Day 19: Williams

Thursday June 30

This is our last day in Williams, AZ and we are all tired so we took the day to rest.  The girls helped me do 3 loads of laundry.  Scott went into town to the hardware store (he repaired a propane leak in the stove after the part came in the mail last night) and got a few things at the grocery store.  We all enjoyed the pool for a few hours in the afternoon.  Amazingly enough I got cold in the pool around 5pm in the middle of the Arizona desert!  Most importantly we slept in as late as we needed.  Isabella and I slept until almost 10am.  Lexi made pancakes for breakfast which we all enjoyed.  It was a great change of pace for us.  We even played another game of Oh Hell tonight.  Isabella learned why the game was named that- she certainly was mad at the results!

Pool Time!

Last night was a different experience.  Scott was coming to bed when he noticed the neighbors had a campfire going.  It is so dry in Arizona right now with wildfires all over the state and it was very clear to us at check in, that no fires were allowed.  On top of that, the wind at this KOA is unbelievably strong and constant.  He called KOA security but was told they were no longer working and would talk to our neighbors in the morning.  Meanwhile Lexi could not sleep and it was almost 1am so Scott went to the campers and asked them to turn down their music and “oh by the way, you are not supposed to have campfires”  He hadn’t been home but a few minutes and a truck pulled up (most likely security) and they immediately put the fire out. We were just nervous with a fire in such dry and windy conditions.  There would be no warning and it could engulf the entire campground and we were first in the path of the wind.  Needless to say we slept better after the fire was put out.