878 January 18, 2023 Getting Stuff Done

I walked two miles into West Wetlands Park all the way to the Ocean to Ocean Highway Bridge, soaking up the sunshine as I trotted along.

I saw this vermillion flycatcher…such a beauty!

Tim rode his bike to the border wall west of the RV park.

Our carpet is being installed tomorrow and so we had some prepping to do.  We had to purchase something to replace our old and cracked slideout skis.  Yuma is definitely a town for snowbirds and there are lots of places to go for parts and supplies.  Carlos, our carpet guy, told us to go to CJ’s.  Cj’s sent us to another place and then they sent us to another place and so on.  Finally, a woman working in parts at RV World showed us a stainless steel section but it wasn’t long enough and it was 113.00 for the 30 inch piece…but it gave Tim an idea.  We drove to Home Depot and wandered through the store,  We looked at Lexan which would have worked but we had no way to cut it into 6 inch wide strips.  We found sheet metal, already cut into 6 x 24-inch lengths.  We bought 5 and some tapcon screws and we were set.

Tim worked to remove the sofa and got to work installing the metal.  It looks like it will work just fine!

This evening, we went to historic Yuma and ate at our favorite haunt, Prison Hill Brewing Company.  We sat outside and enjoyed a good meal.  Our waiter, Miguel, lit a propane heater for us and we were warm and happy.

After dinner, we walked through town.  We found a beautiful new fountain and cactus sculpture.