Back on the Adventure

Here it is January 5th, 2014.  It has been a while since I have been at the keyboard.  I will catch you up.

Left Canby on Thursday Dec. 26th.  Fueled in Eugene, Up over Willamette Pass.  No snow but worries of black ice meant that the trucks were out throwing pumice on the wet road.  Our rig covered with it by the time we reached the summit.  The weather was too cold to rinse it off, so the truck and trailer stayed dirty for the remainder the the journey.  Half of the trailer is still untouched.'
   Had a great time with J & T in Klamath Falls and left Friday morning.  Arrived in Reno about 3:30 pm.  Had great conversation and food with our friends there.  Left Reno on Saturday morning, traveling thru Fallon, lunch in Hawthorne, supper in Vegas, and on to Cal-Nev-Ari where we found a RV park for the night.  Only pulled out the bedroom slide because that was all we wanted to do.  Sunday, we headed south, into California and turned east into Parker, got some groceries, and onto Quartzsite.  There we found our friends Bob and Betty in their usual spot in La Posa South.  Parked our trailer on the desert near them and relaxed.  we were able to pull out all three slides and actually put away many of the items we had not packed before we left Oregon.  It helped to have things put away, or mostly out away.
   Monday, New Years Eve day, we drove the rest of the way to ORPI.  Stopped in Buckeye for a few items.  Arrived at the VC at about 3:15, checked in, said hello, and drove to the VIP campground to set up.  Met our new neighbors, chatted for a few minutes before I backed into our spot.  Everybody was watching, but I did it well enough that I did not provide them with much intertainment.  The spot is pretty close to the volunteer building, which is what we like.  The door of the trailer faces west which is not what I would prefer, but otherwise the site is fine.  The views of cacti out our windows are great.  The cell coverage still is lousy.  WiFi is iffy, but otherwise life is good.