Day 563

Beaver Dam, AZ to Duck Creek, UT. Well, it’s finally time to start heading back home to Idaho. It’s been a little over 9 months since we left. Hard to believe. We would have started back a lot sooner, but the Corona Virus shut down all the campgrounds, so we felt we were better off staying put. That is until the average high temperature for this past week was around 106 degrees. Hot, hot, hot and just darn HOT! And on top of all that, we decided to bring the new toy hauler trailer with us so we could bring the UTV.
Now for most of you taking out the trailer isn’t that big of deal. Throw in a few clothes, stock up on food, load the family up and take off. Not so for full time RVers. We aren’t planning on returning until September which is over 3 months away, which means that we need to bring our important stuff with us. High temps mean that you can’t leave anything in the trailer that will melt, blow up or just be ruined in excessive heat.
Went through just about everything in the big RV and got rid of a ton of stuff. Put stuff next to the dumpster (where everyone knows it’s ‘free stuff’) for an entire week. This is what you do when there are no thrift stores open anywhere near you. Neighbors got a ton of great stuff. Spent a week loading up necessities into the small trailer (did I mention that it was 106 degrees).
Finally moving day. Had to load the Side by Side RZR UTV in the trailer and put the bikes in next to it. Tight fit, but we made it work. Still had stuff in laundry baskets because temps over 100 degrees seem to just sap your strength. The poor little trailer was just packed to the gills. Flashbacks of leaving Idaho in the big trailer kept haunting me. Only took a couple of hours to get most of it put away once we got here.
Had a slight hiccup and almost ran the truck off of the road, a little over correcting and wallah, you need to stop and take a breather. Luckily, no major issues unless you count a cupboard coming open and dishes and pantry items flying out and breaking everywhere. We had breadcrumbs Everywhere. Worse part was that it got in the basket that had my printer and Dish Wally in it. Thank goodness that I had a can of canned air to blow it all out. Also got a hole in the wall from the bicycle pedal when the UTV slid sideways. Good thing I know how to patch drywall, as I’ll be using that skill to repair the hole.
We really enjoyed our stay in Arizona and will look forward to returning in the fall. Met some great friends and had some new adventures.
The first leg of our journey brings us to Duck Creek, Utah. Beautiful little Village in the mountains outside of Cedar City, UT. Our friends Carl and Carol invited us up to stay on their property for a few days. It’s beautiful here. And so cool. High temp today was about 77 degrees. Going to get down into the 40’s, so Mater, the tomato plant is coming back inside at night.
We took a ride in the RZR and saw some beautiful scenery. We even saw a deer standing alongside the trail. It was awesome. We are going on another another ride tomorrow. It’s a lot different riding in the Mountains as opposed to riding in the desert, but just as dusty. Dinky shook the dust off of himself and there was a cloud of dust coming off him. But he loved it!