Home, Sweet Home!

Today’s first chore was to make phone calls about replacing our now shattered heat pump cover.  The people in the office at the RV park gave us a name to call and it was the same one we had found on the internet.  The man who answered the call said his shop is closed on Saturday but he’d be willing to help if he could.  He did not have the part we needed in stock, but said he didn’t feel there would be any problem with us driving 200 miles to Tucson unless it was raining.  So, we were on the road in short order.   We arrived at the Camping World in Tucson around noon Arizona time.  Our friends Art and June Nelson were waiting for us as we had plans to visit over lunch.  Art had also made some phone calls to Camping World and the Lazy Days RV Dealership and had information for us.  Camping World had a cover in stock and Tom and Art took it up on the roof to make certain that it would fit our model.  It did!  They tightened the screws and we were protected once again.  Tom will need to remove the cover again to clean the heat pump area and to install the insulation and perhaps paint the cover.  There were no cracks visible on the second heat pump and Camping World only had one cover anyway, so the second one was not replaced.  We had a great visit with Art and June over lunch in the restaurant on the Lazy Days property behind Camping World and hope to see them again soon.              From Tucson we continued on I-10 to Eloy, Arizona where we visited the Flying J and topped off our fuel and propane tanks – ready for the winter stay.  We arrived at Palm Creek around 4:30 and got all parked in our usual site with the help of our neighbor and Chief Ranger, Bob.  Once we were hooked up we enjoyed a visit with our neighbors Harry and Marilou and their son Mike.  It’s good to be “home.”