Friday ~ August 12, 2011

I spent the day in the RV and then took Bailey across the road (yes, across the road) to the vet to get her ear checked out.  No mites or anything scary....just needs some special shampoo 3x week for a couple weeks or so and it should clear up.  I already forgot what he said it was and you would think for 101.00 I would remember!!

This afternoon we went up to Judy's Dad's house and took the dogs with us.  Her sister that lives here and her husband joined us for Chinese food.  Judy's Dad slept most of the time we were there.

Bailey's ear.....

Judy's Dad, sister Mary (AZ), Judy with Lucy and sister Sara (PA)



Judy's Dad, sister Mary and her husband Jack, Judy and I



Thursday ~ August 11, 2011

Another day in paradise!  I spent the day being a 50s housewife, doing laundry and hanging it outside to dry.  GOOD THING I LOVE to hang out the laundry to dry or it would have been a CHORE and NOT fun!  Tonight, I'm laying in the BEST smelling bed ever!

Judy spent the day at her Dad's house, helping him with some small chores.  Her sister, Sara, returns to PA on Saturday after being here for a week.  She has been cooking up a storm and freezing things for her Dad to heat up for dinner after she leaves.

Tomorrow a Real Estate agent is coming to the house to talk about what needs done, if anything, to get the house listed for sale.

Jose's home...notice our RV steps in the background....



Lots of pretty rocks here.....



Novel use for our "outdoor" carpet!

The fancy entrance sign......



Judy found this guy in a book but I've forgotten what it is......



It's still Monday....

Judy has gone up to her Dad's house for the day.....While I was outside with the dogs, I got to watching all the various ants working hard.  I crushed up a piece of OREO for them......WOW...did that ever produce a flurry of action!

I have the OREO...you grab the milk!

Monday ~ August 8, 2011

Jose has a friend!  Meet Manny, a Regal Horned Lizard.........he was basking in the shade of our RV ......I think it's even hot for the desert critters! If they feel threatened enough, they will squirt blood from the corner of their eye.....if you pick them up, they play dead...and if you sit them down, they will flop onto their backs and lay still.....we didn't try any of this out of course.  We just read about it in our critter book.  Judy was very careful NOT to scare him.

Yesterday, Judy's sister went out to the patio to have a 6 am cigarette.....she heard what she thought was a bird flopping around...she was thinking it probably hit a window which does happen from time to time.  She was going over to check it out, when, suddenly, from around the corner of the house, came a BOBCAT at full speed!  She RAN into the house, the Bobcat grabbed  his prey and off he went!

OMG....it's not like they live in the center of the desert and there is a 5 foot wall around the backyard that he had to go over!   They live in a golf community, surrounded by houses, BUT, the entire thing of hundreds of houses IS surrounded by desert.

What a start to HER day!  Unfortunately, the bird's day was worse!!

Friday ~ August 5, 2011

I plan to take some photos of our "spot" so you can see where and how we are living.  The "park" is scary looking but the two "sisters" (NOT) seem pretty nice.  There are only a couple other people living here right now....no one in their RIGHT mind would be here in August is they didn't have to be.

Judy has been going to her Dad's house daily since we arrived.  She has been doing little chores for him and keeping him company and making him lunch.  I drop her off and then go back up and pick her up and stay here in the RV with the girls to make sure they stay safe and cool.  If the A/C went off, they would die of the heat in here so it's really not safe to leave them here alone for too long.

Judy's sister arrives from PA tomorrow and is staying for a week. 

I named the tarantula Jose..he comes out every night and sits in the same spot.

Tuesday ~ August 2, 2011

We made it to Tucson, safe and sound with prayers of gratitude sent up.  We have witnessed several "near misses" as far as wrecks are concerned and one wreck that happened just before we passed by.

We got our RV set up under a nice shade tree and then discovered our satellite didn't work.....shade or TV.....TV won, hands down....so, we moved to another site where we still have some nice shade and the TV works........whew!

There is a hardware store next to the RV park and I got some insulated stuff for the windows.  It's so darn hot that even DUCT TAPE won't keep it up.....just melts the adhesive and down it comes..........**insert BIG SIGH here**

We took Papa Murphy's pizza up to Judy's Dad's house and he ate a little of it.  He hasn't felt like eating much and his cupboards and refrigerator show it....they are BARE......we are going back up tomorrow and I'm going to make him some custard....he thought that might taste good and he said he's been "thinking" about my Apple Pie! 

It was hot today....dripping wet hot BUT not as hot as we were yesterday.  It's supposed to drop to the mid-90s next week.....won't be a minute too soon for me.

OK, so you know I don't like the heat here....tonight, we found another reason to not like being here with the girls.  We were going to take them outside to go potty and right in front of our steps was a HUGE Desert TRANANTULA!!!!!!!!!! 

There is a little grass in the back of the "park" (and I use that word VERY loosely) but the two gals who run this place BOTH had pistols strapped to their hips and they said "but just be aware there are lots of snakes back there."  OMG!!!!!!!!

Poor dogs; not sure where we will be able to take them that is safe for them!!!!!!!

Mom, it's too hot and that trantula was bigger than me!

Monday ~ August 1, 2011--we will arrive in Tucson tomorrow

We found Palm Springs to be a really beautiful city with all the tree lined streets and flowers in bloom....but, you no sooner leave the city limits and the highway edges are FULL of litter of all kinds.......  what is even MORE odd is a few miles out of Palm Springs, the litter decreases and it's not bad at all.......what's up with THAT Palm Springs?

TOO DARN HOT!  THAT is the verdict from all 5 of us..........

We had a short, two hour, drive today and landed in a KOA in Blythe, CA.  OMG, it's HOT!

We are in a beautiful site and if it wasn't 107 outside, we would probably be loving it! 

We just covered all the windows, etc. in a attempt to drive the inside temp below 90!  The A/C had been wonderful up until today and it just can't keep up...or, should I say, "catch up!"  Looks like we will have to invest in a second A/C in Tucson....this is just MISERABLE, to say the least!

At least Judy and I understand what's going on...the poor dogs look at us like we are stupid!

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