After an easy 2 hr. drive from Truth or Consequences to our
RV Storage unit, we held our breath as we cranked Bessie for the first
time. She caught on the 2nd
try and just about everything is working great.
Dave needed to fix a leak in the kitchen faucet and the rest of the
repairs; he pronounced “maintenance” so we were off. Of course once he said that, Deb started
planning our social agenda and Dave began to sulk, “When will I ever get to
work on the RV!” LOL
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| A Bunny at our first campsite - you don't get this at the Holiday Inn!! |
One thing we didn’t plan on was Spring Training for the
various baseball teams in town. This
made RV spaces scarce. We were able to
stop and restock at the KOA we used on our outward bound trip, but for only one
night. It was so different from when we
were there before. Last fall we were on
of 2 or 3 RV’s in the whole park. This
time they were full to capacity. We
watched the sunset with a couple from British Columbia who had a big rig plus 2
Harleys. They were fun, and we exchanged
road stories, but I didn’t want Dave getting any motorcycle ideas!!
Deb’s social planning took a little tweaking on logistics
from Dave, as I hadn’t factored in having to move campsites. But Dave and Google Maps took it in
stride. Friday morning we went out to
the Desert Botanical Garden near Tempe for a crash course in desert flora. I don’t think the wild flowers in the “real”
desert in California will be quite as manicured or compact. But we did learn a good bit. Unfortunately, when I was getting out my
notebook to take some notes, Ellabbie
jumped out and decided she wanted to live among the cati, hummingbirds,
and wildflowers. We checked at lost and
found, and left our name and address, but we are not hopeful that she will be
returned and hope she enjoys the garden.
After switching campsites over lunch, we headed out past
Scottsdale, to Taliesen West, Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter camp and architecture
school. We had done this tour before (we
think about 10 years ago) but they had changed it some, and our memories were
pleasant but short on details, so it was almost all new to us.
We drove into Scottsdale, but many of the galleries closed
at 5:30, just as we were arriving. Our
favorite gallery’s sign said they were open til 9 pm, but they were not. At least we didn’t have to lie and become
“Glenn and Pat” or “Mike and Diane” (we had plotted both!) so that they
couldn’t look up our past history and do a hard sell on us like they did the
last time. I sure wanted to know if they
still had the Miro’s though. Guess
that’s another place we’ll just have to come back to! We did pick up a new doll and named her Abbella.
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| Wright missed his icicles from Wisconsin, so he made some wooden ones! |
Saturday morning, Dave had finally got up with a Segway
dealer and he ventured back to Scottsdale to get his flat tire fixed. He did not have the proper tools, or a tube
to fix it himself and you just don’t stop at any tire store and buy a tube to
fit the tires. We were really glad we
were able to get this chore done, because segway dealers just don’t have shops in
the little towns we will be in for the next few weeks!
When he returned we drove up to Sedona. We never made it to the main galleries “down
the hill” as we found 3 pieces before we got there. One piece will go in the kitchen for sure,
and we aren’t sure whether the fused glass and glass and iron pedestal will go
upstairs or down. There are
possibilities everywhere and that will be the fun part!
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| Abbella on our art pedastal |
Tomorrow we hope to get half way to the Mojave Desert. We booked 2 nights on a lake eastern
California.
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