NEW NEIGHBORS

The South Rim is within the confines of the Grand Canyon National Park, so, you would expect to see wildlife present. While driving around yesterday, we frequently passed by small groups of deer, but when we went to the library, we spotted these huge Elk laying under the trees. The difference in size, between the deer and the Elk, is like night and day. Even laying down, these animals appear to be very large.

By mid afternoon, we had taken care of many things on our checklist. We both checked in with our employers, and I picked up my uniforms. We stopped at the library, and signed up for a library card. We payed a $140 deposit on our RV space, in case we break anything. Huh? I can see the need for a deposit if you're staying in housing, but an RV space? I checked with the Post Office to see if we could receive our mail this summer in care of General Delivery. It's a good thing I did because I was told that General Delivery is only good for 30 days, and after that, all mail is returned. Since we will be here for approx. 4 months, that wasn't going to work, so plan B was to get a P.O. Box, which I did. Our new mailing address is.............

Dan & Patty Chance
P.O. Box 342
Grand Canyon, AZ 86023-0342

Mail sent to our Lake Havasu City address will be forwarded to us every couple of weeks, by our super efficient mail service friends, Bill, Linda, and Nancy.

We located the laundry room, only a one minute walk behind the motor home, and lo and behold, the key we were given actually worked to open the door. The washers and dryers are free to all
of the workers who are either staying at Xanterra housing, or like us, parked in an RV space.

With all of our must do things taken care of, we stopped at the Visitors Center, and browsed through the book store. The Visitors Center is also the transfer point for 3 of the 4 shuttle bus routes. After dinner, Patty wanted to check the distance from the motor home to her workplace, so she set off on foot, and found that it took her 14 minutes to make the trek to Market Place Plaza. On the other hand, I re-checked the distance to my work location, and found it's a little further than I had previously estimated. I will have a 2.1 mile walk, bicycle, or drive to work.