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.