Veteran's Day, Remberenace Day and some minor repairs

Where are we today

Ridgeview Resort Bullhead City AZ

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      Today is the day to remember the all the veterans that fought for our freedom so many years ago to make this a great country to live in and our freedom.

my father on the left and grandad on the right
Dad did not get to go overseas in WW2
it was done when he was due

our Gandfather, George Shepherd Yates
overseas in WW1

        We had a wonderful sleep last night, windows wide open and just perfect sleeping weather. As usual up about 5 am and by 6am our power quit. Hmm, no problem just turned on our inverter. When the sun came up and the power had not came on I went outside, checked pedestal was tripping the breaker, bad ground my tester said.

        So, at 8 am I went to the office to advise them and maintenance showed up at 8:30. They checked things out, fixed the problem and we are good to go .
       They did mention that our plug should be replaced because it is pretty worn. (after 11 years think it could be!) I had a new one on board so no problem here. Got the tools out and in no time we are good to go, for another 11 years!

old one on the right

easy fix

new plug looks much better

         Set out our awning and sunshade because we have direct sun all day and it can get very hot here at this time of year, 85f in the shade!

         While I was out and about with the car I found that our old inverter DIED. Well not surprised after 21 years of good use. It was 300 watt inverter that we used in the car to charge our laptops, and cell phones. So I went to the home depot around the corner and bought a black and Decker fancy 500 watt inverter. Hmm, no good would not charge my laptop! Took it back an bought a 100 watt Ridgid  100 watt inverter and works just fine. Go figure and has 2 USB ports as well, for 1/2 the price.

new one left, old one on the right

    Thats enough fooling around today. Gotta but my feet up and get some reading time in shade with 

my honey.

this sunscreen works wonderful for us
cheap, easy to set up an moveable

yup is good here

       I prepped a  5 + pound chicken for our Weber Q, low and slow about 90 minutes to perfection. Added some fresh asparagus for the last few minutes and was wonderful. You probably know we love our chicken! And can't beat the price .88 cents US a lb!

added to our salad was wonderful
and of course lotsa leftovers
and soup in the future

      Now here we are in Bullhead City, second day in a row and no major winds. Usually we have been blown away here in the previous years, but so far so good we keeping our fingers crossed, leave here next Thursday. Got a few things done and enjoyed some amazing weather. Almost 8pm again and still outside in shorts, amazing !
      Thanks for stopping by and joining us

When we back to Canada

Where have we been this Winter