Wow! It's been over a month since our last post. Naturally, it took a couple of weeks to get settled, start working, and figure out our accommodations at the Drop Zone. Overall, we've been very fortunate. Both of us are working, and a friend offered his RV for us to stay in, when we're in Eloy. Life is good!
Here we are with all our stuff, and Jack, on the side of a convenience store, looking kind of desperate I guess, because a woman in a truck, in the parking lot, asked me if we needed any help! I told her we were fine, but thanks! Tom arrived a few minutes later, and droves us back to his place in Tucson, for a great dinner and lots of stories.
I'm flying down to check on the boat next week. It's been raining almost every afternoon down there, and I'm anxious to see how she looks on the inside. I'll be getting measurements for replacing the head, and for trying to install a shower. The main thing is checking the batteries, getting the bottom cleaned and checking the zincs.
O.k., I never finished the story about the last part of the drive home. To make a long story short; after spending the night in San Carlos, the next morning, we drove to Hermosillo and changed rental cars at the airport, it worked out perfectly, I was able to pull the new rental right up to the old one and move all the bags! After turning the old one in, we made our way north to Nogales. The problem was that we'd never been in downtown Nogales, and had no idea where the rental car company was. Being resourceful, Karin asked someone to call the rental company,and then call for a taxi to lead us there. That worked perfectly, we would have never found the place, anyway the rental car folks agreed to take us back to the OXXO, so we could wait for Tom to pick us up. After a few phone calls, Tom was on his way.
So, we're back; we are making plans for our return to the boat, but right now, enjoying the house, our friends, and some of the convenience of living in the USA is working fine.
