We didn't do much today. Bryan got some new wiper blades and put them on as the forecast is rain and the ones we have at the moment smear the windows a bit. we got as ready as we could to get on the road tomorrow. Sorry, I forgot to get any pictures of this campground.
Monday 9th
Fortunately, we did as much as we could to get ready to leave yesterday as it was raining quite hard. It was the first time we had been on the road in heavy rain but fortunately it didn't last long. The rain stopped and the rest of the journey was good. The windscreen wiper that Bryan and Ryan fixed worked well and they didn't smear thanks to the new blades.
We arrived at Agave Gulch Famcamp at Davis Monthan Air Base in good time and will be here until the 30th. We are both pleased to be in one place for a while. There seems to be a lot to do here but it is still hot so ideally it would probably be better to get here a little later in the year or earlier before summer.
When we hooked up to the electric at the site we were not getting full power. At first we thought it was related to our previous problems but when we looked at the surge protector that we use to plug in to the post at the campground it showed we were only getting 30 amps and not 50. We called the office and they sent a maintenance guy out to check the wiring. Sure enough there was a broken/loose wire, they fixed it and we were ok once again. It was frustrating though when initially we thought there was something wrong with our wiring again.
I put the satellite up as I wanted to watch the US Open tennis final even though Andy wasn't playing. I expected a good match between Nadal and Djokovic. Well, we found out that we couldn't get the Las Vegas channels anymore as we were to far away from Vegas. We thought that by calling Direct TV they would change our service address and that would fix the problem. Apparently rules have changed and we have to apply for a waiver to get local feeds from either the East or West coast according to where we are. This takes a couple of weeks, so there was no tennis for me. We really felt as though things keep going wrong although again it's really nothing drastic which we are thankful for.
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| A rainbow taken from our campsite |
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| We setup our patio as we will be here a while. |
Just after we went to bed last night it started to rain really heavily and we had thunder and lightening. It was raining so hard that Bryan got up and checked the ceiling throughout Lily and in the cabinets to make sure nothing was leaking. Everything was fine, thank goodness. Of course, CoCo was a nervous wreck as she always is when there is thunder or fireworks!! She ended up on the bed with us and eventually we all went to sleep.
Today is Bryan's Dads birthday and so we remembered him and how he called me LuLu.
We went for a drive around the base and to the exchange where we bought an indoor TV antenna to see if we could get local channels with that. When we got back we hooked the antenna up and it worked so we decided to use that for a while. We may not get signals wherever we go but it will do until we get Lily registered in Florida in December and then maybe we will apply for the waiver, although it will cost an extra $15 month to get locals from Direct TV so if the antenna works well we may just decide to keep it.
When I went to put laundry away today I discovered that the rail in my closet had collapsed!!! I know I have too many clothes!!!! Something else for Bryan to fix, ugh.....
Wednesday 11th
We went to Home Depot to get some wood to fix my closet and Bryan fixed it when we got home. I can now hang my clothes up again. He put a stronger, thicker piece of wood up in the roof of the closet for the rail to attach to. I took some of my clothes out and hopefully this time it will last.
My laptop has been getting slower and slower and so I decided to restore it back to its original factory settings. I saved everything I needed to a hard drive and wiped my computer clean. Of course it took some time to update everything and load the things I needed back on and I will continue tomorrow.
Thursday 12th
I finished restoring my laptop and it is working again. There is a bowling tournament on base on Saturday and Bryan wanted to try and bowl a couple of games to decide whether he will enter or not. He has not bowled since his knee surgery in June and so he wasn't sure how his knee would do. He got 5 strikes straight off. At the end of two games, he bowled well but his ankle was hurting a little. He had hurt his ankle while out walking CoCo in Pahrump so I guess it aggravated that. He is still deciding whether to bowl in the tournament or not but I think he probably will.
Going to bed now, so good night. Sweet Dreams to everyone.......
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