Happy Saturday! To be honest, today doesn’t seem any different then the last 7 days here. I don’t think I’m ready to live in the retirement zone. I’m enjoying the slow pace but for a gal who is used to being busy and lots of appointments on my calendar, this is different. Over the past 2-3 years, I have been working on learning to “just be” and “being in the present” I believe that God is giving me ample opportunities to work on these here.
I appreciate those of you who sent me names for the RV but I did some research last night about words related to the desert. I have decided on calling the 5th wheel My Oasis and MO for short. Although the literal meaning of oasis is “a green spot in the desert,” it can also be used to describe a peaceful area in our everyday lives. Peace, I think can be associated with what I wrote about in the first paragraph. I wanted something short also, so MO it is!
From our RV resort I can see these mountains and it wasn’t until yesterday on our boat cruise did I learn its name Four Peaks. Four Peaks is a prominent landmark on the eastern skyline of Phoenix. Part of the Mazatzal Mountains, it is located in the Four Peaks Wilderness in the Tonto National Forest, 40 miles east-northeast of Phoenix. In winter, Four Peaks offers much of the Phoenix metro area a view of snow-covered peaks. (I hope this is as close as I get to snow this winter) I love mountains and each time I leave MO and I see this view, I’m amazed at God’s handywork.
One thing that I am learning here in the southwest is that most restaurants don’t serve sweet tea! This will definitely be a hardship! Maybe it’s God’s way of saying “Lisa, drink more water!!”
One final note for today, I got to empty the black (poop) tank for the first time by myself today. At first it didn’t quite flow like Brad had explained and I thought “am I going to have to go to my neighbor and ask for help with my poop?” But a few extra water flushes and all was well!
Till later….
