In the last video we ended up having to take our RV in for some emergency repairs.
We got an Airbnb house in Prescott for a couple of days to check out the area.
So if you haven't seen that go back and watch that so you're all caught up. In this video, we
finally got our home back. But not without a few hiccups. So we're going to show you about getting
our RV back. Kevin will take you underneath again and show you the repairs, how that all
ended up. And now we are boondocking and exploring near Sedona, finally back in our own rig.
Okay sounds good. I'll see you around five then. Thanks. Bye. Well not quite as early as I was
hoping, but uh at least it's gonna be done today. So we should have our house back. It's gonna make
it interesting though because it's gonna be five o'clock. The trailer has no water. It's
gonna be a late night. But let's go uh, let's go head out. Thanks. Bye. So after that phone call,
we both started thinking, five o'clock is a little late to go get the RV because Kevin still has to
hitch up, reconnect batteries and electrical and all the things that he had to do
to leave it there, repack some things. Then we have to go get water because the plan is
to boondock. Yeah. Because we don't have anything booked. No we couldn't, we couldn't really find
anything either. Last minute, yeah, RV parks in Arizona in the winter are not easy to come by.
To have to do all of that and then go find a boondocking spot in the dark. At five o'clock,
well yeah, because the sun would go down like an hour later we would probably just be done filling
water and stuff by then. It's, it's not going to work. Yeah. It's, we could do it. We're just not
feeling it. How much, how much suffering do you want to go through in the dark. Right. And also,
you know they might be done with the RV, but what if we get to five o'clock and we call them
back and say we're headed over and they say oh we didn't finish after all. It should be done,
but you never know. I know right! And then what? So Kevin's gonna try to book a different Airbnb
closer to the shop for one more night. Let's see if we can get it. At the last minute.
At the last minute. All right fingers crossed. Let's try to get it. Wish us luck. Okay so the
plan keeps evolving. I was able to book the Airbnb. Thankfully I think it happened to
be one of those ones where you hit request and it instantaneously gets approved because
otherwise we'd be stuck here in limbo going, "I wonder where we're going
tonight?" But thankfully... so that I don't have to worry about that. Now I need to
call the shop back and tell them that we're not going to be there today. And hopefully,
I don't think it'll be a problem for them to keep it for one more night, but uh let's just hope.
Because if they tell me that I gotta come pick it up I don't really know what we're gonna do.
All right let's go to our next Airbnb.
I didn't think that was gonna be a problem, but like you never know right.
The adventure continues. It sure does. Okay we made it to the next Airbnb
place. Happy to have another spot to go since it's gonna take another day.
I'm ready to be back in the RV. Yeah. I would love to have our home back. So we'll really be happy to
get that back tomorrow, but in the meantime again like we said before we're making the best of it.
And we're gonna enjoy our night here. We are gonna give you a little tour, and then we're gonna start
on dinner. Yeah. There's nothing like breaking yourself into Airbnb with the, the first time
you actually have a rental house and now we've had two. This one... Back to back unexpectedly.
And this one is really different than the first one. We'll show you around.
It is. Here we go. Cute little kitchen. Has all the amenities that we need.
Big dining room table, right into the living room. So a little living space here. And then we go
down the creepy hallway. The long dark hallway. That has no lights! The lights on this end don't
work; the lights on that end don't work. So here we go. I still think there's some way to do it we
just haven't figured it out. It's not creepy at all; it's not creepy at all. One bedroom.
On to the next bedroom. I think the kids will share this room here. It's a large bed. And a
bathroom attached. Down the creepy hall, go, go, go. Laundry room. And then master bedroom off the
entryway with a huge bed. All right I'll try to do this more gracefully than I did last time. Ready?
Big bathroom with a tub so the kids will have their nightly bath here. There's even a bathtub.
The bathtub's better than the other one. There's what? This. That? Cool. And that's
it. It'll do for a night. It's really nice, and hopefully we'll get our RV tomorrow.
So we're going to sign off for the night. Tomorrow we're going to take you along to the shop.
And Kevin will hopefully be telling you that everything looks wonderful, is fixed, we're moved
back in. I hope so. Better than new. All right, see you tomorrow. Good night. Well we just pulled
up. There's a wheel still off the trailer in the back. So I guess Kevin's gonna go in and find out
what's going on, what we can expect, and we'll hold tight here. Wish me luck. Quick update,
things are looking good. We were a little concerned when we first got here, but Kevin just
stuck his head in the door and uh said things are progressing. The welder had an emergency
repair that he was away for when we first got here. He's putting the tire back on the rig,
lowering it down off the jack that it's still on. Kevin is hooking up all the power and everything
he had to unhook the other day. And then we should be able to hitch up and go. I guess
we'll keep you updated. I think everything looks good. I got everything hooked back up.
The fridge is hooked back up to the inverters, and everything came back on just fine. The welds look
great. It's sitting exactly the way it should. I think we're back in business. I'm gonna hitch up
and go take care of things. And I think we can get out of here.
Feels good to be rolling down the road again. We're on the move, and our RV is hitched
up and coming along. Aah our home is here! Now all we have to do is get it set up again. The plan is
to take it to a campground, fill up on water. We can't get reservations there so we are gonna go
boondock from there. It's about 1:30 in the afternoon so we should have plenty of time
to do all that, get set up before dark, unlike yesterday would have been. I'm feeling good about
the decision we made to get an Airbnb another night aren't you? Yes. Yeah so it all it all
worked out. We're grateful we found the issue, we got it taken care of, and we have our home again.
Boy it feels good to have it back now. Maybe not today, maybe tomorrow, Kevin will show you what
it looks like underneath, how that compares to what it was before, and why we think we can now
confidently continue our travels. So after we left the shop of course it started to rain. It
was definitely pretty muddy coming in. It's a good thing it stopped raining before we
got here though. Yeah. Would have been worse if it had still been coming down. I'm just
glad that we got parked without getting stuck because, we've never gotten stuck before...
Fingers crossed. So I just got to put the slides out and we're back home.
So we are going to get settled here. We will show you what it looks like underneath now
that it's been repaired. Yeah. And... I might have to clean it off a little under there now,
but I will show you... With what? We don't have spare water we're boondocking.
So you might just get a muddy view I don't know. Maybe. Either way he'll, he'll point that out
to you guys. And then we are gonna check out the Sedona area just a little bit. We're gonna do the
Red Rock Scenic Byway. Yeah. Show you a little bit of the area. Stick around. So we did go
under and film all of the repair stuff at the boondocking site in Sedona, but it was
so muddy you really couldn't see much of anything. So here we are a couple of weeks after the fact.
Now I'm gonna show you what it looks like now that it's cleaned up a bit. This is the spring hanger
that was broken and is now replaced and fixed as good as new, actually maybe even a little
bit better because it's been reinforced with a stronger piece of steel right here next to it.
Now everything has been re-welded all the way down, reinforced, good as new. In fact,
these supporting bars were actually removed so that they could go and re-weld all four corners.
Everything's been working really well. We're hoping to get a lot more mileage out of it now.
And we will definitely continue to check it every now and then just to make sure everything is just
fine.
Wow!
Here's your toast. Do you want that cut up?
Yeah. Good morning. Kevin happened to open the shades and saw a hot air balloon right here.
And it was spectacular. I'm glad we didn't miss it. We would have been really sad. And then we
saw several more. So we decided to have our breakfast out here, and we've, we've caught a
few more of them, but they've mostly gone now. So we're just enjoying some of Kevin's homemade bread
and a beautiful boondocking view. The hot air balloons seem to fly over the area each morning
if the weather is good. Sometimes they were closer and other times further away, but it was always
exciting to search for them. And it was one of the things that made this a unique boondocking area.
Boondocking in the Sedona area is beautiful and plentiful, though very popular. We boondocked
along Forest Road 525, and were about halfway down the main stretch. The spots range from single pull
outs off the road, to larger areas for multiple rigs, all with beautiful views and space to relax
or play. The forest road is a long stretch of many boondocking options, though closer to the
front it can get quite crowded. Rigs seem to come and go each morning and each evening. In the other
direction, the further down the road you go, the closer you are to the red rocks, and the views get
even better. And you're treated to gorgeous colors in the rocks and spectacular sunsets.
You could just enjoy your time here, but you should definitely also check out more
of what Sedona offers. Such as: the Red Rock Scenic Byway. This is a seven and a half mile
road from I-17 leading into Sedona with amazing views and lots to stop and do. You might think
the sights at the beginning are amazing, but it just gets better and better. Watch for the Red
Rock Ranger Station and Visitor Center to stop for information and a view of what's to come.
Watch for brown signs along the byway that point the way to scenic views,
vistas, and hiking trailheads, including Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte and Cathedral Rock and more.
In Sedona, check out the Chapel of the Holy Cross and the downtown with lots of galleries,
the Tlaquepaque arts and crafts village, and other shops, many varied tour companies,
and tons of restaurants. Get some food or grab something to go,
find another place to get out to see the sunset or to have a dinner picnic to round out the day.
So Red Rock Scenic Byway was just amazing. Yeah. It was gorgeous. Views everywhere,
pull-offs, hiking trails, rock formations.
I mean we would just recommend you drive it and see what you feel like stopping and doing,
doing a little hike, or just seeing it from the car. And then when you get into Sedona,
so many restaurants, so many shops, so many things to do. It was super busy today. Yeah it was crazy,
and we ended up sitting in traffic for a long time. So, very very popular place no doubt.
We're not used to traffic anymore. No we're not. And now we're gonna have dinner. Show them where
we got our dinner from. We got dinner from the Hideaway House Pizza. Yum. Yeah. So we are about
to dig into that. This place is worth checking out because not only do they have good food
but they overlook a beautiful view as well. We have our picnic blanket, and we are in front of:
Cathedral Rock in the background. We drove down here to Crescent Moon Ranch Picnic Area.
Found a good spot on the grass out here with some pretty epic views behind us,
and here's dinner. So we hope you enjoyed the time with us in Sedona. And now that we have our RV
back like we showed you, we are going to be moving on north to the Flagstaff area. Stay
tuned to see what we get into there. Bye. Bye. If you like our content, make sure to subscribe.
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See you soon. In our last video we ended up having to take our RV in for some emergency repairs.
If you haven't seen that one go back and watch it so you be caught up. We ended up
staying a couple of nights in an Airbnb... So you be caught up. So you be caught up!
Master bedroom, huge bed, oop!
Ready? Yeah.
We're not very good at this. Wanna try again? Yeah one more time.
Yum.