Final Preparations

The water finally came back on at 1:30 yesterday afternoon. It was off for almost a 24 hour period. We went out to the post office earlier and when we stopped at the Ranger station on the way back in, the Ranger said the water would be on by 3 PM and asked if we needed any drinking water. They were handing out gallon jugs of Arrowhead drinking water to anybody that needed them. It is hard to imagine the inconvenience that this problem caused a lot of folks. Oh, and our new water pump worked like a champ. For those who don't understand the RV functions, when you are connected to water at the site you don't need the pump, but when there is no fresh water connection, you need to use your reserve water that is in the fresh water holding tank. That's when you need the water pump. People that do a lot of boon docking (staying where there are no connections) use the water pump exclusively. It pays to have a large capacity fresh water holding tank for that reason.

We made some of our final preparations for leaving on Saturday. The picnic table cover was cleaned and we also cleaned the grill which was a major task. The grill hasn't been cleaned for quite a while and that is one thing you need to stay on top of. It took over an hour of spraying with an oven cleaner and scrubbing the grease and grime from the thing. I promise to keep up with this chore in the future. We are just about ready to go with the outside stuff done. We didn't accumulate anywhere near the dust and dirt while here that we did in Ocotillo Wells in the "real" desert.

Today we will make a short trip to the bank and also pick up some miscellaneous stuff from the store and begin putting away some inside things for the short trip tomorrow. Vehicles are really packed in tight at this campground so we are getting a little concerned about pulling out of our space tomorrow without hitting a palm tree or another parked vehicle. It will be a real test...