Rex and Nancy's Travels - "ALL WHO WANDER ARE NOT LOST" - JRR Tolkein

After spending 3 days cleaning and loading the 5 th wheel in 115 o plus weather we left Apache Junction Monday morning and headed to cooler temps in the White Mountains.   It was a very hot drive with temperatures starting at 109 o and dropping to mid-90’s after we reached the top of the Mogollon Rim.   We are staying at the Heber RV Resort in the White Mountains.   It is wonderful to be in cooler temperatures! We spent a couple of days getting the 5 th wheel organized and relaxing.   It is amazing how much you forget about where things go after being in the house for 8 months but we think we have finally got everything where we want them.   We have been able to relax and do some reading – getting caught up some of the magazines that have stacked up while we were busy over the winter.     The daytime temperatures are in the high 80’s and low 90’s and it cools off to the high 50’s at night – wonderful sleeping weather! We drov...

The New Year was welcomed by a coyote in our backyard on the morning of January 19 th .   Rex had let the dogs out into the yard earlier and was getting ready to let them out again when he noticed this beautiful coyote standing by the fence.   We watched it for over 30 minutes and had a hard time getting hit to leave.   Rex opened the side gate and we made a lot of noise – the coyote finally got tired of us and left through the gate.   We had seen coyotes in our community before but were a little surprised that they would jump the fence into the back yard.   We are more cautious when we let the dogs out now. February was not a good month health wise as Rex started experiencing chest pains when we got home from tai chi class on February 3 rd .   We had to call an ambulance and he was admitted to Banner Heart Hospital after they discovered he had a coronary artery blockage.   On the 4 th he had a stent placed in his left descending artery...

We are settling into our new house and getting things organized the way we want them. Rex is keeping busing with handyman work – the residents of Golden Sun, where we used to stay, are keeping him very busy.   He also continues playing guitar with his friend, Gunther.   They performed in a number of “coffee shops” at Golden Sun.   He also played and sang again in the Valentine’s Day Program and the pizza party at Golden Sun.   We are continuing with Tai Chi classes at Golden Sun – Rex taught the class until our instructor, Gene, came in January.    In December, Rex was asked to teach a Tai Chi class in Meridian Manor.   So we go to our class at Golden Sun at 7 am and then to the class at Meridian Manor at 8 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Nancy is enjoying retirement again – water aerobics, tai chi, bocce ball, hiking and learning pickle ball.   She enjoys the monthly women’s lunch and meeting more of our neighbors. We enjoyed atten...

Wednesday morning we hooked up and headed towards home – our summer travels are over the 2015!    We arrived in Apache Junction mid-afternoon and are excited to spend our first winter in our new home.   We spent a few days unloading and cleaning the 5 th wheel and trying to find a place for everything in the house.   Sunday we took the 5 th wheel and truck to the storage lot where we will store them for the winter.   We didn’t realize how hard it was going to be to leave the rig in a storage lot – we have never stored them before!   In Colorado we kept them in our yard and for the past 7 years we have lived in the 5 th wheel.   The storage lot is a short distance down the road so we will be able to check on them every so often.   Now we can concentrate on getting the dust out of the house and things organized the way we want.   We are going to convert the third bedroom into an office so we need to sell the bed and get a desk. ...