I am going to slow the posting of stuff on this blog way down for now....
Decisions to be made as to continued Uraling, a new way to explore off pavement, and just blogging in general.
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Saturday, January 26, 2019
The Southwestern Sojourn - Days 61 & 62: Back in Colorado
Friday, Jan 25
Left the Snyder Hill BLM site near Tucson before the sun was even up. Drove the I-10 super slab eastbound towards the Monticello BLM site located to the north of Truth or Consequences, NM.
It's turning out to be my "go to" BLM site while transiting New Mexico.
Got there with plenty of time to run the 4KW generator and power the air compressor to blow out all the plumbing of water.
Heading back to cold Colorado you see, have to winterize the rig. Had also stopped on the way to the BLM site to dump tanks at a Love's Travel Stop.
Drained the remaining water from the fresh water tank onto onboard containers which will get drained tomorrow before the big freeze on Monday.
Saturday, Jan 26
Long driving day, left camp at 0327AM and was home by 1330. So roughly a ten hour trip with breaks and gas stops.
Dropped off Scarlett at home and unloaded the RV, then took her to the storage yard where I found my assigned spots occupied! I was pissed.
Called the yard manager and she asked me to park near the visitor parking spots and she'd fix things on Monday. While I did that, I saw an American Movers truck come in and park near my assigned spots. The two guys proceeded to move their two cars that they'd left blocking my spot and backed the moving van into place.
I walked up to them, informed them it was my spot. The driver apologized and moved the moving truck inmmediately and so I was able to park the URRV and trailer in the assigned spot.
Could have been an honest mistake or I suspect this crew just finds an open spot to temporarily store their truck while they reposition things. The storage yard manager is supposed to talk to them on Monday.
That little hassle aside, Uma is put away and I'll spend some time this coming week getting her cleaned up and prepping her for the next camping trip.
Left the Snyder Hill BLM site near Tucson before the sun was even up. Drove the I-10 super slab eastbound towards the Monticello BLM site located to the north of Truth or Consequences, NM.
It's turning out to be my "go to" BLM site while transiting New Mexico.
Got there with plenty of time to run the 4KW generator and power the air compressor to blow out all the plumbing of water.
Heading back to cold Colorado you see, have to winterize the rig. Had also stopped on the way to the BLM site to dump tanks at a Love's Travel Stop.
Drained the remaining water from the fresh water tank onto onboard containers which will get drained tomorrow before the big freeze on Monday.
Saturday, Jan 26
Long driving day, left camp at 0327AM and was home by 1330. So roughly a ten hour trip with breaks and gas stops.
Dropped off Scarlett at home and unloaded the RV, then took her to the storage yard where I found my assigned spots occupied! I was pissed.
Called the yard manager and she asked me to park near the visitor parking spots and she'd fix things on Monday. While I did that, I saw an American Movers truck come in and park near my assigned spots. The two guys proceeded to move their two cars that they'd left blocking my spot and backed the moving van into place.
I walked up to them, informed them it was my spot. The driver apologized and moved the moving truck inmmediately and so I was able to park the URRV and trailer in the assigned spot.
Could have been an honest mistake or I suspect this crew just finds an open spot to temporarily store their truck while they reposition things. The storage yard manager is supposed to talk to them on Monday.
That little hassle aside, Uma is put away and I'll spend some time this coming week getting her cleaned up and prepping her for the next camping trip.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
The Southwestern Sojourn - Day 60: Returning to Colorado
Left Quartzsite this morning and ended up near Tucson by 5:00 PM.
Long day behind the wheel but it's time to get back home and get some stuff done, Scarlett repaired or sold or both, and get Uma the URRV ready for another trip.
I did stop by my FIL's home to pick up the camera/lens and meds I'd forgotten to bring with me in the flight back to AZ from Denver.
Warm day, sunny skies, and I was in the RV driving...oh well.
So now spending the night at the Snyder Hill BLM site near Tucson. It's becoming a regular stop for me while moving to and from Arizona.
Long day behind the wheel but it's time to get back home and get some stuff done, Scarlett repaired or sold or both, and get Uma the URRV ready for another trip.
I did stop by my FIL's home to pick up the camera/lens and meds I'd forgotten to bring with me in the flight back to AZ from Denver.
Warm day, sunny skies, and I was in the RV driving...oh well.
So now spending the night at the Snyder Hill BLM site near Tucson. It's becoming a regular stop for me while moving to and from Arizona.
Not very crowded today at the Snyder Hill BLM site
Got here with time to walk up the hill with camera in hand and prep to capture the sunset.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
The Southwestern Sojourn - Day 59: Hanging with the Machidas
Spent the day hanging out with RichardM and Bridget at the campsite near Quartzsite, AZ.
The weather was warm and not windy at all which made it quite enjoyable to sit in the sun and chat about whatever was on our mind. It would have been a perfect setting, but the large number of RVs surrounding us tended to ruin things a little bit. Here's three views from the top of my URRV:
We did take RichardM's truck into town to check out e-bikes for Bridget but nothing suitable was found. One place we tried did have a couple of used dirt bikes for sale: A '91 Honda XR250 which fit really nice when I sat on it and a Honda CRF250 which had a really hard seat and was a bit taller than I liked.
No, I didn't test ride either or even think about buying one. More research is in order and I've got to come to a decision about Scarlett first. Fix and keep? Fix and sell? Sell at reduced price because it needs repairs? Who knows?
Slowly coming to grips on what Urals are in terms of blogging and what future they have in same.
Along the same lines, once I finish this sojourn's postings, there may come a hiatus to my blogging. We'll see, got to figure some things out first.
note: so many people here have caused Verizon to throttle download speeds to less than 1 Mbps and usually much slower! Uploads aren't bad but not optimal.
The weather was warm and not windy at all which made it quite enjoyable to sit in the sun and chat about whatever was on our mind. It would have been a perfect setting, but the large number of RVs surrounding us tended to ruin things a little bit. Here's three views from the top of my URRV:
We did take RichardM's truck into town to check out e-bikes for Bridget but nothing suitable was found. One place we tried did have a couple of used dirt bikes for sale: A '91 Honda XR250 which fit really nice when I sat on it and a Honda CRF250 which had a really hard seat and was a bit taller than I liked.
Bridget snuck this picture while I was
checking to see if I could flat foot the XR
No, I didn't test ride either or even think about buying one. More research is in order and I've got to come to a decision about Scarlett first. Fix and keep? Fix and sell? Sell at reduced price because it needs repairs? Who knows?
Slowly coming to grips on what Urals are in terms of blogging and what future they have in same.
Along the same lines, once I finish this sojourn's postings, there may come a hiatus to my blogging. We'll see, got to figure some things out first.
note: so many people here have caused Verizon to throttle download speeds to less than 1 Mbps and usually much slower! Uploads aren't bad but not optimal.
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