Boondocking!!

We got out of North Ranch Wednesday about 11am and headed for Bouse, AZ. We hooked  the Silverado to the back of our Motorhome and everything worked fine. I ask Rollie to follow me for a while and keep an eye on things, just to make sure I had done everything correct. Setting the truck up so it will tow is a real snap. It was easy with the Honda but you always had to leave the switch in Acc which was a slight drag on the battery. With this 4x4 you only have to put the transfer case in Neutral and you're good to go. Turn the switch off, pull the key’s and lock the door . No draw whatsoever on the battery.  Cool!  It towed superb and I couldn’t tell a bit of difference from towing it than towing the Honda although it does weigh about 2000 lbs. more. Plus, I had my Polaris 500 Sportsman loaded and strapped in the back. I don’t think that 450 Cummins even noticed any difference.  It purred along beautifully.

A couple hours later we were in Bouse and followed Rollie and Gina back into the desert to their favorite Boondocking spot. We scoped out our campsites and set up. Several of our friends were already here.  That’s Rollie and Gina’s rig in the background. They are about our closest neighbor, with Jim and Ellie just in front of us a ways.  It was a Superb day and the temps were right around 70*.  We got set up and all unhooked and unloaded just in time to relax a few minutes....


Then it was Happy Hour time! John Brown ( True name, I swear!) invited everyone over to his and Brenda Brown’s place for Happy Hour and then Hot Dogs cooked over the fire on his super neat grill. As usual, in Arizona when that sun even starts to go down, you better get a jacket on.   That’s Ms. Pat in the lower left with her hood pulled up. It does turn cool pretty fast..

Soon after we were stuffed with Hot Dogs and all the trimmins', Gina announced to me “Pops, it's roasted marshmallow time”!

Gina knows I like everything “burnt”, so she was fixin me right up!

Gina says “OK Pop’s, is this “burnt” enough for ya”?  Ah yes, it was perfect. Gee it was delicious....I hadn’t had a good ole roasted (burnt) Marshmallow for 30 years!

OK, Gina says. "It's now time for a S'MORE!!     A what?    I had never in my life had one of those.  Gina says “Well, you're gonna have one now”!  Hummm, well, OK. By golly, wow!,  Dad gum if she didn’t force TWO of them there “s'more’s” down me!! 

So you can see Ms. Pat and I are enjoying ourselves out here in the desert where it is so quiet, so dark, so alone, yet so close to friend’s.  Here Ms. Pat and I sit one night all by ourselves back at our rig, just enjoying a campfire. Another thing I haven’t done for a long time.

Today is going to be a super day and I am so excited it's hard for me to concentrate on writing this Blog. You see, my son Patrick who lives just about 100 miles north of here in Lake Havasu City, is coming out to spend the day. He is bringing his 4 wheeler and we will take a little trip back in the hills.  That will be another first and one that means more than anyone will ever know to me.  Praise the Lord!

It was a GREAT WEEK!!!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Come on back Wednesday for more about our stay in the desert with “Our Kid’s”!!

Mike

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