Thursday, December 14
When the crew and I moved our camp to another site at Midland LTVA, I threw down the blue mat and didn’t bother to stake the corners.
Well, this morning, the wind arrives.
Suddenly, Reggie and Roger go berserk. We rush outside to see what’s the matter and discover that the wind has picked up one side of the mat and thrown it and the doggie beds into one, big, blue, fold-over sandwich.
More distressing for the crew is a round, silvery-metallic-paper object bobbing from a creosote bush. It’s a celebration balloon, the kind that comes with a bouquet of flowers or can be purchased in stores and is filled with helium.
I pull it loose from the creosote bush and read its message.
“Happy Mothers Day!”
Sheesh.
The wind is gusty all day.
I drive in six stakes to hold the mat. She ain’t goin’ nowhere.
By noon a good bit of dust has been stirred up. Dirt devils appear here and there. The crew and I stay inside. They seem to know it isn’t a good day for visiting their pals.
(It’s also not a good day for taking photos.)
By mid-afternoon restlessness drives us out the door and into the Perfect Tow Vehicle. As we roll into town the mountains at the horizon are hardly visible.
At the Inland Supply store I inquire about mail delivery.
An employee tells me the store only accepts packages that have been ordered from the store. There’s a 15% charge for that. No thanks.
Later the wind dies down. Reggie, Roger and I take a really long walk at sunset.
The cool, dry air is invigorating!
The boys are on their short, red leashes, walking side by side, instead of running around on the long tether.
Having them on leashes for at least one of our daily walks reminds them how to act with some self-control.
Otherwise they turn into hellions.
Periodically I have to snub up Roger’s leash to keep him from instigating a play-fight (the old nip-Reggie-on-his-rear-flank trick).
We haven’t seen nor heard the mystery bird — probably an owl.
Friday, December 15
Cold this morning! The Wave 3 heater takes care of that. And no wind!
Another long and enjoyable walk with the crew across the desert and up Midland Road.
I should do laundry today, but I don’t feel like it. Maybe the ambition will come later.
Question for y’all . . . .
I’d like to buy a small, portable, propane grill. My Christmas gift to myself!
This Coleman Sportster Propane Grill
However, after imagining it here on the blue mat with Reggie and Roger on a tether, I can see it would be an accident waiting to happen.
A tabletop grill would be better for us.
Yesterday, while at Inland Supply I saw this Blackstone Portable Table Top Grill
I go online and see that it’s also a popular, highly rated grill among Amazon customers (5 stars/342 reviews). The Amazon price is comparable.
Although the cooking surface is more than I need, since the most I want to grill are a couple turkey burgers, maybe some vegetables on the side, that’s okay. Better too much than too little.
I’d appreciate your opinion and experience with portable propane grills. Thanks.
Later, after typing the above . . .
Well, if I don’t do laundry today, I won’t do it on the weekend, and that means dirty clothes until Monday. Aw, what the heck.
Once everything is loaded into the PTV and we’re on our way, I’m motivated!
First we go to the library.
I replenish my stock of books, enough to last through Christmas. The crew has a sniff-around under the cottonwood trees before we leave.
The laundromat is busy.
Everybody speaks Spanish, except for one guy who listens to his electronic device without earbuds and it also is a language I don’t understand — Chinese maybe.
Shortly before sunset Reg, Rog, and I walk over to Del’s.
Actually the boys run full-out to meet their friends. Del and I sit in camp chairs and talk while the sky turns soft blue and pink.
Reggie, Roger, and Skeeter jump on my lap several times and by the time we leave for home, my freshly laundered capri pants are a mess.
rvsue
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