Clouds

Friday, January 22, 2021

This post is mostly pictures of clouds. We took a ride over to Parker this afternoon to pick up our mail. We left here on US 95 which turns into AZ-95  as you go over I-10. Making a circle because we wanted to drive down Plomosa Road a little ways out of  Parker we stayed straight onto AZ-72. In Bouse we turned West onto Plomosa Road and took that back to 95 where we headed south. We turned right into LaPosa North Tyson Wash and drove back and connected to Old Yuma Road were turned left and took that as far as Pipeline Road where we turned left back into The Roadrunner BLM. The pictures below were taken on that ride. As today's title indicates you are going to be looking at clouds with a few mountains, saguaros, ocotillos, and the sun thrown in. If you choose to scroll down, even the Stinger "B" even makes an appearance. (If you click on the pictures they will open larger in a new window.)

If you made it this far I hope you enjoyed Friday's clouds. As I write this late Saturday night we can hear thunder in the distance and the rain is giving the desert a good soaking. Good Night from the desert near Quartzsite, Arizona.

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Brakes Checked, Beautiful Clouds, Rain, Sun, and More Rain

Monday, March 2, 2020

We were up and having our coffee early this morning as we had an 8:30 appointment to have the Stinger "B's" brakes looked at. Today's appointment was at: Truck & Trailer Parts, INC in Sierra Vista. We would recommend this place to anyone. The service was quick and efficient. I had noticed a sign on the desk area that said: Labor $111.50 per hour. So we honestly thought this was the least we would be paying, since, most shops charge for an hour even if it takes less time. Not this place it took the young man about 30 minutes to check them out and that is what they charged us for. Then Tom asked about windshield wipers, since he noticed ours were falling apart. They had the size we needed and in no time the old ones were gone replaced by the new ones. We had been having some trouble, from day one with the drivers side one going to far over and getting caught. When Tom mentioned this to the young man he checked it out and showed Tom what the problem was then took care of a needed adjustment. We had, had this done before and were told they were adjusted as far as they could be. It seems that was not the case and they are now fixed. So in the end our bill was slightly under what an hour of labor would have cost, we know our brakes are in good shape, and Tom now knows how to adjust our wipers. If we are in this area again and need work done we would not hesitate to go back to Truck & Trailer Parts.

We left Quail Ridge just a little before 8:00AM and we were back and parked in our new site by around 11:00AM.  Later in the afternoon we took a ride back into Sierra Vista to run a couple of errands.

Today's pictures are about the clouds. Honestly if it would have been a warmer day and or there had been less wind it would have been the type of day I would have sat out and just watched them float by. For the most part the ones below were taken while we were driving north on AZ-90 between Sierra Vista and Quail Ridge.

This last one I took standing behind the Stinger "B" looking
towards the Southwest.

Today was a good day.


Tuesday, March 3, 2020


Today was mostly a day filled with grey clouds. It rained and then we saw some sun and then it rained again.

I had absolutely nothing planned for today beyond putting my feet up and relaxing. Which is pretty much what I did. The only big accomplishment was going through the last of the pictures from when my sister was here and I did do that. I will be sharing them in the next couple of days.

Tom did have a couple of things he wanted to get done. One was to unplug the drain in the shower. Of course, the tool for doing this is not with us so he first went over to RV City, which is just down the road, since they did not have what he needed  he went into Sierra Vista and found what he was looking for at Home Depot. The water is now going down quickly. Secondly, the windshield on the Jeep had a ding from a rock and after calling the insurance company he was able to take a quick ride back to Sierra Vista to have that fixed.

Other then a couple of steps outside the door to take the following pictures I stayed in the warmth of the Stinger "B" today

The sky around us at 12:45.

At 2:18 I was optimistic that the dark clouds were going to disappear and we would have blue skies.

As I snapped this one I could see Tom coming back from his
trip to Home Depot. 

At  3 o'clock things were really looking promising.

At 3:30 I could see dark clouds but look there was sunshine above us.

Looking West it still looked pretty grey

and when I  looked back up the sun was behind the clouds.

By 5:30 things were looking pretty dark grey again and it was not long after this the rain came down again.

I took this one last picture towards the Southwest before the
rain started. The sun was making one last effort to join our day.

As I write this it is raining again but tomorrow there is suppose to be sunshine. Fingers crossed the weather predictors are right. It was a good day to stay in and just enjoy being at home.

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