A Trip To Phoenix

Only people from Montana who are used to traveling 100 miles just to find a Costco would think about jumping in the motorhome at 8am and heading for Phoenix, 110 miles away but that’s exactly what we did this morning—taking Rollie, Gina and their two pooches with us.

Emmi’s world was turned upside down, not only were there two strange dogs in her motorhome but one of them (Zoey) had her duck!

We had the greatest time today—the main purpose of this trip was to look at a trailer for hauling the Jeep.  Michael also intends to use this trailer for mounting our solar panels and hauling all the other assorted paraphernalia  needed for a solar system.

We ran into the usual problem stemming from seeing photos on Craigslist someone took with the full intent of deceiving the potential buyer.  The trailer looked great in the photos, clean—nice paint job, had a sturdy, flat roof with a ladder up to the roof.  The owner touted the praises of the trailer.  In reality, the trailer was well used, the paint job on the other side not shown in the Craigslist photos showed where a business logo had been removed, the doors were flimsy, there was rust on the hitch, the tires were in bad shape, etc.  Certainly not worth any where near what the guy was asking, Michael offered him half of the asking price and of course he said “no.”  We are certain the owner will be keeping that trailer for a long time to come!

Not wanting to let this experience get us down, what did we do—we went shopping at our favorite store, Costco!  Got a few necessary things such as bottled water and wine.  Picked up a few things for Ellie and Jim too such as coffee. 

It was so much fun traveling in the motorhome together with the dogs!  And, the exciting part, Rollie got to drive! And Michael did a superb job fighting that terrible wind and maneuvering us through outer Phoenix traffic even getting us into the Costco parking lot!!

Gina, the dogs and I just sat back and relaxed, literally!

That flag tells the wind story today, oh, my was it ever blowing between this highway and the outskirts of Phoenix along I10.

When we got home Rollie and Gina came over, Rollie grilled some sausages he brought from Louisiana which we had with homemade bread.  Jim, Ellie, Rod and Deb went to Lake Havasu today where poor Rod spent 3 1/2 hours in the dentist chair—UGH!

Life is incredibly good!