THAT'S Entertainment!

Our neighbors Danielle and Norm live in a fifth wheel here. Last week they added a mobile home, and it was THE event of the month.

First, you must understand The Road. Our Dos Palmas neighborhood ("The Hood") and the Western Horizons RV Park are 10 miles from Kino Viejo, and the road is dirt, sand, rubble, rock, washboard, you name it. They actually sell T-Shirts that say "I Survived the Road to WHR." And once a year, intrepid RVers drive their quarter-million-dollar 40 foot motorhomes out here, very slowly. That 10 miles has been known to take 2 hours, depending on road conditions. To bring a MOBILE HOME out here promised to be a sure occasion for a party. Lawn chairs, beverages, cameras, and where else but my roof, right across the street?

Rooftop Voyeurs

It took them an hour to get from Kino Nuevo to the beginning of The Road. And then 3 hours on The Road. So when we finally heard it was en route, we IM'd everyone and gathered for the spectacle. A few of the men went up to The Arch to remove enough of the adjacent posts and fencing on it's left side to allow it to make the turn, as nothing fits through that arch.

We saw it coming down the road, watched it make the turn onto our street, and then the fun started.

So far, it was only missing one tire, a casualty of The Road.

The plan was to pull right, then back it onto the prepared pad. That's their fifth wheel in the back.

So now it's on the pad, but catywampus, so he pulls it back off and...

...when trying to avoid taking out the neighbor's trees and cacti, it gets stuck in the soft sand. So now my husband Ron has to pull the tow truck and the mobile home out with our poor, abused Chevy truck.

Which works, but when the tow truck driver backed it up again, it got stuck again. So Norm had Ron pull him back out, told the driver to drive it all the way out and come in from the other direction.

He runs over a 2 foot tall column of seashells that mark the driveway and breaks the concrete top of their septic. And Norm's looking demented. And we're all on the roof ROFL. Mind, it wasn't funny, but there was alcohol involved. The video segment where the driver takes out 1/2 a Palo Verde tree didn't come out, unfortunately, but now there's a broken window and missing siding, and we're slightly worried about Norm, who's begun gesticulating.

It does finally get onto the pad, straight, without further incident. They have a bit of work ahead of them, aside from the window and siding repairs, but much more roominess to look forward to. And if Danielle needs help finding furnishings for it in the segundas, luckily there's a Professional Segundian across the street.