Bathroom etiquette. In a public washroom in Arizona, near the Mexican border, a sign said "put toilet paper in the toilet". Seems like an obvious to North Americans, but for those more used to needing to NOT flush it because of inadequate sanitary systems, it's not so obvious. This reminded me of signs in many countries warning tourists not to flush toilet paper. Reverse scenario here.
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| Greg couldn't find sheep at Sabino Canyon, so he adopted "PR" instead |
Pack rats. At our current home we were told our vehicle must be in the garage, and the garage door closed promptly. Puzzled, we asked why, and the answer was "because of the pack rats". Now we know some people we could label pack rats, but that didn't solve the mystery for us. That's when we learned about pack rats, rodents known to get into car engines and tear out electrical wiring for nesting. They can apparently destroy car interiors too. We were told of one mobile home owner whose home was destroyed when pack rats visited. You can be sure we close that garage door quickly!
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| This puppet comes complete with his own backpack! |
Dry creek. This seems like an oxymoron to me. Here we regularly see roadsigns warning not to cross the road in vehicles when the roads are flooded. It's been explained to us that, at times, there's sufficient runoff rainwater that travels down these dry creeks, across the roads. Greg calls it the Arizona storm sewer system. We've heard horror stories of cars being swept away and people dying when they'd thought they could manouver the water.
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| Here's the dry creek or "wash" that's part of our driveway |
My question to our homeowner was what happens if our driveway is flooded - how do we get home? The answer was quite simple "you don't". That sounded unrealistic to me, until I thought about major snowstorms back in Canada. So, in a parallel situation, we perhaps don't get home from work, or better still, aren't able to get to work! So, not so unrealistic after all. Thankfully we haven't had any rainstorms while we've been here.
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| Looked quite unassuming, but imagine that water gushing down now! |
Tomorrow we travel to Mexico for one week. So for now ... ¡adios Arizona!
We have had to leave the hood (bonnet?) up on vehicles when they're parked for the night because of the rodents. In our rig, we keep a box of DeCon to deter mice. When you're out and about, look for pack rat nests... they are quite interesting. It's been a while since we've down down Rocky Point way... but I know you'll love it.
ReplyDeleteWe'd love Rocky Point more if you were there with us! We do miss your company. Any chance you'll be in Arizona in the next month or two?
DeleteHey, I found a nice hubcap near the road. Should I save it or send it to you?
ReplyDeleteGreg says he can get into enough trouble without your help! I really like you Bill, so let's keep it that way :) How about you turn it in for scrap?
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