Greetings from the San Tan RV Trailer Village here in Chandler, Phoenix, Arizona. I arrived here 4-days ago for a 3-month stay. My Qantas B787 Dreamliner delivered me safely across the Pacific from Sydney to Los Angeles last Friday.
Here's a quick update on what is happening since my arrival here in Chandler.
Firstly, it's Winter here in America and I can’t believe how cold it is here in the desert. Normally, the Sonoran Desert provides ample Winter subtropical warmth, but at present it is 2°C (32°F), I have the furnace cranked up in the trailer to 26°C (80°F).
Right now it is 6:30am, it is still pitch dark out side, glad l am not a homeless dude here at the moment otherwise you would freeze to death.
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I am having a terrible time with my sleep pattern this time around, first night I slept for 12-hours straight, the following night I did not sleep a wink, so last night I decided to pop half a sleeping pill & ended up with about 6-hours looking at the insides of my eyes, still feel like shit.
I decided to set up my communications with my mobile phone & internet connections. Well that is another story.
Can you believe this, my brand new Apple iPhone 14 is useless here in America, Verizon or AT&T won’t accept my new Aussie Apple phone, apparently it can not be linked up to their cellular system. My choices were; either purchase a new phone for $400 or purchase a pay as you go phone from Walmart for $25.
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Above: Phoenix really get into the Xmas spirt out here in the desert. There are fantastic Xmas light displays everywhere direction you look.
My local mate, Sammy has recently just bought a new Apple phone & said that I could use his old Apple 6 while I am here which was very good of him, so I now have a phone & a local telephone number. What a hassle I had all day yesterday getting all that organised.
Not only that I decided to get my iPad connected so that I can send emails instead of using Sammy’s email connection, which makes it more convenient for me instead of going over to his office on the property all the time when I want to read my emails or to forward emails, just makes it a whole lot more easier for me so that I am not always looking for an email address where ever I am.
However to do that they also wanted my Social Security number, of which I do not have. Anyway to cut a long story short, because Sammy has lent me his old phone somehow we managed to bypass that regulation, so now I have a mobile phone to use here & also an iPad that I can use 24/7 no matter where I am.
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Above: Sammy's latest acquisition to his fleet here at his Arizona Model A business in Chandler. It's a super rare, Model A Ford AA truck Concrete mixer from Colorado that is fully operational, truly unique.
Apart from that I have also been trying to start my fleet of cars & get them prepared for rego & insurance some time this week. There is plenty to do, so I am not letting the grass grow under my feet.
After 3.5 years in parked storage, my RV has two blown tyres, so today I need to contact a tyre company that will come on site to remove and replace the tyres, I can’t move it while I have those two blow outs.
That will be my priority today, plus I need to buy new batteries for everything, they are all unserviceable because of lack of use for 3 1/2 years. As usual with car problems, it's nothing that money can’t fix.
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Above: Phoenix really get into the Xmas spirt out here in the desert. There are fantastic Xmas light displays everywhere direction you look.
The Xmas lights are unbelievable here in the city of Phoenix. I have also included photos of Sammy’s latest acquisition, he just purchased a Model A Ford AA truck Concrete mixer from Colorado that is fully operational, a truly unique 'survivor' machine.
That’s it for now, I must get myself dressed & hit the road and running, no time to waste.
Cheers for now from your travelling mate over here in freezing Arizona.
Cheers
Warbo
