Making Brownie Points!

WHERE ARE WE? Lake Mead, Nevada 

NEXT DESTINATION? Pahrump, Nevada

We lazed around and drank coffee and chatted for most of the morning.  Chuck and I headed out into town to replenish our water and propane supply shortly after lunch.  I always like to keep a 20 lb propane around for backup and I have a hose to supply the MH from a bottle rather than the big tank underneath.  Both of our propane bottles were empty so it was time.

 We went through Boulder where they have a railway museum and I think they also do some train excursions.  We saw some people pedaling some carts down the railway.  It looked like something fun that we should look at doing sometime, so put it on our list to do.  There were carts made for 2 people and also for 4 people.

When we got home again it was time to take on a few projects.  One project was making a cloths drying rack for Sue.  She likes to air dry some of her things and has always hung them inside.  It is nice to get the fresh air blowing through them so I modified some awning clips and now she can hang the stuff out there.  (2 brownie points earned!)

Next I moved inside to put in a couple 12 volt USB ports above Sues night table.  She has had to keep the inverter on to charge her phone for a little while since the old 12 volt system with the lighter plug gave out.  I stole the power from the light.  (+3 brownie points)

Later in the afternoon we decided to invite everyone over for a campfire so I had to go and cut and split all of the lumber we had collected in the last week to burn.  

We had an awesome fire with all of our friends on a beautiful warm evening.  It was about 22C when we finally went indoors for the night.  I think I appreciate the warm evenings the most rather than when things get cool as soon as the sun goes down.

We had a wonderful day again today.  They just keep coming.  Hope your day was as good!  I couldn't resist this little chuckle I saw on Facebook.  

More Friends Surprise Us!!

WHERE ARE WE? Lake Mead, Nevada

NEXT DESTINATION? Hopefully Pahrump Nevada

Another beautiful day at Lake Mead.  The girls headed out to Las Vegas to do laundry and some shopping.  We also had some more stuff from Amazon to pick up.  Amazon is almost like Christmas.  I got some USB ports to install in the bedroom, and a selfie thingy for my phone.  We are always trying to get our phones to stand up by themselves when we do selfies so this will help with that problem.

 Chuck and I headed out in the Jeep to do some exploring in the desert to the east of us.  We found some neat trails to follow and there are lots of little trails and stuff that people have spent a lot of time making out there.  The Jeep is turning out to be a lot of fun for getting around.

We toured around for quite a while, lost and found Chucks phone and then headed back to the road and down to Callville Bay.  Callville Bay is one of the few Marina's still operating, but at the rate the water is receding it won't be long before there is no water there.  It is sad to see all the infrastructure that was put in place only to be made useless by the lack of water.  There are some pretty big houseboats both for rent and privately owned there.  The marina itself is floating so they just keep dragging it out into deeper water as the level recedes.

Hard to believe that the water used to come up to the rocks and trees by the lounge.

And this is what it looks like from the bottom.  10 years ago the water was up to the white tank on the right.  The picture above was taken from the building you see way up there in the second picture.  Its about 100 feet vertically to the tank and another 70 up to the building

                             

There were a few casualties in the last years rains when it washed a bunch of mud down towards the marina.  You can see some of the mud above.  Below is what is left of a boat that was anchored in the mudslide area.

                              

We got hungry from our touring so we checked to see if the lounge/restaurant was open.  It was, so we stopped for a drink and some catfish and chips.  It was a good meal and we needed a little break from the walking.

The food was great and the service was good.  We got our bellies full.

We decided it was time to head back home and maybe catch a wee nap.  When we got to Chucks place I saw a Motorhome had pulled up between us.  I looked at it and then looked again!!!  It was a Hurricane!!  Only one couple we know with a Hurricane!!! Yep it was Micheal and Sandra.   We met this super couple here at Lake Mead a few years ago and had a great time with them.  Then we met them at Magnolia Beach after that.   Well hugs were in line and lots of smiles and when Sue got back we spent some time catching up on all our travels.  They are gonna stick around for a while so we will have some fun adventures I'm sure.  

Days like today are part of what we enjoy most about out travelling life.  It is so great to meet up with old friends like the Darbys, Chuck and Ang, Rowdy and Missy, and now Sandra and Micheal.  Each meeting brings up different old memories and a lot of new stories.  And we have lots more friends to run into as we travel the southwest and finally Mexico.  We will also make some new friends I'm sure as we travel around.  We are so blessed in our travels.  Hope you find great comfort in old and new friends.  

Lots of Visiting Today

WHERE ARE WE? Lake Mead, Nevada

 NEXT DESTINATION? Who knows

Just a hang around home day today.  Chuck and Angela needed a day to get settled in so we just laid low.  We spent some time checking out their new 5er and then just sat in the sun/shade and chatted.

After some chatting we headed home and had some chips and salsa and then a little nap.  Napping is a great way to pass the time away.  

Had a message from our son Derek with a picture of the track hoe he is operating right now.  I never had the chance to operate a long stick, but he gets to run them quite a bit.

I sent him back a neat idea I found on facebook.  I doubt many wives would approve of it.

We had a nice fire to end the evening.  Lots of good chatter and lots of planes to watch bringing great amounts of money into Las Vegas. 

This was the view out our window today.  Hope you had a great day.

l was always a fan of Fred and Barney.

A Trip to the Amazon Locker.

WHERE ARE WE? Lake Mead Nevada

NEXT DESTINATION? Who Knows

I had to roll out of bed early this morning because Rowdy and Missy were hitting the road back to Idaho today.  They have a 9 hour drive ahead of them so they were off and running by 8 am.  It was a little chilly here this morning with a low of  10C.  brrrr.  We said our goodbyes and off they went.

The Ponderosa looks all lonely again.

Off to the west it was obvious that the Sierra Nevada's had got a skiff of snow last night. No sign of snow anywhere around here otherwise.  

I promised our friend Julie that I would take her with us, on the blog, when we pick up our Amazon order today.  The question has been, so where do you ship your Amazon orders to when on the road?  When you order you put in the zip code of the place you will be near. When your order has been shipped, you get a notice that the package has been delivered and where to pick it up.  If it is a smaller package it is sent to a locker and you have 3 days to pick it up usually.  If it is a larger item, it is sent to a pickup center where you get it across the counter.  

Well in the bigger centers there are Amazon lockers placed quite often at grocery stores.  That is the case here and the closest store to us is in Henderson at the Albertsons grocery store.  You have to look up the name of the locker to find out where it is.  In our case it was "Vinton".

Then you find the bright yellow lockers and you can enter the code they sent or scan the bar code and a locker opens, and low and behold it holds your parcels.  

And that is how to get your Amazon stuff with no hassles.

I will show you what I got today.  Pretty exciting indeed!!  Brand new shiny poop tank vents.  The old ones are toast so time for new.  A job for another day.

On our way home we stopped and got a bladder full of water at the campground in the Lake Mead Recreation Area near where we are boondocking.  We can use the dump and get water as part of the Annual Federal Park Pass we purchased back in South Dakota at the Badlands.  Our bladder holds 45 US gallons so we can half fill our water tank.  Our RV tank was already half full so this filled it up.  Now I can shower again this month!!!

We got a message later in the afternoon that our friends Chuck and Angela had made great time and would be here with us about 4 pm.  Good news as we haven't seen them for about 3 years.  They have a new truck and 5th wheel and they pulled in right on time.  So good to see them.

When they got set up they came over for supper with us.  We had lots to talk about after so long apart.  

Our chat time just carried on until it was time for a fire and drinks.  We are planning a few things to keep us all amused in the next little while.  Chuck and I have a few projects that need to be done as well so we will putter away at them.  Puttering is good for the soul.  Hope your day went well and that you enjoyed some time with friends or family.