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And now, an RV Technical Moment . . .

The shade in our RV skylight broke last summer. We took it down and told ourselves we’d repair it next week.

Many many weeks later we bit the bullet and restrung our RV skylight shade.

Bought new shade string on Amazon, but, unfortunately, removed the old string from the shade before taking a picture of how to run the string through the shade. Big mistake.

After trying to restring the shade for about 5 minutes, my patience expired.

Luckily, Jan was up for the challenge and figured it out pretty quickly.

I did the RV installation.

A RANDOM MOMENT . . .

I’ve walk Flirt passed this dummy several times, but her reaction never changes . . .

Blogtastic #3 – Quest for the Grail

And now, a Technical Momemt . . .

For full-time RVers the Holy Grail of on-the-road Internet service is AT&T’s Mobley. Hands down.

What’s a Mobley? The photo above says it all . . . Internet service for the car that keeps the kids quiet while you’re driving. Once again technology saves the day.

So while the Mobley was intended for use in an auto, many RVers have turned it into their primary Internet source for one very compelling reason . . . UNLIMITED INTERNET SERVICE. Yes, dear friends, UNLIMITED. Did I mention Unlimited?

It’s a little guy

However, the original “Mobley Plan” ended two years and the device itself vanished from the AT&T site in 2018. End of the line?

But then miracle of miracles happened . . . the Unimited Access Mobley reappeared this January and we were able to get one. Yahoo!

We’ve been relying on it for Internet service for nearly a month, and while they’re have been a few hiccups (see following web link), the Mobley has performed flawlessly.

And the Best of the Best News is . . . the AT&T Mobley costs $20/month (+ fees & taxes). $20. Unlimited Internet Service. There is a god.

Did I mention Unlimited Data?

Here’s the official scoop on the AT&T Mobley – Mobley Is Back.

PostScript . . . unfortunately, it’s appears that this Mobley comeback was very limited as it’s now gone only after a month. C’est la vie.

Blogpocalypse Two – The Island Park

Grand Island Park (click on map to enlarge)

Grand Island Park was an unexpected find. I mean that literally. The park is in the middle of the island between a hoity toity gated community and the dessert. It’s like you’re not supposed to know it’s there . . . oh, wait . . . ah . . . now I see.

Anyway, apparently it’s the place to go if you’re a Disc Golf which I didn’t know was a thing until Flirt and I found the park.

At first, the park looked unused. But after a few weeks of walking through the park, I noticed more and more dog turds left in the park so it looks like the rabble has discovered Grand Island.

Let the Walking Begin . . .

Ready, Set, Walk!

We pass Stubby’s grave . . .

Leave a Stone for Stubby

And walk over the giant “20” old airport marking . . .

Jan on Top of the “O” of “20”

About this time Flirt comes off leash . . .

Then the Yellow (black) Brick (asphalt) Road (sidewalk) of Grand Island Park begins . . .

Time To Get Out My Passport

At the north end of the park, time for a roll on the burnt grass . . .

Next stop . . .

Finally, we round the south end of the park near the fragrant Acacia tree . . .

Blogapalooza

Balloons Over London Bridge

As the old timers say, it’s been a month of Sundays since my last post. So, to make up for this blogging drought, I’m going to post a number of updates over the next several days.

Here goes . . .

HAVASU BALLOON FESTiVAL & FAIR (January 10, 11, 12, & 13th)

I’ll just say it . . . I was too lazy to get up in the morning in order to take pictures of the balloons lifting off, but, bless her, Jan got up and took these photos . . .

RANDOM SHOTS

Flirt in Repose

We’re Staying!

We’re Adding a Room to Our Park Model (click on drawing to enlarge)

Up until about a week ago, we were dead set on eventually selling our Arizona park model and then buying a “real” house, probably back in Wisconsin where both Jan and I spent most of our life

Well . . .

About a week ago when Jan talked with our financial planner about our plans, he said “Why would you want to move back to Wisconsin?”

Good question. Really good question.

While it might seem like we changed our minds rather quickly, I believe we’ve been thinking about permanently staying in Arizona for a long time. We love the SouthWest. With our RV, we’re close to a number of absolutely superb places . . . the desert, Grand Canyon, Sedona, full hookup AZ state parks, Zion and Bryce, Coachella (check out Blackpink), CA Sierras, . . . . Also, we’re “hooked” into the community now, especially Jan. (I have to schedule using our Jeep because she’s so busy.) Our doctors are here. And, of course, those scarlet sunsets . . .

The was actually taken in Barstow, CA — but it’s still a SouthWest Sunset

Finally, Flirt loves it here. She goes on long walks, swims in Lake Havasu, plays with neighbor dogs, watches EVERYTHING from our porch (especially that white cat).

To cement our decision to stay, we’re in the process of adding a room to our park model. It will serve as a guest bedroom and Jan’s artsy fartsy room. This will increase our park model square footage to around 530 square feet. That’s living!

Anyway, I’m motivated as hell now, so it only took two days to finish the Demolition Phase of the room addition . . .

Click on photo to enlarge

We’ll keep you posted on our progress . . .