NEW RV BATTERIES

Sam's Club price for these GC2 deep cycle, 110 amp hour, 6V batteries was $78.83 each.

Living in the motor home, which we typically do about half of the year, is quite a bit different than living in our conventional house. The biggest difference is probably the lack of unlimited space in the RV. As a result, when living in the motor home, and purchasing stuff like groceries, consideration is always given to the amount of available storage capacity. When we're in Lake Havasu, that caution goes out the window, and we often stock up, and buy large quantities.

Yesterday, a trip to Sam's Club in Bullhead City (about an hour's drive), was the shopping trip that stocked us up on a lot of things that were gone, or almost gone. After paying the bill, I felt like most of our bank account was gone!

The other reason for the trip to Wally's other World was the purchase of 4 new 6 volt, RV batteries. The house batteries in the motor home are approaching 5 years of age, and their ability to hold a charge, has diminished considerably during the last year. We don't do as much dry camping as we used to, but we do park in the desert near Quartzsite every year, and I wanted to change the batteries before we make our annual January pilgrimage to this RV Mecca in south western Arizona. With good batteries, and 3 large solar panels on the roof of the motor home, our dry camping time is only limited by our water and holding tank capacities. When we work the Tucson Rodeo every February, we have no hook ups, and do just fine for 2 weeks.

This morning, we're waiting for the phone call from Marc & Chandra, to see when they're leaving Tucson. We'll be meeting them in Blythe for lunch, and that's where Laila will be told she's going to Disneyland for her birthday. Should be an awesome surprise!