Day 596: Las Vegas Urban RVing, Day 1

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Ben

Today promises to be a normal weather day here in Las Vegas, which is about ten degrees hotter than Cottonwood. So long as we keep the slides in, the neighborhood watch doesn’t bother us:

We are considering replacing our 3 burner, 1ish cubic foot RV range with a four burner, 5 cubic foot residential gas range. This would involve tearing out cabinetry, adding electrical service behind the range, and modifying the range to run on propane rather than natural gas. We visited a few stores to see what’s available in black and stainless:

Trish has been wanting to replace the RV sofa with a living room set that takes up less space. This set has ottomans that come out from under the chairs. L’Chaim!

Bubbe and Zayde took us out to dinner at Sababa’s. I’m not sure what’s going on here:

On the way home we purchased the furniture set and set it up where the sofa used to be:

Day 595: Cottonwood to Las Vegas

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Ben

Today we said goodbye to our dispersed camping spot near Cottonwood and drove North and West towards Las Vegas for Passover:

We approached Flagstaff from the south. The mountains just north of town, the tallest in Arizona, still have a bit of snow:

We drove about 300 miles today and arrived in Las Vegas in the late afternoon, where we will be overnighting at my parents house for a couple days. See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.

Day 594: Last Day in Cottonwood

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Ben

After homeschool today, Trish and B went out for another Tour de Simcha training ride:

Day 593: Cycling Sedona

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Ben

This morning we loaded the bikes into the truck and drove the 20 minutes or so to the Bell Rock Pathway trailhead:

The trailhead parking lot was full, so I drove into town, parked, and rode back to the trailhead. Not a bad backdrop for a strip mall:

Riding the Bell Rock Pathway was surprisingly challenging in spots, and the scenery was amazing:

We rode some singletrack on the way back:

By the end of the ride I had bloodied an ankle, bruised a knee, and broken the clip that bolts on to the bottom of the cycling shoe. M self extracted from his shoe an inch-long cactus thorn that went through his shoe and into his foot. We can’t wait to go again!

Day 592: Uninvited Guests

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Ben

Shabbos was pleasant and it wasn’t too hot. At night, two mice ran by Trish in the living room, so we put out our collection of traps. By morning, both mice had succumbed to our traps. The kids decided to bury them:

After homeschool, B polished our Shabbos candlesticks: