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Sunday, we got up not a moment too soon. Or too late. Actually, that's not true at all. Mandy got up at like 5:30am to setup a sunrise timelapse. And the battery died before the sun came up. Luckily, we got up for real before the sun, realized it, and swapped out the battery with a full one. We...

We woke up precisely when we felt like it. You know the Saturday drill. Not too early, not too late. And certainly not rushed. We took Loki out for a walk along the established trails, approximately northwards. In the distance, we saw a few hot air balloons. We continued in that direction, to...

Friday morning, I did laundry and got groceries. I took apart our ceiling fan (just the screen and the rotor) to give it a decent cleaning. There's still some greasy dust on the inside of the cover, but I had to draw a line somewhere, otherwise I'd have the entire van disassembled before long...

We woke up and it was a little chilly inside. We'd accidentally left the fan on a little higher than we normally do. But then Mandy tried to turn on the furnace to heat up the water for her shower. The display read: "Operation not supported". Hmmm. You know how well troubleshooting goes when...

As we were waking up and getting breakfast and all that, I noticed the water pump kick on a handful of times. I made a mental note and started thinking on it. It could be air inside the heat exchangers expanding and contracting with temperature, but it seemed like it was more frequent and didn't...

The poopy rain weather persisted through the night and into the morning. It was forecast to quit raining sometime midmorning. We found a new park to mind our business until the rain broke. Loki and I watched some episodes of F1, patiently waiting. There was no real break in the weather to speak...

We went to UPS to check the mail. There was one piece of mail that's probably unimportant. I haven't even opened it yet. But I was expecting a package. No luck, so we left. We needed a couple groceries, so we went over to the grocery store to stock up on the missing items. Then, we parked on a...

Sunday was a lazy start kind of morning as well. Once we got moving, we pulled the van out of the driveway. Rob's last task on his worklist for the Earthroamer was to repack all his gear. This was much easier in the driveway, since his stuff was in the house. No problem for us, we didn't have...

Saturday, we woke up and went to work...eventually. It was a slow start because we felt like it. We didn't have a TON to do, but a moderate amount. After breakfast, Mandy set to work on our mountain of laundry. I rotated our tires. This is the first time we've used the OEM jack, and I was...

Friday, we spent the day down in the valley. That's what they call it here. Or PV. For Prescott Valley. It's the next town over, all downhill. We checked out a new park. Well, new to us, anyway. It's actually pretty old. Well, not as a park. Prior to that, it was a mining site. They dammed up a...

After we dropped off Mandy, we added some fresh water to the tanks. I thought it was low, because the pump sounded like it was taking in some air, but we were still sitting around a quarter tank. I didn't realize till I got to the fill station. So, since I was there, I figured what the heck I'll...

We got up and did a morning hike a short way up trail 305 from Enchanted Forest. Nothing crazy but made sure to get in some walking. We dropped off Mandy and circled back to Enchanted Forest again. I made myself some breakfast while Loki chilled outside. After that, I set to work cleaning the...

The ride into work from Copper Basin was rather long. If we could have snagged the first site, it would be better. There's a decent gap to the subsequent sites which are further up the road and so that adds a bit more time to the ride. I'm not sure if we'll stay there again or not. We'll see...

Sunday we had a very leisurely start. We offered and planned to help Abe and Mel out again. They told us they weren't going to be starting until 9:30 or so. And we were only about 10 minutes or so away. So, we took our sweet time getting up, showered, and dressed. We walked Loki around the...

We woke up and did the morning routine. But a bit slower. That's what weekends are for, right? When we walked Loki, we went down the dirt road a bit further and came across a cemetery from the 1800s. It was interesting, because most of what we were assuming were burials had no headstones. Just a...

Eventually, though, it was time to get Mandy. I did manage to sweep a bit beforehand, but my efforts weren't as effective the second time around. With Mandy in the driver's seat, we started making our way out of town. But we didn't make it very far at all. I'm honestly not even sure where we...

Friday morning was the usual. We woke up. Mandy showered. I waited. Loki slept. I sleep on the rear side of the bed because the flares are deeper there, meaning the bed is longer there. So, I'm, in essence, "trapped" until Mandy gets up. Not actually, but it's easier than climbing over. So, I...

We left the campsite on Enchanted Forest Trail and brought all our stuff with us. Maybe we'll be back again, but not this day. After we dropped off Mandy, Loki and I went to Watson Lake Park. It's $3 to park for the whole day, until 8pm. Pretty cheap. We walked around for a couple hours, maybe...

We may have found dog's special place because after we dropped off Mandy for work and went straight back to the campsite all he wanted to do was lay outside. All. Day. You guys, I tried to get him to move. I swear. I packed everything into the backpack to go for a hike and when I hooked up his...

Sunday we awoke in the middle of the desert precisely when we felt like it. We spent the morning leisurely, slowly working through breakfast and dressing and all that. It was warm enough to open all the windows and the slider, just a gorgeous day. We offered our new friends and lifesavers a tour...