Lost Dutchman State Park - Part 4

Thursday, December 19th

Our campsite and view taken on Sunday, December 22nd.

Woke up after a good sleep thanks to the Nyquil I took. I definitely have Ray's cold and feel pretty crappy, in fact went back to bed for an hour this morning. Ray is still sounding rough too. I cancelled our dinner plans with Fran and Gerry to come here tonight ... we rescheduled for Sunday.

Juan from 4 Points RV Mobile Service showed up with Jesus as planned at noon to replace the computer board in my washing machine. Yeah. Good thing they are short with both of them fitting into my little bathroom. lol

Took them a couple of hours to put it into the washer and put the appliances in correctly into the cupboard so they could reinstall the doors. Took awhile because the roof has settled downwards a little over time and so the initial shims interfered with shoving the appliances in. A few modifications to some support boards and shims and voila we are done. Now I'm ready to do my own laundry at Casa Grande. Here at the Lost Dutchman we don't have sewer only a sani-dump and running laundry fills the tank very quickly. I did start to fill the washer and then drained it so I know it is now working properly.

The bill was very reasonable, only charging me for 1 hour call out when Jesus was here for 3 hours and a 2 hour install, which took about 2 1/2 hours. They discounted the freight charge too as it took so long for them to get it ordered. Very pleased with their work. He is working on getting my new stove/oven with Dometic and the appliance will be able to be installed at the Quartzsite RV show as well as getting me a new light over the kitchen table. The current one has not worked since we purchased this MH and I kept forgetting to get it exchanged every time it was in for some other problem. lol

Still feeling yucky Ray and I had a nap for an hour after the repairs were done. A very unusual occurrence as we don't take naps... Not much to say for the rest of the day.

Friday morning, A cool 42F outside with the sun just starting to peak above the horizon. A little breezy again. Ray and I both still feeling tough from this cold ... more cold meds so we are up for our evening at the Arizona Opry tonight with our friends Malcolm and Kathy.

I did a little shopping and managed to get a pedicure. Ray stayed home and puttered around. At 5:30 we headed out the door to meet up with Malcolm and Kathy at Barleen's. What a fabulous time we had. The food was good and the show did not disappoint as usual. Definitely puts you in the Christmas mood.

Back home by 10 pm. Had a nightcap and then into bed.

Saturday morning another lovely day.  We had quite a bit of wind last night though. It is the windiest we have ever had here at the Lost Dutchman after this being the third year we have come in December. I ran into town and did the last load of laundry, the rugs from my bathroom that the installers had made grunchy with the washing machine fix and was back home by 11 am. I was feeling kind of crappy from our colds so we had a 2 hour nap ... otherwise a quiet day.

Sunday morning we had a glorious sunrise. It was cloudy out enough to light up the sky. Ray went running out the door in his housecoat, pj's and tripod with camera. He also took pictures of the rocks and greenery we have this year from all the rain.

The wind last night unfortunately knocked down this saguaro. Hopefully the park staff will stand it back up.

This bush looks like carnations.

Ray and I headed out to do the last of the groceries and stocking up going to Quartzsite after Christmas as this is the last "big hub" we will be at for several weeks. Once we were back home and had a bit of lunch, Ray had a "toes up" watching football and I took down and packed away all our outside Christmas Lights. Today was the warmest day we have had for a while at 70F.

Definitely feeling this cold ... Ray is better though.

At 4:30pm we headed out to the Handlebar Pub and Grill to meet up with Fran and Gerry. Our last visit with them this year. Another great meal and wonderful visit. Happy Trails you guys. Enjoy your new grandbaby in Kelowna.

And so ends our 2 week stay here at the Lost Dutchman. Off to Casa Grande tomorrow.