What Happened to Fall?

When I first got up this morning the first thing I noticed was there was no water. Uh Oh! I knew right away that the temperature had dropped big time and the water was probably frozen in the hose outside. Sure enough, the weather station showed a high today of 28 degrees at 12:01 AM and a low of 23 degrees - right now! We should have been prepared for this but we were not. We should have put water in our holding tank and turned off the water at the outside faucet before going to bed. Or, we could have left a faucet on a slow drip all night. Now, we have to wait for the temperature to rise later this morning. Oh, well - another lesson learned.

We were at the lodge at 7:30 AM yesterday to get pictures of Chi Chi and Jaymie leaving on their bikes for Vegas. They were on time and ready to go:

They had a chilly ride until they got off the rim, probably at Seligman, AZ. It's a long ride on bikes but they've done it before. we hope they have a great time.

Along with our duties of running the lodge while they're gone, we have the added responsibility of baby sitting Mystique, their Maltese dog. She is a real joy though. She has to be on somebody's lap all the time or rubbing against somebody. Josie took this shot while watching TV last night.

Actually, we only have her at night as she spends the day in her own trailer, surrounded by familiar toys and pillows, and we bring her to ours after work. Josie walks her a couple times during the day and feeds her at her own trailer.

Today is another long day and we'll have to get our water situation fixed sometime during the day after the sun warms up the hose. That's about it for now...