A tin cup or a gilded goblet, a hut or a castle, wobbly bicycles or a Bentley -- to wherever and by whatever means, my love, our journey is splendid,
our cup is full.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Back in Yuma for the winter

Just a quick post to let everyone know that we've arrived back in Yuma after an enjoyable month in central Texas with our sons and their families.  We got back about 2 weeks ago after an uneventful 3 day run across west Texas and southern New Mexico and Arizona. 
It was good to see all of our friends and family here, and to get back regularly riding our bikes with the Foothills Bicycle Club.  Of course, it was also great to get back to high temperatures in the 70s and no humidity.  Our lot here was in good shape, and our landlady had cleared the rest of her things our of the storage shed, so we have about twice the room that we had before -- which we'll use for bicycle storage and for a workbench.
We've been busy getting the last of our Christmas shopping and mailing done, and getting miscellaneous things done around the motorhome and the lot.  We also have set up the Wii that our son Brian gave to us, and have been enjoying playing all the games -- the game display looks pretty good on our large front TV, and we've got plenty of room to swing our arms and legs as we play tennis, baseball, bowling, and golf.  We also particularly like a marble game that really tests your hand-eye coordination, and is a blast to play!
The last several days have been pretty dismal weather (at least for here) with rain and wind and clouds -- but we're thankful that we haven't had to cope with the winter weather that is sweeping the rest of the country.  We're looking forward to having lots of friends head this way over the next month or two, and to go up to Quartzsite for the RV show at the end of January.
We've got to mention that we really hit the jackpot the other day -- we filled up with gas at Sam's club and paid $1.44 per gallon -- if you'd asked me a couple of months ago if I'd ever see that level again, I'd have absolutely denied it.  I guess it's an indication of the current state of the economy, and we hope that things stabilize soon.  Looking around today, it appears that prices have already increased (due to the OPEC news on limiting output) -- these are strange times we're living in.

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