We spent Saturday doing some maintenance stuff...Sam did laundry and I washed the rig and truck. I also replaced our outside light over the door of the RV as our original 1 was last seen in my side view mirror exiting earth's gravitational forces as a result of some of Louisiana's finest paving! I will say, we seem to have made it over the hump in terms of mechanical issues with both the RV and truck as everything is now working fine. (Hopefully I'm not gonna be sorry I just said that!)

However, I will say we're in much better shape than the guy that pulled in next to us for a couple of days. He had 38' Montana rig and I got taking to him when he came over to show me the tire he had pulled off his rig. It was bald in the inside of the tread and he said it only had 2000 miles on it. He then proceeded to show me the side of his rig, which was crunched in for about 5 feet just ahead of the entrance door. He managed to catch a pump guard at the gas station by cutting too close when exiting and it ripped the side of his rig and bent the door and doorframe to the tune of $6k. Ouch! And, he's been RVing for years. So, note to self...always check mirrors in close corners and turn wide (see Doug, I was paying attention!)

The resort had a New Year's party that we got invited to to so we headed over there at 7. They had a 6 piece band of local guys that sounded pretty good. They had both kinds of music...Country, and Western! Funny thing was, it all sounded the same. But, we got a chance to try out our newly learned ballroom dance moves even if we were wearing city slicker duds. There was lots of food and they couldn't have been nicer to us. The New Year's toast was made at 9 pm (hey, it was midnight somewhere in the world) and we were black in the RV before 9:30. But, a good night all the same.

Today, Sam got us tickets to do the Kartchner Caverns, which is voted the number 1 cave attraction in the US. It was awesome! it was 72F underground and 98% humidity but it felt good because it was only a few degrees above freezing outside with wind, fog and rain at times. The story of the cave discovery is quite interesting and the people involved paid a lot of attention in the protection of the caves themselves and their development as an educational attraction. The chamber we were in was probably 75' high and 300' long with stalactites/mites and other mineral formations everywhere! If you're ever down here, it's worth the trip to check it out.

Link:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartchner_Caverns_State_Park

Tomorrow we're heading west to Yuma so may be off the air for a couple of days until we get settled at a new resort.