Queen Valley

We have now been in Queen Valley for four full days (got here Thursday afternoon) and each day the temperatures have been in the high 90s with lows in the mid to high 60s, so not a whole lot is being done during the heat of the day. However, it is a dry heat and so much better than being in the wet 50s and 60s of back home.

After we settled the coach on Thursday and finished the essentials, we went out for pizza with friends Dave, Pat, Barbara and Glenn and celebrated Dave’s birthday. What fun being back here for the season and seeing our QV friends! So far, there aren't too many of our upper neighborhood residents back, but more and more will be arriving in the next month. Things are kinda quiet right now, but when everyone gets back it will be like a little ants nest with so many things going on that we won't be able to keep up.

I am not sure that I mentioned it in an earlier post, but last May when we were getting ready to leave QV for home, we came across a fantastic deal on a used (one owner) 1993 Jeep Wrangler. We didn’t have a lot of time to check it out, but we saw enough to know it was a once in a life time deal (for us anyhow). It's a 1993 "YJ" series Wrangler and has only 19,800 miles on it. It has a hard top with AC, Lockers, Wench, 30 inch tires, Air Shocks, CB, AM/FM Radio/CD Player, Tow Bar, and soooooo much more. Totally "off road" ready.

We were offered the deal on the last day of our stay here, so we didn't have any time to really enjoy it. We just managed to drive it around the block, then get it set-up to leave it here for the summer. Thankfully, we have some super friends (Paul & Sharon) who have a park model, and they graciously allowed us to park it in their carport for the summer. While in Oregon, we arranged for the temporary license plates so we could drive it to the Arizona DMV for the VIN inspection and fill out the paper work for Oregon to furnish our title and plates.

Friday, once we had the coach set up, we checked on the Wrangler. Amazingly, all was great! We put the battery back in, turned the key, and it started right up (YEA). We now have the temporary license in the rear window and had the VIN inspected on Monday. Once Oregon DMV gets the paper work approved, they will mail our new license plates back to us here in QV. Now, instead of taking the Grand Cherokee out on the “REALLY ROUGH” road, we have the Wrangler that will be able to go ANYWHERE!!

This is the Wrangler at our site….. Ken has finished cleaning and polishing it, so it really looks cool!

Yep, we have already taken it out on some rough road, and it handles superbly. We are looking forward to putting it to the test in two areas around here that we didn't want to take the Grand Cherokee (Box Canyon and Bull Dog Canyon).

Back to our park. Monday was our first coffee social with about 45 people showing up for the “free” donuts, coffee, and fun camaraderie. We are already signed up for a "Halloween" pot luck and fire side party, plus there are more socials in the works and lots of entertainment scheduled. The swimming pool has been re-tiled and the decking has been re-surfaced. The old deck chairs are repaired and now are like new. The rock shop isn't finished yet (adding a new room), so Ken and a few of the other members that are already here will be helping the maintenance guy (Travis) work on it next week. It is supposed to be cooler then (in the 80s)

Best of all, the locol coyotes are back and serenading us in the evening.....so nice being back to our "winter" home.