What a day

Day started off OK, had a shower and got ready to head out. Shortly after tried the hot water and nothing would come out of the tap. After some investigation decided it had to be something with the hot water tank, so phoned the manufacturer. They advised it was likely the backflow preventer had become stuck and was in need of replacement. Well handy guy that I am, I thought this would be a piece of cake, so proceeded to take off the access panel and disconnect everything. After some messing around, determined that it was the outflow that was not functioning. With the water back on, nothing would come out of it. Got a bit dizzy lying on my back and looking up for so long, that I just left it as is. While all this was going on, Marg had phoned a local service co. that has a mobile rig and will come out to the rv park, good news. Well not really they can't come until Monday, but agreed that this backflow valve was the problem, a simple fix. No water until Monday then. No wait, I can hook up the supply line & turn on the water, the outlet is plugged anyway. Yeh, it worked, just as planned.

Off to the airport to pick up Bill & Patti as they land at 1:30 PM. I was still a bit dizzy, so Marg drove through the heart of Phoenix in heavy traffic and got us right to the cell phone lot in good time. This was fortunate as their flight was early. It seems they almost missed the flight, but that's another story, so the pilot was making up for lost time. After picking them up, we went to Scottsdale to the Sugar Bowl [ice cream parlor/restaraunt] and it was good. The weather was so hot, Bill was pealing off his winter clothing and getting into summer gear as soon as the car stopped. Mid-way through the day, got a call from the rv park manager saying that water was pouring out of our motorhome. It seems that thanks to may leaving the water on, the outlet had become unplugged, and started flowing freely. Arghhhh, what does an aneurism feel like? They did shut it off at the tap, but now no water until Monday.

After lunch it was off to the Arizona Mills outlet mall. This is where the really good deals are. Took them through Nieman Marcus first where they could get a nice sofa - regular price $10,200 for half price or some nice high back chairs at half price - $2,200 each. That wasn't nice, but then made up for it and went to the other name brand outlets where the good deals were. They got their share of bargains as did Marg. Never ceases to amaze me how she always finds the good deals.

By this time it was getting late, so headed back, stopping at Appleby's for supper. Had a nice supper complete with appies. This was right by Walmart, so stopped in there as Bill wanted some vodka for the trailer. They had several different kinds for $6/750 ml and then some nice wine for under $3/bottle.

Finally got them back to the park and settled in at the trailer. A coffee and by then it was getting late, so we called it a night.

Stay tuned as this adventure tale unfolds.