RZRing in Wittmann.....

7:53 am - Wednesday - February 28th - Newell House - Wittmann, AZ - 53° F, humidity 57%, wind 5 mph out of the northeast.....partly cloudy today with a forecast high of 73° F.  On this date in  2013 TLE and I were in St. Augustine, FL dry camping at a local RV park.....

I slept like the proverbial log Monday night....do logs really sleep?  I just thought they laid there on the ground, in the forest, slowly turning into compost for decades.  I don't feel like I'm doing that when I'm asleep....lol.  I guess the characteristics of a log are where the saying came from...you know, they just lay there, unmoving, for decades.  Anyway, we didn't get up until almost 8 am Tuesday morning, but at least we both felt like we had recovered from early Monday morning's festivities (the 'flash flood'), and the sun was actually peeking through the heavy cloud cover we've had the last few days.

We took a 1.5 mile walk around 9:30 am averaging, once again, 3.3 mph.  It is a little different walking on a gravel/sandy road than on pavement.  It feels like we are walking faster than 3.3 mph, but we are obviously not.....

....since I am apparently considered somewhat of a very minor RZR expert nowadays, Tom asked me to take their four seat 2018 RZR 1000 XP for a drive Tuesday and let him know what I thought of its performance (he now has over 5,000 miles on her), and how the clutch felt.  Around 12:30 pm TLE did just that....we needed to go to the local mini market to buy some coffee for Wednesday morning, so we combined some road, and off road driving on the way there.  Tom really takes good care of all of his rolling stock, and the RZR is no exception.  It ran, and drove nicely over the 4-5 miles we drove her.....

....I don't see anything wrong with her at all.  It appeared it had been a while since she was last given a spa treatment, so not being able to help myself, I gave her one after we returned from our short jaunt.  By the way, Tom's RZR is street legal....it is licensed, and has brakes, rear and sideview mirrors, and turn signals.

We both spent a lot of time reading Tuesday as Tom and Darlene had appointments.  We did take a second 1.5 mile out and back walk averaging, once again, 3.3 mph.....just can't break that barrier on gravel....lol....

.....Tom and Darlene erected a street sign in front of Newell House, a few years ago (2020 I think)....the street coming into the compound is Wildcat Drive, and the road in front of Newell House is called Newell Parkway.  Tom's son, Scott, was able to add Newell Parkway into Google Maps so you can actually look up that street in Google Maps, and it will take you right there.....pretty cool, huh?

Tom and Darlene returned home mid afternoon, and TLE and I continued to read, with conversations thrown in here and there.  I'm reading another post apocalyptic series, and have now finished the 2nd of 3 books in that series.  

As always, we had a communal dinner with Tom, Darlene, Wade, TLE and I.  By the way, Wade is a long time friend of Tom and Darlene who lives in Alberta, Canada, and flies down each winter for a few weeks to visit, and get out of the cold Albertan winter.  I think this is the 4th, or 5th time we have been here at Newell House at the same time

Our interlude here at Newell House is coming to and end after just 3 days.  It is time for us to return to GNHS, and our final 4 weeks there before we head north for the summer.  TLE's sister, Phyllis, and Charles are coming in their 5th wheel to visit us for a week beginning March 3rd.....here we go again, from one social engagement to another!

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