I’ve become a traffic cone
watcher! Anytime I pass a construction
zone I look for a sticker or something that indicates who’s supplying the
traffic cones.
The far end of Coolidge has
some road work being done and the cones/signs have a Quail construction
sticker. So it would appear that Quail
Construction is supplying the traffic safety cones and signage for that
particular project. I assume they are
also doing the work but I don’t know for certain because I’ve not seen any work being done…have only seen the cones on the road.
Feels kind of like Michigan that way. 😏 Anyway, the site quailcorp.com
gave me a quick overview
of the company, along with a listing of their services and products:
Quail Construction was founded in 1998 and has continued to
be privately owned and operated for over 20 years. Starting out in Yuma
Arizona, we now service Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada
with locations all over the state including, Flagstaff, Bullhead, Tucson and
Yuma. We strive to offer complete customer satisfaction in a timely manner all
while maintaining the upmost safety.
That’s 3 companies
supplying traffic safety cones in three different construction jobs around
here. I never took notice of such things
until now. Bob’s Barricades is sort of
responsible for my sudden fascination with traffic cones. 😃
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Walking, riding with a helmet, wearing
sunscreen, sweating, being in an area with blowing dust…all reasons to shower
and shampoo daily. I prefer to shower in
the morning…later in the day seems to be too much of a hassle because showering
at a campground is a process not just a walk down a hallway. Out here we hit the ground walking upon waking
up, then there’s the ‘bathroom closed between 11 and noon for cleaning’ issue
and at that point if we’re going to take a ride or explore in the truck, it
makes sense to wait for a shower. Put a
hat on my head or just not care. Then I
hit that ‘it’s too much of a hassle’ time frame and it’s becoming far too easy
to say “I’ll just wait until tomorrow.” And
that same scenario could repeat itself the next day. It’s becomes a vicious cycle and before I
know it I’m thinking “When was the last time I showered?” 😕
A teenager was using ‘dry shampoo’ this
morning when I walked into the bathroom.
I asked if that’s what it was as I’d used something similar back when I
was a teenager…a quick fix for those times you just don’t have time nor
inclination to wash your hair. She gave
me the bottle so I could look at it…then she made the offer to let me use
it. I thanked her but declined saying
that my hair was at a point that it required water and shampoo to bring it back
to life. 😐
Headed out for a short walk this morning…we
went by time and not distance today.
Fifteen minutes out and then fifteen minutes back. Not as many steps but
that left time to get a shower before church. Ahhh, squeaky clean…what a wonderful
feeling! Note to self: You should do this more often. 👍
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Twenty-six people in church this morning…that
number includes some kids. Every week as
we are greeted by the regular attenders and then listen to a sermon that has
relevance to living in today’s world, we are grateful for this church away from
our home church. It’s not high tech
although the pastor does use his computer as a power point tool when it decides
to cooperate, we sing songs out of a hymnal that we have to hold and the
singing is accompanied by a pianist, not a praise band. It’s old school for
sure, especially when compared to mega churches that have multiple campuses
with technology connecting them all to a single sermon on Sunday morning. Being on the cutting edge of technology or doing
it old school doesn’t matter…it’s simply a group of people coming together to
worship God. 😊 We’re thankful for the opportunity to worship
with this small church.
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We hung a hummingbird feeder in our camp
tree the other day. There are 5 or 6
feeders up by the clubhouse to keep the hummers busy and we didn’t know if they’d
even find ours but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Well, it’s impossible to tell if it’s the
same hummer or several that have been coming to feed at ours but they found
it. The males can get quite territorial
about the feeders up front. It’s
interesting to watch…a male will sit in a nearby tree waiting for another bird
to come to the feeder. It then swoops
down to chase it away…not because he wants to drink but because he doesn’t want
any other bird there feeding. So while
the males are busy protecting the feeders up front maybe the females will
realize there’s another option back here.
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I practiced just being in camp today. Not an easy thing for me when the day is
gorgeous and Zeus is nearby just waiting to be taken out on the road. It’s especially hard when the days are
passing and I know what awaits us in Michigan.
Even if the snow has melted by the time we get home, I know it’s not
going to be sunny with temps in the 80s. But today, in spite of the call of the
open road, I choose to sit in a chair under the tree just enjoying the warmth
of the day. It wasn’t an all afternoon
thing…it was just a short time but it was nice.
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Yesterday started calm but got windier as
the day progressed. Today started out
calm and remained so into the afternoon.
Perfect conditions to put the drone up and get pictures of the highway
construction going on around Picacho. About
3 miles of the interstate has been totally reconfigured and moved. Even on the Exit 211 overpass it’s hard to
see the scope of the project. The drone was
able to get me a wider view of what’s happening. However, it’s Sunday and there's no work
being done but still interesting to see it from an overhead perspective. Kim also took pictures of the campground for
Ryan to see.
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We did take a ride today. Not an exceptionally long one as I had spent
part of the day sitting under the tree and then we took the time to play with the
drone. But Kim needed some vape juice
and Google indicated that there were two vape stores in Coolidge, both open ‘til
6 p.m. So we jumped on the bikes and
away we go to find that the first store on the list was closed. As in ‘the building is vacant and there are
For Sale sign on the windows’ kind of closed.
Okay, let’s take a break for a
Starbucks coffee and brownie and find out where the other one is located. Made a call to the second one on the list…a
man answered who explained that the store has been closed for about 3 years and
he can’t get Google to remove it from the list.
O-kay! Last one is in Casa Grande. I’ll call to make sure that it’s open and that
the hours are correct since Google doesn’t seem to be on the mark with this. Yes, they are open. So we consult Rapunzel who gives us two route…both
roughly the same distance, one is familiar and one isn’t. I wanted to take the #2 route…uncharted roads
for us. As I was studying the map and
checking out the roads names and necessary turns, Kim told me he was okay with
route #2 as long as I had the route firmly in my head. I believed I did…so off we go with Kim in the
lead and me feeding him the directions over the radio. It’s a system that works
well for us.
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The Fitbit thinks I’m not going to make my
10,000 steps tonight and that’s correct as far as it knows. But I took it off today when I was on the
bike and all the walking I did when we stopped wasn’t counted. I know what I did today and it's okay that the
Fitbit doesn't know the whole story.
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Today’s miles: 65 Total miles: 1056
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