On the Way Out and Up

 The world hasn't changed much in this area, and we just kept pluggin' along.

I did get the AC covers removed without getting blown off the roof. We continued our maintenance routine, and Carol kept beading on. 

We arrived back in Congress in time for a new meat market starting up...

2 years ago the place was a Circle K, which we utilized as our pickup point for Amazon, because of Amazon lockers. When we first saw the building it was under renovation, and didn't indicate what was replacing the Circle K. About a month into our stay they began selling product in the parking lot while the store was still being completed. The market finally opened... this is one of our stashes...

This score is ribeye steaks, ground beef, and kalbi short ribs. What we like about their meat is it is locally raised in Arizona, grass fed/grain finished, and package here in Arizona. Needless to say we have visited the market multiple times since the doors have opened. One of the advantages to Capitol Farms is that they will ship their products.

Besides enjoying our new meat find, we are still fine tuning our carnivore lifestyle.

Don't be put off by the sushi roll, it was an experiment. The original recipe called for bacon, tomato, mayo, and avocado. I didn't have an avocado, so I substituted guacamole. The bacon was laid out in a cross-hatch pattern, then baked. After the bacon cooled, I added the other ingredients, and chilled it. The chaffle is a definitely a dessert.

Let's talk the emergency exit window saga. You are now looking at the replacement window for the incorrect one delivered earlier. Why a picture of this window on the truck... because it is WRONG too! and this was mid-February. Needless to say, I rejected the window, and called the manufacturer. After I sent more photos to the manufacturer rep, she told me she would get back to me in a couple of days... well, she got back to me the next day.

I started something for sure. She told me that design, the manufacturing floor supervisor, and the plant supervisor all got involved. They found the build issue on the production line. The new replacement window was going into product quickly, vice the 4-6 week lead time, the plant supervisor was going to walk it down the line. As soon as the window would be complete, it would be shipped out.

I explained to the rep that if they used the same trucking company as the first two times, the window would not get to us in time. The solution to our dilemma was to ship it to the RV rally outside of Tucson. 

The winter here was a tad cooler than it normally is, so there were a couple of day we saw snow... nothing to make snowmen out of though.

The only reason that there was some snow... cold winds a blowin'.

It wasn't all cold weather. Once the cold front passed through we saw the warm temperatures come out to play, and with that, beautiful sunsets again.

With nice weather comes outside activities... one of which is shopping. Carol was in town at Costco and found a fun activity for all ages... axe throwing...

I've started breaking down for our drive to the RV rally, we have an early departure to ensure we get to the fairgrounds at the appointed parking hour.

As of this posting, the window is meeting us at the fairgrounds.