Monday March 6th 2017

Today’s wind was only a breeze compared to yesterday, but it was out of the north. It kept the temperature down to around 70 even with full sunshine all day.

I slept a little later this morning. Maybe I’m finally getting acclimated to the time zone. In the last two weeks I’ve been in three time zones. In many ways I’m still on Eastern Standard time even though I’ve been in Mountain Standard since last Monday. The local TV is on a 7PM to 10PM prime time schedule, but the satellite cable channels I watch follow eastern time. It really keeps me confused. Next Sunday it will get even stranger. Most of the country changes to Daylight Savings Time, but Arizona stays on standard time. I’ll be three hours offset from Eastern time.

Today was a domestic chores and errands day. I did the laundry this morning and picked up a few groceries this afternoon. The laundry in this campground is on the other side of the park. I needed to load up the car and drive to the laundry. I didn’t wait for the wash to finish, so I drove back to the RV only to return in 30 minutes to move the laundry to the dryer. Then 50 minutes later I returned to unload and fold the laundry. It was a real production with all the driving. I could have hung around the laundry and read one of the many books other residents have left in the informal library, but a quick scan didn’t show any good books.

My grocery run into the city of Casa Grande could have been accomplished at the convenience store down the street. I only needed bread and orange juice. The eight to ten mile trip into town was also an exploration trip. I found the local Home Depot and Lowes home improvement stores. One of the things I’m researching is ways to fix or replace my broken closet door mirror.

This dove was cooing up a storm as it sat on the water faucet.

Late this afternoon I was back at the campground for another walk around the complex. There were plenty of others out walking, but most of them had dogs. Walking just one dog isn’t enough, most people seem to have two. This park may have more dogs than people in residence.