8:13 am - Tuesday - November 11th - TWW - 48° F, humidity 16%, wind 3 mph out of the southeast.....partially cloudy skies today with a forecast high of 74° F. On this date in 2023 I was fueling RZR's as the sun set....
.....at Glamis North Hot Springs....in all we rented 7 RZRs that day.
As I wrote in yesterday's missive we were on the road around 8:30 am heading to Flagstaff for the day. I hadn't had a haircut for 5 weeks, and there were a number of things I needed from Home Depot for a couple of projects I need to finish in the next couple of days, plus I needed to buy two more 20" chains for the Stihl chainsaw, so I can rotate them as they get dull, and need sharpening.
We arrived at the local Sports Clips around 10:30 am without incident. Monday was a perfect day for driving. I had to wait about 20 minutes for my haircut, but my name was finally called by Erica who did a wonderful job getting my coif back under control. As luck would have it there is a local Stihl dealer right across the street from Sports Clips, so by 11:30 we had two things crossed off our 'to do list'.
Our next stop was at the Walmart Supercenter to do a big shopping (over $300!), then over to Home Depot to buy the items I need for the aforementioned projects, then over to Savers (our favorite thrift store ever) to see if they had anything without which life would not continue, and they did. I was looking for a pair of grey slacks for a wedding we'll be attending next Saturday, and I found a perfect pair, plus a nice paisley tie to go with a long sleeve dress shirt I already have. TLE found that for which she was looking, and when we got to the checkout counter we found out it was 50% off day....life is good! So what we already thought were great prices were suddenly cut in half right before our very eyes....doesn't get much better than that.
By the time we exited Savers it was after 1:15 pm, and time to head back to TWW, but not before a stop at the local Starbucks to secure a couple of Frappuccinos for TLE and I (vanilla bean for TLE and mocha for moi) to enjoy on the 2 hour drive home, where we arrived, once again, without incident, at 3:25 pm. That was a long day away from home!
I might mention we drove the VW Beetle instead of the Explorer. Why? Well, when I repaired the right rear flat tire I noticed the tread on both rear tires is getting pretty thin, so we did not want to risk another flat tire driving to and from Flagstaff. On Tuesday we'll jack up the Explorer, and remove both rear tires for Charles and Phyllis to take back home with them when the return home after their visit this week to have the tires replaced. The drive out to US-66 took about 25 minutes, as usual, in the VW since we can't go more than 10-15 mph on that dirt arterial road. We're able to drive about 30+ mph in the Explorer on that same road.
On another side note, we stopped at the Seligman Post Office going and coming to pick up packages which had been delivered (one on Saturday), and another one which was delivered to our PO Box around 11 am while we were in Flagstaff. That item wasn't supposed to be here until Friday, so how great to get it 5 days early!
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