Just Us: Day three, four and five with Annie

Bakersfield was nice for us, we bought some oranges at a fuel stop and received some for "free" at Orange Grove RV Park after paying $33.00. A nice shower was much appreciated and we parked across from an Airstream from our local unit.

Annie once again proved to be learning and so far there have been no accidents in the trailer or truck. Next morning we drove to Tehachapi where I stopped at a Home Depot to purchase a shutoff valve so we could use our shower and not waste water draining into our holding tank. I left Shirley and Annie to fend for themselves and they did very well, Annie did her business and Shirley visited with passers by.

We hit the road and made it to Needles and stayed at the Elks, we have been there before and it worked out fine. Last time it was in the hundreds, this time it was cold. Annie had to go out at 1 am so we both went out with her to look for coyotes as she did her thing. It seems coyotes will lay under your trailer smelling the dog and as you come out...grab the dog for a nice snack.

We thought it was cold in Needles, our next night was in Winslow. We saw an ad for an RV park and we were tired so we stopped. It was a very nice place, the people were very cordial and accommodating; a great place to take a puppy. We ran the furnace all night as the low was 24 degrees. Annie's trips outside were taken care of by Shirley as I slept. My outside duty came in the early hours. Yes, it was cold.

Weather has been great, if you like cold, highs 54 low tonight here in Grants forecast to be 14 degrees. Tomorrow we are headed for Santa Rosa, NM then we should start heading to a lower altitude and less freezing weather, but they are having storms in the eastern US. Nevertheless we can do nothing about weather and will survive.