I'm going to take a few minutes and sit down to write what may be the last entry for our January through April, 2013 trip. IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL!
The weather back home is still questionable, but enough of this life, we must start our journey for Saskatoon. Collin tells us there will be no place for us to park because of the ruts on the streets (Steven got his Jeep stuck a few times) around home. He has advised us that he and his brother have cleared and clearly marked a lovely spot for us to stay in at the Walmart resort down the street, and, will allow us to come for a short visit every few days. Wow! Aren't they thoughtful?
We had looked at maps and planned our route home on the 3rd of April, leaving here on Wednesday, April 10th. Then I went to my paper craft class and discovered the class on the 10th was all day, and when I saw what we were doing we decided to leave the 11th instead. Well, on Monday the 7th the wind started, with gusts up to 60 miles an hour and travel advisories, and it really hasn't let up, we keep postponing......, but it's time! Because of our departure date change we went back to the maps and have made a few changes in "the route". The only planned stop now on our way home will be in Jamestown, North Dakota for a few days to visit with friends we have made while they were here in Brenda for a month holiday in February.
Today we are puttsing and packing, getting the last of the laundry done, and saying good-bye to the friends we've met here, and, of course, exchanging addresses. We will load up the car tomorrow morning, pay our last electric bill, and start our drive home. The boys don't want us home too soon, they feel we might upset their routine, but we plan on knocking on the door on the 22nd or 23rd, consider this your warning guys, if you start cleaning now.....
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Saturday, March 30, 2013
It's the end of March, the internet is working again (kind of), and we're thinking of packing up and heading homeward soon. So it's about time I sit down and play catch-up!
The month started here with a wedding and reception in the Desert Gold Recreation hall, Larry and I attended because we've met the bride before in Canada and thought it would be fun. Dorothy Galvin, aged 81, married Eugene Hester, aged 88, in the evening of the 3rd of March. Turns out Dorothy's late husband, Blake, was John Steele's uncle and we have camped with them in Alberta years ago. After the ceremony there were toasts, and a dance, a very nice evening!
The last pinsguaer ride was to be in February, but we talked the drivers into one more adventure and that was on the 12th. We left at 9:00 am with all 3 vehicles loaded to maximum and 2 more following. This trip was to the Vampire mine and it was the best trip we've done in the pinszguaer's yet! We drove straight down ravines, climbed boulders and rocks, tipping and screaming (not me!) and me hanging on to that OH SHIT bar in the front seat for dear life. I saw my first cactus in bloom, and made the whole caravan stop for that photo-op! After our lunch break at Bill Williams River we passed a family walking the wrong way through the wash, gave them each a bottle of water and got them heading in the right direction. Good thing we found them, NOT good to get your directions mixed up in the desert, they had walked a least 15 minutes in the wrong direction, so still had over an hour to walk (most of that uphill) to get back to there vehicles.
On the 15th we decided to do the Parker Dam scenic route that our neighbours told us about. You drive straight through Parker into California, along the Colorado River (on our right), over the Parker Dam, and you're back into Arizona driving along the Colorado River (still on our right) into Parker. This scenic loop is for cars, motorcycles, and small trucks only as it is very narrow. The dam crossing itself is manned on either side with gates and security in booths and is closed from 11:00 pm-7:00 am. It is a beautiful trip and lets you see all the RV parks, State parks and campgrounds along both sides of the river, I could live there!
On the 19th we took Erik and Bernice, a couple we met from Pincher Creek Alberta, for a tour in the desert outside of Quartszite. We found abandoned mine shafts, stone buildings, and a working mine that will do tours, but that part was closed, so we looked around and signed the guest book. I managed to find some cactus skeletons and more rocks to add to my collection before we stopped for supper at Grubstakes in town. Great day!
Our nephew, Andrew (and his dad, Michael) flew into Phoenix from Calgary on the 20th for a ball tournament, so we drove in on the 21st to watch a few of his games. When we got to Phoenix we had lunch with some friends, checked into our hotel, and watched the end of Andrew's 7:00 game, then joined them for supper. We didn't realize the extent of "rush hour traffic" in Phoenix, and got caught in it on our way to the hotel-took us over 2 hours to go 28 miles on the 101-then an hour to drive 10 miles to the ball park-making us miss the first game and only half of his second! Now we know better and left the hotel at 11:00 am Friday morning to watch him play at 12:30 and got there at noon, in plenty of time and enjoyed a great game! After the game I gave them some lemons, oranges, and pink grapefruit to take home to Calgary and we left them in Scottsdale at 2:00 got onto the 101 to head home and guess what? RUSH HOUR AGAIN! REALLY!
We arrived back at Desert Gold at 5:20 (normally a 2 hour drive!), in time to change and walk over to dinner theatre starting at 6:00. We were served roast chicken, gravy, whipped potatoes, dressing, veggies, buns, and a home-made jellied cranberry relish that I need to get the recipe for, and ice cream was served during intermission. The play was an interactive Melodrama, "The Saga Of The Prospector's Daughter" OR "She Was Only A Miner's Minor". There was a lot of audience participation and the play was made even more hilarious because some of the actors were forgetting their lines and being prompted, very loudly, from the front row. At one point Catastrophy Kate said, "What do you expect, we're all over 70?"
Monday the 25th was my birthday, so after my beading class Larry took me out for supper to a cafe in the middle of nowhere, the Koffa Cafe. When we got home I talked with Collin and then my mom for a bit. Tuesday Steven called to wish me a happy birthday because he was out the night before, and Wednesday was paper crafts class, my last one, where I made some beautiful (if I do say so myself) cards. This morning I went down the street for a pedicure and managed to once again put off doing laundry, there's always tomorrow! In preparation of our departure from here, Larry and I looked at maps, plotting our route home this afternoon, while sitting in the air conditioning. It's 30c outside now, the heat has arrived, it's time to go, soon!
The month started here with a wedding and reception in the Desert Gold Recreation hall, Larry and I attended because we've met the bride before in Canada and thought it would be fun. Dorothy Galvin, aged 81, married Eugene Hester, aged 88, in the evening of the 3rd of March. Turns out Dorothy's late husband, Blake, was John Steele's uncle and we have camped with them in Alberta years ago. After the ceremony there were toasts, and a dance, a very nice evening!
The last pinsguaer ride was to be in February, but we talked the drivers into one more adventure and that was on the 12th. We left at 9:00 am with all 3 vehicles loaded to maximum and 2 more following. This trip was to the Vampire mine and it was the best trip we've done in the pinszguaer's yet! We drove straight down ravines, climbed boulders and rocks, tipping and screaming (not me!) and me hanging on to that OH SHIT bar in the front seat for dear life. I saw my first cactus in bloom, and made the whole caravan stop for that photo-op! After our lunch break at Bill Williams River we passed a family walking the wrong way through the wash, gave them each a bottle of water and got them heading in the right direction. Good thing we found them, NOT good to get your directions mixed up in the desert, they had walked a least 15 minutes in the wrong direction, so still had over an hour to walk (most of that uphill) to get back to there vehicles.
On the 15th we decided to do the Parker Dam scenic route that our neighbours told us about. You drive straight through Parker into California, along the Colorado River (on our right), over the Parker Dam, and you're back into Arizona driving along the Colorado River (still on our right) into Parker. This scenic loop is for cars, motorcycles, and small trucks only as it is very narrow. The dam crossing itself is manned on either side with gates and security in booths and is closed from 11:00 pm-7:00 am. It is a beautiful trip and lets you see all the RV parks, State parks and campgrounds along both sides of the river, I could live there!
On the 19th we took Erik and Bernice, a couple we met from Pincher Creek Alberta, for a tour in the desert outside of Quartszite. We found abandoned mine shafts, stone buildings, and a working mine that will do tours, but that part was closed, so we looked around and signed the guest book. I managed to find some cactus skeletons and more rocks to add to my collection before we stopped for supper at Grubstakes in town. Great day!
Our nephew, Andrew (and his dad, Michael) flew into Phoenix from Calgary on the 20th for a ball tournament, so we drove in on the 21st to watch a few of his games. When we got to Phoenix we had lunch with some friends, checked into our hotel, and watched the end of Andrew's 7:00 game, then joined them for supper. We didn't realize the extent of "rush hour traffic" in Phoenix, and got caught in it on our way to the hotel-took us over 2 hours to go 28 miles on the 101-then an hour to drive 10 miles to the ball park-making us miss the first game and only half of his second! Now we know better and left the hotel at 11:00 am Friday morning to watch him play at 12:30 and got there at noon, in plenty of time and enjoyed a great game! After the game I gave them some lemons, oranges, and pink grapefruit to take home to Calgary and we left them in Scottsdale at 2:00 got onto the 101 to head home and guess what? RUSH HOUR AGAIN! REALLY!
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| Steels third |
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| Comes home |
We arrived back at Desert Gold at 5:20 (normally a 2 hour drive!), in time to change and walk over to dinner theatre starting at 6:00. We were served roast chicken, gravy, whipped potatoes, dressing, veggies, buns, and a home-made jellied cranberry relish that I need to get the recipe for, and ice cream was served during intermission. The play was an interactive Melodrama, "The Saga Of The Prospector's Daughter" OR "She Was Only A Miner's Minor". There was a lot of audience participation and the play was made even more hilarious because some of the actors were forgetting their lines and being prompted, very loudly, from the front row. At one point Catastrophy Kate said, "What do you expect, we're all over 70?"
Monday the 25th was my birthday, so after my beading class Larry took me out for supper to a cafe in the middle of nowhere, the Koffa Cafe. When we got home I talked with Collin and then my mom for a bit. Tuesday Steven called to wish me a happy birthday because he was out the night before, and Wednesday was paper crafts class, my last one, where I made some beautiful (if I do say so myself) cards. This morning I went down the street for a pedicure and managed to once again put off doing laundry, there's always tomorrow! In preparation of our departure from here, Larry and I looked at maps, plotting our route home this afternoon, while sitting in the air conditioning. It's 30c outside now, the heat has arrived, it's time to go, soon!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
February 28th, 2013
Since my mom is wondering what we're up to, are we still enjoying ourselves (Oh, yes we are), and February is over, I need to play catch up! It feels like we've been busy, but I think our feeling this way has to do with the weather, we've had WIND, rain, and cold, oh so cold, furnace on a lot cold, which means we stay in a bit more than we usually do. At least we didn't see any of the snow that was in and around Phoenix and surrounding area.
We were supposed to go to Parker to visit a friend on the 12th, but his wife emailed on the 11th to cancel, unfortunately during a visit to Yuma he was hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer. We went to Parker to visit and get groceries a few days later to find they have moved to Mesa where they purchased a double wide trailer awhile ago, guess we'll catch up with them back in Saskatoon.
The last Pinzgauer (very old Swiss army vehicles) trip of the season was on the 14th, so we were up at the crack of dawn and got the last two seats. There are three Pinzgauers, two hold 14 and one 12, which were full and one fellow following in his 4X4, and we all had a great time. We were gone about 81/2 hours, only travelling 130 miles through desert, mountains, and climbing rocks and boulders. The "path" was so ruff and steep that at one point the fellow in the 4X4 had to rearrange some rocks so he could continue.
We received an email that the date and place has been chosen for the 2013 reunion. Ray and Sandra are hosting it in Wainwright Alberta, and I have already booked our campsite in the camp ground a few blocks from where they live. For those who don't know what the reunion is, 6 guys (and their lovely wives-who of course do all the work!), who met back in the stone age and are all the same age, try to get together every year to remember and swap stories of "the good old days". We are really looking forward to hanging with the gang for the weekend!
I've been having issues with my iPad so I phoned Steven who said "I'm here you're there call, you'll have to make an appointment with a genius." Of course my response was "That's why I called you. I didn't know there were other geniuses." Well, apparently there are paid geniuses at the apple retail store, so we're off to Phoenix for our appointment at the Genius Bar. Wow, they are good, seems it's not me it's my iPad, and they replaced mine, Steven couldn't have replaced mine! But he'll still be the first genius I call, well not for long, he's making his dream come true and we're beyond proud of him. He's been talking of an adventure through Europe and he's booked his ticket leaving in May and might come home in July, unless he's having too much fun, which means we'll have to visit him.
While on the Pinzgauer trip I was busy picking rocks to add to my collection and the next day Shellee and Waldo, who were on the trip with us and are avid rock hounds, stopped by for beers and to give me some Apache Tears that they found last week while they were out rock picking. I took them over to Roger to ask him to tumble them for me, but there were not enough, so he took mine and filled my bucket full of ones he had already polished, I now have so many I'll be handing them out to everyone!
A few days later I took Shellee and Waldo out to Swansea Mine for a rock pick. We had a great day exploring, taking pictures of lizards, cactus, and finding some good rocks for them to take home. We all managed to find some copper, fool's gold, and even some REAL gold, not enough for any of us to retire on, but enough to put a smile on our faces. On the 28th they loaded their motorcycle onto the trailer, rocks and the new equipment they bought for their lapidary into the car and headed off to ride some roads through California to finish off their holiday before heading home to North Dakota. They're great people, I miss them already, and I hope we're able to stop for a visit on our way home.
We've been exploring Quartzsite and Phoenix more. We can see spring coming, all the trees are starting to turn green, along with what I'd call grass growing on the ground, it's actually changing from dirt to green. I'm still enjoying my beading and paper craft classes and since we'll still be here, we've purchased dinner theatre tickets for later in March. Those are the highlights for the month of February.
We were supposed to go to Parker to visit a friend on the 12th, but his wife emailed on the 11th to cancel, unfortunately during a visit to Yuma he was hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer. We went to Parker to visit and get groceries a few days later to find they have moved to Mesa where they purchased a double wide trailer awhile ago, guess we'll catch up with them back in Saskatoon.
The last Pinzgauer (very old Swiss army vehicles) trip of the season was on the 14th, so we were up at the crack of dawn and got the last two seats. There are three Pinzgauers, two hold 14 and one 12, which were full and one fellow following in his 4X4, and we all had a great time. We were gone about 81/2 hours, only travelling 130 miles through desert, mountains, and climbing rocks and boulders. The "path" was so ruff and steep that at one point the fellow in the 4X4 had to rearrange some rocks so he could continue.
We received an email that the date and place has been chosen for the 2013 reunion. Ray and Sandra are hosting it in Wainwright Alberta, and I have already booked our campsite in the camp ground a few blocks from where they live. For those who don't know what the reunion is, 6 guys (and their lovely wives-who of course do all the work!), who met back in the stone age and are all the same age, try to get together every year to remember and swap stories of "the good old days". We are really looking forward to hanging with the gang for the weekend!
I've been having issues with my iPad so I phoned Steven who said "I'm here you're there call, you'll have to make an appointment with a genius." Of course my response was "That's why I called you. I didn't know there were other geniuses." Well, apparently there are paid geniuses at the apple retail store, so we're off to Phoenix for our appointment at the Genius Bar. Wow, they are good, seems it's not me it's my iPad, and they replaced mine, Steven couldn't have replaced mine! But he'll still be the first genius I call, well not for long, he's making his dream come true and we're beyond proud of him. He's been talking of an adventure through Europe and he's booked his ticket leaving in May and might come home in July, unless he's having too much fun, which means we'll have to visit him.
While on the Pinzgauer trip I was busy picking rocks to add to my collection and the next day Shellee and Waldo, who were on the trip with us and are avid rock hounds, stopped by for beers and to give me some Apache Tears that they found last week while they were out rock picking. I took them over to Roger to ask him to tumble them for me, but there were not enough, so he took mine and filled my bucket full of ones he had already polished, I now have so many I'll be handing them out to everyone!
A few days later I took Shellee and Waldo out to Swansea Mine for a rock pick. We had a great day exploring, taking pictures of lizards, cactus, and finding some good rocks for them to take home. We all managed to find some copper, fool's gold, and even some REAL gold, not enough for any of us to retire on, but enough to put a smile on our faces. On the 28th they loaded their motorcycle onto the trailer, rocks and the new equipment they bought for their lapidary into the car and headed off to ride some roads through California to finish off their holiday before heading home to North Dakota. They're great people, I miss them already, and I hope we're able to stop for a visit on our way home.
We've been exploring Quartzsite and Phoenix more. We can see spring coming, all the trees are starting to turn green, along with what I'd call grass growing on the ground, it's actually changing from dirt to green. I'm still enjoying my beading and paper craft classes and since we'll still be here, we've purchased dinner theatre tickets for later in March. Those are the highlights for the month of February.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Sunday, February 10th, 2013
The week started off on a sad note for me. I received an email from my cousin (Ariane 3) in Germany on Sunday with the news that her mom (whom we are both named after, my dad's only sister, Auntie Ariane) had passed away that morning. As I sit here writing this, I'm remembering that my dad was diagnosed with his cancer in October and passed away in February, the same as my Auntie Ariane, a sign perhaps?
On Monday I went to my beading class and tried a new pattern, which will take a few more classes to perfect. Wednesday I decided to check out the paper crafts class, try something new, it was great. We made 2 three dimensional cards/pictures of the front of a house with a window box full of flowers and a bicycle out front. They are so pretty, I hung one up in the motor home and the other I sent to my mom for Valentine's Day. Can't wait for next week.
The drama club here in the park has been practising for the last 2 months for the production of "Let's Do Broadway". We went to the Thursday night show and it was a blast. After the musical we met our friend's Aunt Dorothy, whom we haven't seen for years. She lives across the road in one of the other RV parks here. Turns out she's getting married (she's 81, he's 88!) here at our park on March 3rd and we told her we'd be there with bells on. On Friday we joined the couple that were beside us when we were staying in Mesa before Christmas for fish and chips and had a wonderful visit.
The wind was howling here Friday night when we left and as we arrived back at the motor home and got the groceries we stopped for on our way home out of the trunk and inside the rain started pouring. It was quite the storm that lasted most of the night. Saturday was sunny, but the wind was still blowing and cold, so I stayed inside doing laundry and reading. Today was much warmer, the wind not so bad, so we went for a nice long 2 hour walk. We ended the walk at the next door neighbours for a few beers and a last visit. They are heading back home to Alberta early tomorrow morning, back to work Friday. He's looking forward to retirement this time next year and spending the winter here.
I made stir fry for supper and now we'll sit back, stay warm and watch a little TV until bed!
On Monday I went to my beading class and tried a new pattern, which will take a few more classes to perfect. Wednesday I decided to check out the paper crafts class, try something new, it was great. We made 2 three dimensional cards/pictures of the front of a house with a window box full of flowers and a bicycle out front. They are so pretty, I hung one up in the motor home and the other I sent to my mom for Valentine's Day. Can't wait for next week.
The drama club here in the park has been practising for the last 2 months for the production of "Let's Do Broadway". We went to the Thursday night show and it was a blast. After the musical we met our friend's Aunt Dorothy, whom we haven't seen for years. She lives across the road in one of the other RV parks here. Turns out she's getting married (she's 81, he's 88!) here at our park on March 3rd and we told her we'd be there with bells on. On Friday we joined the couple that were beside us when we were staying in Mesa before Christmas for fish and chips and had a wonderful visit.
The wind was howling here Friday night when we left and as we arrived back at the motor home and got the groceries we stopped for on our way home out of the trunk and inside the rain started pouring. It was quite the storm that lasted most of the night. Saturday was sunny, but the wind was still blowing and cold, so I stayed inside doing laundry and reading. Today was much warmer, the wind not so bad, so we went for a nice long 2 hour walk. We ended the walk at the next door neighbours for a few beers and a last visit. They are heading back home to Alberta early tomorrow morning, back to work Friday. He's looking forward to retirement this time next year and spending the winter here.
I made stir fry for supper and now we'll sit back, stay warm and watch a little TV until bed!
Friday, February 1, 2013
Friday, February 1st, 2013
It was a cold week last week and then rained off and on for 3 days straight. Larry even unhooked the water and had to get the ice out of the hose one morning!
We've been into Quartzsite a couple of times and managed to keep most of our money in our pockets, with the exception of some grill mats that are supposed to make Larry's life easier, and beading supplies for me. I've joined the beading classes again and am really enjoying learning new patterns. I've also gone to a few of the painting classes and have made us a sign to hang off the front bumper, just need to seal the wood with a few more coats of varnish.
Today is laundry day, so I'm sitting in the library catching up on my iPad, it doesn't work well in the motorhome, and Larry's on his laptop, he's not good at sharing!
This week on Monday we went to Sedona to visit our friends from "the farm" in Saskatchewan. They were here on a time share and invited us to come for a visit, couldn't pass that up! We arrived Monday afternoon and after a visit went for a tour around Sedona and then to a Mexican restaurant for supper. Murray and Penny both came down here with colds and needed to rest, so we filled Murray with the Aniset he likes, Penny with tea and honey and they were into bed early. After coffe and breakfast we took them on a road trip, first stop, Jerome. We stopped at the state park, then a ghost mine and then lunch at the Asylum Restaurant, great food. We drove up to 7000 above sea level on our way through Prescott Valley to Prescott, lots of snow and we were glad we had our socks and runners on! We stopped at the book store, then to Walmart for drugs for the two sick ones and back down to 2500 sea level and warmer weather. We had for peach cobbler at Ken's Restaurant, dessert first for us tonight, then grabbed some soup and buns at the IGA and back to the suite for a late supper and visiting.
Wednesday morning Murray and Penny were up early and after a quick breakfast and hugs goodbye, were off on a tour of the Grand Canyon. We left shortly after them and headed into Mesa to visit friends there, stock up on groceries and were back home by late afternoon. After the groceries were put away we feasted on hotdogs and watched a little TV before calling it a nite. Thursday morning Larry was up before the sun with the dreaded cold. Thanks for sharing Penny and Murray! Just kidding, today is Friday and after suffering yesterday he's feeling much better today. Good old chicken soup and an almost cough free night, do that again tonight and he'll be back to hisself by Saturday.
Well, laundy's done, have a few books from the library, and there's no mail, time to head back to the motorhome, put away the laundry and start marinading the chicken, I think I'll try out the new grill mat-or at least Larry will-he's the BBQ guy, not me! Oh, yea, and it's starting to warm up here, it's already 25 outside. Not so much at home, watched the news last night, -26, Churchill was -49 with the windchill, it's only -45 on Mars!
We've been into Quartzsite a couple of times and managed to keep most of our money in our pockets, with the exception of some grill mats that are supposed to make Larry's life easier, and beading supplies for me. I've joined the beading classes again and am really enjoying learning new patterns. I've also gone to a few of the painting classes and have made us a sign to hang off the front bumper, just need to seal the wood with a few more coats of varnish.
Today is laundry day, so I'm sitting in the library catching up on my iPad, it doesn't work well in the motorhome, and Larry's on his laptop, he's not good at sharing!
This week on Monday we went to Sedona to visit our friends from "the farm" in Saskatchewan. They were here on a time share and invited us to come for a visit, couldn't pass that up! We arrived Monday afternoon and after a visit went for a tour around Sedona and then to a Mexican restaurant for supper. Murray and Penny both came down here with colds and needed to rest, so we filled Murray with the Aniset he likes, Penny with tea and honey and they were into bed early. After coffe and breakfast we took them on a road trip, first stop, Jerome. We stopped at the state park, then a ghost mine and then lunch at the Asylum Restaurant, great food. We drove up to 7000 above sea level on our way through Prescott Valley to Prescott, lots of snow and we were glad we had our socks and runners on! We stopped at the book store, then to Walmart for drugs for the two sick ones and back down to 2500 sea level and warmer weather. We had for peach cobbler at Ken's Restaurant, dessert first for us tonight, then grabbed some soup and buns at the IGA and back to the suite for a late supper and visiting.
Wednesday morning Murray and Penny were up early and after a quick breakfast and hugs goodbye, were off on a tour of the Grand Canyon. We left shortly after them and headed into Mesa to visit friends there, stock up on groceries and were back home by late afternoon. After the groceries were put away we feasted on hotdogs and watched a little TV before calling it a nite. Thursday morning Larry was up before the sun with the dreaded cold. Thanks for sharing Penny and Murray! Just kidding, today is Friday and after suffering yesterday he's feeling much better today. Good old chicken soup and an almost cough free night, do that again tonight and he'll be back to hisself by Saturday.
Well, laundy's done, have a few books from the library, and there's no mail, time to head back to the motorhome, put away the laundry and start marinading the chicken, I think I'll try out the new grill mat-or at least Larry will-he's the BBQ guy, not me! Oh, yea, and it's starting to warm up here, it's already 25 outside. Not so much at home, watched the news last night, -26, Churchill was -49 with the windchill, it's only -45 on Mars!
Friday, January 18, 2013
Friday, January 18th, 2013
Well it's now a new year, 2013! We hope everyone had a great Christmas and may this new year be wonderful for all of us!
Our trip home for Christmas was uneventful, with the exception of one wrong turn taking us through West Yellowstone, but the roads were fine and it was sure pretty! We had a wonderful Christmas with lots of turkey, family and friends and were back on the road Monday, January 7th. The trip back down was good, except for the ice fog that started at the Montana/Idaho border until we parked for the night in Blackfoot Idaho. After a quick stop for groceries in Parker, AZ, we arrived at our new winter home, Desert Gold RV Park in Brenda AZ on Thursday, the 10th of January, got the motorhome out of storage and onto our site by 4:30 that afternoon.
We've only been here a week and it's been pretty cold here so far, so we're not doing a whole lot, haven't been able to get the Internet set up yet, so there are lots of walks over to the library. Monday afternoon I went to beading class, Wednesday evening was a Bluegrass concert with Monroe Crossing. Awesome show, I do like Bluegrass! Thursday the weather started to warm up a bit, just in time for the craft sale here in the park, then we did a quick trip into Quartszite for some supplies for my beading class this Monday. Today a trip into Blythe California, laundry, and a quiet evening sitting outside, as the weather is finally warming up! Next week I'll be able to start up all the craft classes I've been missing out on, and hopefully Larry will have the internet hooked up, can't wait!
Our trip home for Christmas was uneventful, with the exception of one wrong turn taking us through West Yellowstone, but the roads were fine and it was sure pretty! We had a wonderful Christmas with lots of turkey, family and friends and were back on the road Monday, January 7th. The trip back down was good, except for the ice fog that started at the Montana/Idaho border until we parked for the night in Blackfoot Idaho. After a quick stop for groceries in Parker, AZ, we arrived at our new winter home, Desert Gold RV Park in Brenda AZ on Thursday, the 10th of January, got the motorhome out of storage and onto our site by 4:30 that afternoon.
We've only been here a week and it's been pretty cold here so far, so we're not doing a whole lot, haven't been able to get the Internet set up yet, so there are lots of walks over to the library. Monday afternoon I went to beading class, Wednesday evening was a Bluegrass concert with Monroe Crossing. Awesome show, I do like Bluegrass! Thursday the weather started to warm up a bit, just in time for the craft sale here in the park, then we did a quick trip into Quartszite for some supplies for my beading class this Monday. Today a trip into Blythe California, laundry, and a quiet evening sitting outside, as the weather is finally warming up! Next week I'll be able to start up all the craft classes I've been missing out on, and hopefully Larry will have the internet hooked up, can't wait!
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