Hail, Hail Everywhere!

On Sunday, April 11th, we had one heck of a hail storm as you can see by the above photo and the one below. No damage to our unit even though it sounded like we were under siege. Other guests at the RV Park reported that the electric was surging and the automatic electric shut off mechanism would kick off their electricity. Long story-short, the electric company came out and replaced a damaged transformer and then had to also repair their sub-station transformer to correct the problem. About 40 RV'ers were without electricity about 2 hours until the work got completed.



We are on our second day of Workamping, Dee is in the office and Larry is out and about escorting units to their sites, unlocking/locking electrical meters, reading meters, etc. Tuesday he helped post notices to all of the RV'ers whose electrical power was off. He stays busy. Both of us were worn out last night when we were finished. It is enjoyable though.

Today we are having intermittent rain again so all of the Harley riders are taking a rest day sight seeing indoor stuff. We have about 12 in the group of motorcycle enthusiasts. Really nice group.

Twice Dee has been downtown to play bridge and was high first time and bottom the second time. No explaining that one I guess but you have to have good cards to reap the high scores. Had a nice time anyway and she will play Thursday & Friday.

We have the next 6 days off work so we can explore the area some more. That's all for now.

Alpine, Texas Arrival

Saturday evening around 9:30 pm we arrived at the Lost Alaskan RV Park. We planned an earlier arrival but the time zone change with daylight time thrown in (Arizona does not do Daylight Time!) made the day about 2 hours longer than we thought it would be. At least we didn't encounter any severe wind/dust storms that are usual for eastern Arizona and southern New Mexico.

Today we set up the RV and then at one o'clock we went to the clubhouse for Easter lunch. There were about 35 people there so plenty of food to go round. We got re-acquainted with 3 couples that were here last November & December. All 3 couples are leaving for the summer months. We met Walter & Cleone Johnson, whose home base is in Boone, IA. Neither of them were born or raised in Boone but their son and daughter-in-law have lived there for years. Neither of us recognized the Boone connection. Small world though.

We stayed 1 extra day in Mesa so we could get results of Larry's brother's medical tests. He was hospitalized on March 29th and didn't get released from hospital until April 3rd. Hopefully with the right medication they can keep him stabalized now as his pancreas is not functioning at all and his diabetes is all of whack. It's been very difficult for him coping with all of this.

Our new temporary address is 2401 No. Hwy 118, Space E-17, Alpine, TX 79830 If any of you are down this way, call us and stop by.