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Happy birthday! Now I'm 34. Once we were up and stuff, we decided to leave the van behind and walk down to Whiskey Row. We knew the bike race would be going on all day, so we didn't want to have to deal with trying to navigate around cyclists and finding parking. It's only a couple miles. It...

We - Loki and I - set off to do the water thing after we wished Mandy a great last day of work. The water station at Affinity RV was taped off, so we went to the valley. They have another location there. Loki got a little antsy while we were waiting for someone else to finish up at the watering...

We're liking the new table location. It feels more open in the kitchen. It's pretty sweet. I should have done that from the start. We took a little hikeski before work. One of the last ones! Granite mountain is pretty freakin' impressive from the trails near the campground. Did I mention that...

The air at the campground was clear, but as we descended into Prescott on our morning commute, it became thick with smoke. Visibility was extremely limited. You couldn't even see the P. Which, by the way, why is that such a thing in Arizona? Where we're from, no one puts the town's first initial...

Tuesday was mostly a choresy day. While Mandy was at work, I did some writing and some cleaning. Nothing super exciting. We received a gimbal that can carry a cell phone, so I started trying to learn that device. How it works and all that. I installed the new extension cord for the heat tape; I...

It's the final countdown! Mandy's last Monday of working full time. Then we're free! By that I mean everything will seem more expensive. We still haven't nailed down a plan for next week. Anyways, we dropped her off at work (enjoy this bit because there's only a few left) and went to a park...

Sunday, we moseyed through our morning. Once up and dressed, we took a short drive before going outside. We went to a riverside park about 8 minutes away. I guess they use riverside loosely here. Or the rivers are seasonal. This park was just alongside a lower piece of land, with a railing so...

We woke up Saturday and took a stroll down the driveway. We didn't even make it close to the end of the driveway. Probably not even a tenth of it. It's super long. But we walked like 10 or 15 minutes. Not a super long walk. We went back to the house and took our showers inside, thank you Julia...

I spent most of Friday looking up. The clouds were neat first thing in the morning: After we dropped off Mandy at work, I went to Home Depot to pick up a few repair items. Part of the insulation I put on the grey water tank has again started to separate. Even though I used spray adhesive and...

We did just a short walk in the morning so we'd have time to stop for groceries on the way to work, so Loki wouldn't be left alone inside the van. Not that it was hot outside at 7:30am, but I really don't want to come back out to find a broken window because someone thought they were being the...

We woke up and got Mandy to work then circled back to our hosts location. It's not a particularly noteworthy day, for the most part. In between giving Loki attention, I worked on writing and video editing for most of the day. Sometime in the afternoon, Barry came over and we ended up talking...

Loki was struggling to chill Tuesday. Not sure why. I worked on writing up our adventures and editing video pretty much all day. It seemed like every time I'd start to work on either, he'd come over, looking like was about to bark at me. I hooked up his leash to see if he wanted to go for a...

Mundan- er...Monday, was pretty typical. Loki and I dropped off Mandy and then we went to White Spar and parked in the day use area. We set off on a hike bright and early with the goal of completing the loop around Lower Goldwater Lake. We did it! It was like 3 and a half hours overall, but we...

The other reason we went to bed early was that we planned to get up super early. Like quarter of five, I think. We packed up somewhat quickly - mostly just the bedding - and hit the road. We only had about a twenty-minute ride or so to get to our destination. We parked and hopped out and made...

We woke up Saturday, which was a nice bonus. Always a win when you wake up for a day. We walked around the lava pit a bit at Cinder Hills OHV Area. Not the whole thing, of course. It's HUGE. If you're following this thread specifically for spots to ride your ATV - I know most of you are here for...

This week hasn't been super interesting. I feel like I'm repetitive. Wake up, get Mandy to work, take a hike/clean something/read something, pick her up, hike, eat, sleep. You get it. BUT! We have been doing a lot of researching, discussing, and planning ahead. Mandy has just two more weeks of...

Sunday, we had a lazy start, even though we had a deadline to meet. It should have been an easy target. We didn't really have plans ironed out for the rest of the day. We had to do laundry, but we hadn't decided when. We decided we should try and bang it out before our meeting. Not really a...

We woke up casually Saturday morning, and we took a walk with Loki. It was a little coffee walk, if you're familiar. It's where you walk while you drink the morning coffee. It's really pleasant in a warm space, like the desert, with a cold coffee. But then it starts to get too hot, so you have...

Wednesday and Thursday were cleaning days, so again not super interesting. I dropped off Mandy at work and then returned to make breakfast. After breakfast, I spent more or less the entire day doing a deep clean of the van. I swept everything down to the floor, and then out the door. Then, I...

Monday and Tuesday were not super interesting. I'm going to just kind of combine them, I think. We're staying at Lynx Campground for the week. It's a super nice campground, although the site we have is a little awkward, for dog, mainly. It's down a flight of stairs, so we can't park right at it...