We thought we would get an early start out of Las Vegas on Monday, but, despite getting up early and hurrying, it took us until 9am to get the RV ready for storage and the stuff we were bring home crammed into the truck backseat and the bed of the truck packed in around the hitch. We parked it in the short term storage lot next to the campground and left about 9:20 or so. It was about 10:10 when we finally got out of Las Vegas and into the desert heading north.
The desert was quite pretty this trip - like someone had put a green carpet over the dirt and some wildflowers along the side of the road. I'm sure it won't last with no rain and the heat coming, but it was nice to see this time. We stopped for a sandwich in Beatty (I had nothing to pack for our lunch) and a chance to stretch our legs and let Maggie do her business. I then gave Roger a bit of a break and drove from there to Hawthorne where we stopped for fuel. Rog drove us the rest of the way home in some ferocious winds. We were sure glad we did not have the RV behind us - it would have been quite dangerous.
We got in about 6:30 and unloaded the truck. Fortunately we had something in the freezer we could eat. No, it wasn't there for 4 months - only since we had the quick trip home in February - so it was still good. We started putting stuff away but ran out of steam early. There was no hurry except to find our jammies, meds, and tooth brushes. We've discovered a few things we forgot - my book club book and reading glasses and Roger's hearing aid case with the in the ear parts. Oh well. Just have to wait til May to get them. Hope there's nothing else we forgot.
We have not had a minute of down time since we got home, literally! Spent yesterday shopping - the fridge and pantry now do not have that starved look! Today was the gym, laundry, put the office together and take Maggs to the park. The good part of being so busy is that I'm not finding myself in the kitchen snacking - I'm busy and not thinking about food. (Also, the kitchen and the food not in the same room as I am all the time.) So, losing the seven pounds I gained while we were gone shouldn't be too hard - I hope.
We were greeted at the gym this morning with "welcome backs" from regular goers as well as a super hug from the owner. Now, that's the kind of gym to belong to!
I bought a large monitor at the base exchange while we were gone. My little laptop screen is not hacking the program any more. I think my eyes are getting old. I do spend a lot of time on the computer so I splurged and bought the monitor at a good price with no tax. Well, when I got home I decided that I needed to switch sides of the desk with Roger because of the glare from the windows. Well, one thing led to another and with a little furniture moving, I now have a really nice space to spread out for when I do the genealogy stuff (there's lots of paper) as well as everyday stuff. In addition, the office was filled with boxes from before we left (ones I had saved in case I needed them for mailing at the holidays). We use the office as a dumping site when we get home from our trips - everything gets piled in there and we put stuff away a little at a time. I spent a couple hours on it last evening and then this afternoon between trips to the laundry room. (There is something to be said for doing laundry in a laundromat - it gets done all at one time!) Although there is also something to be said for the stair climbing exercise I get.
Roger put his garage back into workshop mode this afternoon while I was messing around upstairs in the office. He's hoping it warms up enough soon so that he can start spending some quality time out there.
I hope you all enjoyed the tales of our wintering experiences and will tune in again next time we get on the road with the RV! Ciao.
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