Today was another one of those days where we’re just keeping time, watching the clock run down, wishing it would go a little bit faster. If it wasn’t for the fact that we’ve already paid to stay through next Tuesday, we would have left last week. This is true. We talked about it. I’m pretty sure we talked about it.

We’ve enjoyed ourselves during this stay, and we’ve seen some pretty incredible things. The only regret we have obligating ourselves to such a long residency. All of our previous trips in the RV have been 3 to 15 days, so enduring a 4-month stay is way out of our comfort zone. We’re ready to kick the can a little further down the road.

Diane took the morning off to visit a couple of her favorite thrift stores and brought home some nice things. My job was to find a home in the basement for the stuff she bought yesterday. I did that. She brought more nice things home from her morning efforts, but they were mostly soft, foldable items that she can stuff in one of many vacant places inside the bus. Granted, they are getting to be fewer, but there are some spots available and I’m confident she’ll fill them.

For lunch I whipped up a 7-egg omelet, which was pretty good. Even Max kept his eye on our forks in case something fell off.

Nothing dropped but he got to lick both plates. Once he was done, we took Max for a ride and headed to the Humane Society thrift store, just for fun. On the way, we stopped at a handy UPS store to drop off my heart monitor that’s been stuck on my chest for the last 30 days.

Max is always welcome at the Humane Society. All the ladies there love him and give him treats. It’s one of his favorite places in Tucson. I have no doubt that when he thinks of Tucson his first memory will be about this thrift store.

I have nothing else.

We hope everyone is safe and healthy.

God Bless you all.

Wow! Eighty days! Who knew I could actually count that high?

This was not a busy day. We visited two thrift stores and had to leave Max home alone because he’s not welcome at the chosen facilities. It’s not just Max, it’s any dog. So, we left him home alone so he wouldn’t get embarrassed by not being allowed inside. He was fine at home because he sleeps the entire time.

The first thrift store was close to the Bone Yard here on base. It’s only open on Tuesday & Wednesday. Diane got to go there a few weeks ago but she didn’t take me for some reason. She just told me that it was a really nice store. This time she decided to let me go with her.

She was right. It’s a nice clean store. I think I got a couple of Stanley crescent wrenches and a long flat blade screwdriver in a zip loc bag. All I wanted was the bag. The wrenches were a bonus, and they will come in handy one day.

The other store we visited was the Assistance League Thrift Shop. I found an extension cord that Diane wanted for the Christmas lights she purchased. They are going to be placed under the bus to hopefully keep critters from seeking shelter inside the rig. We don’t need critters in the bus. Max might think it would be fun to have some critters he could chase. Diane and I have discussed the possibility of getting him a companion after we get to the end of this saga and return home. That will be sometime next year. I think that will be 2025. I’d be a little more specific, but I’m retired, so I don’t really pay attention to time or dates.

I got a couple of 8 lb weights so I can get my Charles Atlas body back into shape. I’ve been meaning to get some of those for years for that purpose. Now that I’ve got them all I have to do is use them regularly. This is what they look like:

You can get these at Walmart for $16.99. The ones I got at the thrift store cost $6.

Maybe tomorrow will be a little more newsworthy. For sure I’m going to ACE Hardware for some proper screws to fix some of the seals on the bus. We stopped at one on the way home this afternoon and I took a guess at what kind of screws I needed. I guessed wrong so I removed one to see what I needed. The problem area only has 3 screws holding the seal in place. It needs 10. Now I know what to get. I’ll take some photos of what’s wrong, before and after. If I remember.

That’s it for today.