Monday, June 16, 2025

Close...

 

The van is 92% loaded.  Once the fridge is loaded, we are close.  Toiletries and personal items will go in at the end.  One of us is kinda worked up about the whole process.  Not me.  Not Joan.  Yes, Murphy is a bit unsettled.  We have each taken him outside in the courtyard for a walkabout. 

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We finished loading, showered, unplugged the van, carried Murphy in, and hit the road.  10:30 am, and already pushing 100º...


 My mistake - that says 102º on the screen.  Yeah, it's hot.  With the dash air and the coach air running, it is comfortably cool as we go down the road.  A couple views out the windshield...


 

We stopped to top off fuel along the way at a Love's.  This place has 2 RV lanes, and there were about 8 RVs waiting in line to fuel.  We pulled right into an open pump in the car lanes, gassed up, cleaned the windshield, went inside to get some lunch, then back out to the van... all in less than 20 minutes.  None of the large motorhomes waiting for fuel had moved.  We have convenience, they have lots of room.  ;-) 

Today will be an easy day (knock on wood) - we're only going as far as Flagstaff.  The plan: dump the now sanitized fresh water tank, dump the gray and black tanks, top off the fresh water tank, and take it relatively easy.

Murphy didn't make a fuss in the van; rode in his carrier on this stretch.

We pulled into the RV park (a 55+ park), got parked and started our water handling process.  We are good to go on fresh water and empty holding tanks when we pull out of here tomorrow.  Murphy isn't his usual curious self - that is his back end hanging out from underneath a blanket...


If he can't see you, you can't see him.  ;-)  He did eventually come out...

 
Home sweet home - for the night...
 

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Murphy got his groove back.  And his appetite.  After supper, he was checking out the view from one of the windows...
 

 

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