On the Road

      I have a confession to make. I like elevator music. So I was lying on a queen-size bed with Gracie and Dylan listening to the most awesome radio station out of Prescott,102.1 KAHM, pronounced “calm, feeling very calm the first night in my new home.

     It had been a very long day. I got hours behind on Thursday with a problem with the propane and then again Friday with an air conditioning glitch, which is persisting. I didn’t finish cleaning the house until Friday afternoon. So we spent our first night on the road in our motorhome at a rest stop, Sunset Point, only 100 miles north of Phoenix. I was tired, traffic was heavy, and I’m not on a schedule.
     Gracie and I watched the sun set from a fantastic vantage point looking over a beautiful valley. I had a frozen entrée for dinner, fed and walked Gracie, washed up in the rest stop rest room, made a cup of tea, and fell asleep to elevator music. 
    Oatmeal with skim milk and blueberries and hot coffee for breakfast. I’m loving being self-contained. Back on the road at 7 am.,rested and appreciating the light traffic. Rounding the corner leaving the rest stop, the dining table detached from the wall and tumbled across the motorhome! Luckily, it missed both cats, but they were freaked.
     I got off the interstate and took the road through Prescott Valley and then into Prescott, looking for an open RV repair place, with no luck. Finally I parked in the lot of a closed sales and service facility and walked to the only place that was open, an auto repair shop. They hooked me up with A-Z RV 24 Hour Mobile Service. Tim Giese screwed and glued the frame back into the wall in minutes, and when I asked how much I owed him replied, “Ah, whatever. I live just across the street.” I gave him $40, which in retrospect, on a holiday weekend, was not enough.
     Quick stop at WalMart (love open parking lots when I’m trying to swing a 34-foot coach around) for supplies. Onto I-40 at Ash Fork. Gracie has taken over the couch, Baby has established a post under the now-solid table within easy reach of litter box and water, Dylan has commandeered the bed, where he can see the length of the coach in comfort. On the road again.