Well it’s almost 11 o’clock, Sunday morning, and so far I have accomplished nothing, and it’s not looking good for anything getting accomplished today…

As a bit of a follow up, yesterday was not a real productive day either, but we made it to the market yesterday, and again disappointment, two years ago at the town square, lots of venders would be spread around the beautiful grassed area, now there seemed to be three separate areas. There was an area that was to be the “Farmers Market” it is held in a parking lot near a little cafe, but there were only four or five venders and only two that really would fall into the category of a farmers market. Then there were some venders jammed up against the retail stores around the town square, most of them were what I would refer to as crafters, this area had a sign calling them “Artesian Market” great if you are looking for things. We don’t buy things, they don’t lend well to the minimalist life style of full timers, now the fellow that we used to by our bread from was there, the price was still the same, but the loaf size seems to have shrunk to half the size. Then there was another area, that used to be the only area, with about half a dozen venders, a couple of artists, paint, photography, even a collection of cacti, again not what we are looking for as full timers. So the market was another disappointment, but there is obviously a political struggle happening here, it’s too bad because it takes away from the whole small town feel, it just doesn’t feel right, there is almost a tension in the air.

Our other stop was at the community centre in Why, and there are really no terms that fully explain what happens here, there are some venders selling hand crafted items, the senior group has a flea market area, that is a just make a donation for items, there is a snack are with burgers and such, and tables out side with more manly things, again not what we are interested in, although Miss Laurie picked up a Why tee shirt.

We had a little rain last evening, not enough to even knock the dust down, we sat out yesterday, had a couple of cocktails, but we didn’t accomplish much more. I ordered some more items from amazon, for a generator service, a new air filter for Thunder, and I need to replace my tool bag, I have had a DeWalt backpack style tool bag but the zipper has given out, and now won’t stay closed. I’m looking at approaching it a little different this time and the first piece I ordered was picked wrong, so now I have to return it, and have reordered the correct one.

It’s an overcast day here in southern Arizona, the Phoenix area is getting rain today, the temperature is 64 or 16 degrees, not a typical Arizona day but still not too bad, tomorrow we are planning a day at the Organ Pipe National Monument, and maybe a little trip to see Trump’s wall. I think there are a lot of the wall workers staying in Ajo and the area, which could be what is causing much of the problems in the area, we heard that in typical greed one of the campgrounds in the area doubled their price to drive out many long term people and make room for the wall workers, but the big flood of workers didn’t happen, now the prices have came back down, but the area has lost that quaint small town feel. Whether that is good or bad will remain to be seen, the reality is the workers are short term at best, but will change the landscape of the area for every. Pitting businesses against each other, a far cry from the atmosphere that we felt a couple of years ago…just saying

And in closing…Butch what the heck happened yesterday, was the Buckeyes team bus late to Lucas Stadium? It seemed they missed the first half of that game, but at least they showed up after halftime…

It 5 am Saturday morning, the temperature is 50 or 9 degrees and the forecast high for the day is 73 or 21 degrees, just about normal for this area. We attended a happy hour / potluck last night, I barbecued the chicken we had picked up on Thursday, precooked it for 15 minutes in the Instant pot, and finished it on the grill, must have been ok, as no leftovers came home. Had a nice fire, it was held here at our park but attended by some our neighbors from Coyote Howls West and a few of the snowbirds that have purchased in the area, now some things just need to be mentioned, our park only has five sites, and they are all full, two are occupied by what is referred to as wall workers, now the wall people leave at about five in the morning and don’t return till after dark. They are part of the crew erecting the wall on the Mexican border, the other two sites are occupied by two single ladies who we met the first night we arrived. So around the fire last night we met the two fellows working on the wall, one fellow is a crane operated, he’s only 23, the other fellow is a foreman, about fifty, both here by themselves, working from their trailers.

Now as you know I don’t do stupid, and apparently I’m not real partial to drama either, and we seem to be getting a lot of that from the ladies, we got here about the same time as the ladies about a week ago, and we met them at our first happy hour, and every one seemed to be real cordial, well that seem to have gone to hell in a hand basket, now they are feuding like the Hatfields and the McCoys. It all started on Monday when one went and dragged a picnic table from the others site, then there was a big flap about a tarp (no pun intended), now to the best of my understanding, they aren’t speaking, and we are only seven days in…like seriously. Thankfully we are kind of separated from everyone else, so I don’t get to hear or experience any of this first hand, or I might be tempted to express my opinions (I know you will find that hard to believe), on their childish behaviour. But it is this kind of stupidity and inconsiderate actions that can sour everyone, now we know after two years on the road, that this behaviour is not correct or is it acceptable from kids let alone adults, I mean if your site is missing a picnic table, ask management, don’t steal your neighbors.

So today’s excitement will be a big trip to Ajo to the farmers market, and I understand there is a flea / craft market at the community centre here in Why. It has been a busy week, well that’s not totally true, but I have kept busy enough, with lots of little repairs, I have a number of items enroute, that I purchased this week, so I have delivery dates on some items and other items I don’t, I even have one item the UPS seems to have misplaced, the note I got was “due to operating conditions your package may be delayed” that was at 10 am yesterday, makes it sound like their truck was stuck in a snow bank. But as of 5:53 this morning it seem to have been found again, but I’m not getting it till Monday, so that’s four days from Phoenix to here, all 90 miles of it…just saying.

I’m aware the holiday times are adding to everyone’s shipping issues, and none of it we are in dire need of but the difficult time consuming items should be here next Friday, most of them are coming from Maine, hmm, six days from Maine, four days from Phoenix something just seems wrong with that, This little upgrade means everything needs to come out of the basement, like I said pretty big job but will make a huge difference to our ability to boondock in the desert. And with a couple of months of that planned (January and February and maybe March) it will be a welcomed upgrade, if we just knew someone qualified to do the install…lol.

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