have a head wind all the way to Yuma.

It is so nice to see our place when we make our way through the neighborhood.

Chuck has already determined how we will pull the two rigs into our lot and we begin doing that fairly quickly after we get the gate opened.

Chris gets his RZR unloaded on the street and we begin getting our lot filled!

The rigs are on the lot, the gate is closed and the dogs can roam freely.

So glad to be back!!!!!

Dec. 29th

I am not saying that we didn't maybe move our McClassC a few times but I think it is where Chuck wants it.

If not, there is plenty of room to move it around.