February 12: The night was so quiet compared to many of the places I have stayed and pretty dark for being in a housing area. Plus, since most people around are probably retired there weren’t a lot of cars going by in the early morning. It is also an hour different here in Arizona so I didn’t wake up until almost 8:00.

I took a shower and then decided to put the new mattress pad and sheets on the bed. What a major ordeal! I would get a corner or two of the pad on then one or both would pop off again. After struggling with it for 10 minutes or so I stopped to cool off and drink a cup of coffee. I ended up doing it in 3 stages – pad, bottom sheet, top sheet and quilt.

Judy came over and asked if I wanted to go to the grocery store with her so we took off and went to Fry’s – Arizona’s version of Fred Meyer. I had a few things on my list and ended up with a lot more than that! I had asked if everyone got together for dinner each night or what. She said things just sort of happen. Hmm, not helpful, lol! So, I bought stuff to make a pot of spaghetti sauce for one night and Mexican for another. I know at least two of them are not into spicy Mexican though, so will have to have the spicy on the side.

We came back and I got things put away. Then I vacuumed again. I read through some Yuma tourist information to see if there was anything I wanted to do. They have a few things planned for the week already but I would like to walk through the historic ‘old’ town and also go to a ghost town and mine tour. Other than that, I am fine with taking it easy.

Misty taking it easy

In the afternoon, Judy and I went out again to an RV store for toilet paper then to a quilt store for me to take a look at fabrics and stuff. I had planned on stopping at quilt stores all the way but kind of forgot since Oregon. This one had a lot of nice batik fabric and some southwest themed fabrics. I bought some fat quarters of the SW themed.

Look at the difference. The one on the left is some I bought for the boat in Seattle, the right is what I got today.

We also stopped at a Grocery Outlet and checked it out. Judy hadn’t been there before. I got a few avocados and some poblano chiles (5 for a $1!) Then we drove around the area a bit and did some RV park cruising and checked out some cool houses with awesome landscaping.

Tonight was wing night at the Moose lodge. They were talking about The Moose last night and I kind of figured it was a restaurant/bar but it is a lodge that you have to join. I had heard of the Elks, VFW, and Eagles, but have never heard of the Moose!

The wings were pretty good and larger than I have seen before. Must be some pumped up chickens they get their wings from. There was also no one there under at least 60 (I felt quite young, hee hee) with karaoke, shuffle board, and pool tables. All of which were used on a regular basis.

The Moose LodgeCame back fairly early and I retired to watch the Olympics. And, once again, I couldn’t get the FireTV to work. I fiddled around with a bunch of things, then finally realized I had unplugged the extension cord when I made the bed that morning. Duh! Worked well once it was plugged back in.

It had been windy and kind of cloudy all day. Shortly after starting the Olympics I heard the pitter patter of rain drops on the roof. It was a bit intermittent to begin with but I think it must have rained pretty good through the night because my bathroom vent was open and the rug was a bit damp. I must have brought the rain with me. I looked at the weather forecast and the next 3 days look cloudy but I didn’t see any rain.

Misty hearing the rain and wondering what the heck is going on.

Put on Misty’s new harness today. Not sure either of us likes it. I think it makes here look like a ‘tuff’ in sleeveless muscle shirt. She hasn’t wanted to go out much and seems to try backing out of it sometimes. There was one at the RV store (well, it was much more than just an RV store) that is similar to her old one so I may have to try it.

Tuff Misty