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Day 9 - Moving Day

We moved to the new site and it is so much nicer than the previous site we had.  We now have electricity hookup and lots of room to move around.  Nikki seems to like it also since there is no tall grass here - just trees and pine needles.

Kevin spent his day working on the rear end of the truck, with my assistance when needed.  He got the air suspension system on, in a few days we will see how it works.  If it doesn't work, we may be going to a dealership to look for a heavier duty truck.  Lord I hope this air suspension system works because I love my truck!

I cleaned the camper and could not believe how muddy the water was after just wiping everything down.  Got the floors vacuumed and mopped and cleaned the A/C filter.  It's nice being in a clean camper again.

Nikki loves this spot - great ball throwing room!

We took Nikki to town (Durango) in hopes of finding a place to eat outside with her.  No luck.  So many people wanted to pet and love on her.  Some drunk girl wanted to take her home.  No way!!  Normally out west dogs are welcome everywhere, not here.  We got dinner to go, went back "home" and ate.  Exhausted, early night.

No pics to post today, we were both too busy working on truck and camper.

Tomorrow hope to ride motorcycles some after we go to town to do laundry.  Will have service in town to update blog.

See ya for now!

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