Our Location: Saddle Mountain BLM, Tonopah, Arizona
A bit cooler last night, sleeping with the vent open was okay but made it quite cool in the Igloo when I got out from under the covers around 7:30 am. Oh well, it warmed up quick enough once the shades were open. Since no one is near we open up all the shades including the day shades until the Igloo warms up then we close the ones on the west side, including the night shades, helps keep the Igloo from getting stifling hot in the afternoon.
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| Cute General Store |
Riley still isn’t feeling well so I left her at home and headed out alone. I kind of wandered around and I think I found a place to get rid of our garbage. There is a transfer station on Salome Hwy and while it’s closed until Wednesday I think we can pay to dump our garbage there.
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| There is a house up there. Can tell they get no slippery weather. |
I toured along and noticed a number of sights but since it’s just me I couldn’t take pictures as I drove, I did try once or twice but managed to get the sky. So needless to say, there are no pics of my adventure this morning. I ended up back in Buckeye but found a dump station (Love’s Truck Stop), it’s pay of course but I don’t know how much. You can fill your water tank for free if you dump. I also found a place to fill our drinking water jugs for 30 cents per gallon. A Walgreens on Watson Road in Buckeye has a machine outside on the sidewalk. So that’s also a good thing to know. I wandered around Lowe’s for a while, and drove around the area a bit. I’ve found a better way into Buckeye than taking the interstate. I’ll try it out next time I go. I stopped at Wintersburg General Store on my way into Buckeye, just a cute little spot with reasonable prices. I also stopped at the Tonopah Post Office to mail a few things as well.
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| The beginning of sunset |
Back home I unloaded the truck of our drinking water, changed into short pants, made myself a salad, heated up the soup and enjoyed lunch while Miss Riley is napping. She sounds pretty stuffy and miserable. A couple more days and she’ll be on the mend. I hate colds.
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| It was actually very red.... |
Warm today a high of 75F/ 23C, with bright blue skies but a slight wind. I’m going to pass on the walk today, with Riley sleeping I’m more comfortable sticking around, not that we’re uncomfortable here but until we’ve been here a while I don’t want to leave her alone too often or too long.
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| Looks like the sky is molten lava...doesn't it? |
She finally stirred around 2:40 pm and roused herself enough to have some soup and toast. She’s feeling a bit better but a cold is a cold. She has no energy and so she spent the rest of her time just resting and reading. I too spent my time reading and doing a little research as well.
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| Awesome... |
Around sunset time I headed outdoors, talking to my Dad for a bit, and chatted with his sister Aunt Shirley for a while as well. While chatting I was snapping sunset pics too. After that I decided I’d have a little fire outside and so for about 20 minutes had our first campfire, burned a little bit of brush I’d collected and enjoyed the friendly reminder of our summer time campfires.
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| Those lights are along I-10 |
I snapped a few pics out of doors after dark, some turned out, and of course some didn’t. Oh well, it was an enjoyable exercise anyway.
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| A little campfire. |
So there you have it, our quiet day. We like these kinds of days with no agenda and just lots of quiet time. Visitors are great, chatting is nice but quiet time is something we truly enjoy. We spend a lot of time reading and just sitting watching the world go by. It’s a tough job but we’ll take one for the team and do it.
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| The End.... |
Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed your visit.
Until next time…take care, be safe…
Deb
