It's Been a Busy Month

March started out pretty slow, doing the daily routine. Checking things off the To-Do list prepping for the big move. Spent a few days with Cleota and Stan helping them move out all the old furniture while they had the carpet replaced throughout the house. Played with the thundering herd, they are such good dogs, we will miss them. Checked out a few of the local museums, Hurricane(very nice a little disorganized), Silver Reef(old mining town, cool history) and my personal favorite Dinosaur Tracks(a fossil fan must). Spent a good portion of the month sorting papers for the tax man, but got past that nasty chore and can't wait for next March. Got the final piece for my personal PA system, and it worked just as planned, I love it when a plan comes together. The Xetava Gardens gig went well except for the weather, temperature was good but the wind didn't stop blowing so with the wind chill factor it made things a little unpleasant. Took a break at the halfway point and the owner asked me to move inside for the rest of the night and I was more than happy to oblige. Finished out the gig unplugged all acoustic and a hat full of tip money. The morning of the 25th came early and we were all hooked up and on the road by 9am, it was a leisurely pull, even with the fuel prices ranging from $3.99 to $4.39. We spent the night in a cheap motel in Bakersfield, didn't want to hunt for an RV park as the house was full of stuff and not easy to setup for a one night stay. If you ever have to spend the night in Bakersfield, DO NOT stay at the Vagabond Inn North, especially in room 153, the previous tenant (Hank) got repeated phone calls(til we had them shut off the phone) and a midnight visitor, not sure what he was doing in the room but he had a pretty good clientel. Next day finished the trip and we got into Marysville about 3pm. Been set up for a few days and we both like it, quiet somewhat isolated, great fishing I have witnessed haven't drowned a worm yet but will get to that in the near future. Today we are going to walk over to the Flea Market and check out all the junk(I mean Merchandise). Will try and keep up the ol blog a little better. Ya'll have a good week.

Getting it all together

Well we are down to 24 days and counting until departure. You would think that it is just a matter of hooking up the truck and hitting the road. But when you have parked in the same place for several months the things that make a house a home have been unpacked and and put on display. Pictures, books, music stuff, computer stuff times 4, not to mention the things we have stored at Jody's moms. It's not like we have that far to go but even if we had to change spaces in the park here it would be the same exercise. Luckily at our new destination there is a Large weekly swap meet within walking distance where we can purge again, not to mention it is a great place to buy cheap fresh local produce or a new fighting rooster when your old one wears out. And for those interested, in the same complex is a 1/4 mile Dirt track, Go cart track, Putt Putt Golf, open wheel driving school. Getting anxious to hit the road and see some new country. We'll keep you posted.