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Taken In Quartzsite Arizona Dec 7th 2015

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Car fixed, SNOW !, computer part came in, and a fun Happy hour with friends.

Where are we today ? 
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         Cool overnight but not freezing and about 7:30 this morning I headed into Benson to get the front sway bar on the car replaced at Super Lube Plus.  As I have mentioned before have been dealing with these guys since 2006. Love their great service, decent prices and friendly smiles. Got there just after 8 am and they set to work on  the car, They were all done by 9:30  and the cost we thought was very reasonable $219.00 for the sway bar and only $40.00 labor!  The old sway bar has the ends crimped inside a steel tube and was letting go, The replacement bar has the ends welded in place so should be good for another 300 miles ya think. Now to clarify the milage, the car has been driven 155,000 miles and flat towed 145,000 miles. So everything gets worn for all those 300K miles except the engine .
this be the place
old sway bar coming apart
this is the whole part
a bit of snow on Cochise stronghold east of here
         Back home shortly about 10:15 after picking up a few groceries in Benson while there. Had a nice light lunch and then at noon the skies from the west were getting real dark. 15 minutes later we had more snow not a lot but snow none the less. And it was 50F outside so was soon gone in about 1/2 and hour then the sun was shining again.
        A bit later Scott and Brownie dropped by to chat, they had fun day trip to Bisbee yesterday and he did a wonderful screen fix on his I-phone. They are heading out on Saturday all 9 of them,
our patio
just a bit of snow, no worries
lawn by the office
         Just before noon I looked and saw a Fedex truck pull into the office so checked it out right away. Suzie's package has arrived the new LED, lcd cable for her laptop monitor. Now that was excellent delivery. was ordered this past Sunday from Pennsylvania and arrived here in small town Arizona Wednesday morning. How can you beat that? Called Best Buy in Sierra Vista and will take it in tomorrow morning and should be fixed in a day.
        In the meantime I was checking our slide out switch that has been working intermittently so went around the corner to RV City to see if they had one. Checking the shelves not looking good, I need one with 6 pins they only had 5 pin switches. So he called a mechanic in to talk to me and they checked bins in the parts room. They have one with 6 pins only in Black not white. Don't care as long as it works. How much? The guy said try try it out and let me know, he does not know me from Adam.. Wow more great service have I said we love small uptown service? Nothing like small towns to get things done. Not going replace it until tomorrow. Because we are staying longer we have to move sites. This one is reserved  for the weekend, people coming in tomorrow. And we just happen to know our good friends Bill and Patsy are leaving in the morning so we can move to their site and stay until Monday if we wish, Still $12.00 a night including electricity.
        That all taken care of is now time for Happy Hour at 3 o'clock in the front clubhouse, with Bill, Patsy, Sandy and Randy, just too cold outside to enjoy. We had a fun time chatting catching up and getting to know each other more, even a few snacks, I brought some Kale chips and Sandy some roasted brussel sprouts done the same way and quite tasty and of course healthy. Just before 4:30 we dispersed and headed back to our homes.
kale and brussel sprouts for snacks
Sandy took this pic
Thanks Sandy
LR Suzie, Patsy, Bill, Randy and Sandy
          Back home a couple of hundred feet nice sunny skies but still kinda chilly. We have to move in the morning so we have stowed our Weber Q , tables and chairs , hoses etc so just unplug and move our dish, not a problem . Don;t want to deal with the hoses in the cold morning air tomorrow.
after the clouds and snow cleared up nicely 
       Supper tonight nice and easy, Suzie's choice was Fetucinni Alfredo with garlic shrimp and a salad. So toasty warm inside I threw it together. Thawed and cleaned the shrimp and then the fetuccinni cooked the way we like it. Because of the very hard water here our pasta some Canada takes at least twice as long, Instead of 10-12 minutes almost 25 minutes to be tender. We are used to that so no problem .
tasty and of course a salad hit the spot
after supper we managed another  decent sunset , the best we can do
from where we are.
       Weird weather today but we got some things done and even had some sunshine. A nice Happy hour with friends and wishing Bill and Patsy safe travels on their journey back to Ontario , I am sure we will hook up again and along the way and see Sandy and Randy again before we leave here. And of course Scott and the kids as well.
       Thanks for joining us today , we got things done and hope you had a productive, or relaxing day as well.

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Where have we been this winter ?

22 comments:

  1. Snow?! Thought you'd be in the warm weather! Nice fix on the TOAD, I was wondering how it managed to log all those miles - ah-HA those towed miles are accumulated on the TOAD too. Got it... Shrimp looks awesome!

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    1. Thanks Jeff, We were hoping for warm weather, it will get nice again soon.Glad to get the Toad fixed nice and quick. The miles driven and the miles dragged behind the motorhome all add up. But this tough little Saturn just keeps on purring along.

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  2. Wow, you sure get good service. The car, the computer, the slide switch. Must be that honest face and bright smile that does it! Whatever it is.......keep doing it.

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    1. We do our research and get lucky I guess, no complaints here.

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  3. So nice that you got your issues taken care of so quickly and with such great service. Now, hope for the same from the Geek Squad at Best Buy and you'll be all set. Great happy hour nice to see Sandy and Randy too while we are here.
    The snow was not a shock because we were warned. ha ha But glad it went as quickly as it came.
    Thanks for the travel wishes, hope to see you down the road before Ontariario. :)

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    1. It was nice to get things looked after, so far, just the computer and install the switch after we relocate this morning. It was nice to see Sandy and Randy again, you only met them for a shirt while last winter in Quartzsite. We were warned about the snow but did still not want it, glad it disappeared quickly too.
      I am sure our paths will cross somewhere between here and home again.

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  4. Snow, oh my, hopefully that's the last you see.

    Glad the part for Suzie's computer came in, and will be fixed quickly. Always nice to get those things accomplished.

    Enjoy your last few days there.

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    1. I have a feeling we may see a bit more snow before we get home but will not worry if we don't.
      Get the rest of our things done here and then back on the road again.

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  5. Glad you got that fixed. Hate to think what might have happened.
    The weather this winter all over the country is nuts. It just snowed in Tucson. We have nothing but rain here in Houston. Enough already.

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    1. Was happy yo get the car fixed one less thing to worry about. Yes strange weather this year up until this week it has been the warmest winter we have spent here in the southwest.

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  6. Snow .. it's crazy. You must be at a higher altitude than I am. Snow on the mountains, but not in my yard. I hope it warms up quickly so I can get back to taking pictures outside!! Glad you got your toad fixed!!!

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    1. It is crazy, we are at 4,500 feet so it will be a bit cooler. Gonna warm it again now so all will be good.

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  7. It definitely has been cooler at night than it had been but SNOW? Don't want the snow.

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    1. Yes it has but we toasty warm, did not want the snow either but....

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  8. Suzie looks great in that group photo. You need to see if you can crop it and also have one of just Suzie.

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  9. Good thing you got the sway bar redone. Best to be safe. Can't believe that cool weather you are having but that would explain why we are so cool down here in Mexico.

    Did you make the kale chips or buy them?

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    1. Glad we got it fixed right here feel much better about the car now.
      I made the Kale chips, recipe is so easy on my Recipe blog.

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    2. Happy to hear that as I do grow kale as well as swiss chard here in our patio pots on the Isla in Mexico.

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    3. I don't much care for Kale but enjoy it like this.

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  10. You did good with the kale chips George!

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    1. Thanks Sandy for the recipe, and enjoyed your brussels sprouts too.

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