Home At Last

After a  very long 3 months and 2 days, we moved to 30689 S. Wandering Way on Thursday afternoon.  The gravel was delivered and spread in the morning.

Terry, and his brother Phil, packed a driveway for the trailer, secured things to move 6 blocks and hooked her up.  I didn't get a picture of the trailer creeping along with a 31 ft. antennae on the bumper.

It was wonderful that Phil and Connie were visiting.  They even stayed over an extra day to help.

We enjoyed sunset and several very 'happy hours'  on our first evening at home.  Our neighborhood is very quiet, peaceful and beautiful!

Here's the setting sun across the street.  There's a view of the mountains a little to the west.

There's a pretty old Mesquite tree in the back corner of our lot.  When I was digging out it's base that had been covered in the lot leveling, 2 neighbors came out to help. Together we made quick work on a back breaker  job for me alone.  It's so nice to have such a close neighborhood!




Each year the community celebrates it's history with a Fiesta, Parade and Craft Show in March.  My Line Dance group was in the Parade.  I enjoyed watching it all.

On Tuesday morning Terry will have surgery to repair the torn ligaments and tendons in his ankle.  We have great confidence in his surgeon in Peoria near Phoenix.  If all goes well he should be getting back to a new normal in 3 months or so.  We are hopeful we can return to Silver Falls, OR in August.

Getting Closer

It's been a 'hurry up' and 'wait' month plus.  The trenches were finally dug for our sewer, electric and water lines on Feb. 13.  The lines are in place and the 'rough-in inspection' will be on Monday.  Here's Terry on site.

We ordered our crushed rock to cover the lot yesterday and it will be ready to deliver when the trenches are covered and the inspections are done this coming week --- we hope!  Then at last we can 'hook-up' on our own 1/4 acre of Arizona.  It will be a delight to leave the gravel parking lot crammed with RV's that has been home base for the last 3 months.

I did have a fun morning at the annual Wickenberg historic celebration-Gold Rush Days Parade the weekend before our trenching.  The parade featured the 'Mountain Men' actors, the Wells Fargo Stage Coach, (a true original) and the women long distance trail riders group among many others.

While we were waiting for our last Yavapai County Permit to clear the Land Use Review Team an unusually big snow storm came this far south.  It was lovely on the mountains and in the park on the cacti.  Prescott, where the County offices are located got about 18 inches of snow.  All the offices there were closed for a few days while they dug out and we waited a bit longer.

It has been a long slow process getting this far on our lot plan to have 3 RV hookups and a shed eventually.  Someday we might add a house or a small manufactured home.  But for now it is a delight to be a part of this very active community a few months of the year when we are not traveling or volunteering.  We are so close now to our dream of having a 'home site' while living in our little travel trailer.