Day One, Wickenburg





We got everything (I am pretty sure) loaded and were on the road by 8:15



First thing Cary had to do was make an adjustment so that the bathroom door would close properly. This is better than the year the door broke or something to do with it coming off the hinges. And maybe that wasn't even this trailer! (Tony, you are the one who helped Cary; it happened in Kansas.)
The thing that really got me today was the propane detector alarm going off so loudly that I am sure the hosts in the camp office heard it, but Cary couldn't! Apparently his implant device blocks out that frequency. Scary. I had no idea where it was coming from and since he is color blind, when I pointed out the red light, he told me it was always that way. I am learning. We had two smoke detectors as well, but upon opening the door, the noise stopped, so I was pretty sure it was the gas alarm. Sure enough, he had (I am blaming him anyway) accidentally knocked the switch that turns on the gas heater. It seems that should not have been an issue.

Cary got a water softener last year because of the problem we had with hard water and no water pressure (I had to do the dishes in the shower, remember?)--but something broke on that white thing that is shown in the orange crate. The filter should have been removed during the time the trailer sat, which has nothing to do with the breakage, but since it was pretty grimy and my hand is smaller, I got the job of cleaning it out.

Ace Hardware had the piece Cary needed, but it took him two trips to discover the right piece. A young guy in the store the first time told him, " You know you look like Tom Skerrit." But he finally got it connected to the outside faucet and all is well....

Two beers and a long nap later, he was ready to tackle some other not so important issues such as, is the fan going the right direction?