Pilot Knob

December 3, 2013

We had a great Thanksgiving dinner with Jake and Nancy. The guys watched the football game (Packers). The weather was beautiful
Friday night some guy came in the park late couldn't make the corner and backed into our pickup thank goodness he wasn'gt going fast..marked the back fender, taillight and bumper, he started to pull away and back up again, oh yes.... he touched us again.
Monday we moved to the Yuma area and will spend 2 weeks here... then go back to Palm Springs for Christmas. At that time we will spend 10 days in Palm Springs.

So we are hoping everyone has a wonderful MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Motorhome Decorations front window

Scratch on back fender $1300. Merry Christmas

Palm Springs

Palm Springs Street Fair

We went with Jake and Nancy to the street fair in Palm Springs, had pizza at Bill's Pizza before going to the street fair and to see Marilyn Monroe..She was spending some time in Palm Springs Marilyn will be moving to a different location soon. Walked the street fair listened to the music, saw all the goodies, jewelry, clothing, breads, candles, cookies, and produce. It was a little cool but we made it.

the stars on the street lights

Sunset at the RV Park

My BOSS relaxing at RV Site

Marilyn Monroe   40ft. Statue

Street Fair at Palm Springs

Yuma, Az.

Nov. 14, 2013
We are in Yuma , AZ. went for a ride today started at the Peanut patch made my own peanut butter.. we had an ice cream cone then went out to Bard....imperial Date Gardens. Jack and Sharyl has been with us for 2 1/2 Weeks traveling from Parker to Yuma ..staying at Pilot Knob...we have been on the go almost everyday. Three days in Mex., 2 days at the swap meet on 4E in Yuma out to breakfast at Penny's Diner, dinner at the a Chinese Buffet, fish tacos in Mexico. Went to the Orange Grove to see if we could pick some tangelos...nobody home...Jay and I went golfing Yesterday. .. of course the big guy won, it was 88 degrees out there. Today it was a mere 90 degrees. We have been bike riding every day at least a mile a day. Jay does his 4 miles a day.  He's in a different category than we are. Every night after dinner we play cards til 10 or 11 PM..sometimes the girls win and sometimes we let the guys win. It has been a lot of fun and very busy... They are leaving tomorrow for Tucson and Tuesday we are leaving for Palm Springs for 2 weeks. We saw a crew thinning lettuce fields in Bard.

Peanut Patch Sign in Yuma

The 3 amigos after the Ice Cream cone

The Date Grove in Bard

Date Grove

The crew thinning the lettuce crop

Donkeys

Oct. 30, 2013

We will be leaving Emerald Cove, Parker, Az. tomorrow.  Last night about 4 PM we went for a ride with Sharyl to see the donkeys.  Jack and Sharyl will be spending a couple of weeks with us.... So we decided they needed some excitement.....These donkeys rule the roost in this area.  We have never seen such a big herd. These are a few pictures we took last night.


Isn't he cute



These are my Kids>>>>>



It my nose clean?????????



I can't see youuuuuu

CRA...Parker, Az.

Oct.26, 2013
We had a great time at our niece and her husbands home, but you have to leave sometime.
Dawnett and I went shopping one day, found Sketchers Warehouse, purchased 2 pair of shoes....bright shoes...not white, then lunch at Cheesecake Rest. it was so good. We shared a sandwich and then shared a piece of cheesecake ( Carmel, pecans and chocolate cheesecake......YUM YUM.....Then we had to come home and fix dinner for Jay neither one of us to stand to look at food.
Tue. we met with one of Jays classmates....Kay and Bob Moore had lunch and visited. We really enjoy them had a great lunch at Oregano's in Tucson.
Thurs. We headed for Parker, AZ. at Emerald Cove will be here for 10 days. then into Yuma for 3 weeks.
Yesterday we went to Quartzsite....there is nothing happening over there. The RV Parks are still empty and there was only 3 rigs in the desert on this side of QSite.  When we got home I went for a bike ride around the park and this is the campers at the other end.
Today, Saturday we will go to Lapaz County Park to see if the produce man has arrived.
Weather has been in the high 90's.   Have a good day....we are....

Aren't they cute
 

Hey....wait for me!!!!!!!!
 

Reber RV Resort

Oct. 15, 2013

Heading out again, we are now at the Reber R V Resort in Marana. We have 50 AMP, prime site next to pool and main activity center. The weather is beautiful. On the way we took some pictures of the Cotton Fields, some in bloom and some before the cotton appears. We will be here for a week.

Cotton Bush with glare from window

Cotton Field before harvest

cotton field

Our site at the Reber RV Resort

Drive getting into the RV Resort

Sunset

Oct. 7,2013

We came off the mountain today going to Tucson to have the Heat Pumps fixed at Premier RV Repair. They took us right in and replaced a Circuit Board for the control panel and a fuse for the leveling system. On the way back to Casa Grande we saw this Awesome sunset it looks like the area is on fire. We are in Casa Grande RV Resort formerly Desert Shadows.

Coming back to the desert look

starting of a sunset

sunset

It is soooooooooo Orange

Looks like a fire...just a sunset

Rim Lake Rd.

Oct. 6, 2013

Went for a ride today to see the Rim and a campground where the kids went camping. The weather is really nice today, high 50's and low 60's. Went to dinner tonight at Little Red Onion Cafe. Sure was good. Will be leaving this morning at 8 AM for Tucson

The Rim for the view

Ledge we were standing on

Look at the Horizon behind us

The main highway below

This is the RIM

Campsite, Canyon Point

Oct. 5, 2013

This morning at 6AM, Gary and I went for a ride looking for Elk down in the area he has hunted over here.  The rest of the group wanted to stay in bed..it was only 30 degree. We saw a lot of camps but no Elk. Came back to camp had breakfast...Jason and Cindy headed back to Phoenix then the rest of us went for a ride. We checked out the Black Canyon Lake area saw some deer and the burn they had in 2002. It sure covered a big area...lots of  Acres. It was cold all day with the wind blowing.... they guys fixed our steaks and baked potatoes over the open fire that Dawnett and I built.....right guys...we ate inside tonight everyone was about to freeze. It was so cold this morning that the water in the dishpan froze.

Deer we saw on the ride

The camp group

Our site

Indian Paint Brush

Canyon Point

Oct. 4,2013

We are all set up and its sure cold at night and early morning.. 5AM 30 degree....last night it was windy and cold, sat around the fire and watched everybody come into the park. They are here for the Elk Bulging or checking out a hunting spot for the end of the month. Had a fire all day. Garys folks and his aunt and uncle from Wisconsin drove up for the day. Was good to see them again. Then the six of us decided to play cards.  Boys against the winners Dawnett brought along a "can of Whoop Ass" and Yes, Thank you very much we won. Enough of that so we headed out for the woods Gary was going to call in the Elk , so here we are out tippy toeing in the brush...I know they could hear us for miles..whispering, giggling and walking on dry brush.......shhhhhhhhhh be quiet...Yea like 3 women are going to be quiet..did you bring your chap- stick Ethel ...,my lips are sooooo dry.
No elk but we got away from camp , back to camp for dinner...Jason and Cindy cooked for us and it was soooooooooooooooooo good. Finished at 8PM and it was so cold you couldn't get away from the fire.

These are the yellow flowers on the pass

Gary and Jason..do you see anything?

Look over here....made you look !!!

White Mountains...Canyon Point CG

Oct. 3, 2013

We pulled out of Cottonwood, AZ. Camp Verde heading for the White Mountains going thru Strawberry, Pine and into Payson. The drive over the pass was beautiful. We have never been in this area, it looks just like Eastern Oregon with trees, Hills and deer. When we got up on top the meadow was covered with yellow flowers it reminded us of buttercups they were everywhere. Lots of Elks signs (Yellow) but that was the extent of the big guys. We traveled 97 miles today. The weather was beautiful. Strawberry is a little community of  summer cabins and retired people very clean town. So we just rolled on thru and into the little town of Pine it is even smaller than Strawberry went around the bend down the hill and into Payson which is quite a bit bigger we are going to meet Gary and Dawnett here we arrived before they did was to be waiting in the Safeway parking lot but the circus came to town they beat us  so we parked across the street. Payson is a very busy town its at the start of the mountains for all of us that want to go camping in the White Mountains there was RV's going every direction. We followed Gary up to the campgrounds. Dawnett told me about this beautiful home that sets in the meadow so I tried to take a picture of it going 60 miles an hour well, guess what I got the tree instead don't you think its pretty. Its the mating season for the Elk so we are hoping to hear some bugling and a sighting of the big guys.
The weather is cool up here it was 76 and windy today and this evening, the guys built a fire cooked the hamburgers over the coals we ate in the dark just like you suppose to do when  roughing it.  Oct. 4 it is 36 degrees at 5AM. So Good Morning to all of you.

Yellow flowers up on top

 

Hillside coming over the pass

House behind the trees that sets in the meadow

Plateau coming over the pass

Sedona, Az. and Montezuma Well

Sept. 24,2013
Today, we decided to go see Sedona, its a AZ. town that sets in the Red Rocks,Walked the streets checked out the stores sat down for a cup of coffee and watched people, which there was lots of then decided to go see the Church on the hill called "Chapel of the Holy Cross", it is quaint from the church you could see this beautiful home, it is absolutely gorgeous then we drove to the Montezuma Well,it contains 15 million gallons of water, every day it is supplied with 1.5 million gallons of water, its fed through a long narrow cave in the southeast rim and reappear on the other side of the outlet. There was a dwelling down by the well, you can still see the door way and part of the wall. Walking down the path Jay found a cactus that is "heart shaped". It was a long day so we headed home.

Sedona/ Red Rock in background

Side view of the Church

Front of the Church

Montezuma Well

Red Rock formation



Jay ..... My Tour Guide

Heart Shape

For some reason I can't get the pictures lined up like I want....so sorry for the  mess........