OUT, OUT, DAMN SPOT (WATER)

We are currently still at the Hot Springs Resort 90 miles north of Salt Lake City. We arrived here on July 9 and will remain until this Friday, July 21. Last week, Barb left from Salt Lake to fly to St. Louis to visit with her mom. She had a good visit there. Her mom is doing very well. The main activities for the two of them are dominoes and bingo. And, of course, mom always beats Barbara!

This resort is out in the middle of nowhere. The closest town is Tremonton about 15 miles away; it has a grocery store. The next closest with good shopping is Logan, which is about 25 miles away. We are surrounded by farmland, cows and hills and mountains. It is really a very picturesque area.




We have been amazed by the beautiful sunsets, sunrises (yes, I am up at 5:30 am to see them) and even a double rainbow.

See, that is our motorhome there at the end of the rainbow.









And now for story of the spots............the site that we are located on is very nice, with lots of grass and a small tree. We really enjoy sitting out and drinking our coffee in the morning and drinking our wine in the evening. Now you may ask yourself, how are they able to keep the grass so green when it gets up to 95 degrees every day..........well, I'll tell you. They water the grass four nights a week.......with hard water. And do you know what hard water that has dried does to the finish of a motorhome!! So each morning we wake up to water spots..........oh, I did I tell you that it is hard water, didn't I?

The first night this happened we were totally unprepared. One of the sprinkling heads was set to send the water all the way across the yard, so it watered not only the whole side of the coach, it also watered the car too. So that morning we got to wash both sides of the motorhome and the car. What fun!

Our solution was to find ways to cover these sprinkler heads. So that evening we lined up buckets, plastic bags, rocks and anything else we could find. We used the picnic table to deflect the water from one head, we used the step stool with a tire cover over it for another. We turned the bucket upside down with a rock on top of it and the small step stool with a grocery bag over it for two others. I am sorry to say that the sprinkling system is more clever than we are. We were able to divert the height of the water, but we still had water along the bottom basement doors on both sides of the coach.

So each morning we go out with our Protect-All cleaner and many microfiber rags and clean the spots off. Oh, did I mention that these are hard water spots and do not come off very easily. An hour later (we have been starting around 7:00 am), we can finally sit down and have our cup of coffee. And try to figure out how to outsmart these sprinkling heads. We have been here about 8 days and have not figured this out yet. See, there is more to RVing and fulltiming than just siteseeing and having fun.

However, the nice part is that at 9:00 am we head on down to the hot springs pool. The water is about 95 degrees and like the Great Salt Lake, we just float in it. Our muscles are no longer sore and in fact Barb's arthritis pain is feeling better. So we can just float on our backs, close our eyes, and daydream.

When we leave here on Friday, we head to Ft. Bridger, WY for the weekend. We do not know what is there; it just happens to be on our route. That is the fun and adventures of full timing.

Love to all of you.