In preparation...

The last few days have gone by so fast!  We are in prep mode - taking care of all our outstanding business prior to leaving for 12 weeks.  Of course we all had to wrap up the school year, Husband finished his last exam on Friday.  We then proceeded up north to The Land, AKA Rancho Status Quo.

We rented a UHaul, loaded more than half of our stuff from our 5x5 storage in the valley and moved it here.  We have been doing the stuff shuffle.  Our goal is to eventually get rid of the storage and move everything to The Land.  At present having the storage nearby our current location is convenient and helps us slim down our rig for the adventure.  

It was a fun overnight trip.  After 20 years of visiting this spot it still amazing, beautiful, peaceful and remote.  We have nice accommodations within the metal building.  Basically we sleep in a tent inside the building, our bedding, including a futon mattress, are well protected from the dust and spiders by the tent.  We leave all of our bedding in the tent and it is ready to be used the next time we visit.  

We like to take easy meals.  I brought potatoes for the grill all ready washed and wrapped in aluminum, broccoli also washed and wrapped and those Tasty Bite Chana Masala meals.  It was a great dinner and then we went for a bit of a hike around the property which is located in the high desert of the Northeastern part of AZ.

This wash runs to the Little Colorado River

Looking up the hill to the metal building

Another view standing in the wash and looking up the hill to the metal building

Anyhow, this is our playground...a wild desert with a part-time river, antelope, ranchers, jack rabbits as big as medium sized dogs, snakes, tarantulas, and cool looking lizards.  One day the building will be finished and we will have a very comfortable off-grid homestead....anyhow, for now we are using it for storage.

So that was our weekend...today we cleaned out the Hideout off all non-essential property.  We filled the 5x5 storage back up with things like kitchen appliances, books, bikes, work clothes...we plan on taking our rig to a weigh station on Wednesday.   Also today Husband installed our towing mirrors!

Tomorrow we will drop the Hideout off at the dealership for an overnight stay to see what can be done to resolve the outstanding warranty issues. We will stay at a hotel tomorrow night.  

Thursday the Hideout is getting a wash.  We saw this company washing another rig at our previous park and we collected their business card, they will come here Thursday AM.  It's the first wash the Hideout has had since we bought it last summer...about time!  It's a bit dusty.

Friday I will attend graduation to celebrate the accomplishments of my students...We hit the road on Saturday!!!!