May 2021: Far too many days to count

Wow, 29 months since we began our Journey in November 2018. Hard to believe that so much time has passed. Sure doesn’t seem like it. These past 6 months in Beaver Dam have been quiet due to the ongoing pandemic, but not as bad as the rest of the country. Beaver Dam is a small little town with very few businesses, so the changes were hardly noticed. But things started opening up in the past couple of months. We got to enjoy outdoor karaoke (no we did not get up and sing) and the
legendary Lawnmower Races. The weather was mild, but it seemed like we had more wind than last year. A couple of huge thunderstorms kept us inside for days at a time.
We were able to go to the Nascar Races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March, although it was very limited attendance. We were able to camp next to our Nascar (and real life) friends, Carol and Carl and were really close to our groups honorary Mom and Dad, Patsy and Rick. Was able to smuggle my Flat Kurt Busch into the track, and he had a great time playing tourist before he settled down to watch his real self race in the Cup race. Sadly all that sightseeing must have tried him out, as he came in 19th for the day.
Last year we has a great idea to buy a small toy hauler trailer so that we could camp out while taking our Polaris RZR out into the desert to play. We decided to bring it back to Idaho for the summer since it was so much smaller. It was a huge amount of work to load it up to bring it. We decided to bring it again this year, and silly me, I thought it would be easier this year. Not! 5 full days of loading and organizing. Not fun. It’s really hard to decide what you need to take with you when you are leaving for 4 to 5 months at a time. I told Lee that next year we were taking our regular trailer with us and leaving the weekend trailer in our spot. Lots less work.
We only made it to Ash Springs, NV, a mere 117 miles from Beaver Dam, AZ. But it’s enabling us to get reoriented to living in a tiny 18 foot home. High winds today and Nascar all weekend has helped us to decide to stay put until Monday. So stay tuned…