Monday, January 14, 2013

The side step!





We love the doggie park here. It's plenty big enough for ball throwing and has fresh water with a bowl and scrubbing brush if the bowl gets dirty.  There were 11 pups at the park yesterday and we had a great time!





This is what our living space looks like! Way cozy......
Well...here we are in Tucson...all snuggly, but not so warm! We arrived in Tucson last Thursday for what we thought would be a week. We had an appointment to have the motorhome serviced on the following Monday. We checked in, pulled to site 1385 and just like always started the routine of setting up.  I turned the key to unlock the slides and out went the small bedroom slide. But when I pressed the button for the main slide...it was dead!  So all week-end we had a great opportunity to perfect the side step! Today was the day...our appointment was at 9:00am. The oil is changed and the bus is running good, but we are still perfecting the side step. It turns out we need a new motor for the slide which has to be built and then shipped here...about 5 to 6 days. So, our week long stay here has turned into a 2 week stay. Joe and I have just about mastered the side step and feel like we will certainly have it down pat by the time we leave here. Wrecks, on the other hand, is having some difficulty getting around, Sally is scared of the electric heater that has to be in the middle of the floor and will not  walk past it,  and Dover and Jack have adjusted nicely taking care of themselves! One good note...The weather is about to change. The forcast calls for one more chilly day and then it should be warming up. YEAH!!!!

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Traveling with our pups!

 One of the things we enjoy most about RVing is the fact that our canine dependents can go everywhere we go. We are always looking for campgrounds/resorts with doggie parks. Some we have found are great and others...well not so good! Alamo KOA has a very nice Kamp K-9. The pros : very spacious, well maintained, poopy bags and disposal at both ends of the park, fresh water, benches for humans, shade trees for summer days, two easy open/exit gates with no latches and a "buffer area" for entering, plus...the owners daughter brings her pups throuhout the day and cleans up the "special poop" left behind. Only one day did we have to police the park behind the "special people" who dont pick up...

Wrecks got a few loooooong  throws in the pecan orchard beside the park.






Dover...always in charge...checking things out...
...must have been the squirrels...


...Sally posing in the sunlight!...

...and Jack waiting patiently for his turn!
Got his eye on the ball. Can you see it?


Wrecks loves his water!

This is Buster, our new friend. He is a great 2 year old New Foundland we met here. He and Sally played and played! We liked his Boss (Claire) and Mr. Big (Bob) too.