A good day for us

 

On Friday morning, when Benno stuck his hearing aids into his ears, he couldn’t hear anything. They had stopped working. He let them stay in the charging station thinking they may needed more time, but it made no difference. So the plan was to drive to Costco in Tucson and have them take a look at them the next day. These Philips hearing aids are an exclusive make for Costco, and are manufactured in Denmark for any Costco in Canada or the USA. In case there is a problem, any Costco will look after them. After I called the store to find out if we needed an appointment, I was told to just come in and bring the hearing aids. Tucson is about an hour from here taking Hwy 90 and then the I-10. We dropped the hearing aids off at the hearing aid service counter and were told to come back in 20 minutes. In the meantime we browsed the store and I picked up a rotisserie chicken. They sure looked good and big. It was also very delicious at supper time and for the price of $5.11 incl. tax, it was a bargain. 20 min. later the hearing aids were ready. It turned out that a cable had come loose or was defective. The technician replaced both of them and Benno said he could hear fantastic, even better than before. He probably hears things now that he shouldn’t be hearing:-) There is a 5 year warranty on those devices.

In Tucson the price for gasoline was $2.76/gal at Circle K and so much better than here in Huachuca City or Sierra Vista where they wanted $3.35 at Circle K. Costco’s gas price was good too, but the lineups were quite long and I don’t know if they take our Canadian credit card without a US zip code.

Speaking of savings, we get our 30 lb. propane cylinders filled at GM Propane on 2539 Hwy 90, Huachuca City, about 5 minutes from the park. They charge $15 for a fill of that tank. We forgot that we had an empty tank and the company is closed on weekends. With cold temps in the forecast Benno thought we should fill it today at the TSC store just in case we run out of propane tonight. Ops, we should not do that again, as they charged us $28.45 for the same size tank!

At the Camping World store in Tucson we purchased a few items that we will need on the boat and hadn’t seen before in another Camping World location. With everything accomplished, we thought yesterday was a good day.

On our return trip home from Tucson, we took the scenic route of Hwy 83 from I-10 up to Sonoita and then took highway 82 all the way to our park. It is a bit longer with its winding road, but we thought it was a pretty area. All, except one of the photos were taken through the windows of our truck. We’ve been on that highway before and I’m sure we will go there again with more time on our hands to take better photos. 

We are staying in for the rest of the day because it is quite windy with gusts of 45 mph/72km and the travel trailer is rocking ever so often. 

Thanks for dropping in again.