Life in the last week.

So we left Amanda's house in Clearfield, Utah only one week ago but it seems more like it's been at least two weeks.  This departure was interesting in that it was done in too much haste to put what we'd taken out of the moho back in it.  So in thinking about how much stuff we had moved into Amanda's house, I was drastically wrong, especially when it came to the amount of kitchen stuff that Katie had moved.  Although we got up around 7 AM and started taking stuff back to the moho, the scheduled leaving time of somewhere after 9 AM became quite awhile after 9, closer to 10:30 as I recall.  Aside from repacking the stuff in the moho in a manner which didn't lead to us knowing where all that was when we tried to find it later on, the moho entrance steps didn't come up quite like they were supposed to when the engine was started, and were damaged when I tried to move forward.  Yep, oversight on my part.  Luckily the stairs still work although they're a little bent backwards.

After filling the moho up with gas while Katie and Jeff went to get lunch for us, it was about 11:20, and we were finally able to hit the road.  Our stopping point for the night was 1000 Trails in Las Vegas, where we'd get gas as well.  The 444 miles between Clearfield and Las Vegas took the better part of eight hours going at moho traveling speed, about 60 mph for us, but since we were gaining an hour going from Mountain Time to Pacific Time, it was good that we had that hour to use.  We ate at Cane's Chicken Fingers near UNLV, Katie's favorite.  I was going for the Macayo Vegas on Charleston, but Katie had had her hopes up for weeks now, and Jeff chose to support her rather than me so we went with the chicken fingers.  They were good anyway, and the fries were great!  I'd forgotten about them!

The remaining 200 miles or so were done the next day, Saturday, with us leaving around 10 AM and getting to Katie's Dad's place shortly before 2 PM.  At that point, I did the normal setup, including leveling the rig, extending the slides and connecting the electrical power and the water.  But before I could turn on the water, I had to plug in the hot water heater element which was taken out when the moho was winterized at the beginning of October upon arrival at Amanda's house.  That being completed, and everything else being presentable, we got in the car and headed for Katie's sister's house in Lakewood, Ca where we'd be spending the night.  By the time we got there, it was dark, and I was tired, so I went to bed shortly after we got there.  I was also feeling a little under the weather, with a slight tickle in my throat, so I thought that my rest would alleviate it.

Sunday morning, we left Karen & Bill's house to take Jeff to Teen Challenge Ministry Institute for worship, and for Jeff's admittance into the institute.  The worship service was outstanding, although the music was entirely too loud.  Regardless how his old parents felt, Jeff felt the the music was great still the same!  After worship, Jeff moved into his assigned space and we left to go to El Torito at the Redondo Beach Pier for the last meal we'd have with Jeff for a little while.  We had the Sunday Brunch which had a good variety of Mexican entries and a couple of American ones as well.  Overall, the meal was quite good.  But all good things must come to an end, so we took Jeff back to TCMI, and then headed back up to the moho in Phelan, Ca., getting there late and going to bed shortly after we got there.

Monday morning, we started finding things in the moho that were thrown into it in haste just days earlier.  After visiting with Adrian, Katie's nephew who lives in Katie's Dads house at the property, we left to visit Ken at his convalescent home, Sterling Inn, in Victorville, Ca., about 18 miles away.  We visited with him for a couple of hours, and headed back to the moho for the evening.  Tuesday and Wednesday, I don't remember what we did, but we went places and did things, I'm sure.

Thursday, Katie's sister and bro-in-law from Lakewood, Karen and Bill came up to spend time with Ken and then spend some constructive game time with us playing Tenzi, a dice game that we got from my sister, Elaine, as a Hanukkah gift while we were with her for Thanksgiving.  While the game is a fun fast paced game, we did mostly individual scoring as we didn't know what else to do.  In addition to keep the brain sharp by scanning the die after each throw, it's also physical as the die have to be picked up continuously and thrown again in a small space (unless ya wanna take more of your time doing your scanning!), so we viewed the evening as a real good time for the four of us. 

Friday, we had an errand to run with Ken and took him to lunch.  Took a little while to get back to Sterling Inn so it was kinda late when we left when we dropped him off.  But we'd been talking to him about the phone he has which seems to be awfully quiet when it rings, so he never knows when someone is calling him.  Both Katie and I tried unsuccessfully to make the ringer louder.  Then Ken even tried to do the same thing with the same results.  So while he was getting his dinner, we took his phone to the AT&T store so a professional to do what we couldn't do.  When we got there, the first thing the salesperson did was try to sell us a remote detection and alarm system which could be accessed through the phone.  After we interrupted the salesperson and firmly told him that we didn't want to hear about this system, but only needed the ring to be louder, the salesperson proceeded to find a ringtone on the phone that Ken would notice at a volume that may get the attention of more than just Ken.  This is exactly what we needed, so we took the phone back to Ken and Katie showed him (and several people around Ken) how well the ringer worked now.  The day's chores were done, and we went back to the moho.  Katie made fried potatoes with onions, peppers, and italian sausage to which my tummy was very happy.  Hers too!

Ok, it's Saturday morning already.  There's, once again, a couple of errands that we've got to do so we're gonna head out shortly. 

Have a blessed day!