Short move day

Location:  BLM near Winterhaven, California

Woke up in the night with the sound of a light rain on the roof.  Not much.  When i got up around 7:30, I knew I had a busy day ahead.

First thing was to take Yuma for a walk as the coffee perculated.   It is warm, but quite cloudy and no rain.  In fact, I couldn't even tell it had rained during the night.

Clouds over Pilot Knob Mountains.

Yuma and I had to hurry because I had an open house scheduled for 9 o'clock and I had some house cleaning and straightening to do.  Patsy and Kim had not seen the White Lion yet and wanted a showing before I left.

Got everything done just in time and even turned on a bunch of lights for ambience.  I think they were impressed.  I know I really like my new home.  And I'm proud to show him off.

After the ladies left, Yuma and I got working on finishing our packing and unhooking from the wonderful water, electricity and sewer connections we enjoyed so much.  Back to the conservative lifestyle for us.

Eleven o'clock was the departure time from the Pilot Knob RV Resort and Yuma and I were heading for the exit at 10:30 with half an hour to spare.  We weren't heading far.

We drove out of the resort, turned right on Sidewinder Road and turned another right behind the resort and followed a hard sandy road along the power lines for about two miles due West to the BLM land near the resort.

Tips of the sand dunes dead ahead.

Found a secluded place about two miles down the road and pulled in.

It felt nice to park in the desert with the sound of the wind whistling through the coach windows.  It had cleared and the wind was blowing at around 15 mph.  As soon as we parked Yuma wanted to be outside.

After walking around and letting Yuma sniff the bushes and running everywhere, we came inside to relax for awhile.  I still tire easily and there were more things I wanted to accomplish before the end of the day.

Stop bothering me, Dad!

Around 1 o'clock I decided to head into Yuma to look for an ice chest to hopefully keep my milk and stuff cool for several days at a time.  I also want to check out a solar place to see if I can buy a larger monitor that would be able to handle two 100 watt solar panels.  I left Yuma home to guard the house.

I had seen a large ice chest at Lowes the other day, so that's where we headed.  They still had the one I wanted.  A large Coleman ice chest with wheels and a handle to pull it buy.  I have several at home, so I guess we'll have one more to add to the collection.

Then I followed my google directions to an RV solar shop named RV Connection.  I very nice gentleman sat down with me and I explained that I had recently bought a second 100 watt solar panel but when I connected it to my other panel with a 10 amp controller, it would blow the fuse, so I couldn't use the two together.

He was kind enough to order a 30 amp controller and will have it delivered to the store and I will be able to stop by on Monday and pick it up.  I have no address, so can't order anything to be delivered.

As I was walking through their store, I noticed they had outside rugs, so took a look at those and found a green one.  Size is 8' by 20' so plenty big enough for the doorway of the MH.  

I also saw they had sturdy Director Chairs with side tables that I had wanted.  Picked up two of those.  By the time I left the store I was $400 poorer, but had what I have been wanting.  Now I can entertain in style!

Stopped for gas in the Jeep, picked up 20 pounds of ice and headed home.  I was way on the East side of Yuma so took over half an hour to get home.  As I approached the desert, it started to cloud up again and I could see rain on the windshield.  It had cooled down quite a bit with the clouds and wind.

Just as I pulled into my place, I saw a four wheeler buzzing up behind me.  It was my friend Keith and his dog Oreo.  I let Yuma out and he and Oreo ran around like the wind.  Finally caught them when they both stopped for a short breather.

Both of them are young, lean and streamlined.  Unfortunately, the rain was picking up, so I gave Keith and Oreo a quick walkthrough of the White Lion and they were on their way.  I wish Keith wasn't leaving tomorrow.  It would be fun to take the two dogs out to the dunes and let them play.

It wasn't long before they both jumped onto the Can- Am and were off.

What a duo!

 It was really windy and downright cool, so Yuma took a quick walk and came in.  I brought the ice I and put it into the freezer compartment of the fridge and then went to lay down on the bed to rest.  Didn't even bring the rest of the things I bought into the MH.

I haven't actually fallen asleep during the afternoon since I don't know when, but the next thing I knew, it was after 7 o'clock and the sun was gone.    Already time to do the blog.  Yuma was confused.  He stayed on the bed and yapped at me to come back to bed.  He thought it was bedtime and wondered why I was up.

It's still windy and there has been a little rain off and on as I type my post for the evening.  Time for a little dinner and bed for real this time.

See you later.