DECEMBER 2004

On the Wednesday, December 1, we took the Lazy Daze to Phoenix so that we could spend a few days visiting friends and family and doing Christmas shopping. After setting up at Cotton Lane RV Park, we had lunch at Macayos, and picked up books for Mom's Christmas present.

On Thursday, Earl did Christmas shopping while I went to lunch at the Red Robin with Mom, O'Neil, and Lil.

The next day, I did Christmas shopping. Since I got back early (I'm a much quicker shopper than Earl...he'd spent several hours the previous day doing shopping!), Earl and I had lunch at On The Border. That night we had dinner with Buck and Phyllis at El Paso BBQ and then went back to their place to play dominoes.

We left on Saturday to go back to Quartzsite, stopping at the Safeway to put gas in the Lazy Daze.

During the month, we took the Lazy Daze to RV Lifestyles to get the electric step fixed (it needed a new controller...an item which was replaced under warranty), and to get a small propane leak in the oven fixed. We bought a Wilson Trucker's antenna for our cell phones in the hope that it would allow us to get a signal at the campground where we will be hosting this summer [Note: It didn't...we were apparently too far down in a hole.]

We bought some small cactus from a vendor who sets up here each year, and planted them in the front yard...hopefully, they'll make it through the summer!