TTT and Smoke

It was very cold last night and when we woke up this morning it was down to 50 degrees in the motorhome.  It usually is around 55 degrees at the lowest so this was unusual.

We decided to go to the Tucson Truck Terminal (TTT) for breakfast this morning and warm up.  The breakfasts there are huge and if you go away hungry, it is your own fault.  We both ordered the same thing, chorizo con huevos (sausage and eggs) and hashbrown potatoes.  The meal was a little spicy but tasty.  Lots of coffee helped warm us up and also fill our bellys. 

The TTT is usually very busy at breakfast time, but today it wasn't even half full.  I guess all the over the road truckers are heading home for the holidays and trying to get unloaded today at the latest.  One trucker was talking on the phone and said he was 4 hours away, however I-10 was closed from the Arizona stateline all the way into to Las Cruces.  I-25 was closed from Truth or Consequences  north.  They had a major snowfall and the roads were impassable for anything less than a 4 wheel drive.

We went to Costco to see if they had any electric heaters and they were sold out of them.  There must have been a big rush on heaters the last couple days due to the cold snap we are going through.  It's pretty bad when it is so cold in the desert that you run out of heaters.

On the way back to the RV park we saw a huge column of smoke rising from the area near the Air Force base here.  We feared that there was a plane crash and went near the area to check it out.  The smoke was coming from a recycle plant that had piles of ground up tires and plastic stuff on the ground.  Somehow it had caught fire and was spewing columns of black smoke in the area.  At least it wasn't caused by a plane crash or anything like that.  There were about 7 fire trucks in the area, but none of them were working on stopping the blaze.  I think they were working on figuring out what to do.  They finally got the blaze out sometime later in the day.

Cousin Al came by and visited for a while and filled us in on what's been going on over at their campground.  Al bought a new computer and has been working on it trying to get the feel for it.  He loves it so far and is very happy with the increased speed of the computer.

We delivered a few small gifts to friends at the park and visited a short while with them.  At the last minute we decided to go to a local Italian restaurant and Judy and Steve joined us there.  For a change we didn't have to wait and were seated quickly and the meals came right away.  We all enjoyed a nice meal and went back to our motor home and chatted for a while. 

It is getting colder again with the clear skies and should be down around the high 20s tonight.  I may have to shut the water off if it gets any colder.  So far it hasn't dropped enough to be worried.