October 17, 2006 Cottonwood Arizona still here and plan on staying here for another 9 days. Today is Alex Meisel's Birthday so want to say "Happy Birthday" Alex. I can tell right now that when we are parked in one place for awhile I won't be writing everyday, unless we are at some kind of festival, like the Balloon Fiesta, because no one wants to here about our boring days. What I'll do is just give highlights of what is going on, so if you don't see a posting all the time that's why.
Sunday, October 15, we drove to Cliff Castle Casino for breakfast, Dave thought they had a brunch there but we didn't find it, but breakfast was OK a little slow though. We didn't do any gambling, sorry Danny no chips for you, we just left and came back to the coach. One thing we noticed in Cottonwood on a Sunday, no one is around. A lot of the shops weren't open and there was hardly any traffic, the only busy place was Walmart. I had made a menu and shopping list for this weeks meals. I haven't made a menu since I left Simi Valley, boy I sure didn't miss doing that. When we got back to the coach, we walked Valley around then went on a bike ride.
Monday, October 16, at 9 am I had a nail appointment, at Walmart, do like those Super Centers, these Walmarts are a one stop and shop place, sure saves time. After getting back Dave, Valley and I walked down to the Ranger's Station to pay for another 10 days here at Dead Horse. While on the walk I spotted a baby tarantula walking across the street, just what I needed to see. Snakes, tarantulas, what the hell next. While at the Rangers Station Dave got to talking to one of the Rangers who is a big mountain and street biker and he offered to come up to our campsite and show us how to use our bikes right. So Randy Ranger showed up about 12:45 pm and hung around showing us stuff till about 1:30pm. He is very passionate about bike riding, he hasn't owned a car since 1979 he said, he rides his bike or uses the Ranger truck that he is provided with. He also teaches bike classes when he isn't being a Ranger, it was very nice of him to come by and give us tips. When he left we drove down to Century 21 to meet up with Gail and see what she had for us to see. She had a bunch of print outs for us to look over and if we are interested in any of them give her a call and she will show us the homes. After leaving there we found the Valley Verde Animal Hospital because Valley was out of her special food, which Dave had called them earlier and they did have some on hand. We got signed up with Banfield, which is the medical part for animals, at either PetSmart or PetCo, so we could get the food anytime, but when we called the places in Prescott those stores don't have any medical care but once a month, they have a vet come in and give shots that are needed. Luckily for us the animal hospitals have her kind of dog food and Banfield had given us a card that said we need the prescription stuff, so they have no problem selling us the stuff. After that we went back to Walmart because Randy, the Ranger, had told us to get this gel stuff for our bike tires, which Dave knew about because when he went and got his tire fixed or replaced in Sedona the bike shop had put that stuff in both of his tires. Dave had told Randy he was going to wait till I had gotten a flat tire then he would have had the stuff put in my tires. Randy said go to Walmart and get the stuff because he said I guarantee she will get a flat tire and will be walking her bike, and she won't be a happy camper. So that's why we went back to Walmart but of course, they were out of the stuff, so I guess tomorrow we will check with the bike shop to see if we can purchase some from them.
Back to October 17, in between Dave's phone calls we drove into town to pick up our mail that Kim had sent us then went to find a paralegal about helping us with putting the one house into the trust and updating our living trust. She said it was $50 for the deed and $400.00 for redoing our living trust. You see the thing is back when we were packing up everything in Simi to move into the coach Dave thought he had lost our original trust, he called the attorney and had him send us a copy, but we know if anything happens the original is needed. Well, after hearing the $400.00 charge, which we were not going to pay, Dave called the attorneys office again and the receptionist said the attorneys keep the original we never had the original. That made Dave really happy, all this time and hunting and we never did have the original. After that we came back to the coach and picked up Valley and my bike and drove to Bike and Bean in the village of Oak Creek to get that gel stuff put in my tires. Oak Creek is about 5 miles from Sedona, and on the way there I saw the biggest tarantula crossing the street, damn I should have run it over, I'm hoping that one of the two trucks behind me got him. Driving back we decided to drive thru Sedona, we thought it would be quicker to get back, wrong, they were doing road construction and it took a lot longer. When we got back we closed up the coach because we had to drive into town to buy propane and coming back into the campsite we had to dump, it had been 6 days so it was time. Hooking back up Dave had problems with the satellite for the computers and was on the phone for hours getting it repaired. After that we sat and went thru all the mail we had received, our cruise stuff was there so that was fun to go thru and get everything done for boarding and stuff on the computer.