Life In Camp

After our arrival in Quartzsite we both fell into a state of laziness, not in mood to do anything substantial, though we had to go to town for laundry, gas and some necessary grocery shopping. The visit at the gas station turned into a huge surprise. The current advertised price of regular gas is 3:19/gal. But I have a "FUEL REWARDS" card which usually nets a 10-15cts. rebate. Not so today! The rebate was ONE DOLLAR/gal. After filling 30 gallons I left that station with a happy saving of 30 bucks! 

Being back in camp, it was mainly relaxing, taking shorter walks with Dixie and simply "hanging out".

Today, we were expecting some friends to stop by. Yves and Louise are folks we once met in Holtville and have been good friends with. This winter, they will not be around much in Holtville as they will go to Mexico. For us this would mean another 1200 miles (return trip) and we just don't feel for it. Besides, we have a big rig now and roadways in Mexico tend to be narrow.

But I went to town today for some donuts, a few tools and to find an ATM, as the host station only takes cash or cheques. So we got our seasonal permit for 180 bucks, which allows us to stay in any BLM area between September 15 and April 15.

On the way back I found our friends and guided them to our site. We had coffee and the donuts and lots to talk about.

In the afternoon I put up my "fixer hat". Fixed the snap function at our screen door (Mickey Moused it), then I looked at the tail lights of the motorhome as passenger side didn't show a brake light.

After removing the red cover, it appeared that there was no bulb. How come? To find out, I also removed the inner part of the lamp, and lo and behold, there I found a totally dusted-in bulb hanging down behind the whole thing. Somehow the thing had worked its way out of the seat and fallen down. After cleaning the bulb and returning it into its seat we found the bulb working perfectly. So I used the opportunity to remove all dust out of the housing and from the red cover. Then I repeated the same operation on the driver side, which wasn't looking any better.

Things to fix  like this can still be found other places on this rig. Re. the fixing of our kitchen faucet we tried to call the RV-Tech, but it turned out we had to wait until Monday when the guy actually starts working. His phone # indicates he is not a local but runs a business here during winter season only. And his winter season starts Monday. I hope we can get him over here Monday.

Bea did some interior photos after "cleaning up all around".

And that's all for now. 

Enjoy life, it's shorter than most people realize.