As the Pizza Turns

It's been nice being "back". Our spot really does feel right for us, right now. We are picking up where we left off having our cafe' convo's in the a.m. with Mike, making breakfast, shooting the shizz for a few hours and then going about our day. We took a trip into the town of Cottonwood yesterday to stock up and get a shower. We walked around and saw parts of the little town that we hadn't seen before...such a cute little downtown area!

We had picked up some Pillsbury pizza crust at the store in one of those poppable aluminum containers and figured we would make pizza for dinner...somehow! I thought we would spread the dough out in our Orgreenic pan but J' had other plans for that, instead he spread the crust out over the grill (good thing the grill is clean!)...okay, let's see how this goes!

[caption id="attachment_4733" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Literally...grilled pizza[/caption]

I'd say it came out purty darn good for not knowing what the heck we were doing! We all got a "slice" of pizza that could have fed an army of dinosaurs but saving something like that for later wasn't in the cards so there were a lot of deep breaths and maybe even some pants getting unbuttoned! We put a whole new spin on Grilled Garlic Chicken Pizza...we may have to try it again.

Have you fed your inner dinosaur today?

[caption id="attachment_4736" align="aligncenter" width="350"] I want pizza!!![/caption]

PEACE

Blowin' in the Wind

Phew, what a past couple of days we have had! So you know I wasn't feeling very well...I don't really know what was going on with me. It kind of felt like I had a stomach bug on-top of  'my lady days' on-top of light food poisoning... to say the least every movement was awful, but after three and a half days of it, it's finally gone! Woo hoo!! We kept the bed down all day Saturday. It was a bit of an interesting day with the bed down since J' still had to work. At least he had the passenger chair to sit in...good thing he put that swivel on it last December.

Sunday I was feeling much better so we rolled the bed up, J' was a happy guy! We watched some football and just hung out. The weather had called for some big winds for the next few days and they sure did come through on that! I took Savannah on about an hour long walk, thinking it would be a nice change for both of us (with my icky feelings). The wind was blowing so hard, even MY hair was blowing all over the place, haha!

[caption id="attachment_1820" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Nature's Blowjob[/caption]

I had brought my ipod with me to jam to on my walk and the wind was blowing so strong it kept whipping them out of my ears...umm, OW! We walked down the main gravel road for a while. When we turned back I moved over to a new road they just put in, I guess they are going to put power lines in here. With my heel still healing it was a much nicer road to take, I didn't have all of these little rocks jabbing me in the heel...awww, relief!

[caption id="attachment_1821" align="aligncenter" width="225"] The Road Less Traveled[/caption]

 Plus, I really think the Bug likes to jump up and down on the dirt they moved over to the side...remember, she's a "Circus dog"...haha!

[caption id="attachment_1822" align="aligncenter" width="300"] My lil jumping bean[/caption]

Monday (yesterday) Wayne came and picked us up at 9:30 a.m. We had made plans with him the day before to go run some errands...he's such a nice guy, checking on us and making sure we're okay. That's one of the great things we've run into on our journey, very loving and nice people. We thank you all for caring for us, even though we start out as strangers we always end up as family...so thank you again! So Wayne came and swooped us up about 9:30a.m...right on time! We rode further down the main gravel road (the opposite direction), I don't think the van would make it down there so it was cool to be able to see what was down there. We went to the dump first...Nana LOVES the dump, it smells soooo delish! haha gross

[caption id="attachment_1823" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Oh, the smells!![/caption]

 We then took all the cool back and side roads over to Smith's Grocery. Wayne doesn't mess around, he knows all the back roads. It was fun to go on a little adventure although we were just going to the grocery store. Smith's is a real nice store, great ambiance! It is super clean, there's really no one in there, the people are nice and the prices really aren't that bad. Oh, Wayne gave us a little shoppers card too, for a discount...that saved us $9.00! Every bit counts!

[caption id="attachment_1824" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Our new store[/caption]

Now that we know about Smith's, we probably won't be doing much grocery shopping at Wal-mart. This Wal-mart is actually not that bad, it reminds us a lot of the one back "home". It's really clean and there's never anyone in it...but it's nice to switch things up.

[caption id="attachment_1825" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Whizzing by Walmart[/caption]

Wayne showed us where the Post Office was and then we headed over to an RV park on the South West side of town and refreshed our water...for FREE!!!!  Don't you love that word? I know we do!

[caption id="attachment_1826" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Wet t-shirt contest![/caption]

The boys got a little wet while filling up some of the milk jugs... I laughed, probably harder then I should have...but it was funny! After all of our silly shenanigans, we ran a couple more errands with Wayne and headed back home. Thanks again Wayne, you are a blessing and such great company!

[caption id="attachment_1832" align="aligncenter" width="300"] That's what we look like[/caption]

After errands we pretty much just got back in the van and did our thang! The wind was really bad, so there's nothing to really do but sit in the van. We can't drive anywhere right now, so we sit. We make up things to do, we talk about a lot of different things, we research lots of different things and then laugh at Savannah...haha. She has found a new spot in the van to lay. J' let her lay next to him the other day so she could see out of the window and "window hunt" and all of that good stuff. Well, now that's just her spot!

[caption id="attachment_1827" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Shh...baby sleeping[/caption]

As long as she's by her daddy she's a happy girl. I swear if everyone in this world loved like Savannah loves J'...this would be such a beautiful, loving world...and a little crazy. She's a little cray cray over her daddy! haha

So today... Tuesday we still sit in the van. It's more windy today than the last two days...hopefully it'll pass by tomorrow. I'm very ready to be able to take my Bug on walks again and just be out of the van without feeling like you're in a tornado. The cold has also come with this wind, which is nice for sleeping and there aren't any flies right now... but c'mon man! So that leaves us only to laugh at Savannah...oh you know she likes it because it usually means food is involved! In this case...Peanut Butter!

PEACE

Get in, Get out, get on with it

We always say, "Okay, this is going to be a quick trip 'in' (meaning into Fresno). We are just going to do these three things and be home, bada-bing, bada-boom!" As you can imagine, this is much easier said than done, but we still go for it! We had to go into Fresno to get rid of this damn Thermo-electric cooler that is sucking all of our power and we have decided we will be going with a nice Navy Blue 5-day cooler instead...at least we know what we're getting!

[caption id="attachment_849" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Out with the old...[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_850" align="aligncenter" width="225"] ...in with Big Blue[/caption]

After our very short (thank goodness) trip to Wal-mart, we headed off to Home Depot where J' got some parts to hinge up the solar and I downloaded pics to snapfish...gotta love their free wifi! Good thing I stayed and did this too, first it was 94 degrees outside and didn't want the bug staying in the van by her lonesome (I can always turn the van on) and J' was in Home Depot for an hour and if I have to stay in that store that long you might just find me at the end of one of their ropes...so I stay in the van and get stuff done!

[caption id="attachment_851" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Helloooooo free wi-fi![/caption]

[caption id="attachment_852" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Such a daddy's girl...patiently waiting[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_853" align="aligncenter" width="300"] I had to get some pic. action, too[/caption]

After our "quick stop" at T.H.D., we drove on over to Winco to stock up on a few more items since some of our meat went bad. Last time we were here, we just wanted to get in and out, this time we took the time and walked all the way to the back for their meat selection and let me tell you, it's like a meat warehouse back there. Their meat section is humungoid, they have all fresh meats on one wall and in the middle area of this section and then all bagged meats on the other side of this section. If you are a meat lover, you would never want to leave this place. J' and I talked about moving in, but we didn't want to deal with the all of the people in our 'house'! haha

[caption id="attachment_854" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Only half of the meat section![/caption]

We got meat, sodas, some veggies, and even some lunch; a nice rotisserie chicken that only cost $3.98 and this baby was big! Scrumptious in our bellies! Oh and some ice, only .98 cents for a 10 lb. bag, can't beat that. We were smart this time and re-bagged all of our meat there in the parking lot so we didn't have to go through the same mess with that again and then we were on our way home. You might think that this was a quick trip, in and out...but it was about 3:00 already. How does that happen? On our way back up, we had to pull over and fix some things in the back and pulled over to a field, I asked J' to pull up a little more than he wanted so I could talk to the cows... I LOVE Cows! I talked to them and they just looked at me like, Yeah man, totally and then loud mouth (Savannah) had to come to the rescue and scare them away, they were like, "F* this man we're outtie!" Thanks butt-head!

[caption id="attachment_855" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Holy Cow[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_856" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Gettin' dissed by the moo's[/caption]

 Then...we drove. Don't know if I've ever showed you what we get to look at when we go up and down the mountain but I think it's pretty... so here are some photos of what you've been missing. It's pretty much all dead, but I think you can find beauty in anything, so here ya go...

[caption id="attachment_859" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Going into Fresno[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_857" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Heading back up the mountain[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_858" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Going up[/caption]

When we got back up the mountain we had to stop (again) at the hardware store due to a miscommunication about a package of ours. After many phone calls for many hours and many people having no idea what I was talking about, we found our package and picked it up at the first place we went to this morning...the hardware store! There was our package all taped up and ready to be opened!

[caption id="attachment_860" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Like Christmas, except we already know what it is![/caption]

My dad & Syd sent us our comforter, that we thought we weren't going to need out here, but it's getting a little chilly so it's nice to have it back...and she even washed it for us, thanks 'rents!

[caption id="attachment_861" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Some good snugglin' is about to happen![/caption]

It does need some fixin' though and I so wish I had brought my machine, my fabric, my thread, etc... but we just don't have the room...booooo. I think we might go to the thrift store next time we go into town and get some fabric or old sheets or something so I can fix it and maybe even make Nana a toy or something...feeling domestic these days! The rest of the night, since we got back pretty close to dark, was spent lounging around. J' looked at all of his goodies he got at Home Depot and I was able to put the bed down with the door open (my fave) and snuggle with the bug while watching the boob tube.

[caption id="attachment_862" align="aligncenter" width="225"] 2 bugs in a rug![/caption]

Pretty good day, we accomplished a lot in a pretty short amount of time and things are good. We have (good) cold food and drinks, got some parts for hinging up the solar and got to get out of camp for a bit. Awesome Blossom.

Have a restful night and we'll catch ya on the flip side yo

PEACE