Apr 12, 2013
No where to spend my $$$$
What a great sleep we had in Why. It was 53F early morning and by 10AM it was 85F. We were suppose to leave at 8AM but stayed an extra two hours. It was just so nice to ease into the day.
Colin has already scouted out our site for next year and we hope to spend at least two days there. I had activated my Verizon stick online while in San Carlos Tuesday night and it worked perfectly here. Love having internet.
The girls really love it here. So much to explore.
It was hard to pull up the jacks and hit the road but I had an agenda.
We were headed to Yuma. 183 miles down the road.
As we drove I was working on our fuel problem and why we needed so many more litres in Soynata. After much discussion and reviewing my notes ( I love having all my travel notes with me ) from 2009 to now I was able to piece it together. We always fuel up at the same stations in Mexico, Navajoa and Soynata and I always mark down the mileage and the amount of litres taken on. Colin mentioned that when we got to the Pemex in Soynata he was surprised at how low the fuel gauge was. The other thing is that he remembered that he did not have to unlock the engine hood. Putting this all together means that we lost 54 litres of diesel fuel while we were sleeping in Los Mochis. We sleep at the back of the rig and it was easy enough for someone to open the hood and siphon off the fuel. There is no way that we could have used 54 more litres driving the exact same route.
When we checked in at the RV Park in Los Mochis the young boy mentioned that business was very bad and that his boss was not paying bills which is why the internet was cut off. So someone helped themselves to our fuel. It was not a scam at the Pemex in Soynata but rather a thief in Los Mochis. 54 litres X 11.61 pesos per litre equals $52.00 USD. Lesson learned, always keep the engine hood locked. Good to have that mystery solved.
As it turns out we should not have fueled up in Mexico. The cash price for diesel at Love’s in Gila Bend was 3.819 US per gallon versus 11.34 pesos per litre in Soynata. I will do my homework next year before leaving the Isla.
So why Yuma you ask? Well I really wanted to do some summer clothes shopping. I have lost quite a bit of weight since last July and need new clothes. I left most of my large clothes back in Mexico for people on the Isla. We pulled into the big new shopping mall and I hit three stores. Nothing, nada, rien!! There was nothing that interested me. Last year I stocked up on clothes in California in the San Diego area but this year in Arizona there is nothing for me. I really want to spend my money, I even have cash but so far nothing.
While I was shopping Colin checked in with the Pressure Pro people about our tire sensors. He discovered that the reason for our slow leak was caused by the heavy duty truck shop that topped up the tires before the trip. They turned the valve sensors on the tire too tight and broke the rubber seal. There is a kit for $14.00 that includes new more heavy duty rubber seals that can be inserted into the existing valve sensors. The Pressure Pro people have also upgraded all new sensors due to this problem.
Less than two hours later we headed on to Pilot Knob RV Park, just across the California border. This is one of our member parks and it cost us $9.00 for the night. Glad we were not boondocking at 91F. We needed to dump and fill our water tanks. We likely will be boondocking all the way home from here and will have to conserve our water. Eight nights and nine days to go.
Our first big problem of the trip, a broken string in one of the living room blinds. An easy fix once we get home.
Time to hit the road and see if I can find something to spend my money on.
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You really have to spene that money, why not just save it for another day? next year maybe.
George…..but I do need some clothes to wear. What I have now is falling off of me!
Kathy…..I agree about being shorted litres but we do always check our gauge and it was full!!
Janet……let me know when you find a solution. Welcome to the comments part of my blog.
Cheryl…..there was a Marshalls down the road, will try that another time. Ross gives me a headache…so confusing.
Hi Contessa. One thing we have noticed is that the fuel that our truck says we take on in Mexico and what the Meixican pumps say they have pumped are two different things. Our truck computer is always accurate in the U.S. and Canada so we know it isn’t the issue. In Mexico they routinely short you on fuel. At the Pemex just north or Caaborca we were shorted 7 litres. The truck said we used 48 litres and the the pump said it pumped 55. Some stations are better than others but they always pump less than they say they do. The Mexicans are aware of this this and go to stations that they know are fair, if they can find one. On a motorhome fill you could be short a lot of litres. You may have had fuel stolen but being shorted fuel when you fill up is also a problem.
Clothes, who knew after a certain age that finding stylish age appropriate clothes would be a problem, especially if you are not a size twelve or less! My husband has more clothes than I do!
There is definitely a market that remains untapped, lots of ladies with LOTS of money to spend and nowhere to spend it!!! Sorry, did not find anything this winter, no suggestions!
My favorite places to shop for clothing are “buy-out” places like Marshall’s, Ross, and T.J. Maxx. Great prices and nice things. I’m sure that you’ll be able to “help out the American economy” before you cross the border… 🙂