Continuing the Cottonwood Saga

Following the visit to the Southwestern Eye Center in Cottonwood we made a call to Out of Africa to see if the meeting that Josie had scheduled with the owner could be moved up to the morning. She had to leave a message so we decided to get some breakfast at Denny's and just stop by to see if she could talk to them. It turns out that the owner had to be in Phoenix today so she talked again with the Manager who is very anxious for her to start. We dropped off the application and Josie left it that the Manager will call her to set up the meeting with the owner next week.

We started out with the plan that Cottonwood would definitely get us out of the cold weather for the winter and allow us to stay for free at a location where we could continue to search for a winter gig in a place we would like to spend some time. Cottonwood fits the bill for providing us the free space and all hookups, and still will provide some income - hopefully. Out of Africa is between the two parks - one mile from Western Horizon and four miles from Thousand Trails - so the commute to work for Josie would be almost nothing. We stopped there a couple years ago and never went through the park since it cost like $35 per person and you needed to have at least 5 hours to see the whole park. It was late in the afternoon so we never went inside. If Josie gets a job there, the cost would be free, and her family and friends will also get in for free as part of her benefits. Not too bad.

Our plan today was to get off work a little early and head down to the Valley to go to our storage unit and visit with George and Cheryl. It is our nephew Brian's 40th birthday dinner and Cot & Lois will also be there. Since we haven't had any time to sort through our "stuff" to take to the storage unit, we decided to bag that part of the trip. Since we will probably be in Cottonwood and still pretty close to the Valley, we thought we could do that part later.

Josie is still having discomfort with her eye but at least she got some sleep last night. The doctor said it would be a few days before the pain is gone. That's about it for now...