There she BLOWS!!!!

HE SAID:One of the problems of having a toilet on board the RV is that you also have to carry around your own septic holding tank.  Unfortunately this holding tank can only hold so much of your "stuff".  For some reasons like Robin Williams above I have had too many "that isn't where that stuff is supposed to go!, having just experienced another mistake in our current RV park. You'd think I would have this figured out by now considering we have been in the motorhome for about 4 months. The issue I have been trying to correct is the "level" panel in the RV doesn't register how full our tank is and we have been using guess work as to when to empty it. I have now bought three devices that where supposed to work to clean out the tank so I could get a proper reading. Each device hasn't worked and resulted in unwanted product all over the ground.  Just bought another one device and I think i better wait till I'm in the middle of nowhere to try again as to not offend my neighbours with any"what just died out there!"

Sedona Arizona

Sedona Arizona

I have been really enjoying life in Phoenix with the exception of getting a Shingles like rash all over my next and face which resulted in two doctor visits.  We have enjoyed visits with Jim and Jean Benson and Vaughan and Sherry Smith. Because of my not feeling all that great we have only done about 1/2 the exploration that we usually do. Had a great drive to Sedona but refused to buy the "healing crystals" for 15 bucks!!! On the way home from that town we stop at Montezuma monument which is an awesome federal park that has ancient Native American housing built right into the side of a mountain...

 In Phoenix we went to the "Hole in the Wall". Talking to our friends, it appears not many have even seen or heard of it. A hole in the side of a hill that the Natives used to tell the seasons. It had a great view of the city. Pat's depth perception didn't want to go through the wall, so I took the dogs through myself. 

Hole in the wall.

Our latest adventure took us to the Museum of Musical Instruments. I know it doesn't sound that exciting, but they have thousands and thousands of musical instruments from all over the world and it is designed in such a way that you can go from country to country to see and hear. We were there for three hours. 

We were planning our next adventure to Tennessee. After looking at the weather they have been having, it was too hard to say good bye to Arizona and there plus 25 C or 75/80 degree days. We will be heading to Florida via furthest south highway to stay as far away from the snow and ice!!. 

She Said:

Not sure where to go with this post!  It really has be a different couple of weeks, due to Johns shingles and cold sores.   Much more just sitting around, TV, reading, walks with the dogs and the odd outing.  One afternoon when John was having his post getting up, pre bedtime snooze I went to a movie alone.  This was a pretty big step for me, haven't done this since I was in my nursing course (I do remember that - movie was Pappillion - 1976 - in Edmonton) but was getting pretty antsy, so rather than committing a crime I went to the nearby theatre.  The movie was Vampire Academy - haven't read any of the books and don't know why I picked it - but me and the other two people there enjoyed the matinee.  Sometimes some space is good for us :) (read Johns first comments- I won't go there).  We really haven't seen much of Pheonix, but now that John doesn't look like he's contagious we will be doing some more exploring this next week!

I've had a lot of time to think about decisions we've made this past year, and so far I feel, for the most part, that hitting the road has been awesome.  We've had lots of time to wind down and really enjoy the moments.  The places we have visited have been beautiful and not having to worry about getting back to work with no time frames enhances the experience.  On occasion some deep breathing has been necessary, but that, I think, is to be expected. (including my no making John delete the pictures of me he chose to pose with this entry)

As John said we decided that going to Tennessee would be a bad choice - it has been around zero  with snow there, so why would we go?  We will be keeping to the warm side (hopefully) and travelling highway 10 all the way to Florida - we will be at New Orleans which has always been on my bucket list.  Once we get to Florida, I will be flying back to Alberta for a Dr appointment while John and the dogs sit at the beach and enjoy the weather.  On the bright side for my quick home trip, Heather and I will be going to an Air Supply concert in Edmonton.  

And to end this post...CANADA ROCKS!!!  KEEP UP THE AWESOME OLYMPIC PERFORMANCE!!