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Nice sunny, wind free day. Went in to Walmart to get some things for the Super Bowl party. We brought shrimp and chocolate almonds. Bob did a nice job of making a shelter out of the awning area on his motor home.
You can see the TV above the blue hat. We had a lot of good food. Enjoed the last 3 minutes of the game, especially the Giant trying not make a touch down, but falling across the goal line.
It was a perfect day, very little wind 3 mph, over night low 45 degrees and high of 73 degrees.
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Another nice sunny day. Our LTVA permit expired yesterday, so had to go up to the Camp host and get another one for two weeks. $40 and it will come out just right, as it will expire on the day we go to pick up Kathryn. Took the garbage up there and also got 6 gallons of water. Spent the day around the motor home. Didn't get much done. Worked on laying out the battery feed to the inverters. Went to Happy Hour at Bob and Helen's, others went to Lynn and Sandy's. Had left over lasagna for dinner. Watched several hours of TV.
Sunny, over night low 41 degrees, high for the day 72 degrees. windy with gusts to 18 mph.
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Another nice sunny day. Our LTVA permit expired yesterday, so had to go up to the Camp host and get another one for two weeks. $40 and it will come out just right, as it will expire on the day we go to pick up Kathryn. Took the garbage up there and also got 6 gallons of water. Spent the day around the motor home. Didn't get much done. Worked on laying out the battery feed to the inverters. Went to Happy Hour at Bob and Helen's, others went to Lynn and Sandy's. Had left over lasagna for dinner. Watched several hours of TV.
Sunny, over night low 41 degrees, high for the day 72 degrees. windy with gusts to 18 mph.
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Another sunny day. We saw in the White Sheet that Al's RV in the Foothills was having a Customer Appreciation Day with 15% off every thing. I needed a new vent cover for the refrigerator vent as I will have to break the original one when I run the solar panel cables down the vent. Picked it up and ordered thermistor clips, supposed to be in next Wednesday. The clip finally broke completely, I have the thermistor clipped to the fin with a paper clip and wad of cardboard.
Stopped by Mitri lake on the way in. Gloria and Scott and Glenn and Yvonne are camped there.
Glenn's Triple E with Wind Generator
Scott was out on a little peninsula fishing. We stopped and visited with them for awhile and then drove on in to Al's. picked up what we planned on and a couple of check valves for the water heater. Stopped at RV Connection on the way west. Also stopped at the solar store, but it closes at 4:00pm. Stopped at Sam's Club and got shrimp for the Super Bowl party on Sunday. Got gas at Sam's Club for $3.379. Stopped at the post office in Bard on the way back to the motor home.
Sunny, but cooler today. Over night low was 41 degrees and the high was 69 degrees. Wind gusting to 22 mph.
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Another nice day, but windy. Started working on installing the inverters and connecting the solar panels. Needed some parts and tools so went into Yuma. Dropped Cathy at the 99 cent only store and went o Harbor Freight. Needed saw blades for plywood and a paint brushes. Stopped at Lowes to pick up a piece of trim for the plywood backboard. Went to Walmart to get paint and some groceries. Got gas at Barney's next to the Pacific Ave. Walmart. $3.479. Went home by way of Bard to check the mail.
Sunny windy day with gusts to 28mph. Over night low 42 degrees, high 73 degrees.
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Another nice sunny day. got going fairly early and headed to the Foot hills. Left Cathy at the laundromat and drove over to Meineke Auto Repair on 4th ave. to get the front brakes fixed on the Jeep. Had to get new pads, rotors and drivers side caliper. Came to aabout $360. They were fast and knowlegeable. I thought the cost was fair. Went to pick up Cathy and stopped at Lowes to see if they had what I needed, they didn't. Picked up Cathy and headed back to the motor home via Bard to check the mail. Got back in time for Happy Hour at Bob and Helen's.
Made sandwiches for dinner and went down to the camp fire. Another perfect night for a camp fire.
Sunny day with an over night low of 45 degrees and a high today of 73 degrees.
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Nice morning. Got the online duties done. took the garbage up to the LTVA center and filled the water container. Went into Yuma by way of Bard to check on the mail. There wasn't any mail. Met Bob, Helen, Bill and Lana at Logan's Road House. I had meat loaf and Cathy had salmon. Went over to Home Depot for some parts to install the inverters and solar. They didn't have exactly what I wanted. Went to Yuma Oncology Center to pick up a packet of information to fill out for my appointment with Dr. Grado on the 9th. Went to the Foothills Veterinary Hospital to pick up a prescription for Snoopy.
Drove by the new Frye's grocery store and decided to stop in. It is huge and a beautiful store, especially the deli section. Picked up some bread, olives and ice cream.
Got back in time to join the campfire. Nice evening.
Sunny today with an over night low of 46 degrees and a high of 76 degrees.
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Took Scott and Glenn around the LTVA and showed them the dam and camping areas. They are going down to Mitri Lake for the allowed 10 days and then back to Imperial Dam with a stop at Holtville.
Had wraps for lunch with ingredients from the 99 cent only store. Made some phone calls and went for mail at Bard. Shared Happy Hour with Andy and then went down to the fire for dinner.
Went back to the motor home for TV and catching up on the Internet.
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Got up to a windy overcast day. Listened to Fox News on XM Radio and checked the Internet. Went into Bard at about noon, to pick up our mail.
 Bard Post Office We then went into Yuma to the 99 cent only store. Stocked up on produce and a few other things. Went from there over to the new Walmart on the east side of town. Replenished my beer supply with a 12 pack of Tecate and a few other things we needed. On the way home stopped at filled the Jeep and 2 gallon can for Honda generator, $3.459/gal.
Got back to the motor home and fixed the bat wing TV antenna. Went down to Bob's for Happy Hour. Got a call from Gloria asking for directions to Imperial Dam. The camp host had come over and said that those who had stayed there for 14 days had to leave. When Gloria and Glenn got back, it became any one who hadn't registered with the camp host. After they were all packed up and leaving, Frank came back and said they could register with the camp host in the morning. Called them back with the coordinates.
Cathy made Portabella mushroom and Provolone cheese sandwiches. got the large Portabella mushrooms at the 99 cent only store 2 for 99 cents.
After dinner Gloria and Scott and Glenn and Yvonne arrived. Helped them get parked at Ocotillo Flats.
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We left Quartzsite today. Got going earlier. Talked to Glenn at length about his wind generator from Gud Craft. Puts out 400 watts and is silent. Gloria and Scott were headed over to Burbank to look at a Blue Bird diesel motor home. Said good bye to every one and headed into Quartzsite to fill with gas and propane. Cathy drove the Jeep and I took the motor home to Pilot and parked it. We then took the Jeep to La Mesa RV for lunch. Had Hot dogs and a salad. Saw Bob and Uarda and Jerry and Diane at La Mesa RV. Looked at a couple of Itasca Sunstars, selling new for $99,995. One was a 30T with three slides and the other was a 35F.
I measured the gas struts on the bed and basement doors. The Gambler has them for $10, but not any of the sizes I needed. Stopped at the
store next to the produce market and picked up a copy of Paul Winer's 2011 concert. Missed the one at the QIA this year. Llloyd and Vera tried to go but couldn't get in, so I told them we would have them over and have our own private concert.
Went back to Pilot and filled with gas, while Cathy went out to La Posa south to wait for me. Pilot was a big mess. When I went to the pump it wouldn't take my card, just wanted me to pump gas. A man from Winnepeg had prepaid, but given them the wrong pump number. The pumps were extremely slow. $3.43/gal with 2 cent discount. Then went to the propane dealer behind the jerky shop and filled with propane for $2.75.gal.
Went out to La Posa South and dumped and filled with water. Hooked up the Jeep. it went into neutral fine. Took off for Imperial Dam about 4:00pm. Stopped half way at Stone Cabin and had ice cream. Pulled into the campsite about 6:00pm. Talked to Bob and Andy and got parked.
Had the rest of the Pizza for dinner.
It got down to 34 degrees last night in Quartzsite. The high today in Quartzsite was 68 degrees. The high today in Bard, CA where we camp was 71 degrees.
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