Back to the Boondocks

Hi All,

Springtime is happening fast and early in the desert SW. It's been 5 weeks since I've been to this spot and what a difference. The ocotilla and beaver tail cactus and many wild flowers are in full bloom. The rain that fell in Dec and Jan is having it's effects. And, the turkey hawks are back and are interesting to watch. A few of them start circling on the wind currents, then they are joined with others untill there are a couple dozen of them going up into the sky.

I felt so relieved to get back out in the boondocks after spending another week in Yuma. My same old site was vacant out on the point overlooking the resevoir. I drove up, parked, turned off the ignition and said AHHHHHHHHHH.

While in Yuma, they had to pull out the furnace and replace a switch. I'll probably need that in MN. The generator was another story. The warranty service center I was referred to in Yuma was a joke. It was a dumpy old place, filled to the brim with clutter, the guy was slow as molasses in Jan (in MN). The only other place out here was in Phoenix. I opted to go to my old Onan generator man. He thought he might be able to fix the oil leak unless it was an internal thing. Well, you guessed it, it would have to have an entire overhaul. This guy used to be a service center for Generac, but the last two times he did work for them, he got stiffed. He said this oil problem has been hapening often with the Generac.

I did not want to go to Phoenix and spend a week up there, and I did not want to contend with further problems with a 'looser' generator. So, I asked Sean (Onan man) to please replace this with an Onan generator. I put in a 4000 Onan, replacing a 6500 Generac at my own expense. Fuel consumption will be less, it takes less battery power to start it, It runs quieter, and it is better quality, and my life will be simpler. I just won't be able to run both front and back A/C's at the same time.

Judy and Denise left me with a kitchen full of treats, some from Trader Joe's, my favorite. It was so good to spend time with them. It seems that I was left with full cupboads after all of my company including Trish and Susan and the Canadian girls. They all have such good tastes in food! Anyway, I have not had to do much grocery shoping.

Well, I have less than one month left and it is getting up to 90's tomorrow. Guess it's time for the snowbird to think about heading north to MN springtime. See ya'll soon.

Love, Jeanie