This will come as a surprise to everyone… we’ve moved on down the road. Yes we woke up and there was no rain, thunderstorms or tornados so we decided it was a good time to head to Maricopa, AZ.
After we packed up inside, it was time to do the outside and guess what? We had a flat on the trailer. We were lucky because it wasn’t entirely flat so we Googled Discount Tire and found one a few miles down the road. We drove there and once again we were lucky… there was a nail in the middle of the tread which meant they could repair it. I didn’t have to buy another tire. They repaired it right away at NO CHARGE and we were on our way. We have dealt with Discount Tire over the years and they have always performed admirably.
After getting the tire fixed we headed to Maricopa which was about a 3-hour, uneventful drive J. Our good friends Dick and Sid Overturf were waiting for us with dinner all ready… Mexican Food – yeah! As usual it was delicious.
Dick and Sid rent a house with 3.3 acres for the winter. Most lots in this area are 3.3 acres and set-up for horses. In fact a many of the winter residents (snow-birds) are from Canada, especially Alberta. Some of the snow-birds are ranchers in Alberta and other just like horses and they want to get out of the snow and cold. This is a nice spot to do that.
We also address another small problem Wrangler Dave had… saddle leather deficiency. Dick has a couple of horses with him so we’ve been able to ride and do some roping in the AM when it is cool but alas, Dick and Sid are heading to California to Vaquero Days. Vaquero Days consists of competitions that are held in the tradition of old Californian/Mexican ways of handling cattle and horses. Dick will compete in the roping contests. They return to Maricopa on Sunday.
Arda and I leave for Holland on Thursday of this week and return 2 weeks later. As we are just getting ready for our trip, I will not be doing anymore updates to my Tally until we return.
Until then, keep your loops open.
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