Last days in Anchorage

Sunday, August 1 - Today was a maintenance day.  Joe and Collins worked on Dave's wiring between his truck and trailer, trying to figure out why it won't charge his trailer batteries.  This has been on the "to do" list for a while, so today was the first chance they have had to tackle that job.

David, also known as Mr. Clean, enjoys doing the laundry so much that we consider it his favorite past-time.  It's always high on his to-do list.

We also noticed water leaking back by the water hose to David's trailer, so that will be the next maintenance task, it appears.

Collins wouldn't give up his bucket seat, so Joe just sat on his lap.

I think we all did laundry today, getting ready to move on to Palmer tomorrow.  We could hear the air show performances from the campground, and when the Blue Angels started flying, I walked over to a clear spot and got to watch them in the air again for a little while.  Today was supposed to be sunny, but the sun didn't show itself until about 7:00 p.m.  I think sunset last night was 10:38.  They are losing 5+ minutes of daylight every day now, but it still stays light way too long.

Monday, August 2 - We got up this morning thinking we were ready to hit the road, but when Joe took the RV off the jacks, he discovered we had a flat tire, so off we went to the tire store.  They found a nail in it, and patched it back up, fortunately they only charged us $30.

While we were off doing our stuff, Dave and Mazie made a final trip to the post office to see if their forwarded mail had arrived, but it had not, and the clerk said it had probably been returned to Arizona since we believe is was sent "special delivery," instead of "priority."  They figured out their water leak though, and it seems it was only because their tank was full, so dumping took care of that problem.

Anyhow, we finally all got back together and headed up the road 38 miles to Palmer.  Another long, grueling drive!  We got set up at the campground and ran into town to the grocery store.  Finally, I have internet at the camper so I hope to get caught up on all the electronic stuff I need to check.