Momentous Day!

What a momentous day today! We were traveling from Quartzite to Sun City today, so weren't able to watch the inauguration live on TV, but we have been listening and watching the reruns this afternoon and evening. It doesn't seem to matter what political party, if any, that you adhere to, there seems to be a sense of new beginning and new hope throughout the country.

We actually did pretty well with our first experience of extended boondocking. We came away still having a half a tank of water and with our gray and black tanks only half full as well after spending a week off the grid. We have been listening to experienced heads at the Life on Wheels conferences over the years. People that said we needed to use paper plates and to only wash dishes once a day or even every two days. Another suggestion was to shower only every other day and to put a bucket in the shower to catch the water you waste when you first turn on the shower -- the water that's too cold or too hot. Then you use that bucket of water to flush the toilet! Of course, I think it helped a bit that several of the meals were catered -- so there weren't that many dishes.

We are currently parked in Paradise RV Resort in Sun City, Arizona. It's quite a change from Newberry Springs or the desert at Quartzite. There are over 2500 sites! Many or most of them are people who are here for the whole winter and many are the park model RV homes. There are all kinds of amenities -- pools, hot tubs, basketball and tennis courts, horse shoes, lawn bowling, putting green, ceramics, woodshop, sewing room, music room etc.! It also costs a LOT more to stay here!