Sunday was a day of rest as our bodies were a bit sore after our desert hike on Saturday. Took a walk down the Santa Rosa walkway with the destination being the Mall across the wash. It has a Home Depot and I needed to pick up some screws and finishing nails for a little project in our kitchen. One of the supports for a shelf in our pantry came loose and I needed to do a little screwing and nailing to ensure it could support our groceries.
When you take a look around the trailer and look at the finishing you soon realize that it is held together by staples. My guess is that the workers staple gun ran out of staples and he didn't realize it as there was nothing holding one side of the shelf together. The quality of the workmanship certainly leaves something to be desired. The main priorities for the manufacturer seem to be cutting costs and weight. The result often is a lack of durability and this seems to be common across all manufacturers. In fact I was talking to our neighbour last night and he was commenting on the problems he had had with his Phaeton, the half a million diesel pusher motorhome with, can you believe this, the same 1 year warranty as our 5th wheel.
I managed to make it to the gym today and got in a 30 minute workout on the weight machine. I have to make sure I do this more often. We are walking for an hour or more each day but lifting a few weights would provide some balance.
Put some burgers on the barbi tonight with some sweet potato fries and a glass of red wine. Cowboys and Giants on TV. It certainly doesn't get much better.
We have used up 1 30lb tank of propane already. We have been using the stove but most of the propane has probably been used by the furnace. Its been down to 40ish most nights on our trip so far and early on I was leaving the furnace on and set at 60F. Lately I have been a bit more frugal and kept the furnace off till we get up. Its usually about 50ish in the trailer when we get up and then turn the furnace on to heat the trailer up to about 65. Then I'll turn it off and let the morning sun do the rest. We bought a down filled duvet before we left so we are toasty warm (having Charli sleeping with us doesn't hurt) till you have to make a bathroom trip in the middle of the night.
We are off to Tombstone tomorrow, about a 90 minute drive, and will no doubt see the the mandatory reenactment of the shootout at the OK Corral. Probably much the same as the reenactment of the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, SD we saw a few years ago. Also stopping in at Bisby which is supposed to be notable but not sure exactly why but will let you know all about it in my next post. Pictures in tomorrows post.
Later
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