tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38475385402495875752024-03-18T22:06:19.266-07:00Celebrating the Dance Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.comBlogger776125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-65741037550070556002024-03-17T19:30:00.000-07:002024-03-17T19:30:23.752-07:00Quartzsite 2024<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Every year I seem to take several pictures of things that catch my eye as we drive in and out of Quartzsite and LaPosa South LTVA. Even though we do not always stay there we do buy the 2 week pass, a couple of times during the season, to be able to use the dump station with our blue boy, get rid of our garbage, and fill up our fresh water bladder. Most years I keep putting them in a album then we leave and I have not done anything with them and they eventually get deleted. This year I have decided to share a few of them in this post.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaM-51LKJMqzs8NywgwaMl8Gl1sBrWTPPH0FCKQLOlW7oaJqQVJouR54WjjvJPdzsuNmnSRBFDRvrbbHV2hrzyStY-hypsZVvRm8d1vF5J8nqJYmcM4WvGYfvXLFZ4P83LOmRD-ydW8X8ODiMQOsGRrx43f4BLrElAITjBNdSBXqi7CeJKdIdy29t5AGUL/s2982/20240115_111449.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2115" data-original-width="2982" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaM-51LKJMqzs8NywgwaMl8Gl1sBrWTPPH0FCKQLOlW7oaJqQVJouR54WjjvJPdzsuNmnSRBFDRvrbbHV2hrzyStY-hypsZVvRm8d1vF5J8nqJYmcM4WvGYfvXLFZ4P83LOmRD-ydW8X8ODiMQOsGRrx43f4BLrElAITjBNdSBXqi7CeJKdIdy29t5AGUL/w400-h284/20240115_111449.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlPwxkhn9w_PTTw-wyRm0NIzYNV_BF0rgF5kn0kTZd1OURstOXkeDgHK38YfA-DyE4d-McMV7v1rUn_Y4VYjQLoEvybQVj6wtIUi6ucpP1fxxsiEZ6m94KK1zcIBHQNW2cKzNUkdqsamJiI1dNWwDXUiCnSkEOnOhhN4fPajP9BGE1ORx0LSytmXaiAYy/s1804/20240130_171653.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="1804" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlPwxkhn9w_PTTw-wyRm0NIzYNV_BF0rgF5kn0kTZd1OURstOXkeDgHK38YfA-DyE4d-McMV7v1rUn_Y4VYjQLoEvybQVj6wtIUi6ucpP1fxxsiEZ6m94KK1zcIBHQNW2cKzNUkdqsamJiI1dNWwDXUiCnSkEOnOhhN4fPajP9BGE1ORx0LSytmXaiAYy/w400-h271/20240130_171653.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Where Quartzsite is now located, was from 1863 to the 1880s the site of a waterhole and later a stage station, called Tyson's Wells, along the La Paz - Wikenburg Road on Tyson Wash, in what was then Yuma County, in the newly created Arizona Territory. It was about 20 miles from the Colorado River steamboat landing of La Paz and 25 miles from the landing of Erhenburg from 1866. The next stop was 25 miles to the east at Desert Station.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>In the valley around Tyson’s Wells, individual prospectors successfully worked various places during the Colorado River Gold Rush of the 1860s up until the 1950s. While some large-scale operations in the early 20th century faced failures, the area remained significant for gold seekers. </i>(When you ride into the desert near the mountains you can see where there are still mines being worked.)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Today Quartzsite as of the 2020 census, had a population of 2,413 residents. During the winter months that population expands into the millions. It is a popular destination for snowbirds, just like us looking for a place to enjoy a warmer climate then the winters we lived through throughout our pre-retirement days. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Dome Rock Mountains overlook the town to the west. Granite Mountain and Oldman Mountain add to the scenic beauty. Nearby going south is the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and north the Plomosa Mountains. </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">It is surrounded by BLM land (Bureau of Land Management) and is approximately 17 miles from the southern California border and 100 miles from Mexico.</span><div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The town is famous for its gem and mineral shows, along with the Quartzsite Sports, Vacation, & RV Show which draw over a million visitors annually.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I am going to end this by saying we do enjoy spending time there. It is quiet at times and a madhouse of people and vehicles at other times. We find our spot tucked in on BLM land either alone our with friends and thoroughly enjoy our time. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The following are some of those random pictures that caught my eye.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWIdgff7iBsAAtP5OR_J64f46xw9AhdU-8uJ8U7n1EgT4MRy2m7-Se1agVApyXbcUWJF8eEJr32GELe02n02QZNa2TsZzdZt8UFlwBWhoWp0EqnYAIOJ7XUyMpPal6BqDxDn6hmzM4W1C9Gk9dwPdw50ObnlXfkkoRo_fzmzZs43y6kwCgi0hKWftFnb_/s6000/DSC_0780.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWIdgff7iBsAAtP5OR_J64f46xw9AhdU-8uJ8U7n1EgT4MRy2m7-Se1agVApyXbcUWJF8eEJr32GELe02n02QZNa2TsZzdZt8UFlwBWhoWp0EqnYAIOJ7XUyMpPal6BqDxDn6hmzM4W1C9Gk9dwPdw50ObnlXfkkoRo_fzmzZs43y6kwCgi0hKWftFnb_/w400-h266/DSC_0780.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading west on Main Street.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0e7YGZsEsmMnAMXwSwEs5QHO8TCh53GCGQ9lE6AiUKvtdtwNlUgMbKsaLYzcGV7J1EAx_Bl76tn5vv-N0rsfU0Ml7-AGF9seHBMi2Pws97HQMTpQ7oAVTuDH-ITiNanMbCgNlXVHPRL1r-_29SMJA-rZFVnKdzUOBf7u82SMnklw-TFD77w4b4T4PKa2/s2815/20240128_110041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1898" data-original-width="2815" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0e7YGZsEsmMnAMXwSwEs5QHO8TCh53GCGQ9lE6AiUKvtdtwNlUgMbKsaLYzcGV7J1EAx_Bl76tn5vv-N0rsfU0Ml7-AGF9seHBMi2Pws97HQMTpQ7oAVTuDH-ITiNanMbCgNlXVHPRL1r-_29SMJA-rZFVnKdzUOBf7u82SMnklw-TFD77w4b4T4PKa2/w400-h270/20240128_110041.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "Big Tent" </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6T-yirHkVlH2WczXJieNSfIKhVXWulcKTCqUZjyVIXP4S_UlnzYsYIcZwXfJNeh5buIm_qgnzr3SsToRUYH12nSTRVbA7CoWGQeylH_XRf_iwRTMw-qsW0rmjicIrITMcKaHsYHLrXpquoe5UTFAOf2Irk5VNg8UmJvVTPQIdJAPj0kFslnKpeF2alVOs/s2880/20240315_233247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6T-yirHkVlH2WczXJieNSfIKhVXWulcKTCqUZjyVIXP4S_UlnzYsYIcZwXfJNeh5buIm_qgnzr3SsToRUYH12nSTRVbA7CoWGQeylH_XRf_iwRTMw-qsW0rmjicIrITMcKaHsYHLrXpquoe5UTFAOf2Irk5VNg8UmJvVTPQIdJAPj0kFslnKpeF2alVOs/w400-h400/20240315_233247.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a few of the many RV's for sale during the show.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpJZqBpSKDsIcGQOH8zHbAc4Vi9gUYGxyEi4UpfmO_87Jy6a4umJ-ZpeZQUaZOgCs6c8eDLZRq25uR07QvRS_0u_0luI4L-5T23KQWD6UouVxtD1_-t5IW6Eyg75FZ_87sI8ZE9OHRbMp6D6cqtdsvqChgGxGsQlFZAnFOJyDOR74Z124gEshv3UnO0fI/s2764/20240131_114714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1855" data-original-width="2764" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpJZqBpSKDsIcGQOH8zHbAc4Vi9gUYGxyEi4UpfmO_87Jy6a4umJ-ZpeZQUaZOgCs6c8eDLZRq25uR07QvRS_0u_0luI4L-5T23KQWD6UouVxtD1_-t5IW6Eyg75FZ_87sI8ZE9OHRbMp6D6cqtdsvqChgGxGsQlFZAnFOJyDOR74Z124gEshv3UnO0fI/w400-h269/20240131_114714.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little guy stands at the main entrance road into the show.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZOwx7dHvrOJSjHytYFBHZDjhO5K5xlj-1xnWttYNamVyzV5t0n4cPVPeOYo9QGcgL_qvGDBg88CSG28UgUrrjZYijw7K5N2OzWETTa2xx77d_yLyIm3smI2J0b1Jb2WKf9sZZIbJ-4w-U4gjdroGAsVw8BhnJJLWcj2nTmSfTJK0f0GgqJB_hMbexExG/s2880/20240309_231317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZOwx7dHvrOJSjHytYFBHZDjhO5K5xlj-1xnWttYNamVyzV5t0n4cPVPeOYo9QGcgL_qvGDBg88CSG28UgUrrjZYijw7K5N2OzWETTa2xx77d_yLyIm3smI2J0b1Jb2WKf9sZZIbJ-4w-U4gjdroGAsVw8BhnJJLWcj2nTmSfTJK0f0GgqJB_hMbexExG/w400-h400/20240309_231317.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the stores in Quartzsite.<br />Top right is Gem world I have been known to spend a few dollars.<br />Middle right Coyote Fresh Foods in my opinion they have an<br />excellent meat counter and some pretty good bake goods.<br />Bottom Right looking out at I-10 from the bridge on US-95.<br />The semis going east and west are a constant reminder of all<br /> the things they move for us every day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHh0f9dTSDXcKQES-iNFEURRyfA2nx_4JmekMWSd1j3GCQi9brFurgl1antMpltv3QjooyNR1EPpWxL8GIQQ8oHKL9UIH0Os-y-xz-oF9YFMc7FgE7m6PphAHLMYABfLD0cIqWTtRIwoNH8qOGa7AD6sqepNdHvrDTat5Aa73RTCCNC4HxN-XPLLGp_im/s2880/20240315_232511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHh0f9dTSDXcKQES-iNFEURRyfA2nx_4JmekMWSd1j3GCQi9brFurgl1antMpltv3QjooyNR1EPpWxL8GIQQ8oHKL9UIH0Os-y-xz-oF9YFMc7FgE7m6PphAHLMYABfLD0cIqWTtRIwoNH8qOGa7AD6sqepNdHvrDTat5Aa73RTCCNC4HxN-XPLLGp_im/w400-h400/20240315_232511.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, they even have a Yacht Club.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0sj1koV8CTNrAXytVTw2IU8MF71kB9hFZoPPjmOpXpbJt84-tCshcfaWVbVithkC-0foC8bUPT9HfsLvRAaiwQrNK48CkpdLehhAzuWWarVe6gELBnFWUnJvORWg4Opp0gyq76vry1jc3c28wc5hJ67YL68y-1BejriBMN9LkUJe5Kx14Hc8pJg15Haa/s2880/20240315_224846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0sj1koV8CTNrAXytVTw2IU8MF71kB9hFZoPPjmOpXpbJt84-tCshcfaWVbVithkC-0foC8bUPT9HfsLvRAaiwQrNK48CkpdLehhAzuWWarVe6gELBnFWUnJvORWg4Opp0gyq76vry1jc3c28wc5hJ67YL68y-1BejriBMN9LkUJe5Kx14Hc8pJg15Haa/w400-h400/20240315_224846.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There were camel rides for a short time.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2xLh9AfSYWs9AH7dhHLasB8GRKHhb_2JlbgqpjjR4EJ4VxWss9tDTug9zXqSPoTbLJsH8idTZIKhU8OuZIMdYRO4KJW1-Y3Iy2ymPAnXJ-7QCVqGsM3IB0VZq80tdIqwsZnfkfXOhWSjiSLbpl_89EOGWhgah0ST0GMiT33Yucda95Jnue8ErrpDorXH/s2880/20240315_225453.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij2xLh9AfSYWs9AH7dhHLasB8GRKHhb_2JlbgqpjjR4EJ4VxWss9tDTug9zXqSPoTbLJsH8idTZIKhU8OuZIMdYRO4KJW1-Y3Iy2ymPAnXJ-7QCVqGsM3IB0VZq80tdIqwsZnfkfXOhWSjiSLbpl_89EOGWhgah0ST0GMiT33Yucda95Jnue8ErrpDorXH/w400-h400/20240315_225453.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where we live there are some big fish in front of businesses.<br />We have seen cities with moose and buffalo.<br />Here in Quartzsite they have camels.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAbBX39KNmrJSef9GleGVm5P_W9zEwuOIeHJ4Dru_BO3vo7fMoaKzZYiAggOFi-Wmw0BqzPVQzWLTyoVMMrKAo3Una8lck3NyAa5cAzSZAOwo0WCduBMKT-h6XC8NDH1NXy_EEXwz_xVNNC7LAbCjSecNYMjObTX5fZfZudDvAjMDjV2IgkQnzKzuwI4q/s2880/20240315_230616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAbBX39KNmrJSef9GleGVm5P_W9zEwuOIeHJ4Dru_BO3vo7fMoaKzZYiAggOFi-Wmw0BqzPVQzWLTyoVMMrKAo3Una8lck3NyAa5cAzSZAOwo0WCduBMKT-h6XC8NDH1NXy_EEXwz_xVNNC7LAbCjSecNYMjObTX5fZfZudDvAjMDjV2IgkQnzKzuwI4q/w400-h400/20240315_230616.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top left I thought I had gotten a picture of all the traffic on Kuehn<br />Street but I also got some shoppers.<br />Top Right I was actually behind this guy.<br />We were both turning right on to Main Street.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCx2YfmAEfn8SBkuiEDxalPE3zLWePVrrJNMNNWvIEXyhTGLlRhDCaTDZAIP8g7zU8HF8xRzVdT0IA232Q-nE6Yfal1yIVj8LpS3mu3mqki1cy7F6ZEeXoglhM0jqudL0RGfwkJLJ0sKcaEYKR8B6sFdmZ-DTh1fS5i3hAxIvTsIwjJ1rqKw6b7MM_-6zz/s2880/20240315_230745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCx2YfmAEfn8SBkuiEDxalPE3zLWePVrrJNMNNWvIEXyhTGLlRhDCaTDZAIP8g7zU8HF8xRzVdT0IA232Q-nE6Yfal1yIVj8LpS3mu3mqki1cy7F6ZEeXoglhM0jqudL0RGfwkJLJ0sKcaEYKR8B6sFdmZ-DTh1fS5i3hAxIvTsIwjJ1rqKw6b7MM_-6zz/w400-h400/20240315_230745.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I believe this is the Hagely General Store Ruins.<br />The last rammed-earth building built in Quartzsite.<br />It was built by Anthony Hagely in 1893</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Hagely General Store Ruins. These remnants, dating back to the 1890s, stand as a testament to the town’s history. The Hagely store was once a bustling hub for trading goods and sharing news, and its weathered walls now evoke a sense of nostalgia and survival. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For the ten years we have been coming here we often questioned what kept this place from totally collapsing there were some boards holding it up but it was totally open to the weather.</span><i style="font-size: large;"> </i><span style="font-size: large;">When we came back in January this year and went by this structure had been built over it. They are trying to preserve it. It is an important part of the history of this town and how wonderful to see this.</span><i style="font-size: large;"> </i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCSLiVBlzXmKf468XZnGsll_bhPKuYsLIjLyzYySBguF3hTJVEMYROGnatmZwY3xFTQ54uqL1UTTc2YAx0Oo6uswXaOG3pTqhvx5zAqmqI337oF4RFrWK8UktSJFkCQZcpQk4Tyy_H0McGBN3GkKXZ2hjqmGU0Xn-lfWd0gPKn01lvJqyiuXRqWNYmZBK/s5641/DSC_0914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3761" data-original-width="5641" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCSLiVBlzXmKf468XZnGsll_bhPKuYsLIjLyzYySBguF3hTJVEMYROGnatmZwY3xFTQ54uqL1UTTc2YAx0Oo6uswXaOG3pTqhvx5zAqmqI337oF4RFrWK8UktSJFkCQZcpQk4Tyy_H0McGBN3GkKXZ2hjqmGU0Xn-lfWd0gPKn01lvJqyiuXRqWNYmZBK/w400-h266/DSC_0914.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cvKAFt2GIgKjKFTwrWgIDbckBp6SYGHiidBKqzl8muiTj3CIRJBCEiFDqAdWDgVpG66zsEr2L3otxzPiUM9FTk0bnmK1E4lg4j0YMa-iBrN9o-QU9eNeCk-hJAsSKX5Vjn6C11OTGf5ddPd-OPoN_8nadRv4yAIFpTRqjlIpUxfFBvdLu3G7OowEjAkv/s4513/DSC_0923.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4513" data-original-width="3646" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cvKAFt2GIgKjKFTwrWgIDbckBp6SYGHiidBKqzl8muiTj3CIRJBCEiFDqAdWDgVpG66zsEr2L3otxzPiUM9FTk0bnmK1E4lg4j0YMa-iBrN9o-QU9eNeCk-hJAsSKX5Vjn6C11OTGf5ddPd-OPoN_8nadRv4yAIFpTRqjlIpUxfFBvdLu3G7OowEjAkv/w324-h400/DSC_0923.JPG" width="324" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ocotillo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf1WhH62LYJqOwNHOTTMAP0vUqYO9xqlaBynkc2-daKCjk5zzTaIP9ysVRX7Dcot46oeTyxOoZRs31yd5GFEcYpXz9-WhUi946ADMIrMPAzJoG4GjnWV0I4jWKeQ_C2SvDcIZ6VxSVXmebaDCO2Tvd77ykB1iJMcxAPOOOQaz7wYCLwyB5ORot-awZVfE/s5813/DSC_0924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3875" data-original-width="5813" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEf1WhH62LYJqOwNHOTTMAP0vUqYO9xqlaBynkc2-daKCjk5zzTaIP9ysVRX7Dcot46oeTyxOoZRs31yd5GFEcYpXz9-WhUi946ADMIrMPAzJoG4GjnWV0I4jWKeQ_C2SvDcIZ6VxSVXmebaDCO2Tvd77ykB1iJMcxAPOOOQaz7wYCLwyB5ORot-awZVfE/w400-h266/DSC_0924.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I take a lot of pictures of the Saguaros all beautiful. This one<br />looked like it was waving at me.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW25maJtVtADwqGwISrf2sodOrbKzMh3YPBFT5QoBhCr1Kv3a9m9b3epDNFXB7N2f3B3MqACEqjcxtzThn8fDfXJ5lWO9zVH0sS6wEgISTaq1gYGo892Qi6CTuyZJvWxtAmGdpKOIdhh9dliS6pgW7nE733M-VnRMZfXEsbIClvTvTtZjBY4W22ywfOqAl/s4032/20240131_115656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW25maJtVtADwqGwISrf2sodOrbKzMh3YPBFT5QoBhCr1Kv3a9m9b3epDNFXB7N2f3B3MqACEqjcxtzThn8fDfXJ5lWO9zVH0sS6wEgISTaq1gYGo892Qi6CTuyZJvWxtAmGdpKOIdhh9dliS6pgW7nE733M-VnRMZfXEsbIClvTvTtZjBY4W22ywfOqAl/w300-h400/20240131_115656.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpIyIhiJzKv0ggQjeLMdOV_SWypIQdVH1YZ3sTaevxzeWBNBjghDIiEdHGLG8eKEo-TkeN3L2ttYFZsbg4X0Q-hitNZaDp8IIsKuRyiA0ZOdyouZGimk2owtsWiNvc5-yuPDW1rvRdBOr1zHTUjDg7-InKkXiIwyvovILh6hbrKQD-F0HRF4nIBX9guyZ/s2933/20240130_122056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="2933" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpIyIhiJzKv0ggQjeLMdOV_SWypIQdVH1YZ3sTaevxzeWBNBjghDIiEdHGLG8eKEo-TkeN3L2ttYFZsbg4X0Q-hitNZaDp8IIsKuRyiA0ZOdyouZGimk2owtsWiNvc5-yuPDW1rvRdBOr1zHTUjDg7-InKkXiIwyvovILh6hbrKQD-F0HRF4nIBX9guyZ/w400-h294/20240130_122056.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This one looked like a little munchkin to me.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAZ4vgxDV7np6MpDlf-zojTAHwVh6em9tJ0kDhv1qZh2qzGPy5nqIup3M29EI8LimWRKvGH7S90z6xlzia8Agm5YXfRUEz1qDjNyX5H1mKgj_ACnp3xzKbKlfArkiQa5YNdnK9k9NOwTx0PSZIeDZunDk4pJVcsxqKyvOVqmyHxP77BydplpfF_l7UAtK/w400-h300/20240131_115037.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driving into LaPosa South LTVA</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcmKnmqwpmCJIob74PGFPq1cFcXpgDoODxsBFOY3GpPYFawdkMlcNvNlW2ydW7QT2NqtfKCogPehFj_z_6N5Z25MbDlVBb4xywG6Egu2FyynVoU8fhuJ4Rus1FpbarGQRAdn21rKS26iG8_sgj8f8lkm9f-pcBeq6l5vszsOUVQ7D_KIJ8SZTNBI7EX-F/s2880/20240315_223101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcmKnmqwpmCJIob74PGFPq1cFcXpgDoODxsBFOY3GpPYFawdkMlcNvNlW2ydW7QT2NqtfKCogPehFj_z_6N5Z25MbDlVBb4xywG6Egu2FyynVoU8fhuJ4Rus1FpbarGQRAdn21rKS26iG8_sgj8f8lkm9f-pcBeq6l5vszsOUVQ7D_KIJ8SZTNBI7EX-F/w400-h400/20240315_223101.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While Tom was emptying our black tank and filling our freshwater<br />tank I took a ride around LaPosa South. Someone put this together<br />not far behind the water stations. Interesting I did not take a picture<br />of their RV parked inside the circle.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the first things I noticed back in 2015, the first time we landed out here, was how many different kinds of rigs, not brands though there are an overwhelming number of those, but all the different types of "homes" people live this lifestyle in. I guess would be a better way to put it. When we are in Quartzsite we see people living in cars and million dollar rigs and everything in-between. Tents, cars, vans, travel trailers small and large, truck campers, cargo trailers, homemade campers, pop-ups, 5th wheels, Class C's, Class B's, and Class A's. We see rigs specifically for off roading and we have seen people living in boats. A couple of years ago we saw a fire engine someone had converted into and RV and we saw one guy living in what looked like a large wooden box. There are a lot of school buses big and small, plus city buses, and buses that would have traveled across the country converted into homes on wheels. Panel trucks, ambulances and the list goes on. Sometimes you see a rig and you wonder how it is making it down the road in one piece and then you see one you know just came off the "showroom floor". We see young people with families and older adults, even older then us, and every age in between. The list could go on and on but I will stop here. Well maybe one more observation. What we have found is there is a friendliness that hardly ever existed when we lived in sticks and bricks along with a willingness to help and get to know your neighbor even if it is just a short conversation while we are waiting for the fresh water tank to fill. Now I do know that is not always true and we had some nice neighbors in our last sticks and bricks and I am sure some of you did also. There are, of course, times to be cautious about who you come in contact with, always trusting your instincts, but for the most part it is a good life living among good people. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Below are some of the pictures I have taken of the different ways people live this lifestyle.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WKFstDbHWN-UdnLGAXOy4J7YXEG6xLYpTnACUAagLMREeCu3dINdr-Plvfq9E_j-uXWOOjbxOBGY1UBcArhyphenhyphenjapEpIRKAWJaW4f8oFsj5Oym8YYdKYY9_tzO9BSJddKO1_8FaqZMNMiQ8mQ1gPJ3SheqbUyVUFxzcSxVkqKItN8RJtequH7cCbJN9dmV/s2880/20240315_172524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WKFstDbHWN-UdnLGAXOy4J7YXEG6xLYpTnACUAagLMREeCu3dINdr-Plvfq9E_j-uXWOOjbxOBGY1UBcArhyphenhyphenjapEpIRKAWJaW4f8oFsj5Oym8YYdKYY9_tzO9BSJddKO1_8FaqZMNMiQ8mQ1gPJ3SheqbUyVUFxzcSxVkqKItN8RJtequH7cCbJN9dmV/w400-h400/20240315_172524.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><b>☘To All Our Irish Friends and Those Who Wish They Were,<br /></b></span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><b>We Hope You Enjoyed a Wonderful St. Patrick's Day!☘</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwNcBKCDv-hIyt6rGu0VP2PrQmveQ2sr8rnHPKVGpUwMJzztnWxDo0rble961gcuY93n7HQUXtqjZB6uKD5FoY5adTK3yZOAJp8PN7z_A3qccYtbe7SLLCYrgFZXvUrO8rjEj8XtUZpHTGjoPyuB3cx4U0i0CsLxlggtejofMZ1Xv8yUmebboqeUqmIfb/s705/R%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="564" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwNcBKCDv-hIyt6rGu0VP2PrQmveQ2sr8rnHPKVGpUwMJzztnWxDo0rble961gcuY93n7HQUXtqjZB6uKD5FoY5adTK3yZOAJp8PN7z_A3qccYtbe7SLLCYrgFZXvUrO8rjEj8XtUZpHTGjoPyuB3cx4U0i0CsLxlggtejofMZ1Xv8yUmebboqeUqmIfb/w320-h400/R%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are glad you stopped by!</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</span></b></div></b></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-33885725175996895992024-03-16T08:19:00.000-07:002024-03-16T08:19:16.521-07:00Filling in the Rest of Our Time at Roadrunner BLM in January 2024, Part 2<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Continuing:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Today the 23rd we decided to check out "The Big Tent". </b></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Every January something happens that is hard to believe, unless you have seen it! According to the Arizona Highway Department, as many as 750,000 to 1,000,000 people, mostly in RV’s, converge on this sleepy little desert town, located just 20 miles east of the California border on Interstate 10, for the rock, gem and mineral shows, plus numerous flea markets and the Quartzsite Sports, Vacation & RV Show. This phenomenon started over 40 years ago and is now billed as “The Largest Gathering Of RVer's in the World”...</i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhYiXACQ4DLqd7LkoXOMiQfuS3wZU0fnF-0GLq1Aep9Zp52cJucXd9v_gUTZwZUknBvUhMlHMaUrhiLfM3gsy5-NjaAuz1tTc-iyfILYykM7di9m1W3LkpjndIROtKhoSeypdAumlSbIVh4lrgW51eDiuB_3Mku4f86cagc31DkLsbzmFk_FWD3mK-TX0/s2880/20240315_004925.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVhYiXACQ4DLqd7LkoXOMiQfuS3wZU0fnF-0GLq1Aep9Zp52cJucXd9v_gUTZwZUknBvUhMlHMaUrhiLfM3gsy5-NjaAuz1tTc-iyfILYykM7di9m1W3LkpjndIROtKhoSeypdAumlSbIVh4lrgW51eDiuB_3Mku4f86cagc31DkLsbzmFk_FWD3mK-TX0/w400-h400/20240315_004925.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was midway through the show week when we attended<br />and the crowds have somewhat thinned.</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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The four of us, Deb, Riley, Tom, and I went to breakfast and did some catching up before heading back out to Roadrunner. A little later Doug, <a href="https://missadventuretravels.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Miss Adventures Travels</a> joined us. He drove over from Phoenix where he was stationary in the White Lion. Since then things have changed for him and he is now out boondocking. He tells his story within the pages of his blog. We were, also, joined by Nancy, Patsy, and Bill. It made for a nice circle of friends catching up and just enjoying each others company. The weather cooperated and we sat outside chatting a laughing. All to soon it was time for everyone to head home. The time always goes by to quickly when we get together.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZypsR39Dx2yzSrlsx_FoOmsa_sY5WRmjrqF-JvLK-ZRqyZ6qWzSFvHlwdwZVtfUpFfo2SfppkQbXLe5oXuHz6Yoew97nF1ulnE_g4SX8iXh5K-OzL_Qsz28uwmqyPra5emYbbk9BfG4jA7lRJgwJMB9F3TTfXiHFBUBzp_Ck2Ilf1JfEJo2vJxGRwPQZ/s2880/20240315_004257.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZypsR39Dx2yzSrlsx_FoOmsa_sY5WRmjrqF-JvLK-ZRqyZ6qWzSFvHlwdwZVtfUpFfo2SfppkQbXLe5oXuHz6Yoew97nF1ulnE_g4SX8iXh5K-OzL_Qsz28uwmqyPra5emYbbk9BfG4jA7lRJgwJMB9F3TTfXiHFBUBzp_Ck2Ilf1JfEJo2vJxGRwPQZ/w400-h400/20240315_004257.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sky as our day began.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFP6lhctKjdma6uuRSM7aQZZsDXmS_SGRa09heS-CY8LAiU2sCjpAts16JtfGjvAMfYWg7icppiFj4PQQMYQsFIi8S7sZV3MSpMxoFkYGDMycc-A7awTWwQyA2sTPlL3pp5HkfZ0AYkBgyvOZtQbE-6bAnRJCIa0-W2N25T17L05EVpQovSdCwlIHlQFF1/s2618/DSC_0829.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="2618" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFP6lhctKjdma6uuRSM7aQZZsDXmS_SGRa09heS-CY8LAiU2sCjpAts16JtfGjvAMfYWg7icppiFj4PQQMYQsFIi8S7sZV3MSpMxoFkYGDMycc-A7awTWwQyA2sTPlL3pp5HkfZ0AYkBgyvOZtQbE-6bAnRJCIa0-W2N25T17L05EVpQovSdCwlIHlQFF1/w400-h276/DSC_0829.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">A wonderful day visiting with friends ended but the memories last forever.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On the 26th Doug joined Tom and I for breakfast then we sat outside for a while and chatted with Kim, Ken, and Keith for a bit before it was time for him and Yuma to head back home to the White Lion.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEynBhXPVhAs8rgFaU533ZXO0fRYss5WCz37Vyj6bxD-ZPkUc-7KDbxGTHUaMPg9R0RkBi5A9pg7JdboH33y76jFDV33imkGib0DB2ESvXa15AQ2xSjv3UdM_jVv-N7YnueTHXOlkFniWBQ1vjaZre2t_Re7NIpD1iHoNBMwmSjjSXDoneIkKDcT275r2z/s4032/20240126_174938.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEynBhXPVhAs8rgFaU533ZXO0fRYss5WCz37Vyj6bxD-ZPkUc-7KDbxGTHUaMPg9R0RkBi5A9pg7JdboH33y76jFDV33imkGib0DB2ESvXa15AQ2xSjv3UdM_jVv-N7YnueTHXOlkFniWBQ1vjaZre2t_Re7NIpD1iHoNBMwmSjjSXDoneIkKDcT275r2z/w400-h300/20240126_174938.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun just slipped behind the Dome Rock Mountains.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">We always go and visit some of the venders on Kuehn Street and we usually visit all the ones on the southside but this year for the first time we decided to park and go up and down all the rows on the northside. Which is what we did on the 27th.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNupVstGaCZNMmcK3xksRkKo-_xBhcLpYAifB2JTZvMOnKyD3NB_laH2-ucUqKW0sNGL19jxy2EhNYwbqf5hZQIkFbhSWMW0onBPZ7BafFaGqg_OGQy19rJqk0rsokR3lxortD8cxpAXz4sVXB2mCs5y-WkhjMtNNw1URL6lIjipmZRXV_alxOP7rwsWgk/s2880/20240315_010607.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNupVstGaCZNMmcK3xksRkKo-_xBhcLpYAifB2JTZvMOnKyD3NB_laH2-ucUqKW0sNGL19jxy2EhNYwbqf5hZQIkFbhSWMW0onBPZ7BafFaGqg_OGQy19rJqk0rsokR3lxortD8cxpAXz4sVXB2mCs5y-WkhjMtNNw1URL6lIjipmZRXV_alxOP7rwsWgk/w400-h400/20240315_010607.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bottom left that is Tom getting some ice cream.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLpU5l4O3sGFk5yR7r45DDQHUhUXyoDb4DhIOD-nPYCW2iFNuBi5eaKA_VZPm9-YCSQs3qeyQ9-xzu2e_tAYPzmV_jQtlkuudz6eWb0jaUDMdpJOVXd8jwB4Z4MJVpkZFIuxlPosGA97b-klOuaHlGBP-Y_thO2ayON6x13gzlfcWX2T0latDfrFuvp1v/s4032/20240127_181752.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLpU5l4O3sGFk5yR7r45DDQHUhUXyoDb4DhIOD-nPYCW2iFNuBi5eaKA_VZPm9-YCSQs3qeyQ9-xzu2e_tAYPzmV_jQtlkuudz6eWb0jaUDMdpJOVXd8jwB4Z4MJVpkZFIuxlPosGA97b-klOuaHlGBP-Y_thO2ayON6x13gzlfcWX2T0latDfrFuvp1v/w400-h300/20240127_181752.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beautiful Saguaro behind the Stinger "B" in<br />a lovely afterglow.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">On Sunday the 28th we were up and moving before the sun made an appearance. Mass is at 8:00AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Parker, AZ and we are making an effort to not be late. </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3504XHIyVaD4fbeydPTc-531Wh4uyb5sFlkf32RVkyBwHnruopqMZs4qTuQWNfwBMjZHGMNQtX3MkC1y_gvszYB1BwaMGvYHwD914Qu2pInavuJ1Uuos0-IrkN604WI2Mmqx8uomwJTKNmG4N_A88vD2G5LaCsfMwjgLndRMNO_ZsbREf5CZ48CtyAcG/s5331/DSC_0838.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3554" data-original-width="5331" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3504XHIyVaD4fbeydPTc-531Wh4uyb5sFlkf32RVkyBwHnruopqMZs4qTuQWNfwBMjZHGMNQtX3MkC1y_gvszYB1BwaMGvYHwD914Qu2pInavuJ1Uuos0-IrkN604WI2Mmqx8uomwJTKNmG4N_A88vD2G5LaCsfMwjgLndRMNO_ZsbREf5CZ48CtyAcG/w400-h266/DSC_0838.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk48FhUx5HgN9ngkga7yI2cCYBEN07PWCwMgDnOcMiwS6PEH3Nb4ruvGa8vjP6laDcNTlXKi4D3QjKnGRVOhWEN0Blf9BBoV7VBrDMjUY8OvShAEsMA3KfWevEnuL2tqC1YwM9PGd7ENeBqJaGHrApSWfc6icjGWgFd_oE2gO2wMrF-OWNAc4P8y0z_kOX/s6000/DSC_0873.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk48FhUx5HgN9ngkga7yI2cCYBEN07PWCwMgDnOcMiwS6PEH3Nb4ruvGa8vjP6laDcNTlXKi4D3QjKnGRVOhWEN0Blf9BBoV7VBrDMjUY8OvShAEsMA3KfWevEnuL2tqC1YwM9PGd7ENeBqJaGHrApSWfc6icjGWgFd_oE2gO2wMrF-OWNAc4P8y0z_kOX/w400-h266/DSC_0873.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parker is just ahead.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkuBeM9LwHwAhxTLBC1VvMrJGdXtyHpukCiwwwyKtC5ShQGMg4lH-RgHb3xufH28HisqmjCtrPICa__Ho1PrWcFwKMtvh5l9gJdfCpE5lGFfiUHB-9cz04l7dD8FoZKisDtfEE1CrieYPEfiJcujomQUZdwGEjCasW5TghT9eBRV73EzelfR7PKXv1V8x/s5683/DSC_0876.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrH5mov18i5aTMtZR0D9ypKSNqfWQL58YI1_WOL_iQStY7TbE7yas9vJRRsVt_85dzKK20MoLdIFr2gBgVyE4TL9awnWh96WflEtLJSSTA63CuLyDzrnGA0kMWLFZL8ajoMWmlTqqKzCm3_w66xFq0u5QxwrsIHZDJCZolAMhr3AjsBwJxhnBB2QlxqpPE/s4032/20240128_180313.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrH5mov18i5aTMtZR0D9ypKSNqfWQL58YI1_WOL_iQStY7TbE7yas9vJRRsVt_85dzKK20MoLdIFr2gBgVyE4TL9awnWh96WflEtLJSSTA63CuLyDzrnGA0kMWLFZL8ajoMWmlTqqKzCm3_w66xFq0u5QxwrsIHZDJCZolAMhr3AjsBwJxhnBB2QlxqpPE/w400-h300/20240128_180313.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The last of the sunlight touching the mountains to the east of us.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Since I did not take any pictures I am not sure of the date, but I think it was the 28th, that Melissa and Lyle drove over for a short visit and to meet Kim, Ken, and Keith. Plus, Nancy stopped out for a quick visit and to say, until next time, as she was heading out for Tucson the next day I believe. I remember the day itself ; we sat out of the wind, sort of, at the back of the Stinger "B" and had a nice few hours chatting. The one thing about getting behind like I so often do is remembering details. If I have pictures that helps because when you pull up the file information it gives you the date, time, and usually the place it was taken. Unfortunately, if I am having fun talking and laughing with people so many times taking a picture slips my mind. That was the case for this visit.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">On the 29th we had an invite for dinner along with Kim, Ken and Keith, though Keith declined, out at Melissa and Lyle's. They are parked in a lovely spot on the East Side of the Plomosa Mountains. I always enjoy the ride on Plomosa Road especially through the mountains. We headed out with Kim and Ken following in their car. Tom and I had a pretty good idea where they were but just to make sure we did not get lost when we got close Lyle met us to show us the way in. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75gMZOci2o9rNRNk24LfN4TM6p0PiG5rU2gpy19AXUrlUYk1R-GBWkCck7f-UYiHmNgL67_urj2Uobz8gZ4JjIWxykfOOWLbo1v1tCLBhFgh5W7QnPi6JBjfw08EEmKSEUEitzO6X_XFU1mQupPim-a0tJhhazSnnutAK8HjojeviOFq6sRgg4CSkEfod/s5847/DSC_0882.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi75gMZOci2o9rNRNk24LfN4TM6p0PiG5rU2gpy19AXUrlUYk1R-GBWkCck7f-UYiHmNgL67_urj2Uobz8gZ4JjIWxykfOOWLbo1v1tCLBhFgh5W7QnPi6JBjfw08EEmKSEUEitzO6X_XFU1mQupPim-a0tJhhazSnnutAK8HjojeviOFq6sRgg4CSkEfod/w400-h266/DSC_0882.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going by the "Big Tent" </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-R6gAgDty6pIr7bW9WbOUD-4TlB9p5xhfLlOxkb11WW2p6VKj_eqghaCXsDFhuUsPMAT8SvsxAqChCf1_VA2m6i79F1XTlwxcLek71inEnyErVOz4cMMR7IPpaOQv1ZGH261LA1xcy5A9NQ5_x8nYdcwbWGy-sVf7k7wHvqwFWb3f9ihin5mCxkkhXd7d/s2880/20240315_012633.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-R6gAgDty6pIr7bW9WbOUD-4TlB9p5xhfLlOxkb11WW2p6VKj_eqghaCXsDFhuUsPMAT8SvsxAqChCf1_VA2m6i79F1XTlwxcLek71inEnyErVOz4cMMR7IPpaOQv1ZGH261LA1xcy5A9NQ5_x8nYdcwbWGy-sVf7k7wHvqwFWb3f9ihin5mCxkkhXd7d/w400-h400/20240315_012633.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinner inside their lovely home.<br />Top picture: Ken, Tom, and Melissa<br />Bottom pictures: Kim and Lyle</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">After dinner we went outside and enjoyed a campfire. In no time a couple of hours had passed and it was time to head home. Lyle nicely led us back out to the road. Thank you guys for the delicious dinner and beautiful campfire.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluwxLNF42PLfvriuPLZK5G6muf7E6zplTijcd1KmbYoitb8v9_n6r-4iodyc2DODOnMTDnz_n5e3i3by-rz3fTItFKPqD3x_v-sSiuRyJAtcYnp5UJJfXN2FfUdkHtG07gIUeGveK6JYUk760g5YXilJIethE5mmwKmJy_Peu61IHt0cCqIRowHgWRkgR/s4319/DSC_0912.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3027" data-original-width="4319" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiluwxLNF42PLfvriuPLZK5G6muf7E6zplTijcd1KmbYoitb8v9_n6r-4iodyc2DODOnMTDnz_n5e3i3by-rz3fTItFKPqD3x_v-sSiuRyJAtcYnp5UJJfXN2FfUdkHtG07gIUeGveK6JYUk760g5YXilJIethE5mmwKmJy_Peu61IHt0cCqIRowHgWRkgR/w400-h280/DSC_0912.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When we arrived home I could see the moon over the<br />Kofa Mountains and managed to get this picture before<br />it slid behind the clouds.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">One of things I have forgot to mention as I have looked back and posted about this time is all the "see you down the road" that are said along with all the hugs that take place. We have made a lot of wonderful people as we travel enjoying this lifestyle and they all are special.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">So closed our time at Quartzsite for this year. I did a blog, <a href="https://tdcelebratingthedance.blogspot.com/2024/02/we-have-moved.html" target="_blank">here</a>, about our last day for this Adventure in this place.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_eYug910jCLfALMUuHE3zaN5ULAo8NGIhtthhykvbVzDT8e9SMqCzTr0QIFmMdV3-wegOxZb0rEyFK00b_NP6s7f7xCQTGRbYx8vIZl0AmoJRPelNXnjyq466b4XJsv3DptVHsokcn3VUEePlOT97lWGwqf1FZvGSOK75i2B0DeOzSAfPTTGO5T4fPSwR/s254/ytrew.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="254" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_eYug910jCLfALMUuHE3zaN5ULAo8NGIhtthhykvbVzDT8e9SMqCzTr0QIFmMdV3-wegOxZb0rEyFK00b_NP6s7f7xCQTGRbYx8vIZl0AmoJRPelNXnjyq466b4XJsv3DptVHsokcn3VUEePlOT97lWGwqf1FZvGSOK75i2B0DeOzSAfPTTGO5T4fPSwR/w400-h346/ytrew.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We are glad you stopped by!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</b></span></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-87781941626625466472024-03-15T08:26:00.000-07:002024-03-16T19:49:03.347-07:00 Happy Birthday to Our Daughter!!! Filling In the Rest of Our Time at Roadrunner BLM in January 2024, Part 1 (Two Beautiful Quilts)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><b>Happy Birthday Rachel!!!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFq4rd3TcT7p37pMQ79uX7Vn2Bm0mNeoGppNYbhteoOJXWMko9KaLeHOGT8fXuCdDSK9mr2fC_i0Oz_LAQ8wjBAbwh62VKsMfYTd8fDzLXQProqbSI-zRlKRoy8n35G9k6F6H8gR89dcsu_xsEn1W9tkJLNPeD-u4tWe9hw0G-Mju6cJOJbpxMDSJlzgnh/w400-h400/20240315_034502.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today our beautiful daughter is celebrating her Birthday!<br />Tom and I have 7 beautiful grandchildren and she is the mother of 3 of them.<br />We are proud of the woman you have become, Rachel,<br />and we love you forever and always!<br />xoxo xoxo</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We are presently In Gulfport, Mississippi.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Before I go any further forward with this blog I am going to take a step back to our time at Roadrunner at the dates below. This blog is for our memory book.<i> ( This is an FYI for myself: I wrote three blogs about the 19 days we were there on January 14th and 17th and February 7th.)</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>January 15th through January 29th 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My first picture is a Saguaro we have used as a marker as to where to turn when we park in this general area at the Roadrunner BLM. When we got here in November I was glad to see he was still standing but when we arrived back in January the first thing I noticed is he has fallen apart. Certainly the circle of life but still sad to see him gone.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeb4aKUAAaghlz4wHtha51zhR2stoWQCv_cZ8hYbjRNpUP0Q_OPR4U-W6BrpkM84Ky0sHp3S6q1i1fw_LZ5WszxYNtjEjKQVdyX9t84PnLTBfWnUbXfd1Je3oKwM_R9F0b-cEpVsdhLZrkfq3NRwCRpZk9RlM_-Mt51YPSSPO6V0Y99w_N6pf8VzY5sHl/s2880/20240205_235040.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeb4aKUAAaghlz4wHtha51zhR2stoWQCv_cZ8hYbjRNpUP0Q_OPR4U-W6BrpkM84Ky0sHp3S6q1i1fw_LZ5WszxYNtjEjKQVdyX9t84PnLTBfWnUbXfd1Je3oKwM_R9F0b-cEpVsdhLZrkfq3NRwCRpZk9RlM_-Mt51YPSSPO6V0Y99w_N6pf8VzY5sHl/w400-h400/20240205_235040.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was a good marker for our turn for several years.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><span style="font-size: medium;">On the 15th we took a ride over to Bouse where we had breakfast Bouse Booster Club with Melissa and Lyle. A short visit but fun</span>. <div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FaDkmLhrYVAsERYzKMZ9f3Nq-kHJpWrSlbyUU0z0a4IEJez5IR3CtmUXQeuRnUPDXIpWZMaTmLObGMI-12Viu7ZlU0p18orSEo6Q_H7Kioom0P5jJgPfznIMdfa6F5et9HCtpfpPcpCW2wSk9ypUbxzr1AX6fnYuAB_fWJ45n7U_Tr4ozsh7He6jqvTE/s5599/DSC_0624.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3733" data-original-width="5599" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FaDkmLhrYVAsERYzKMZ9f3Nq-kHJpWrSlbyUU0z0a4IEJez5IR3CtmUXQeuRnUPDXIpWZMaTmLObGMI-12Viu7ZlU0p18orSEo6Q_H7Kioom0P5jJgPfznIMdfa6F5et9HCtpfpPcpCW2wSk9ypUbxzr1AX6fnYuAB_fWJ45n7U_Tr4ozsh7He6jqvTE/w400-h266/DSC_0624.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coming out on the East side of the Plomosa Mountains.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On the 16th we jumped into the "Jeep with No Name" with Kim and Ken and headed over to the Crystal Hill Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. As I recall the only one who found a crystal, or was it two, was Kim. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOkkdSQNDwe961BqF0OmkkSvpL4p-g4apFr10VC4dK7rS7a1xDP5cxvq1UQRsmohvu81snqbq03fOD7EfBsiUejcUk2zsnDnxBVch2jaOzhWq3TMIH6mlDtzzc2JPfHT9oehcn07qI-UbZGtkeUMO963L96CevjiZIpnjCnVsfyQQoWzA5aFIESLUZhFG/s6000/DSC_0662.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOkkdSQNDwe961BqF0OmkkSvpL4p-g4apFr10VC4dK7rS7a1xDP5cxvq1UQRsmohvu81snqbq03fOD7EfBsiUejcUk2zsnDnxBVch2jaOzhWq3TMIH6mlDtzzc2JPfHT9oehcn07qI-UbZGtkeUMO963L96CevjiZIpnjCnVsfyQQoWzA5aFIESLUZhFG/w400-h266/DSC_0662.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNtgojwSOxGLL1abkvDgmSmA6usRXE8Rulkqr_XG0oLRWV3-ggvYZcpf8Q-OrbYS-k_xTZh4_xtuNn3dRmGg-mTrTGTNPhYIHBkJJbsnJxR5skRKidiFjUjivwYxSSVZgxINueVckd20ZbxnhAfssstkG13_xZUwOjboZu4zImK8lfsUREHNRaKTzt1WA/s2880/20240309_230555.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNtgojwSOxGLL1abkvDgmSmA6usRXE8Rulkqr_XG0oLRWV3-ggvYZcpf8Q-OrbYS-k_xTZh4_xtuNn3dRmGg-mTrTGTNPhYIHBkJJbsnJxR5skRKidiFjUjivwYxSSVZgxINueVckd20ZbxnhAfssstkG13_xZUwOjboZu4zImK8lfsUREHNRaKTzt1WA/w400-h400/20240309_230555.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out site and on the right in the top photo and middle one our<br />neighbors. They called themselves "The Beavers" a Motorhome<br />that several of them owned. They were a large group but pretty quiet.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_ukP2FGyu5HpUG43xvVo7fctmNaceFhfzhtGyaIzTBF3OyMb7JCUvY4EeBBwOr5e_-deb0B6Yvx6sv6GLlhmXKOAQLxBqUtg_cuMy6VTQvIZmKgRcYHymXwry77klYm79_eQbe3HHuCJnopR3KpjzHcDiN1eT9dlLuVItD-AzaBNvZHQi1kBE0pWPVTc/s2880/20240309_230348.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_ukP2FGyu5HpUG43xvVo7fctmNaceFhfzhtGyaIzTBF3OyMb7JCUvY4EeBBwOr5e_-deb0B6Yvx6sv6GLlhmXKOAQLxBqUtg_cuMy6VTQvIZmKgRcYHymXwry77klYm79_eQbe3HHuCJnopR3KpjzHcDiN1eT9dlLuVItD-AzaBNvZHQi1kBE0pWPVTc/w400-h400/20240309_230348.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For some reason I just could not seem to get the whole group in the picture.<br />So the Top Picture Left to Right: Bill, Patsy, Ken, Nancy, my chair, Kim<br />Bottom picture on the right add: Ken and Tom</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">When we decided to sell the house one of the things I had to do was go through my sewing room. As I started the " fun" project I found a covered basket I had taken from my mom's sewing room several years before and placed in mine. I had opened it at the time and saw it was material but never went through it but now it needed to be done. In the basket I found a quilt top she had put together but not quite completed along with a lot of cut pieces of material. There was also material for a backing. Plus, there was other quilting material and some fishing panels. We had taken a quilting class together but I never did anything with what I had learned. In all honesty I really do not like matching corners, something a quilter does a lot of, so I never really cared to quilt. Yet it was fun going to class together. I bagged up what I found not wanting to get rid of her work but knowing I did not have the skills to finish it. It went into the storage unit with several other bags of material, I am not a quilter but I am a sewer, I was still not ready to part with. A few years went by and I kept seeing pictures of all the beautiful quilts Nancy makes and I finally made up my mind to ask her if she would be willing to look at what I had and see if she could complete it. She said yes and last year I turned over all the material that had belonged to my mother. Well at least all that was quilting material. Below are pictures that do not do justice to what she returned to me on this day in January of 2024.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrg7xGj8YY7PTrTvJ735xf_JCNmMCB-jRIaReKzgmkA80qozp3GMu3jCswpQiP0dlTkOI9rhhh9bVRLiI2VdTR-1jAkdtFgt_DQC509Uav-K0y4sJrQuu2W6OYhOmCCu-VHS-9i2_hEnE4_w_foH5QOcYn3hxxt9Z9q5873keiFtHrrHy4WPpWJSQ1RU0x/s3902/20240118_233530.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3902" data-original-width="2784" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrg7xGj8YY7PTrTvJ735xf_JCNmMCB-jRIaReKzgmkA80qozp3GMu3jCswpQiP0dlTkOI9rhhh9bVRLiI2VdTR-1jAkdtFgt_DQC509Uav-K0y4sJrQuu2W6OYhOmCCu-VHS-9i2_hEnE4_w_foH5QOcYn3hxxt9Z9q5873keiFtHrrHy4WPpWJSQ1RU0x/w285-h400/20240118_233530.jpg" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nancy finished this quilt and quilted it</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9WiVkXJeUQdzcz-aXXq8xxADM_8HFxW6QTDMSmjTDt5U0HPcy2UoZYTBTOEODoGGAlvdKY-mOi3YE34TTHtTVuI6vnS030qICM4geG7nSQZfvN61KA-ZrM1oPBqu0Tq1nffcXlzoK5C4zTwBUuGHPAOEPQeel27jKChBee4Y3unnjK2uIb-jwf64AGBx/s4032/20240118_233632.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9WiVkXJeUQdzcz-aXXq8xxADM_8HFxW6QTDMSmjTDt5U0HPcy2UoZYTBTOEODoGGAlvdKY-mOi3YE34TTHtTVuI6vnS030qICM4geG7nSQZfvN61KA-ZrM1oPBqu0Tq1nffcXlzoK5C4zTwBUuGHPAOEPQeel27jKChBee4Y3unnjK2uIb-jwf64AGBx/w300-h400/20240118_233632.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and added pillow shams</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ARPbj7qSroUgXKTguMFmSbi970QP5lne1GPXTserQ8WquDvgaVX3GJGM5R1LxpuyxJj2ynFlWbkpdWoW7AfccQLBKuSa5y4e6_r5lmCROcwRNeG6AGo1forwkBydBAUI4ySzka_PVEzD1s0vHwq01VILGLxcJQdvDUAKUxm3SwLeZtbEvKuqQ9M7Fx_E/s2880/20240309_230229.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ARPbj7qSroUgXKTguMFmSbi970QP5lne1GPXTserQ8WquDvgaVX3GJGM5R1LxpuyxJj2ynFlWbkpdWoW7AfccQLBKuSa5y4e6_r5lmCROcwRNeG6AGo1forwkBydBAUI4ySzka_PVEzD1s0vHwq01VILGLxcJQdvDUAKUxm3SwLeZtbEvKuqQ9M7Fx_E/w400-h400/20240309_230229.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fishing Panels and the backing she found.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Thank you, Nancy. It means so much to me to have these! You do beautiful work and I love them!</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>“To me, the beauty of a quilt or a dress lies within the stitches and the thought of the person who made them. When you spend time making something with your two hands, you impart love in a way that buying never can.” ― Natalie</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuU5jn6Gk0sSVa_CUdPQIEFY5oWYUqAl0nzCmb8459w7rTA55mnmSyetISbywaxz-q091q5mKqxOP0E7r_Mfqbl6HKkbClWBwHLGPIPNeWuQLFGV12JQ1ji1mmbxU2hxl5OLJdtBI8NYBTFha174TDGuLQPDenwV2d7lrMFCPf9ay6IKRXoawUC-O6k1QW/s3812/DSC_0741.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2666" data-original-width="3812" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuU5jn6Gk0sSVa_CUdPQIEFY5oWYUqAl0nzCmb8459w7rTA55mnmSyetISbywaxz-q091q5mKqxOP0E7r_Mfqbl6HKkbClWBwHLGPIPNeWuQLFGV12JQ1ji1mmbxU2hxl5OLJdtBI8NYBTFha174TDGuLQPDenwV2d7lrMFCPf9ay6IKRXoawUC-O6k1QW/w400-h280/DSC_0741.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This guy came and drank from our feeder several times.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">On the 21st we took a ride.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVqKfVfDffoXcnngIcW2m2zTyCAFXVvx54H_LOXn0BRQEdWDjnFbw97sKBHJ8yZFrL-iZifTaHYNLIAriXB_1B_Ap46_v5nVVqZgCACJqUZPlo3n7K85xyFnGf8yDFNvb-0oJzO4dufhp2oDyeQbxYeZcwBiaXALZA6jjRol_C_4Q7dqSOm880cUNhttj/s2880/20240314_234936.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYVqKfVfDffoXcnngIcW2m2zTyCAFXVvx54H_LOXn0BRQEdWDjnFbw97sKBHJ8yZFrL-iZifTaHYNLIAriXB_1B_Ap46_v5nVVqZgCACJqUZPlo3n7K85xyFnGf8yDFNvb-0oJzO4dufhp2oDyeQbxYeZcwBiaXALZA6jjRol_C_4Q7dqSOm880cUNhttj/w400-h400/20240314_234936.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AZ-95</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLXTRoQkb7F37TKJiAxvn4ecWMkQc8jJFW_fFhD1JJ6YfhG6jirvijeajiPH42YYLqfqmxbEl03kWYEkxLMpfgbOy8xFP6Epkdio4mLgs8r80HHZblZVertTRKL9ojSaURGWCmaizLwBMMKaqdJM67bP-S2nOQZ-lSeDcs-FFaGJEJNZjhh4ZDYqUcNpP/s2880/20240315_002043.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLXTRoQkb7F37TKJiAxvn4ecWMkQc8jJFW_fFhD1JJ6YfhG6jirvijeajiPH42YYLqfqmxbEl03kWYEkxLMpfgbOy8xFP6Epkdio4mLgs8r80HHZblZVertTRKL9ojSaURGWCmaizLwBMMKaqdJM67bP-S2nOQZ-lSeDcs-FFaGJEJNZjhh4ZDYqUcNpP/w400-h400/20240315_002043.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Puddles and Little Washes in the Desert.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtRJmGeOC72JaKIvUdY6FEYeao0SxhyphenhyphenBKtKHVlltAH8Mg_lT93VYxHWFLiyzU60S-JJuEk4q_0kKhfKT0hZFzQ8Hbed2FOYnW1r6x_CllAop51zlFTi3sI-o301V6rjjQdGfNofmjEk7XZqxiUbyxJhZ-4xqeHhpIccpmYOwroblwReextYCyDFan2eAt/s2880/20240315_001641.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtRJmGeOC72JaKIvUdY6FEYeao0SxhyphenhyphenBKtKHVlltAH8Mg_lT93VYxHWFLiyzU60S-JJuEk4q_0kKhfKT0hZFzQ8Hbed2FOYnW1r6x_CllAop51zlFTi3sI-o301V6rjjQdGfNofmjEk7XZqxiUbyxJhZ-4xqeHhpIccpmYOwroblwReextYCyDFan2eAt/w400-h400/20240315_001641.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way to Silly Al's for dinner with friends.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeqsGQKCWnJjEsWP_1XMg0jvMlagv8F3DYRxshGCMw30kNB1Bg_LUw6FS25yitHYIspERTbHVT4f7JqWq_OxSVgmKY7-wUp1962yUE5tkF5kjNBBdAwLbCEUKikPfvyqsyFwIpfza-wM-DumUE_5nwrkKfQ4cbk2CcdGvj2G117jE2_6BZp0PGSTt8A7p/s2880/20240315_001821.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeqsGQKCWnJjEsWP_1XMg0jvMlagv8F3DYRxshGCMw30kNB1Bg_LUw6FS25yitHYIspERTbHVT4f7JqWq_OxSVgmKY7-wUp1962yUE5tkF5kjNBBdAwLbCEUKikPfvyqsyFwIpfza-wM-DumUE_5nwrkKfQ4cbk2CcdGvj2G117jE2_6BZp0PGSTt8A7p/w400-h400/20240315_001821.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While standing outside waiting for a table the sun went down<br />and the sky glowed.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERdTqzt9FGyd6obYzxW71qyLAmnYPnvrHFvyPrzhAHBVnWpMjg_rnx6eOtSdZ_kNBRzCsn-2eohDXv5EZVgNibO8jh53IrKfRMlgsMXv_q7RKILIo4Vo5UWx6xZdaBqwaMuz28eMUgXCKS75Ngl5itzIMJl3qu8hYt_ZaRVzxd4pu7F561U2AHzkYH30W/s2880/20240315_001142.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERdTqzt9FGyd6obYzxW71qyLAmnYPnvrHFvyPrzhAHBVnWpMjg_rnx6eOtSdZ_kNBRzCsn-2eohDXv5EZVgNibO8jh53IrKfRMlgsMXv_q7RKILIo4Vo5UWx6xZdaBqwaMuz28eMUgXCKS75Ngl5itzIMJl3qu8hYt_ZaRVzxd4pu7F561U2AHzkYH30W/w400-h400/20240315_001142.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having Pizza at Silly Al's<br />Top left: Bill, Nancy, Patsy Top right: Kim and Sarah <br />Bottom left: Keith <br />Bottom right: Ken and Kim with their daughter Sarah <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">To be continued in the next post.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: medium;"><b>We are glad you stopped by!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</b></span></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-46132007640270436182024-03-02T06:43:00.000-08:002024-03-15T22:20:15.210-07:00Heading Further East<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After five nights at Quail Ridge we pulled out Thursday morning and continued our trek East. After two travel days we are presently, Friday (March 1, 2024), parked at the Walmart in Ft. Stockton, TX. Thursday night we spent the night at the Las Cruces, NM Overlook Rest Area, or what we like to call it the Roadrunner Rest Area.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieR6KIfDEol4wF2Ko0ANecOaCERDYkTczwQ6wFSP_3q4DY8SHjpCVJ89jYMiQPvIy6-8AIs0ZyRgfXZcQQ36vfeHp1H3YvOYk8XxVQSr0FlqfVBbB-WWZQ7FMFLFUCINpKgS9u9a8vMh59-ZzHl_d3E57ziKbvc74W7h6dmUL-WUMpMaUVlb7qtrjrI2kz/s2995/20240229_223532.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1767" data-original-width="2995" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieR6KIfDEol4wF2Ko0ANecOaCERDYkTczwQ6wFSP_3q4DY8SHjpCVJ89jYMiQPvIy6-8AIs0ZyRgfXZcQQ36vfeHp1H3YvOYk8XxVQSr0FlqfVBbB-WWZQ7FMFLFUCINpKgS9u9a8vMh59-ZzHl_d3E57ziKbvc74W7h6dmUL-WUMpMaUVlb7qtrjrI2kz/w400-h236/20240229_223532.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking out out door towards Las Cruces</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our last two days at Quail Ridge RV in Huachuca City, AZ</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Tuesday, February 27. 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We had a surprise today when Kim and Ken, <a href="https://journeywithkenandkim.home.blog/" target="_blank">Journey with Ken and Kim</a>, showed up for one night at Quail Ridge. Why is there story to tell but we did get in a last short visit for this winter and that was a great surprise for us. A picture would be nice to add here but again there is none. When ever I am enjoying the company of friends I just never think of a picture. Glad we got in one last visit Kim and Ken, be safe as you travel, and we are looking forward to the next time we cross paths. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbEy0XSzl0j-pHdk8gLQME0Y7vaPN854ioC_hg2HuRiIGMPOmE7AD6akcNmkVTl1LaCUfZAosdiLwBDhrd1PqxfxBMawrxU4reKemr4WvoJucyfkjFNe397K5V4-SMcFj8nrEx4txNw8MbgDJrDtTerrMkVXqHzGZqw-NZHHhTAT-dZSs0H5NJnfrwELh/s2880/20240229_143721.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbEy0XSzl0j-pHdk8gLQME0Y7vaPN854ioC_hg2HuRiIGMPOmE7AD6akcNmkVTl1LaCUfZAosdiLwBDhrd1PqxfxBMawrxU4reKemr4WvoJucyfkjFNe397K5V4-SMcFj8nrEx4txNw8MbgDJrDtTerrMkVXqHzGZqw-NZHHhTAT-dZSs0H5NJnfrwELh/w400-h400/20240229_143721.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made one last trip over to Tombstone.<br />Is that a snake in the clouds just over the hill in front of us.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwrJ2PNGNFOniB7NW_Dj3jbteH5UBNfIXJKkoEmJ28r9qKuq0x1L_3isbo-dIaTeXsfZt6K83Tw1f-qsCWFrLfhGbdBuW0eYOGI2JD0BIY1wAxJBmpHmGS8hUxPMaqG89BTbAWe6s1zqc4nlX0NRa3fcYlt8DeywO2OSV0y-9303nPFu1ppQC273e82AH/s2880/20240229_144245.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwrJ2PNGNFOniB7NW_Dj3jbteH5UBNfIXJKkoEmJ28r9qKuq0x1L_3isbo-dIaTeXsfZt6K83Tw1f-qsCWFrLfhGbdBuW0eYOGI2JD0BIY1wAxJBmpHmGS8hUxPMaqG89BTbAWe6s1zqc4nlX0NRa3fcYlt8DeywO2OSV0y-9303nPFu1ppQC273e82AH/w400-h400/20240229_144245.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We enjoyed a late lunch at Big Nose Kate's Saloon.<br />I tried a "I'm Your Huckleberry Margarita" <br />very tart and fun to try one time. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja0CwRfKWqdVoWALkj1cOek9s8PwYMEcn92YJMp5DnDYn90wr4iwesD0qirYM_T7rNrkQGH9Uo-7sHiXNMTqw4eLVXnM33EsolLpcmsz08iN4I5KFSsbs2kKydCy-60LBa5A0eVWu8z5I82lZ5BM0WgWuX5tbOom7F9Dr-0jn3odLRutEZWdVdcm80Gq3m/s2880/20240229_153759.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja0CwRfKWqdVoWALkj1cOek9s8PwYMEcn92YJMp5DnDYn90wr4iwesD0qirYM_T7rNrkQGH9Uo-7sHiXNMTqw4eLVXnM33EsolLpcmsz08iN4I5KFSsbs2kKydCy-60LBa5A0eVWu8z5I82lZ5BM0WgWuX5tbOom7F9Dr-0jn3odLRutEZWdVdcm80Gq3m/w400-h400/20240229_153759.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving Tombstone we continued south on AZ-80 then <br />turned on to AZ-90 towards Sierra Vista. <br />Another snake cloud?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Stopping in Sierra Vista we picked up an Amazon Order at a locker and then a few groceries at Fry's before heading back home. </span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Wednesday, February 28, 2024.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today Tom took care of filing our Income Tax and I drove over to Sierra Vista to do some last minute shopping. I was hoping to complete my shopping and miss the predicted rain that was coming our way. Except for a few drops here and there I did just that. That is until I was in the Jeep headed home then the sky opened up and it came down. I lucked out again as it was just sprinkling while we unloaded the purchases. Though it did rain more during the day.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1gNiCsMiaoS9wVAM5rLc8PqLcX8tHhrArD9s7QSPkoYENoXRXrAa-X_vYDnwe2hd9LFQmjNEE8G5MQlDa7ZX65S9t-JnK2tbi3uDaoSXqLS2AEiiuIJKlY8Kyz6QRlRp9wym2lRh_U-enQFyFymLqQpj70aI-7dPKYMm3GA3_36RsHeOLkdZcIzJV6oC/s2880/20240229_154715.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1gNiCsMiaoS9wVAM5rLc8PqLcX8tHhrArD9s7QSPkoYENoXRXrAa-X_vYDnwe2hd9LFQmjNEE8G5MQlDa7ZX65S9t-JnK2tbi3uDaoSXqLS2AEiiuIJKlY8Kyz6QRlRp9wym2lRh_U-enQFyFymLqQpj70aI-7dPKYMm3GA3_36RsHeOLkdZcIzJV6oC/w400-h400/20240229_154715.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I stopped to take some pictures of the sky before the <br />rain came down.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WI5XGOH7M17qfMPLd46P4zrQzesEpUWH1JBC5mLwLAP-OOk4h-KrOCVPukRXAyzLkWyc-v4f5lJkM3i_4-k6Ms7_3PXqBkES3-9l_io1P9f5-OYURpHOlkh_a0Qm3Jl_FXGbCvaLgYMuLcMkq6nceMnBahL5W8kf64cawGQ5FiHiWKlOr1D36xWewvyv/s2880/20240229_154514.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WI5XGOH7M17qfMPLd46P4zrQzesEpUWH1JBC5mLwLAP-OOk4h-KrOCVPukRXAyzLkWyc-v4f5lJkM3i_4-k6Ms7_3PXqBkES3-9l_io1P9f5-OYURpHOlkh_a0Qm3Jl_FXGbCvaLgYMuLcMkq6nceMnBahL5W8kf64cawGQ5FiHiWKlOr1D36xWewvyv/w400-h400/20240229_154514.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again I stopped to take a picture of what would usually be <br />the Whetstone Mountains in front of me at this point. I <br />could just barely make them out through the rain.<br />Bottom picture is what we usually see along here.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>You have probably heard me mention how much I do love the Ocotillos we see out here so I did some </span><span>research and found out that you can plant them in a pot. I have a feeling it needs to be a bigger one then this but I decided to try anyway. I also read it does not hurt the Ocotillo to take cuttings from it. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These three cuttings are already losing their leaves but I did expect that to happen. So now we wait to see if they will root; from what I have read it can take several months. Fingerscrossed they do take root if not there is always next year to try again and maybe in a larger pot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aw7IUETom7ksAOii6-Le8cGHTzGX1zE7xDEfqTNMzgaMzBH20tKILtpTmV7ALQKVm1fTmrc_quhOL1s8mZNIySY3V5yKoTlshWTXmCix1U4k4I2w7PJtqbvHYV6nkW4T8W247_hUjmTHIEEN3zz4vb_gvJykSPehyzeKN2nA8aEa6G2Bm2XgwAY29HOK/s4032/20240228_104332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aw7IUETom7ksAOii6-Le8cGHTzGX1zE7xDEfqTNMzgaMzBH20tKILtpTmV7ALQKVm1fTmrc_quhOL1s8mZNIySY3V5yKoTlshWTXmCix1U4k4I2w7PJtqbvHYV6nkW4T8W247_hUjmTHIEEN3zz4vb_gvJykSPehyzeKN2nA8aEa6G2Bm2XgwAY29HOK/w189-h400/20240228_104332.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday, February 29, 2024 (Traveling Day 1--244 Miles)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was somewhat chilly as we finished packing up and pulled out of our site at Quail Ridge RV Park. Our first stop was to top off our propane tank. While that was happening I took the pictures below. We then hooked up the Jeep, (side note: it slipped right into tow mode) and Tom drove over to the office as I walked over to take care of the bill.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF0tNvCTzqMaMZ6VfL94tdGFPv88hNhmyxIf0YJhfTlmFcNMxNTaqk8YLVYmiNxoINfebHisjATgjR9XkG4YsryLkzRl5Kq_EFOnwzCc86hq93nKfEwhnXl6ZBLsjkE978NMlby9Ur39r3XQX_Ni08bs3Fb2GzTy9rEokhOw9KNcYI9qlh1GCjq-f0WBs/s2880/20240229_155225.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF0tNvCTzqMaMZ6VfL94tdGFPv88hNhmyxIf0YJhfTlmFcNMxNTaqk8YLVYmiNxoINfebHisjATgjR9XkG4YsryLkzRl5Kq_EFOnwzCc86hq93nKfEwhnXl6ZBLsjkE978NMlby9Ur39r3XQX_Ni08bs3Fb2GzTy9rEokhOw9KNcYI9qlh1GCjq-f0WBs/w400-h400/20240229_155225.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The second picture down is of the Stinger "B" parked in front<br />of the office while I walked over.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Today's ride started on AZ-90 going north and when we reached I-10 we turned right to continue our trek East.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzaN4NzXi0JqFLbaL8am2KEQoxtSzduVBxHJN2hiNYuRCH2lwazkS3fV7USKOPc3wIk8mpqPLfdAqjYAIqhBP1pzKDwNTfJpjlwIW58Afm28TCiUeUtnTNxjfbMWmBJZCp7K3G2xw7Flsl5sZGwsdfZbpG0T37oseO7rbbJQh10uV6ODANU3w9665Ycy3/s3005/20240229_104548.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1840" data-original-width="3005" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzaN4NzXi0JqFLbaL8am2KEQoxtSzduVBxHJN2hiNYuRCH2lwazkS3fV7USKOPc3wIk8mpqPLfdAqjYAIqhBP1pzKDwNTfJpjlwIW58Afm28TCiUeUtnTNxjfbMWmBJZCp7K3G2xw7Flsl5sZGwsdfZbpG0T37oseO7rbbJQh10uV6ODANU3w9665Ycy3/w400-h245/20240229_104548.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Whetstone Mountains are on our left as we travel north.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljLUwOtrhTOUg0rAa1u-ctO4f5DLYU7vML6mOt8gFRdTX3Abup4JhbLbQLwBpLM7HVECUrUaizuzyFV-N8I6Ed7SQSwpRoL-4C_NnOFikVhtjkKDoJzpoAGgIX0FQuRfuyfON81BAAhUNTtLpXF2Tg1MIy2bp6W7FSqXSJEmN3qVJnGu2Pe7cSu76jF_f/s1908/20240229_104929.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1908" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljLUwOtrhTOUg0rAa1u-ctO4f5DLYU7vML6mOt8gFRdTX3Abup4JhbLbQLwBpLM7HVECUrUaizuzyFV-N8I6Ed7SQSwpRoL-4C_NnOFikVhtjkKDoJzpoAGgIX0FQuRfuyfON81BAAhUNTtLpXF2Tg1MIy2bp6W7FSqXSJEmN3qVJnGu2Pe7cSu76jF_f/w400-h268/20240229_104929.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was a surprise we have not seen this open in awhile.<br />They pretty much waved us through. They were looking in<br />the backseats of the cars in front of us. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99HOZocle5CKSqOy7so3GJJYgPJQlCIvbduYD-xKn0T7-Vo85okGA01syySHAqgfa0KIhj6ZuHhumQabFxKbt_zBi7rj-QVhqKfKRDLQXADGzQ17Ct0DJ0IlyLFVIj0bvmSO_EKe9FsVi01WkyPyqUaEHPN4HsnQcCZcZw_zGiRwBvpQ492TxBWNM2uvL/s3018/20240229_105406.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1882" data-original-width="3018" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99HOZocle5CKSqOy7so3GJJYgPJQlCIvbduYD-xKn0T7-Vo85okGA01syySHAqgfa0KIhj6ZuHhumQabFxKbt_zBi7rj-QVhqKfKRDLQXADGzQ17Ct0DJ0IlyLFVIj0bvmSO_EKe9FsVi01WkyPyqUaEHPN4HsnQcCZcZw_zGiRwBvpQ492TxBWNM2uvL/w400-h250/20240229_105406.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another picture of the Whetstone Mountains.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">\</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnw5D9W8LWCoT2VQTAuqIKN6eGgISjKeIIDUtmSh64h_l5m7MFwHnf7ZDBw7WGp-0NNJ5Fo51rWixp2H9dmo8GQM5wn9MusZd8NUE_vUYNb48LtGZw5pw33S-KL8TK-hIl2s-x7s3bBLb-MTla6G8nJ-hB0aADJsm675s4C_mMAIJaBYv0viukKAVbW8vS/s4032/20240229_112037.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnw5D9W8LWCoT2VQTAuqIKN6eGgISjKeIIDUtmSh64h_l5m7MFwHnf7ZDBw7WGp-0NNJ5Fo51rWixp2H9dmo8GQM5wn9MusZd8NUE_vUYNb48LtGZw5pw33S-KL8TK-hIl2s-x7s3bBLb-MTla6G8nJ-hB0aADJsm675s4C_mMAIJaBYv0viukKAVbW8vS/w400-h189/20240229_112037.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After topping off the diesel tank we have merged <br />on to I-10 heading East. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbqUdBmvLhrOhb9hTfDrCzBy0xSvzktPz6H9GvUFx-buB5BZpn5iyWjCg665tZlGsp45bwFor1m6YlLMns1hC5Y1a8rNqsEULiJrJqWC5YdJvaiVBdvuzY2yxjssH7iCzu7BhsWs1LwqInAR6NAqGTYZEw31VrIS7_ftmS3Utdlv5kEK8mSEDGRJ9rH8d/s5791/DSC_1221.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3818" data-original-width="5791" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbqUdBmvLhrOhb9hTfDrCzBy0xSvzktPz6H9GvUFx-buB5BZpn5iyWjCg665tZlGsp45bwFor1m6YlLMns1hC5Y1a8rNqsEULiJrJqWC5YdJvaiVBdvuzY2yxjssH7iCzu7BhsWs1LwqInAR6NAqGTYZEw31VrIS7_ftmS3Utdlv5kEK8mSEDGRJ9rH8d/w400-h264/DSC_1221.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coming up on one of my favorite parts of today's ride</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkwmT7pamILxwPo4S-TwAicQAJiHbq_3oYzCCPGjAMac3OL6yicnIBgmNAWoW5rooAEogJCTcQ-fV_G4awVUghsMh6DyuTyY5eiLnnf20bFtRCo1VjDnQA7WnHMlvhv7JbWy9TTr0ylT7qh0wKs3UKeRSfv-vekGK2DLn1oWOGluLOKavuth2FeQiIr0C/s4168/DSC_1222.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2650" data-original-width="4168" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkwmT7pamILxwPo4S-TwAicQAJiHbq_3oYzCCPGjAMac3OL6yicnIBgmNAWoW5rooAEogJCTcQ-fV_G4awVUghsMh6DyuTyY5eiLnnf20bFtRCo1VjDnQA7WnHMlvhv7JbWy9TTr0ylT7qh0wKs3UKeRSfv-vekGK2DLn1oWOGluLOKavuth2FeQiIr0C/w400-h254/DSC_1222.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the Texas Canyon.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FeTCt8d6XrlnebhexR88HmQfhCsJRGGqwpZEn_-h0yv-Q9gNxz7tSf-AZtXWLD_GkZp_b_J2YbBq-xtXcI_FRGpl-bCpcNkF25NtD64oNg7_-gGg2SJC_mZ6H-llblN_nVf1pFF_9yyIdRXLLtJUKRSSThRzouHVdZbyJ7efhFwi0WvemDPQX6f_o_Ox/s4788/DSC_1224.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3081" data-original-width="4788" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FeTCt8d6XrlnebhexR88HmQfhCsJRGGqwpZEn_-h0yv-Q9gNxz7tSf-AZtXWLD_GkZp_b_J2YbBq-xtXcI_FRGpl-bCpcNkF25NtD64oNg7_-gGg2SJC_mZ6H-llblN_nVf1pFF_9yyIdRXLLtJUKRSSThRzouHVdZbyJ7efhFwi0WvemDPQX6f_o_Ox/w400-h258/DSC_1224.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These three vehicles, all towing, went speeding by us only<br />to slow down as we started into the canyon.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is always amazing to drive through here and see how these large boulders are balanced on each other and stay up there. I take quite a few pictures every time we drive through this beautiful canyon. Today I looked for other things besides the precarious balance of the boulders if you do not see what I see that is okay. I hope you enjoy the pictures just the same.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1D9uyUZIsuIsLL73U5ZF8yqqeCHDkyKsVKKmce3o7q-nHR1FUw_Xc4DuIcqQaG3jt5ZzSVQzD5Gh6gJM4arXRC37blB8QFAkk1whlqeG29tZBqh9AnUFERG9Tf2iiKLD57t4Xc2UaTtQG51cqPB2Q7bi8NFhXK_rrk6mgShDluDoajMaJX98lvxkL5hZ/s4296/DSC_1227.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2891" data-original-width="4296" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1D9uyUZIsuIsLL73U5ZF8yqqeCHDkyKsVKKmce3o7q-nHR1FUw_Xc4DuIcqQaG3jt5ZzSVQzD5Gh6gJM4arXRC37blB8QFAkk1whlqeG29tZBqh9AnUFERG9Tf2iiKLD57t4Xc2UaTtQG51cqPB2Q7bi8NFhXK_rrk6mgShDluDoajMaJX98lvxkL5hZ/w400-h269/DSC_1227.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is honestly the first time I saw this heart outline.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgMRDzCRL5EAa65IueH_VSa7QrMLW2fdU8P_CxMLBKieuzlCkET_9OAU_7ODfVqI40fe12RSC11g1safJrOFNA5r_9Qs_uaAPZQ3WNkCFULbCLdyyzfEFKCg3rttVTzxhwES2H58xxVZegyBBJt3R0z8OEhyphenhyphenj3e6WGqYRi_xJDbT9BzmGQdZB2b-WTvBJ/s5847/DSC_1234.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgMRDzCRL5EAa65IueH_VSa7QrMLW2fdU8P_CxMLBKieuzlCkET_9OAU_7ODfVqI40fe12RSC11g1safJrOFNA5r_9Qs_uaAPZQ3WNkCFULbCLdyyzfEFKCg3rttVTzxhwES2H58xxVZegyBBJt3R0z8OEhyphenhyphenj3e6WGqYRi_xJDbT9BzmGQdZB2b-WTvBJ/w400-h266/DSC_1234.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You may have to click on this picture and enlarge it to see the<br />face towards the right of the center of the picture.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrKyLhchRGyn1eAHfAlACYlVR-ATGcdijeKTqFzIl1wxH_JJIvxmmT6J7ztMxNgMaAGKuuQdVEJ735JLWJXfOR_vGxRY7FLq28Iyqv62OTVCOuDrgdm8HTSj8uZSXDilHdsU8WQgcu7XfKS-leuxg8ZF8BUkV9x9inSZKVmOScLWsPx7mhGa0BCspgXVS/s6000/DSC_1235.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmrKyLhchRGyn1eAHfAlACYlVR-ATGcdijeKTqFzIl1wxH_JJIvxmmT6J7ztMxNgMaAGKuuQdVEJ735JLWJXfOR_vGxRY7FLq28Iyqv62OTVCOuDrgdm8HTSj8uZSXDilHdsU8WQgcu7XfKS-leuxg8ZF8BUkV9x9inSZKVmOScLWsPx7mhGa0BCspgXVS/w400-h266/DSC_1235.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again clicking and enlarging can you see the bird pretty much<br />in the center of the picture.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYESfRNotcuFIyIRNegSx_9ZWV88aDSe3rPA0YJfMZsEVE-2EcB-a5oI9vwTYLaUMxCBU1C8ff3EH_bkyvb_btjdsvLE3Gu4Bm19SzpH-AdQ1BQcQYgkVEkuCt6yv0-584Db2Ur30tpNP-AemeqejbYaO_COoWjDjJ3zxsH_sIgVslOMsDkVmCFJugqt6/s4032/20240229_114410.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYESfRNotcuFIyIRNegSx_9ZWV88aDSe3rPA0YJfMZsEVE-2EcB-a5oI9vwTYLaUMxCBU1C8ff3EH_bkyvb_btjdsvLE3Gu4Bm19SzpH-AdQ1BQcQYgkVEkuCt6yv0-584Db2Ur30tpNP-AemeqejbYaO_COoWjDjJ3zxsH_sIgVslOMsDkVmCFJugqt6/w400-h189/20240229_114410.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We pulled in to have lunch here and this was our view.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7Ehd-WdEbz3aLsXzKRvtH0wPGThNv5LXuMYnwbRy5obxddCy-aNcXTCFdnY0_xfRtQatx7M39jGpP4R6OoKdD-mFny-5xTvJgjS7vzWMxWd5uWxdyjE_DjeBozWSDCMRCVMDJjmxX-oXTp86n4NsBTB4L2s88VS6lz99jglqHn5f02gkXjuK50RpxmhT/s6000/DSC_1236.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7Ehd-WdEbz3aLsXzKRvtH0wPGThNv5LXuMYnwbRy5obxddCy-aNcXTCFdnY0_xfRtQatx7M39jGpP4R6OoKdD-mFny-5xTvJgjS7vzWMxWd5uWxdyjE_DjeBozWSDCMRCVMDJjmxX-oXTp86n4NsBTB4L2s88VS6lz99jglqHn5f02gkXjuK50RpxmhT/w400-h266/DSC_1236.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was also in our view. I know what I see what do you see?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hmVlvkmA58q_b8Md3hs43chrupjP43JwMzFiFrtYePK-r81zRuGTSzaYRwk4gqlSkSvusHUi2lptIR8CuJlBOH-ZyBSdRiR3K2-ygtEW4zjze8NsluehQG1YxEIxFgLf0sJpo7k-fGlCov7VJNzOxxk78WL7-IjfhwqehI9Gx-Zf0SKO4RTTFmCmYFtA/s6000/DSC_1238.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hmVlvkmA58q_b8Md3hs43chrupjP43JwMzFiFrtYePK-r81zRuGTSzaYRwk4gqlSkSvusHUi2lptIR8CuJlBOH-ZyBSdRiR3K2-ygtEW4zjze8NsluehQG1YxEIxFgLf0sJpo7k-fGlCov7VJNzOxxk78WL7-IjfhwqehI9Gx-Zf0SKO4RTTFmCmYFtA/w400-h266/DSC_1238.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch finished we are on our way.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJd6L94L7uthKGKTEEv4zwtiHTyIDHGzOkR4RGh7UPR5iXAaoo_kABhDf5BgOXDlbReAOZDciu511oO8IGfN2kXirXrpkVY7kV9_CoM22J4zVjuS6uvy8iNo8zfcJ8w-uDif4OPRPhhwbC5TdJAPwltuH16WMku4sMTB1w9684QFkVnLLkGo0OcBpGkcx/s3959/DSC_1240.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2845" data-original-width="3959" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJd6L94L7uthKGKTEEv4zwtiHTyIDHGzOkR4RGh7UPR5iXAaoo_kABhDf5BgOXDlbReAOZDciu511oO8IGfN2kXirXrpkVY7kV9_CoM22J4zVjuS6uvy8iNo8zfcJ8w-uDif4OPRPhhwbC5TdJAPwltuH16WMku4sMTB1w9684QFkVnLLkGo0OcBpGkcx/w400-h288/DSC_1240.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This semi passed us and I just liked what was on the back of it.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHUfzt5aS-qbOLefBtbBxMgI7cw4jG-O4VdSXRDSG0pno_HeXfTbGmxjCLhAiQk7vSwkEG2M8Ehdz5yl9kEP_PZM_6gr39epahV6p9UCliyxcwWezhGDcoqZk2CCkpAUMxeclyAThSeHLxcyW6MddDMqRKWJaU5ptIYnNtWDjyXT9oNijklqHmCVHrE6-/s2880/20240229_171142.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHUfzt5aS-qbOLefBtbBxMgI7cw4jG-O4VdSXRDSG0pno_HeXfTbGmxjCLhAiQk7vSwkEG2M8Ehdz5yl9kEP_PZM_6gr39epahV6p9UCliyxcwWezhGDcoqZk2CCkpAUMxeclyAThSeHLxcyW6MddDMqRKWJaU5ptIYnNtWDjyXT9oNijklqHmCVHrE6-/w400-h400/20240229_171142.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Views of our ride. The upper right is in Wilcox.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBuS6ueXNyVygZAH0cxHB__VhzPj7Mj60huHEw56um-gvnKua96lkVIHFzc1cgnsatlpU3-OItPiZZKPH7xF0frrjtCfFqy_nWFKLzqlGg2RSbUPRDzuFUixq2ppmSG8XhuvzlmatOkKhBP1rjksFECkoL6sPg5vHkrS3BAnJ_kovW-m9yJFs6wQ9GNqm/s4462/DSC_1243.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3237" data-original-width="4462" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpBuS6ueXNyVygZAH0cxHB__VhzPj7Mj60huHEw56um-gvnKua96lkVIHFzc1cgnsatlpU3-OItPiZZKPH7xF0frrjtCfFqy_nWFKLzqlGg2RSbUPRDzuFUixq2ppmSG8XhuvzlmatOkKhBP1rjksFECkoL6sPg5vHkrS3BAnJ_kovW-m9yJFs6wQ9GNqm/w400-h290/DSC_1243.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We saw a lot of these guys today and I am not sure what they</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaEQeqKbieDSBmDZ6V3Ej8kwLeYw_HWRqxvwzFu60OwI0u0SSZ5cq3lzW9knCF8up1qSK_e_XXHVUob_GuW6iBiv5t5Ng_nSSj91zJJ9w5pmFptkh6f8tHAeJeXhPoW_ucuZJPEdpL8SmRVKIKo67g2j5Io3dRmkwcDNy9xZEwbr18r8d1j-UAFrqCbVa/s3319/DSC_1245.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2422" data-original-width="3319" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjaEQeqKbieDSBmDZ6V3Ej8kwLeYw_HWRqxvwzFu60OwI0u0SSZ5cq3lzW9knCF8up1qSK_e_XXHVUob_GuW6iBiv5t5Ng_nSSj91zJJ9w5pmFptkh6f8tHAeJeXhPoW_ucuZJPEdpL8SmRVKIKo67g2j5Io3dRmkwcDNy9xZEwbr18r8d1j-UAFrqCbVa/w400-h293/DSC_1245.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">are. At first I thought Century Plant but they also look a lot<br /> like a Joshua Tree on the bottom. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiih760uy05ChdiBMtoZ3UiSREOlfWbEleYvzx-psbn86jfdUIlOxMIZOniYEZYHDbfybl49c6ok_yykeSyet6MLIHpXAtdPGIOLKx1F7Y4DgaoRO0ucjcoYHX4OzNddvAjsjjDeBGRRYJjlkuUq5plech5wSFBEoK2JaaIj9s_ikOVmlxV3FAQNdJst8y5/s6000/DSC_1246.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiih760uy05ChdiBMtoZ3UiSREOlfWbEleYvzx-psbn86jfdUIlOxMIZOniYEZYHDbfybl49c6ok_yykeSyet6MLIHpXAtdPGIOLKx1F7Y4DgaoRO0ucjcoYHX4OzNddvAjsjjDeBGRRYJjlkuUq5plech5wSFBEoK2JaaIj9s_ikOVmlxV3FAQNdJst8y5/w400-h266/DSC_1246.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again I liked the look of this semi. I mean it has the name<br />Stagecoach on it and I think that is perfect for out here in the west.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6G6zXOj1dNT4Vgb0ZiwJcnVEZuxKJlRmEtp0k8B02c4ZmlgW1boeBoWvUTtaqctnHwQPJ628y4IniTIfnzc9B9X4mRVaRZjV_elfvNyGY8uXgWfJRG7852aBNt4FhgZ1ifuEvWgqShWhD0rW49-b1XFRw6iWGz8aUHyXsXt58bziB7I4s6WUJd-dWvtT/s5194/DSC_1250.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3447" data-original-width="5194" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6G6zXOj1dNT4Vgb0ZiwJcnVEZuxKJlRmEtp0k8B02c4ZmlgW1boeBoWvUTtaqctnHwQPJ628y4IniTIfnzc9B9X4mRVaRZjV_elfvNyGY8uXgWfJRG7852aBNt4FhgZ1ifuEvWgqShWhD0rW49-b1XFRw6iWGz8aUHyXsXt58bziB7I4s6WUJd-dWvtT/w400-h265/DSC_1250.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More views as we continue east.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuLs7JbbTY5vIsPnBKlspGoOFqc0ie7CC1ivszARvJVnGJWTZCGyzt4cVOE5MnJzDG7v1u97ylSIn_R5gME0PyzDE6Dg8vMvrPoHe2CbqaM9c0PXJ55IK9ivnaHcr5rGpZ-NaFc7GUBSg4BbhU9wUSvResWSi39BHJyn_vG4XUUgV2tN0vUkigOKCUe6Z/s4946/DSC_1252.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3134" data-original-width="4946" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwuLs7JbbTY5vIsPnBKlspGoOFqc0ie7CC1ivszARvJVnGJWTZCGyzt4cVOE5MnJzDG7v1u97ylSIn_R5gME0PyzDE6Dg8vMvrPoHe2CbqaM9c0PXJ55IK9ivnaHcr5rGpZ-NaFc7GUBSg4BbhU9wUSvResWSi39BHJyn_vG4XUUgV2tN0vUkigOKCUe6Z/w400-h254/DSC_1252.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fG7lo5zAub86Vftt2i-YWAMUplqXjmoSqUWwkAH0TwksYjKa272oJwYC7-mQA7X7XreUb9lOwngu4p86iKQHJst7PyuBBySfF1L8j_9B7RW674MZ3ApTDMKvItW4ZbDXen_mbFeFCjsfr1uzaoGLajEIa03oiTGgLQnsFGPUc35GdKckc1aCbNXzcyfp/s2880/20240229_133104.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fG7lo5zAub86Vftt2i-YWAMUplqXjmoSqUWwkAH0TwksYjKa272oJwYC7-mQA7X7XreUb9lOwngu4p86iKQHJst7PyuBBySfF1L8j_9B7RW674MZ3ApTDMKvItW4ZbDXen_mbFeFCjsfr1uzaoGLajEIa03oiTGgLQnsFGPUc35GdKckc1aCbNXzcyfp/w400-h400/20240229_133104.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we left Arizona behind and New Mexico's beauty <br />was in front of us.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgr-MjiMze4QGSDtpxncDCXm5IPTFBtYnLGNGYk5GGzO8uIzNcKSCleNiMZVE6hT15YNYo3u5ZCfVISZrJLNNIPazy-2OlScEHIXwvLdedHA3dpwfkPMfZJ51HIzgJ9puYb5pGQe1e0FIaCl-gdvvrWxM4vVbFWFLct8eUl1GS4S5lZo0-LNa8Vl0MxqR/s5769/DSC_1257.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3847" data-original-width="5769" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgr-MjiMze4QGSDtpxncDCXm5IPTFBtYnLGNGYk5GGzO8uIzNcKSCleNiMZVE6hT15YNYo3u5ZCfVISZrJLNNIPazy-2OlScEHIXwvLdedHA3dpwfkPMfZJ51HIzgJ9puYb5pGQe1e0FIaCl-gdvvrWxM4vVbFWFLct8eUl1GS4S5lZo0-LNa8Vl0MxqR/w400-h266/DSC_1257.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I do like seeing windmills along the way.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RSWi6ixJPPMzRrsMEcRln7nmDC6XZFAYxaaYu99VsOpIBSE8YZGRv5hwkuVPdA2NkPlNcfdKzSu1AQSijKKmg-iWfSBzHxZxMCDDk_I5WfFNf9XTDcpny0-3bW64TbCOppXosCDcq-qa5gOMA_-6Ogm6THs5A-XVL3Ixex8x4-TXhQroP3_awGweDITA/s6000/DSC_1260.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RSWi6ixJPPMzRrsMEcRln7nmDC6XZFAYxaaYu99VsOpIBSE8YZGRv5hwkuVPdA2NkPlNcfdKzSu1AQSijKKmg-iWfSBzHxZxMCDDk_I5WfFNf9XTDcpny0-3bW64TbCOppXosCDcq-qa5gOMA_-6Ogm6THs5A-XVL3Ixex8x4-TXhQroP3_awGweDITA/w400-h266/DSC_1260.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I looked up just in time to see this sign and get the picture.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRs3L0I0uPVro1T8YVmimym9qB31sDx61g0YWQ3lzI2amoZLnQBR4jX3Ud7s1cAxd7FsoP0FwvLhTOmVT1OmT6_-qe6H5PHDq9pRZweG0TsBlOXfmvvCkCCuVmgzgBX5ffBcTeYqboYvEuC_rwRBKnEsk2VddF3yCzIJKeYfj1rp7ag8vRToBmdDJ8oE1Y/s2880/20240229_170607.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRs3L0I0uPVro1T8YVmimym9qB31sDx61g0YWQ3lzI2amoZLnQBR4jX3Ud7s1cAxd7FsoP0FwvLhTOmVT1OmT6_-qe6H5PHDq9pRZweG0TsBlOXfmvvCkCCuVmgzgBX5ffBcTeYqboYvEuC_rwRBKnEsk2VddF3yCzIJKeYfj1rp7ag8vRToBmdDJ8oE1Y/w400-h400/20240229_170607.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today Tom steered the Stinger "B" pass six vehicles.<br />I think that is more then we passed our entire last Adventure...LOL</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1nPrsCoGSG6_Hg-GIdrJ_fkci1bWGo6ca79x36tMc6a73hgNyR-pA3S-rfBKkIQOQg_Wl0kSJpQbOQDoNMhApIIfHmURGRSOxSak_qEwz1GbA1wv5sf3ekw03iCn4_7PIQ9KRWlRHbt6eznu6Q7BSJwJrb9NyZONfOKnKOtZdgnVC8miDEDKzofHuDG9/s5813/DSC_1265.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3875" data-original-width="5813" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1nPrsCoGSG6_Hg-GIdrJ_fkci1bWGo6ca79x36tMc6a73hgNyR-pA3S-rfBKkIQOQg_Wl0kSJpQbOQDoNMhApIIfHmURGRSOxSak_qEwz1GbA1wv5sf3ekw03iCn4_7PIQ9KRWlRHbt6eznu6Q7BSJwJrb9NyZONfOKnKOtZdgnVC8miDEDKzofHuDG9/w400-h266/DSC_1265.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We can see Las Cruces ahead of us</td></tr></tbody></table>;<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-7811SzF8OKILTJfB5jvyfRZGe8Ie6rpxbL3IhNb5dYYHm0-fPSSsCH41XUGh_YdzLGAm9InL1ei_FDy5En7gxzsXdXS2aYtzit52_MycGMiPVPL2ZgNqdWOh0aOXDImLq_gU4pSsSzQ63GCwfFUg4Vhi0EGxDOimPfBclNyhWLOVML7yc6HJzR7obH4/s5999/DSC_1267.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3999" data-original-width="5999" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-7811SzF8OKILTJfB5jvyfRZGe8Ie6rpxbL3IhNb5dYYHm0-fPSSsCH41XUGh_YdzLGAm9InL1ei_FDy5En7gxzsXdXS2aYtzit52_MycGMiPVPL2ZgNqdWOh0aOXDImLq_gU4pSsSzQ63GCwfFUg4Vhi0EGxDOimPfBclNyhWLOVML7yc6HJzR7obH4/w400-h266/DSC_1267.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and we are almost to what we hope will be our stop for the night.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZW6Afuzjn44JKgMDcbFrUojFt69Kfv8PtWx0G4pgXnP-4hbaDAn2CQcuLLkcBYgIRYr_Rc3m5bV9E3s7petsW3evDvBtcZq3WR_3ZQFh_HS39-mIKASU0AD2Jt_7If8Dg1RPBLu7-NxkPox0OSVrgE0dWXdAL0v4uksFJixy30k2RjXx6GROzIVVBxYw/s2880/20240229_164610.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCZW6Afuzjn44JKgMDcbFrUojFt69Kfv8PtWx0G4pgXnP-4hbaDAn2CQcuLLkcBYgIRYr_Rc3m5bV9E3s7petsW3evDvBtcZq3WR_3ZQFh_HS39-mIKASU0AD2Jt_7If8Dg1RPBLu7-NxkPox0OSVrgE0dWXdAL0v4uksFJixy30k2RjXx6GROzIVVBxYw/w400-h400/20240229_164610.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parked for the night.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We went around the circle twice then parked and waited. In no time the semi in front of us pulled out and we moved up. We then got out and took a walk and watched. Then as luck would have it a truck parked in the best spot, in our opinion, pulled out and Tom pulled into it and we are settled for the night.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeq-ghaO40nyIVNCzn9zPDYlC2eSZxbB6PJlIPphdI88KVrp6ei6jXwRD5tXWyjM5yToo93m0l2z6wBIQIZjenM-MUaH4Sqv2qwAasT6ImsvcBe6-8e9FID2-omqiUL6xafpWbkCKsOSZrJcljfpyUNLllci6F8rn5yBRCFDz4sc8a_64wK4INMgq50100/s2880/20240229_164919.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeq-ghaO40nyIVNCzn9zPDYlC2eSZxbB6PJlIPphdI88KVrp6ei6jXwRD5tXWyjM5yToo93m0l2z6wBIQIZjenM-MUaH4Sqv2qwAasT6ImsvcBe6-8e9FID2-omqiUL6xafpWbkCKsOSZrJcljfpyUNLllci6F8rn5yBRCFDz4sc8a_64wK4INMgq50100/w400-h400/20240229_164919.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pictures I took while we walked and hoped the truck would move.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is one of our favorite rest areas to stop in for the night. The views over looking Las Cruces are wonderful and it is always clean and fairly quiet. Plus, it is were the Roadrunner made out of "junk/recyclables" lives. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a good travel day under beautiful blue skies and fluffy clouds. Most importantly it was an uneventful day and those are truly our favorite type of travel days.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I am going to stop for now, so the blog does not get to long, and will continue with Day 2 in the next blog. </span></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UCSJ8lPnBxf5XnCZW6H7X8ejG5cG6kMMqdvVk2us24rYYQQok2OoDfQxz2Ec7J5D3_ywo93ny98fNV0njUxY2NL54hWH0YnzPHZW-pL1POZ3wByi4m5NTZhX5x6AUXy-JNGerdBNaRgma4DTJ58VKmoOYms9Z9moKQUxz6sMzgk9ZK8T5gkAJKzOqUOs/s300/38057e036cc77d212e41dcb90c1f58c3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UCSJ8lPnBxf5XnCZW6H7X8ejG5cG6kMMqdvVk2us24rYYQQok2OoDfQxz2Ec7J5D3_ywo93ny98fNV0njUxY2NL54hWH0YnzPHZW-pL1POZ3wByi4m5NTZhX5x6AUXy-JNGerdBNaRgma4DTJ58VKmoOYms9Z9moKQUxz6sMzgk9ZK8T5gkAJKzOqUOs/w400-h400/38057e036cc77d212e41dcb90c1f58c3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are glad you stopped by!</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</span></b></div></b></div></div></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-70681024817914789192024-02-27T09:47:00.000-08:002024-03-17T19:55:12.155-07:00Leaving the Desert Behind and Moving East<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>After 119 Days Parked in the Sonoran Desert on Friday morning, February 23rd, we pointed the nose of the Stinger "B" East. (She actually spent 2 nights and 3 more days parked in the desert then we did but that will be another back in time memory blog.) It is time to start our slow trek to the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina. </span><span>It is bittersweet to leave behind the quiet beauty of the desert yet at the same time we look forward to the road ahead and the adventures that await us. </span><span>There are some planned stops along the way including our destination but mostly this next six weeks will be about enjoying the journey. </span><span>We are living our retirement dream thankful for every day that God gives us on this path of life. </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday, February 22, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our last day parked in this beautiful place was spent quietly. We had finished up a lot of the packing that needs to be done before moving over the last couple of days so there really would not be a lot left to do in the morning. Our plan was to just enjoy this last day. We had a wonderful happy hour with our neighbors along with Melissa and Lyle who drove over from where they are presently staying for a visit and some last hugs until we cross paths again. It was nice to sit out and just enjoy the company and conversation. Plus there may have been some laughter in the afternoon air. All to soon Melissa and Lyle were folding up their chairs and on their way. A picture at any point during this time would have been nice but there is not one. With hugs and a see you down the road they were off. The rest of us sat and chatted as the sun left the sky and then headed in for dinner. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdtMTCf45jdmhrOcB8ebCXJgSdY0kIOaRB3ZR4PF0f9MHo4YZBE_0OmGOxXD86mU8mVHQjgF3GisjgOPaW276ntWdjSGn2nxLCHxoeRimmiJeGqP-Ae9QbFMzVGhlzKOYmuJFWV6PYGU6kQeBgVmafGTLX6IDEyngbDDW3QrjauJMzlKrj_dsagsLghKk/s2810/20240222_184053.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1663" data-original-width="2810" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdtMTCf45jdmhrOcB8ebCXJgSdY0kIOaRB3ZR4PF0f9MHo4YZBE_0OmGOxXD86mU8mVHQjgF3GisjgOPaW276ntWdjSGn2nxLCHxoeRimmiJeGqP-Ae9QbFMzVGhlzKOYmuJFWV6PYGU6kQeBgVmafGTLX6IDEyngbDDW3QrjauJMzlKrj_dsagsLghKk/w400-h236/20240222_184053.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our neighborhood in the suns last ray's of light.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxv71-2BmJpftd7luXwnko7baqiIl5BYDifyE3kdafyAT_m8dKpcdh0pUW__JiDTHAHarKDt3kq2lNNhNy47gqDJFmamD6bWvjaF4pd2wOYprCE3nv_uZEQJhDmxuMhjLsfSuvJhw5oYKHfDf0bG4ZipWu5msxoKgQMxA0sJb-yYTKq2zGU8id2FYBcBl/s2828/20240222_184224.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="2828" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxv71-2BmJpftd7luXwnko7baqiIl5BYDifyE3kdafyAT_m8dKpcdh0pUW__JiDTHAHarKDt3kq2lNNhNy47gqDJFmamD6bWvjaF4pd2wOYprCE3nv_uZEQJhDmxuMhjLsfSuvJhw5oYKHfDf0bG4ZipWu5msxoKgQMxA0sJb-yYTKq2zGU8id2FYBcBl/w400-h270/20240222_184224.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When I got up to take a picture of our last sunset in this place</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOmuM7WcGMN1fP7l2y-3-EvbAZrCtyPkJZ1sIFAiQDSvyZIbg6ZqX1wb8SDepbKK02gyedQz4A7yCnGxKrgHdrCqjzoB5TMIPnBq0gJ-4GE_fVQHPIlCy8Z6uBQJKF1H5Ae1MsLVz_3HnbKy_fqLEXR0RoqSScujXqnnqLAAvTyKLqOfOK-tD3_7o0X-K/s3109/20240222_184231.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1861" data-original-width="3109" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOmuM7WcGMN1fP7l2y-3-EvbAZrCtyPkJZ1sIFAiQDSvyZIbg6ZqX1wb8SDepbKK02gyedQz4A7yCnGxKrgHdrCqjzoB5TMIPnBq0gJ-4GE_fVQHPIlCy8Z6uBQJKF1H5Ae1MsLVz_3HnbKy_fqLEXR0RoqSScujXqnnqLAAvTyKLqOfOK-tD3_7o0X-K/w400-h240/20240222_184231.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also took the time to click some pictures of the views<br />surrounding us.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UhQ61dj_Lxw_wyDsh4AeyYTgjqfyS4H-TpXjfD5if76J2X4SYFEwn97yPwYSOf0LHLcW8pAcEGeXXV8EIudbdAcXhyzW6iFueTaHyVYkXxoUGWEnarPvd1nuuEM1w_YOQ5xGNj1rhcvZ6BvATcHsiR-R6NdQ3FhGhF0SI58fwGSZaPlB0Xagc64K1JKB/s2583/20240222_184239.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1582" data-original-width="2583" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UhQ61dj_Lxw_wyDsh4AeyYTgjqfyS4H-TpXjfD5if76J2X4SYFEwn97yPwYSOf0LHLcW8pAcEGeXXV8EIudbdAcXhyzW6iFueTaHyVYkXxoUGWEnarPvd1nuuEM1w_YOQ5xGNj1rhcvZ6BvATcHsiR-R6NdQ3FhGhF0SI58fwGSZaPlB0Xagc64K1JKB/w400-h245/20240222_184239.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Including the moon rising over the <br />Cargo Muchacho Mountains.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7G1MGu7PwuRSzGU4b6SpKgCERirTpWlCnBJyfLB1ihdhBBfFuNZAlQzjlRohWozDVd4ma6gg6gAJeLlthsMaidN-4qghc994Bxa4AMPCR-A4ri41w2WIjzqMsneaRvtQQAg84ruO4PBK1EmirAneCAGlxqcY8TO7PbqfYJyddBYHpUrO_oJYQZcCW7bQ/s6000/DSC_1226.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7G1MGu7PwuRSzGU4b6SpKgCERirTpWlCnBJyfLB1ihdhBBfFuNZAlQzjlRohWozDVd4ma6gg6gAJeLlthsMaidN-4qghc994Bxa4AMPCR-A4ri41w2WIjzqMsneaRvtQQAg84ruO4PBK1EmirAneCAGlxqcY8TO7PbqfYJyddBYHpUrO_oJYQZcCW7bQ/w400-h266/DSC_1226.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun setting on another perfect day parked in this place.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZZCGNQ-wxtx1tvFIjDzMenCFXkVZtvXE7QOFEpMbqqJozP9aBi2b_Vkow-XPbjtdGLOJaICv_0ICHePuQbrWVrbi-Ah7vSa5mEJy9Y-2eVMdaY5I2cYzACli7o0Ci9YI4arQ_0fkwmM0EyKPaNJOTnZj9ts1oLT2lvR6r-T84SMUM29mURigmPbiyqre/s2880/20240226_005030.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZZCGNQ-wxtx1tvFIjDzMenCFXkVZtvXE7QOFEpMbqqJozP9aBi2b_Vkow-XPbjtdGLOJaICv_0ICHePuQbrWVrbi-Ah7vSa5mEJy9Y-2eVMdaY5I2cYzACli7o0Ci9YI4arQ_0fkwmM0EyKPaNJOTnZj9ts1oLT2lvR6r-T84SMUM29mURigmPbiyqre/w400-h400/20240226_005030.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wind co-operated and we had one last fire.<br />Upper left: Tom getting the fire going.<br />Upper Right: Riley and Deb<br />Bottom Left: Tom and Kim Bottom Right: Ken</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was wonderful spending this time parked in the desert with friends while enjoying beautiful views, sunrises and sunsets. Our time was filled with good company, lively conversations, and laughter. This lifestyle we have chosen in retirement has brought us many surprises along the way. The best surprise is the people we have met along the way that we now call friends. We have moved on but the memories always stay with us. Looking forward to the next time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Friday, February 23, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Up early today we watched the sun come up through our windows while drinking our coffee. Then we finished getting ready to move our home down the road.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1yEF9PVzkCHkEJN-lnfSM-2QW5-uKQVitxRdGnTfvszoM2XhrGQUEVzzkwhwjgPkf2KDA7KQP6v2YLmC4dwVZ9ZaUYBMV1T3O49k1vtqaVQ7eXc52-aipE5moaILREU2T2Uka1reqaB2_v0eNl3p-Av2Ws7wqQUowNMQ7zQluwP1c8a2oxzVljWNeHJY/s3077/20240223_072837.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3077" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1yEF9PVzkCHkEJN-lnfSM-2QW5-uKQVitxRdGnTfvszoM2XhrGQUEVzzkwhwjgPkf2KDA7KQP6v2YLmC4dwVZ9ZaUYBMV1T3O49k1vtqaVQ7eXc52-aipE5moaILREU2T2Uka1reqaB2_v0eNl3p-Av2Ws7wqQUowNMQ7zQluwP1c8a2oxzVljWNeHJY/w400-h248/20240223_072837.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun rising up over the Cargo Muchacho Mountains.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYTa9wa0Hhjqg1V9pjjiBfNYab1ImH5OyC2UMOF4Xc1Hy1iekPNfVaV5Ei3s0lx0TPHBw4QCaKA4F4A-zFypRWtBQy4gyo19r2TCGcbxSfD_ebV7WEowSM95yRGW7kpxS44wZcrtUWrK1WXfjyPVY9fgBifJganqJcSR6sZBYhya4bO9_kI7RcCZnxJjBe/s4032/20240223_101411.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYTa9wa0Hhjqg1V9pjjiBfNYab1ImH5OyC2UMOF4Xc1Hy1iekPNfVaV5Ei3s0lx0TPHBw4QCaKA4F4A-zFypRWtBQy4gyo19r2TCGcbxSfD_ebV7WEowSM95yRGW7kpxS44wZcrtUWrK1WXfjyPVY9fgBifJganqJcSR6sZBYhya4bO9_kI7RcCZnxJjBe/w400-h189/20240223_101411.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left to right: Ken, Kim, Riley, and Deb<br />All to soon it was time for hugs and to say see you down <br />the road. It has been fun!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedcab2mU2ZWOT9LBCU-MLzZ6cO50oMwu5KB5HFgYp2jgEgTx4Pdhly5MUNG6uq-JdaA_t9bem5AlxtBo7B3uuuQrPUw3hlwVt7GSnnoXXMnXZ8TheadHN5xInbjtYVZYrDXew3R9S-tTyOZBcoiFXQ2WWKP6iI57KzdJGevh1ndqYUxJgrD4zrScI-0Fx/s4011/DSC_1231.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2764" data-original-width="4011" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedcab2mU2ZWOT9LBCU-MLzZ6cO50oMwu5KB5HFgYp2jgEgTx4Pdhly5MUNG6uq-JdaA_t9bem5AlxtBo7B3uuuQrPUw3hlwVt7GSnnoXXMnXZ8TheadHN5xInbjtYVZYrDXew3R9S-tTyOZBcoiFXQ2WWKP6iI57KzdJGevh1ndqYUxJgrD4zrScI-0Fx/w400-h276/DSC_1231.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can see the waving and picture taking</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-xe6Y0RAIKWcEuNxWTJNF4Y81ZcBnOqjTNFAoNzMNv39j_mX_KfltOnZ68H0K2jb1MCiwJrIJQa2NtOPE_8fKkv3o_k2oL7BoIT2NJbeKpL7HSkcowIGdp6PPS3W40SXroqvWyhCYCRW9TFyGFjJLeetTBR0ymhiGaOR7Pj3DXvAeftOTCmYVN7ZTTwg/s5769/DSC_1232.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3847" data-original-width="5769" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-xe6Y0RAIKWcEuNxWTJNF4Y81ZcBnOqjTNFAoNzMNv39j_mX_KfltOnZ68H0K2jb1MCiwJrIJQa2NtOPE_8fKkv3o_k2oL7BoIT2NJbeKpL7HSkcowIGdp6PPS3W40SXroqvWyhCYCRW9TFyGFjJLeetTBR0ymhiGaOR7Pj3DXvAeftOTCmYVN7ZTTwg/w400-h266/DSC_1232.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">as Tom steers the Stinger "B" unto the road.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFo7ZgSQafLNTI74EXqDyNtQDSYgUAvX7oUATRxdhcc_iRyBPbOzETwZn7K5OLZuGGb3EK4vehA-d6ZRLkP3Hyjg2E1mhycU-ODE4hTMLWcR83J280dJwZEjGLDOnp5YdqVBEqUTyQ1Y4jJOoUxZIj_cPpBctZE1IaWHIiTIRhx7uv6B4E-DeoFK8m5Uou/s2880/20240224_222701.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFo7ZgSQafLNTI74EXqDyNtQDSYgUAvX7oUATRxdhcc_iRyBPbOzETwZn7K5OLZuGGb3EK4vehA-d6ZRLkP3Hyjg2E1mhycU-ODE4hTMLWcR83J280dJwZEjGLDOnp5YdqVBEqUTyQ1Y4jJOoUxZIj_cPpBctZE1IaWHIiTIRhx7uv6B4E-DeoFK8m5Uou/w400-h400/20240224_222701.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did make one stop to take some cuttings from this Ocotillo.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS73isjH1ifEOt1BWjdbTFETXdyd3MTIZkUDcP31A6rExjLBGu8jO-O4SrxVV7wYvORMk19Pyqk_vRn1FuURtRQOJ0jPnEmCxlFlddajOjMeKeyF7Cm6gIPXTziyp4H33bPJLU3F87OwnO-yROkV1XJRFBPe1e_HG2HdzjajPyZLcRYITZ7Jprn_n5jG-v/s5847/DSC_1236.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS73isjH1ifEOt1BWjdbTFETXdyd3MTIZkUDcP31A6rExjLBGu8jO-O4SrxVV7wYvORMk19Pyqk_vRn1FuURtRQOJ0jPnEmCxlFlddajOjMeKeyF7Cm6gIPXTziyp4H33bPJLU3F87OwnO-yROkV1XJRFBPe1e_HG2HdzjajPyZLcRYITZ7Jprn_n5jG-v/w400-h266/DSC_1236.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One last picture of our neighborhood.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90SvCX6kcHb3378_p0vFJdvfuU7HeWBZjYDXEnWR5Pki4hkLIHquffxCHZmaD5zwQcp1mBm8tOPvLQN5Kqgaan4UVdw63Nl_iGVxU3H4gKg4k0G9wgqXD54bhBhm9ei1zxX1sGEPIV5_CaDGFHvlXyGaDMeJlujLX0dER1bJNT0moAJvw5Li_PZbq5H8j/s6000/DSC_1239.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5Muo3tJptV8pa6Ix9mYrnoK0pTVge7IwA02Utd2Xo25ChIncO8Rijbc8_EXlkebLaZmFjWT79OGJv2FctQ7ZyjOj21-p__dbcZLLUK6m29Wi4-7OBCSDu0Q5AGJUTdOTqhT2JyR5RXok0nIZave-qVxetiDzxmEuiA7w4TxVubP180ipdPNLxDxvlUBW/s5186/DSC_1245.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3502" data-original-width="5186" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5Muo3tJptV8pa6Ix9mYrnoK0pTVge7IwA02Utd2Xo25ChIncO8Rijbc8_EXlkebLaZmFjWT79OGJv2FctQ7ZyjOj21-p__dbcZLLUK6m29Wi4-7OBCSDu0Q5AGJUTdOTqhT2JyR5RXok0nIZave-qVxetiDzxmEuiA7w4TxVubP180ipdPNLxDxvlUBW/w400-h270/DSC_1245.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pilot Knob Peak</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBImTTAjY98JDsb8x97L3cdyIRU3MQoKdC5BiLVFPUEc-aDHpe26-rR39NAFDcCrsv0M5lS1oElCPzEM2AwP1HuyuQyDi6iPjjZYzA7kPl0gfVD22l227OCORG1T4O4s2xrhRhRuYwEZGyvUZrxeXx1nTvLXBXBNkzC3tqQJrVnMUIduvvKEmjeFy0TJK4/s4171/DSC_1247.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2742" data-original-width="4171" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBImTTAjY98JDsb8x97L3cdyIRU3MQoKdC5BiLVFPUEc-aDHpe26-rR39NAFDcCrsv0M5lS1oElCPzEM2AwP1HuyuQyDi6iPjjZYzA7kPl0gfVD22l227OCORG1T4O4s2xrhRhRuYwEZGyvUZrxeXx1nTvLXBXBNkzC3tqQJrVnMUIduvvKEmjeFy0TJK4/w400-h263/DSC_1247.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we are back in Arizona.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We left Ogilby Road in California driving separately this morning. Tom wanted to stop and dump our black tank plus take on some fresh water. I had two stops I wanted to make which included a quick stop at Walmart for a few groceries. The plan was to meet at the Arizona Market Place and it worked out as planned. After a short walk about and a quick lunch we hooked the Jeep up to the Stinger "B" and we were on our way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNQZjnXo8-ur9K1chOtubTsLTWaT68uEfauVS7BOPbf7H4aVyaw3l7L8UfJlduDNL2l0X-Afb7NPn9rR16GVMLJsinD_Id3Ds3i-LkwO9bqb137z1bLKUO3TFMxWYB3PmHmwHUPmLA3qlz5pJr8r48rdBvRuwxvX6ZHENJXFEZMsqNn7ubgCKDzkM9DBa/s2880/20240224_213337.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNQZjnXo8-ur9K1chOtubTsLTWaT68uEfauVS7BOPbf7H4aVyaw3l7L8UfJlduDNL2l0X-Afb7NPn9rR16GVMLJsinD_Id3Ds3i-LkwO9bqb137z1bLKUO3TFMxWYB3PmHmwHUPmLA3qlz5pJr8r48rdBvRuwxvX6ZHENJXFEZMsqNn7ubgCKDzkM9DBa/w400-h400/20240224_213337.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking Telegraph Pass through the Gila Mountains just east of<br />Yuma. The bottom left picture is my favorite as we come out<br />the east side. I am not sure how many times I have taken it and<br />published it on this blog....LOL</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">I did not plan on taking a lot of pictures over the next couple of days as we travel East on I-8 then I-10 as far as Benson were we will turn South on AZ-90. This is a route we have traveled several times over the years going both East and West and I have taken a lot of pictures many of which have made there way to the blog. I plan on mostly just enjoying the views.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8k5r0f86i6jJnUI6LeixxAMJyQPOyx1Z298GnDGnq8GPdqzGahYbu8wmqBrKeoy2YshpYewZmCB5qa_sKF3bLEVd2bQN-W85U60ET23Pf-mb7GKtY_iMJEyFmyfB3Rx6mgW9R_WDBpPaTG9v2XjSoQkm3jsnJN4_NJ0WUSefFg-koP5gwA4OIB6EUu8Tq/s5771/DSC_1258.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3847" data-original-width="5771" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8k5r0f86i6jJnUI6LeixxAMJyQPOyx1Z298GnDGnq8GPdqzGahYbu8wmqBrKeoy2YshpYewZmCB5qa_sKF3bLEVd2bQN-W85U60ET23Pf-mb7GKtY_iMJEyFmyfB3Rx6mgW9R_WDBpPaTG9v2XjSoQkm3jsnJN4_NJ0WUSefFg-koP5gwA4OIB6EUu8Tq/w400-h266/DSC_1258.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I could not resist taking some of the green in the desert.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDWogjfVLDdilr3FzvwGbN_fteh8AnMFiaswWCMPAkhFfyV1WKfBeLLQN04gB60h9eqbzq4R0ab_SJ4ZD2Rip82ovfwJIXlJ7t3t4c49oNbUjsyB2FEAYXgF07O8Sw0bt8pb9YB89b_hZVxV4R-l6twTgaZJ99KExMahs6RB6Df7aVsDv3ccMNchB93-V/s5044/DSC_1270.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3232" data-original-width="5044" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDWogjfVLDdilr3FzvwGbN_fteh8AnMFiaswWCMPAkhFfyV1WKfBeLLQN04gB60h9eqbzq4R0ab_SJ4ZD2Rip82ovfwJIXlJ7t3t4c49oNbUjsyB2FEAYXgF07O8Sw0bt8pb9YB89b_hZVxV4R-l6twTgaZJ99KExMahs6RB6Df7aVsDv3ccMNchB93-V/w400-h256/DSC_1270.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It is hard to see in the pictures</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSQJZDVpREiZR0jwhjplw4XZZIcEjwpXH2Cynz73VRGTXmz2GJnRXyiAYm7OtzVCK8TVLnFf8isClp06cNl62Ge-safOr_ixQPa_HMZgeRS4fhK_ZdSpFjjYdED7PDfwBnct0v-921EaRhNcyTPFvCr3drcsabbKNgZDL1gXOzWp9JlfhbPDGGlwltfgF/s4778/DSC_1272.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3179" data-original-width="4778" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSQJZDVpREiZR0jwhjplw4XZZIcEjwpXH2Cynz73VRGTXmz2GJnRXyiAYm7OtzVCK8TVLnFf8isClp06cNl62Ge-safOr_ixQPa_HMZgeRS4fhK_ZdSpFjjYdED7PDfwBnct0v-921EaRhNcyTPFvCr3drcsabbKNgZDL1gXOzWp9JlfhbPDGGlwltfgF/w400-h266/DSC_1272.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">but the green went right up the mountainside.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-Ry0L8vLptwhCdH-1rhDnZFMlKAOJDizw1Kw0LaCT714A6VRAjC_iNp9rTf1NOHzzQ6hox3L4t6iesy7HqeJenzNJXpAsGUFBwyApTRS_fGjRdM17lUfd-aKYvC2bj0xTv2nlTzB25FWc1OQFZTBTD65K3swhQyVtR2mGPu6RiNsc-KTtIBIEgaFs2XV/s5813/DSC_1273.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3875" data-original-width="5813" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-Ry0L8vLptwhCdH-1rhDnZFMlKAOJDizw1Kw0LaCT714A6VRAjC_iNp9rTf1NOHzzQ6hox3L4t6iesy7HqeJenzNJXpAsGUFBwyApTRS_fGjRdM17lUfd-aKYvC2bj0xTv2nlTzB25FWc1OQFZTBTD65K3swhQyVtR2mGPu6RiNsc-KTtIBIEgaFs2XV/w400-h266/DSC_1273.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A power plant with solar panels in rows</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoMFqjNUiNeGlbxGNfwEDqV0p8lQ3khVes20_gBJEke7jok7oZ7Or5F8X69kpHoq5-mbbOMpxy8WuAtTd_k8If_II9HRvKwlC0BC5o2fHitw9Hz7M9INwgYadZKN0Wl8EGshKUiCAvC6a-WkALaF22QG9pTUu0o8pNltEhMX_aG92Vbnn6Xv_rgavLtlH/s5496/DSC_1274.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3573" data-original-width="5496" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoMFqjNUiNeGlbxGNfwEDqV0p8lQ3khVes20_gBJEke7jok7oZ7Or5F8X69kpHoq5-mbbOMpxy8WuAtTd_k8If_II9HRvKwlC0BC5o2fHitw9Hz7M9INwgYadZKN0Wl8EGshKUiCAvC6a-WkALaF22QG9pTUu0o8pNltEhMX_aG92Vbnn6Xv_rgavLtlH/w400-h260/DSC_1274.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">for acres and acres. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijEQI0LqKwHFDacXtSHKZ35rDqQzCEn3r7qURMhn4CoWAGn9HjdUzSjWHOy-6NB54g_azxTcBXzFJIDiA76Sq9FnpZ-mRilyJAuZDxJTuZlB_AUpRlwsNCWv0G1OMMSVN3S1nNGSrQJMWU2w7ioyG-Pt9dnjeWnG58cyZI7pbutxjrP1YuO_TAMteyw2OD/s2880/20240224_213756.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijEQI0LqKwHFDacXtSHKZ35rDqQzCEn3r7qURMhn4CoWAGn9HjdUzSjWHOy-6NB54g_azxTcBXzFJIDiA76Sq9FnpZ-mRilyJAuZDxJTuZlB_AUpRlwsNCWv0G1OMMSVN3S1nNGSrQJMWU2w7ioyG-Pt9dnjeWnG58cyZI7pbutxjrP1YuO_TAMteyw2OD/w400-h400/20240224_213756.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not long after the above pictures we exited at Gila Bend thinking <br />we would spend the night parked at the Pilot Travel Center. <br />A smaller rig would fit in their RV spots and we did not want <br />to park in the Semi Area besides they were all back ins.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEfSehMDVVV87AWxMp3Xk0HRh9L6j7JDG55NwWGPSOQ5_y3FFdaq2k2W1Z723wdF7b3I3WA0wq20L71wskLtINwwzTAH07QoGE4bxSD1hvHLi7EDkHo1KuE2qcCGFKa_Xx4w3vY0Ob1YKZUCJzRbGT4gBYgs0QjgmvlIB0G9XlUmLkKYYxGJVCycfPBZ_/s2880/20240224_214452.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEfSehMDVVV87AWxMp3Xk0HRh9L6j7JDG55NwWGPSOQ5_y3FFdaq2k2W1Z723wdF7b3I3WA0wq20L71wskLtINwwzTAH07QoGE4bxSD1hvHLi7EDkHo1KuE2qcCGFKa_Xx4w3vY0Ob1YKZUCJzRbGT4gBYgs0QjgmvlIB0G9XlUmLkKYYxGJVCycfPBZ_/w400-h400/20240224_214452.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So we kept going with the sun setting behind us. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUgF0ztMN65_WyS7m0hqu1syiAe-_tUNlMKgL_pjsy0vU9e71xobFbMQG9N7TqKm3Jo1y-MwSGH1iStpaD3oYWMa56KXUVrNJGkJQRD2G9OGM_lC8s2a1jpXG8Nroq2pFjAfshwhT4SQfO9yFMcCm6ML-0dFaLQiX5RfPzeE04v-4psdQVP1Hva-JXCA7/s6000/DSC_1282.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUgF0ztMN65_WyS7m0hqu1syiAe-_tUNlMKgL_pjsy0vU9e71xobFbMQG9N7TqKm3Jo1y-MwSGH1iStpaD3oYWMa56KXUVrNJGkJQRD2G9OGM_lC8s2a1jpXG8Nroq2pFjAfshwhT4SQfO9yFMcCm6ML-0dFaLQiX5RfPzeE04v-4psdQVP1Hva-JXCA7/w400-h266/DSC_1282.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are now driving through the Sonoran Desert National<br />Monument and there are Saguaros as far as the eyes can see.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXpNtLDos3m643L0V0QlZ9Ghpl4r_Ug42T8233sUf2UqaIx3I65vRom5VjYB9CmMMlMkmsg_TRO25-NgBSajuWOvn1vlB-iVvU0zejn0MPHUyGj1OH2oxFIJbNSdevsPJavRMnB0GBHoZnFrDwHLmZ-d40b8KgLWGGcRCB9n-RKFg2ZdsysLThgmVyVBv/s5548/DSC_1283.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3664" data-original-width="5548" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXpNtLDos3m643L0V0QlZ9Ghpl4r_Ug42T8233sUf2UqaIx3I65vRom5VjYB9CmMMlMkmsg_TRO25-NgBSajuWOvn1vlB-iVvU0zejn0MPHUyGj1OH2oxFIJbNSdevsPJavRMnB0GBHoZnFrDwHLmZ-d40b8KgLWGGcRCB9n-RKFg2ZdsysLThgmVyVBv/w400-h264/DSC_1283.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is were I always take way to many pictures of these <br />Majestic Beauties.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpUG3L-ICszKZvjepPSYXD1FebuEndzqD2ZpLQiF1rs2efE0AvcrsTqEmhR2szpj81BdXNXElXekJtbFuU-OzlbJyi2k3Fw3mckH9Lv8j-mAYn-cxro0TbcoDUdrCgWV3qov_27k3w-MTVbC3f83JkGl_u0xC2SJxcKBeeAIP13JTfyrtggKHuT4oxxw1/s6000/DSC_1293.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpUG3L-ICszKZvjepPSYXD1FebuEndzqD2ZpLQiF1rs2efE0AvcrsTqEmhR2szpj81BdXNXElXekJtbFuU-OzlbJyi2k3Fw3mckH9Lv8j-mAYn-cxro0TbcoDUdrCgWV3qov_27k3w-MTVbC3f83JkGl_u0xC2SJxcKBeeAIP13JTfyrtggKHuT4oxxw1/w400-h266/DSC_1293.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The moon was rising in front of us as we made our way</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wakrwbSTcOKtbe62HXp_UK83X7bCVYVIRm9GCSx7lh0WFAHAMGWOclFwzc3PIVtuf-nOnFZ-9ELq0JKK_tDrfAOa6pUxMsPjXHjeGqBqZ22tyKX9219-pvpuGhpIUGbZZW1FmAu6LqkP05t5IMnU-f7pRhtXX_C3786EzJCBAz5DcC22LWTwUBZzUvbb/s5277/DSC_1299.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3495" data-original-width="5277" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0wakrwbSTcOKtbe62HXp_UK83X7bCVYVIRm9GCSx7lh0WFAHAMGWOclFwzc3PIVtuf-nOnFZ-9ELq0JKK_tDrfAOa6pUxMsPjXHjeGqBqZ22tyKX9219-pvpuGhpIUGbZZW1FmAu6LqkP05t5IMnU-f7pRhtXX_C3786EzJCBAz5DcC22LWTwUBZzUvbb/w400-h265/DSC_1299.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">further East looking for a parking space.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT49QF88JGAGxZIhMK4vd77-PdMLy4uHQy3d2rY7cY-9NzHEMTN303Yjbkz2EGofATHoix2HkVA-3epV3kWK7uAL1zaRsirxzF_xL3RztSH9g4AIXi2aVpilBbmjnk41wVjjTbpke3wfTC2mxZkDrix45G8Qrzpgm94YzgDSRwO40FfDPWI8RJuRaBQJE2/s6000/DSC_1307.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT49QF88JGAGxZIhMK4vd77-PdMLy4uHQy3d2rY7cY-9NzHEMTN303Yjbkz2EGofATHoix2HkVA-3epV3kWK7uAL1zaRsirxzF_xL3RztSH9g4AIXi2aVpilBbmjnk41wVjjTbpke3wfTC2mxZkDrix45G8Qrzpgm94YzgDSRwO40FfDPWI8RJuRaBQJE2/w400-h266/DSC_1307.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggkZHEZVTprIe7uwcHw0GCoV79DEbS2UqLzrfR0ctU_Uqg8XB-_eQPcZJOs10V4jVWO0pEvV1VoxGeB0fUgmHqSCKX9EGeqtIT8SrWaljpO0EqPchYp1B46P1M8ZIulj7OfGa_J29zq0ZYuLWKyAhA66XJl3Ax7JngdW4aVVe_QTRv1KaAxk1dcs7j4iG/s2880/20240224_214731.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggkZHEZVTprIe7uwcHw0GCoV79DEbS2UqLzrfR0ctU_Uqg8XB-_eQPcZJOs10V4jVWO0pEvV1VoxGeB0fUgmHqSCKX9EGeqtIT8SrWaljpO0EqPchYp1B46P1M8ZIulj7OfGa_J29zq0ZYuLWKyAhA66XJl3Ax7JngdW4aVVe_QTRv1KaAxk1dcs7j4iG/w400-h400/20240224_214731.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We remembered there was a parking area before I-10 where<br />we had stopped and ate lunch in the past. Then about thirty<br />miles down the road there it was. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The sun had dropped behind what I believe are the Sand Tank Mountains as we pulled into the parking area. The light was fading fast, as it does in the desert, and though this was not an ideal place to stop it was a place. We knew it would be noisy and it was with semis and various vehicles coming and going throughout the night. Quite the change from the quiet of the desert never the less we did get some sleep. </span></div><div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday, February 24, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Up with the sun this morning we had our coffee before heading out to continue our trek East to where we will spend the next five nights, Quail Ridge RV Park.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2A5U-BkfiIG_cqU4OuUBDuo-71TS0ypU43LzIEOARUxwArK-hl2hLNRVWS-q0Ys4C_hN2ODLWWUd2jk4QaDEo_RoEycyJaYHY7FFbu54VQ-I-lLSjZRf6TKe83q3tnump3T0hlCnaG-pZSeQ0Rb-CfqliaQLiTZ8NkJUuAQJZQpMa6dwd0hebeoCHFvG6/s2843/20240224_070210.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2179" data-original-width="2843" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2A5U-BkfiIG_cqU4OuUBDuo-71TS0ypU43LzIEOARUxwArK-hl2hLNRVWS-q0Ys4C_hN2ODLWWUd2jk4QaDEo_RoEycyJaYHY7FFbu54VQ-I-lLSjZRf6TKe83q3tnump3T0hlCnaG-pZSeQ0Rb-CfqliaQLiTZ8NkJUuAQJZQpMa6dwd0hebeoCHFvG6/w400-h306/20240224_070210.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom took this before the sun had made its way up</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEVEOar3fWf1EBLlB-70FjQQJ_mdRY4XwcWtSQqZ2UTV1WPAAoVFGpFjMhy7pEd5fnXXhX1QmygdV3o2wqbPyv1gv_vymVMydwFqIpt_2AgbjmZgIqIsTGVRjoozGs8VDF_3qx-dIlzcygC4RSjcoChSs3GZ3-0vHlk6x1e_kyqS9-Qs3Z_06an9tinIu/s4032/20240224_072003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEVEOar3fWf1EBLlB-70FjQQJ_mdRY4XwcWtSQqZ2UTV1WPAAoVFGpFjMhy7pEd5fnXXhX1QmygdV3o2wqbPyv1gv_vymVMydwFqIpt_2AgbjmZgIqIsTGVRjoozGs8VDF_3qx-dIlzcygC4RSjcoChSs3GZ3-0vHlk6x1e_kyqS9-Qs3Z_06an9tinIu/w400-h189/20240224_072003.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and then I took this just as it peeked up over the horizon.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I know I mentioned above that I did not plan on taking a lot of pictures as we make our way to Quail Ridge RV Park. Then we are traveling through the Sonoran Desert National Monument and knowing we will soon be saying goodbye to the Saguaros for this Adventure that plan changed...lol. So below are a few of the pictures I did take.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUO_mi2NfL-gqN6sgyt8lWE4p_6LTO1Qfj7GJYjfP7CWmJY5U2w5d2pM-sHqN834jZidY2m5fvlcacE_gUQ0cbfAAxa6rG4ALHdZRBDo_Se0gA_xri9VEyr96w_l66I72MIL4rLcj9Xs9-BfOER30u5OH3IAHZqeGvYUliLlAWJ9nesa2aOvBGM_qAxsO/s2880/20240224_215521.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUO_mi2NfL-gqN6sgyt8lWE4p_6LTO1Qfj7GJYjfP7CWmJY5U2w5d2pM-sHqN834jZidY2m5fvlcacE_gUQ0cbfAAxa6rG4ALHdZRBDo_Se0gA_xri9VEyr96w_l66I72MIL4rLcj9Xs9-BfOER30u5OH3IAHZqeGvYUliLlAWJ9nesa2aOvBGM_qAxsO/w400-h400/20240224_215521.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There are so many Saguaros and </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUJ0SveMWDAI53ir7sF12hMI83fQL2l8u2IXHxcROfAG0neYUF5uB6uIR5bb7TaAHJbk1MV1juUae-_lHJ6-FYsVNjMfEyoUQIFmyUN-JVOqyZnk1ltMHjU6jsulnX09MtNByB8jKwuYR_aq0657ATqZgstRCrHmxu_DU6RUlNEyRw-Vr5Szl_be3aP3p/s2880/20240224_215824.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTUJ0SveMWDAI53ir7sF12hMI83fQL2l8u2IXHxcROfAG0neYUF5uB6uIR5bb7TaAHJbk1MV1juUae-_lHJ6-FYsVNjMfEyoUQIFmyUN-JVOqyZnk1ltMHjU6jsulnX09MtNByB8jKwuYR_aq0657ATqZgstRCrHmxu_DU6RUlNEyRw-Vr5Szl_be3aP3p/w400-h400/20240224_215824.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">they are all majestic</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ps2g01py6xkqckPfzjmZOChM0WyOjF758-BfqaYRvigzsvNFU1xj0K_Ije9jXJfCsY8o6A8JUUNAVKeLAqyOzke5VW6XWDOosqBgHuNU3H01PWfsbUF1fVrItLWTAWOZwqybDTeFm09WuawYMRilihC8vqJlyQD9BqFRP0pPxIFGDaMicHYrscSPxSdA/s2880/20240224_220109.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ps2g01py6xkqckPfzjmZOChM0WyOjF758-BfqaYRvigzsvNFU1xj0K_Ije9jXJfCsY8o6A8JUUNAVKeLAqyOzke5VW6XWDOosqBgHuNU3H01PWfsbUF1fVrItLWTAWOZwqybDTeFm09WuawYMRilihC8vqJlyQD9BqFRP0pPxIFGDaMicHYrscSPxSdA/w400-h400/20240224_220109.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and beautiful.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpc81jmfZy_bnaxi9Ir_WmvrpCwv9dGS9v44-YHqVe4NmaGuaFjx2NDNfiyD3-2C7-D3eXNZXKNtDppBCrjAx2JiSd3ryZgvMofnaP5oJR0TQoRHdAHWn8IYwUhUEpJafVY6Yz1VFdxTrBuGb4vrG27qib5G-XJbMoq444AZkb_uVTVD1l52GoGMUvCHb/s2880/20240224_220455.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpc81jmfZy_bnaxi9Ir_WmvrpCwv9dGS9v44-YHqVe4NmaGuaFjx2NDNfiyD3-2C7-D3eXNZXKNtDppBCrjAx2JiSd3ryZgvMofnaP5oJR0TQoRHdAHWn8IYwUhUEpJafVY6Yz1VFdxTrBuGb4vrG27qib5G-XJbMoq444AZkb_uVTVD1l52GoGMUvCHb/w400-h400/20240224_220455.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then they are gone from sight and replaced with green fields.<br />They are on those mountains ahead of us though.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDj0ma8SP4L4Y03qGSQd97goOyGSy1AAu8iE8K73TEvA3XkZnyCNXS4w8-_4bi4BUhB9v13Jg3rZnk3ibrULsR5zEsvKf00gg1efFZ2VWTPf2CCkM1zHdb_hM3pvawZ1ulQ3tCb2lcq5vJqAjsm6ydFu-V2pPqq7H31OM-Pi_285Li_nr-dXw5G8APPFgr/s2880/20240224_220805.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDj0ma8SP4L4Y03qGSQd97goOyGSy1AAu8iE8K73TEvA3XkZnyCNXS4w8-_4bi4BUhB9v13Jg3rZnk3ibrULsR5zEsvKf00gg1efFZ2VWTPf2CCkM1zHdb_hM3pvawZ1ulQ3tCb2lcq5vJqAjsm6ydFu-V2pPqq7H31OM-Pi_285Li_nr-dXw5G8APPFgr/w400-h400/20240224_220805.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few last pictures of the Saguaros</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-_1xXXtHZ1ZSrZZJ7V2PZHhMmfDYcXe7MNL8v2kELfHkakW-4Sv-DlgC46baaFtaPouOx2J1rchhebdUlF2VRplr565KDp4_FLeKTwKFctvNUUMtegTnvDs4BTTi84D_7p9TLvr3-EQoCejthyphenhyphen5SXEAl1DHia0kNypFi4FDkWsfO6cVPBjRTzk-5kQlh/s2880/20240224_221230.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-_1xXXtHZ1ZSrZZJ7V2PZHhMmfDYcXe7MNL8v2kELfHkakW-4Sv-DlgC46baaFtaPouOx2J1rchhebdUlF2VRplr565KDp4_FLeKTwKFctvNUUMtegTnvDs4BTTi84D_7p9TLvr3-EQoCejthyphenhyphen5SXEAl1DHia0kNypFi4FDkWsfO6cVPBjRTzk-5kQlh/w400-h400/20240224_221230.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and we are merging on to I-10 and back in traffic.<br />Upper right: I always like seeing this semi company truck<br />pass us. A nice reminder.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuj6C66a6AQrjAKz50Bmvdq_yGKT-36OdR7hblQDfJeKxvnbs9RDwVji28j8baNv2OszASUCje3WL2Er9GUWUPOvHt_ZUKupCHvdIfI6vr_z2hk8DRF3wPSL9j10sVBz5R_-VGnNwUsqrdNmHtx0gj8pa-Ftwll4m2t3T6yj_Ifx-FJ8MHxCC6pfDntDGx/s474/OIP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="474" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuj6C66a6AQrjAKz50Bmvdq_yGKT-36OdR7hblQDfJeKxvnbs9RDwVji28j8baNv2OszASUCje3WL2Er9GUWUPOvHt_ZUKupCHvdIfI6vr_z2hk8DRF3wPSL9j10sVBz5R_-VGnNwUsqrdNmHtx0gj8pa-Ftwll4m2t3T6yj_Ifx-FJ8MHxCC6pfDntDGx/w400-h209/OIP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFkdSHbC2G0wMJK0pG5wkpubAAPMQhkdsz9-OvVvlphxOuCMTXc3IvtEV9QjuanIWjUgvyNvUVpsDA587wI4cv6NBOtrRDj8jJij_T7DVhyubxjG-l9prD5j7eMpuY2L-SR0jhffJUke2yLV-UAUUBvIwDqxR_QnG-8osWPgyR5oG5BRm5C_MG1JiHLiE/s2880/20240224_223120.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFkdSHbC2G0wMJK0pG5wkpubAAPMQhkdsz9-OvVvlphxOuCMTXc3IvtEV9QjuanIWjUgvyNvUVpsDA587wI4cv6NBOtrRDj8jJij_T7DVhyubxjG-l9prD5j7eMpuY2L-SR0jhffJUke2yLV-UAUUBvIwDqxR_QnG-8osWPgyR5oG5BRm5C_MG1JiHLiE/w400-h400/20240224_223120.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like how Arizona decorates there over passes.<br />The two middle pictures for the first time ever as we are going <br />by Tucson we are in a construction zone.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZr88XHaRmoKI0FN72Ttfmq2CrBtQJKlfRF2DRgrFkqJxNODZduzjuZyxSQV4eshdw_qDOff0VR_d7hlXqKJqeaQbSTzeLuWN4B7d5oidnJNVyjqD9nUW2JM4waRPm1g2ZZCAlI-sWZLjajugH2A-bGpMN_1aYKE5MMWz1aN9M3eoSxnwMcqMf4DvJ1hL/s2880/20240224_140540.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZr88XHaRmoKI0FN72Ttfmq2CrBtQJKlfRF2DRgrFkqJxNODZduzjuZyxSQV4eshdw_qDOff0VR_d7hlXqKJqeaQbSTzeLuWN4B7d5oidnJNVyjqD9nUW2JM4waRPm1g2ZZCAlI-sWZLjajugH2A-bGpMN_1aYKE5MMWz1aN9M3eoSxnwMcqMf4DvJ1hL/w400-h400/20240224_140540.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top: We can see snow on the Huachuca Mountains.<br />Middle: Coming up to our turn to the right on AZ-82<br />Bottom: We have made it to where we will park our home,<br />Quail Ridge RV, for the next five days. Those are the<br />Mustang Mountains in the distance.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We arrived found our spot and got settled in. It was an uneventful trip the kind we really like. As much as we will miss the wide open spaces and the quiet of the desert we are going to enjoy having full hookups. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday, February 25, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today we are headed over to Tombstone and Sacred Heart Catholic Church for Mass. Then we will take a walk up and down Allen Street. There may even be a stop or two for some browsing in the various shops. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7y1Ucqno8G65e32gCUUffIc6M5P5oBf5Dr8Aq_QCvP53CaLF32cDn5ha6jAU1SUrCNuQZ8TYk5AntQ3IQjgw8wkIEPA0w_-krcX5Q2dzpmOyi8ihdpSb_HArCxMB78LLRgRoa6q8gxrm8EDF9FCy_k-fQr1Iof1lFLkUDlzs6aDv8fv8QReDGVGevncvX/s2880/20240225_185820.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7y1Ucqno8G65e32gCUUffIc6M5P5oBf5Dr8Aq_QCvP53CaLF32cDn5ha6jAU1SUrCNuQZ8TYk5AntQ3IQjgw8wkIEPA0w_-krcX5Q2dzpmOyi8ihdpSb_HArCxMB78LLRgRoa6q8gxrm8EDF9FCy_k-fQr1Iof1lFLkUDlzs6aDv8fv8QReDGVGevncvX/w400-h400/20240225_185820.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going over the San Pedro River. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlyiCNn-qwColNpfhIMdG0Ja3_PASkzh_PeVodh0j1HX8s8iwes1KOStNpIR0YOIElv7pIBbKK2855XvQhvK13bpfGR54DZR0l11hWCoHQxLtJQEaUVkEAsz1PNs8DP87reRPbWdejhbzX-1LD3dPxXXxGaj9hglqg5DyRh7WxDBEsRIyV1jLzf6gB39Y/s2880/20240225_190101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlyiCNn-qwColNpfhIMdG0Ja3_PASkzh_PeVodh0j1HX8s8iwes1KOStNpIR0YOIElv7pIBbKK2855XvQhvK13bpfGR54DZR0l11hWCoHQxLtJQEaUVkEAsz1PNs8DP87reRPbWdejhbzX-1LD3dPxXXxGaj9hglqg5DyRh7WxDBEsRIyV1jLzf6gB39Y/w400-h400/20240225_190101.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6INsxndz9CpmYkGDeabMSNNKVQuMS-Kce_Y-zCXDBI3M9qsYRLSEEuj3x1EASx4Ejag3sqtkTSM36Z-MMDr86-WQPp8zKgxEaiYyoKIuhmMfzQPvzbRsheuu8k-DdKKxTMOqZrveYfoXl9E7Ynsw1B7YIDzhtzXTtH3Y6jcWtncJH3MnhfftohCZhH5v/s2880/20240225_190841.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6INsxndz9CpmYkGDeabMSNNKVQuMS-Kce_Y-zCXDBI3M9qsYRLSEEuj3x1EASx4Ejag3sqtkTSM36Z-MMDr86-WQPp8zKgxEaiYyoKIuhmMfzQPvzbRsheuu8k-DdKKxTMOqZrveYfoXl9E7Ynsw1B7YIDzhtzXTtH3Y6jcWtncJH3MnhfftohCZhH5v/w400-h400/20240225_190841.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The altar area.<br />This is a small pretty mission church.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6SxQ9PQh64Ljz2KDS8lCy5oou7-JCqHpccil1MUACAhfhYZTerRVUMV0D7cVuU_WlgUyj5GONNf9-LDM94m3enbhgCfckDZTnOBxF869nLBlWVtKe649v2DOYQp0JNe4DW3hTfnl4u0FP-O1HlkOyJ43kLi0pt2rn2qDoVOlU1gvw0TDVe7o5SxBVCyX/s2880/20240225_191040.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6SxQ9PQh64Ljz2KDS8lCy5oou7-JCqHpccil1MUACAhfhYZTerRVUMV0D7cVuU_WlgUyj5GONNf9-LDM94m3enbhgCfckDZTnOBxF869nLBlWVtKe649v2DOYQp0JNe4DW3hTfnl4u0FP-O1HlkOyJ43kLi0pt2rn2qDoVOlU1gvw0TDVe7o5SxBVCyX/w400-h400/20240225_191040.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sacred Heart Catholic Church<br />I wrote a short history of this parish community <a href="https://tdcelebratingthedance.blogspot.com/2015/03/more-household-chores-and-updating-of.html" target="_blank">here</a>. This is<br />not the original church building but they did build the first <br />church building of any denomination in Tombstone in 1881.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Below are some pictures of our walk on Allen Stree</span>t.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSM8A0NK5aVy0e9AHLrofjko190GlVmCugakwAGtfWS32XGs7O98FWCZwrkLGlcs36HnZR-bOU6oafYeSgNtwxcUDhxjctLrs1HCaMz9N9B5N2EKq6P_rWZ8SNfE-HMnngUpfFNvrESif__fgr0vgbf2iH-AlfYPtfW_qCmMHiHo879TTiWBFjtg8s5xJk/s2880/20240225_192302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSM8A0NK5aVy0e9AHLrofjko190GlVmCugakwAGtfWS32XGs7O98FWCZwrkLGlcs36HnZR-bOU6oafYeSgNtwxcUDhxjctLrs1HCaMz9N9B5N2EKq6P_rWZ8SNfE-HMnngUpfFNvrESif__fgr0vgbf2iH-AlfYPtfW_qCmMHiHo879TTiWBFjtg8s5xJk/w400-h400/20240225_192302.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I am not sure our visit would be complete otherwise..😊. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGl79wqMVoiZdhBYpqVUMXNFT7uQZHDLRA2dAkRT2jPUqYEuH5xUJszqDzxV0W398DtYRKIBHdd2ew-smsuJ_9MOFpbQAepGzmDf2nhJXL5sNMyj2CBV9vR58btR1hoP5qwfIi4TRd4CIDkd5o41tbnNhWNosoRDvhxSLvmViRvysjTfkn7hrui-F9G8u1/s3001/20240225_135709.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="3001" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGl79wqMVoiZdhBYpqVUMXNFT7uQZHDLRA2dAkRT2jPUqYEuH5xUJszqDzxV0W398DtYRKIBHdd2ew-smsuJ_9MOFpbQAepGzmDf2nhJXL5sNMyj2CBV9vR58btR1hoP5qwfIi4TRd4CIDkd5o41tbnNhWNosoRDvhxSLvmViRvysjTfkn7hrui-F9G8u1/w400-h254/20240225_135709.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are almost home and we can see the <br />Whetstone Mountains in the distance.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Today, <b>February 26th,</b> was a stay at home day. We both did wash. Tom took four loads over to the laundromat here at the park and I did several loads here inside. Plus I worked at getting the blog caught up, sort of. Several "back in times" to come.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIO9O3lt6jZCLnCNaFTGioD6jWBcRaN7X1FkT2SLtmDkL22vgJuBUdHUEJWevnvPvluVgIUvo3TadAVL2KcNQlwJn16ienR2WxN4x86Cj34OrH_A2pWkf3GaWwZVvbZ4R-AFt5SfeKbnRJI-w6-1-RJcyJUSK5jKq4tf62cggKlQ9ZEw7HDjfzHRAWgP5Z/s1425/20240227_003818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="914" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIO9O3lt6jZCLnCNaFTGioD6jWBcRaN7X1FkT2SLtmDkL22vgJuBUdHUEJWevnvPvluVgIUvo3TadAVL2KcNQlwJn16ienR2WxN4x86Cj34OrH_A2pWkf3GaWwZVvbZ4R-AFt5SfeKbnRJI-w6-1-RJcyJUSK5jKq4tf62cggKlQ9ZEw7HDjfzHRAWgP5Z/w256-h400/20240227_003818.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We are glad you stopped by!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</b></span></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-62725266583233566702024-02-07T08:28:00.000-08:002024-02-07T08:28:47.076-08:00We Have Moved<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZ4NT2aUnRVUoQml9_tPpTI1ydStO_sMAsc9hZ2elxb63ET2aeBOmZNMQl7Sdrm57RuvmObv_9pIAZpniKTntnn2dr9rEAwStwNT-4MnTrJP-OTRt1370o1NxL357Gq2sUWzI0Wxm0z8q1sXswYa9Ypcnwm9GxseNNE057pdZx4EZpnIC8YpRKAQ9DZYu/s4678/DSC_0915.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3075" data-original-width="4678" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZ4NT2aUnRVUoQml9_tPpTI1ydStO_sMAsc9hZ2elxb63ET2aeBOmZNMQl7Sdrm57RuvmObv_9pIAZpniKTntnn2dr9rEAwStwNT-4MnTrJP-OTRt1370o1NxL357Gq2sUWzI0Wxm0z8q1sXswYa9Ypcnwm9GxseNNE057pdZx4EZpnIC8YpRKAQ9DZYu/w400-h263/DSC_0915.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After 19 days parked in this lovely spot<br />at the Roadrunner BLM</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddrzzKIXmfWGhvwKhVbWPoDjASiBycusC_LyWjx2fEJouO1HO-wwvXN4KyEwfKkpQA3FmJQjn_V7COEnMTCibGqt0PoVp3wSp1pwNA239J432ZYaMxaU97SvvlqqPLVJk2Xdgza0uIe8jpfJf4Q4qDNOFCcq_kSavmIXN14u2Hp2ovqiWq-g-_V4s6RKK/s6000/DSC_1001.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddrzzKIXmfWGhvwKhVbWPoDjASiBycusC_LyWjx2fEJouO1HO-wwvXN4KyEwfKkpQA3FmJQjn_V7COEnMTCibGqt0PoVp3wSp1pwNA239J432ZYaMxaU97SvvlqqPLVJk2Xdgza0uIe8jpfJf4Q4qDNOFCcq_kSavmIXN14u2Hp2ovqiWq-g-_V4s6RKK/w400-h266/DSC_1001.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">we have moved south back to this spot just off of <br />Ogilby Road.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgciU6tKFQzwhh-x2cXwN5pWnZfxe0WABgrRv7njnV2SW8qrMqa1QKSAQmWG6P-fMhRLiAfp-9Aj3EUBw_yLAXSX5swoM_JZphyphenhyphenHTKEmSIw4eIHkcHtnT0f4UterhBMsRHldqRlioZ0NuDGlsQ7p7rbENOWIlSnMvYj9FnZbnIW8xIa_-53Q6lmfbIxruy9/s2880/20240205_141617.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgciU6tKFQzwhh-x2cXwN5pWnZfxe0WABgrRv7njnV2SW8qrMqa1QKSAQmWG6P-fMhRLiAfp-9Aj3EUBw_yLAXSX5swoM_JZphyphenhyphenHTKEmSIw4eIHkcHtnT0f4UterhBMsRHldqRlioZ0NuDGlsQ7p7rbENOWIlSnMvYj9FnZbnIW8xIa_-53Q6lmfbIxruy9/w400-h400/20240205_141617.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ken brought his guitar out and played and sang <br />as we enjoyed the sun's warmth.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We then headed into Quartzsite to the Outback Pizza where Patsy, <a href="https://patsyischillin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chillin' with Patsy</a>, and Bill, <a href="https://clembillpat.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">On Our Way</a>, joined us for some pizza and conversation. The conversation was lively and the air was filled with laughter, it always is when we get together with this group. Plus, we all agreed the pizza was very good. </span></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VlYyNgzQQ5n3WxywreUkPGy4hXBDb_ihhcGD8HUBpha4s4KmcPgnVPxjh4V9UAfXU1ImO8wuDaNgpNJtfWohNCDkJwKkPVorPDcruZEZSrnZWSS_q3QkR7lkdY98g-6A2peBZawTNj396VzrGLYBXlRZ36x-0GGscjafr3t2oJAvnJm7WGFO9OsxDOie/s2880/20240205_215744.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VlYyNgzQQ5n3WxywreUkPGy4hXBDb_ihhcGD8HUBpha4s4KmcPgnVPxjh4V9UAfXU1ImO8wuDaNgpNJtfWohNCDkJwKkPVorPDcruZEZSrnZWSS_q3QkR7lkdY98g-6A2peBZawTNj396VzrGLYBXlRZ36x-0GGscjafr3t2oJAvnJm7WGFO9OsxDOie/w400-h400/20240205_215744.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left to Right: myself, Patsy, Kim, Keith, Ken, and Bill</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">When we arrived back home Keith said grab something to drink and bring your chairs over we are going to have a fire, he has a "Little Red Campfire". So we did just that and gathered around the fire pit. Ken, <a href="https://journeywithkenandkim.home.blog/" target="_blank">Journey with Ken and Kim</a>, brought out his guitar and we enjoyed the fire and some music. It was a wonderful way to end out time in this beautiful place with special friends. Thank you, Ken for sharing your beautiful talent with us and Keith for bringing the campfire.</span></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApulazkopdMR9ShvirgY0tfSIdUQ3DBv5nL18b_zjTQP0-v-lXaKc7a9vUHwjrqf9kRLLmeSNa9cpEJUU1x6pZm4__uuvYOAZHxMwVGIyV01XQVaf6G7Jre6J4e_cVkX5Llw-ZpmLKCnrGNbZdLj9ZMeg70BxXTv1ZuPPmoRqsSg07zwkADYkWYUy_LEp/s2880/20240205_215934.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApulazkopdMR9ShvirgY0tfSIdUQ3DBv5nL18b_zjTQP0-v-lXaKc7a9vUHwjrqf9kRLLmeSNa9cpEJUU1x6pZm4__uuvYOAZHxMwVGIyV01XQVaf6G7Jre6J4e_cVkX5Llw-ZpmLKCnrGNbZdLj9ZMeg70BxXTv1ZuPPmoRqsSg07zwkADYkWYUy_LEp/w400-h400/20240205_215934.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top picture: Ken and Kim<br />Bottom picture: Keith and Ken</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We have enjoyed our time in this place and I will be doing a couple of "Step Back in Time Posts" for our memory book about our time here. For now it is time to move back to Ogilby. Tom has some dental work he needs to get done in Yuma and that location is more convenient. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Wednesday, January 31, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today is moving day! It is always bittersweet to leave a place we have enjoyed our time at. This spot is no exception and spending it parked by friends has made it extra special. So as we finish packing up this morning we are sad to be leaving yet at the same time excited to be on our way to the new adventures that lay ahead down the road.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEmaJqdycNgV9qOR4p_feEIb763RDMO-qhTfVn3wvQLJztKHnnbgZ18k3WeFfMDaibbgcolZleN2Bpg5Ig4s3dwuyjzTr5c-hph33iKZXCZfgYVb7nxqd7tscLe-6vxxjEHzI-jzmvsU7N2_66wXLoD9LQrBAliW0IkSlI8ZmsDqsXiWcnHsFe0tIhbH5/s2968/20240131_073658.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1979" data-original-width="2968" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEmaJqdycNgV9qOR4p_feEIb763RDMO-qhTfVn3wvQLJztKHnnbgZ18k3WeFfMDaibbgcolZleN2Bpg5Ig4s3dwuyjzTr5c-hph33iKZXCZfgYVb7nxqd7tscLe-6vxxjEHzI-jzmvsU7N2_66wXLoD9LQrBAliW0IkSlI8ZmsDqsXiWcnHsFe0tIhbH5/w400-h266/20240131_073658.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching the sunrise over the Kofa Mountains for the last time</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3ahXOR1l8k6yA78CEYOO4llQ5DBYMgmANctWeXHNNLrgvr3qIchsoJB72vGb3PnShPy3EHs2Hd2wmYEXVsHJ7S6wg3yU3COB3T78a5Y301tdCsELoLW5aCyNG_l5l3-gzbyKXJjkMuRRI1xIkyjrRFamC1Ek216_liwnaEKJWfZxgs_FCXRGZT37wCyH/s2695/20240131_074303.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1862" data-original-width="2695" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3ahXOR1l8k6yA78CEYOO4llQ5DBYMgmANctWeXHNNLrgvr3qIchsoJB72vGb3PnShPy3EHs2Hd2wmYEXVsHJ7S6wg3yU3COB3T78a5Y301tdCsELoLW5aCyNG_l5l3-gzbyKXJjkMuRRI1xIkyjrRFamC1Ek216_liwnaEKJWfZxgs_FCXRGZT37wCyH/w400-h276/20240131_074303.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">parked in this spot for this Adventure.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTgIveEmlbuoPMRHNue93BUNme1ZbaiuB4Dp4LVnQEKMbIDQIUurWWIOxpdz6B4fQSj1Hf8foQh0tLPVsI1v9XSsc7DjDg9WIBGYWsA5I6_vl2zFugMnhzSDmvrdVydsGUmCoL8eESOlmOUQ-gRr4ULweqRHbj98LhoDhe7l4lQHrZlVjyTFCdySV4UAD/s2880/20240205_224631.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTgIveEmlbuoPMRHNue93BUNme1ZbaiuB4Dp4LVnQEKMbIDQIUurWWIOxpdz6B4fQSj1Hf8foQh0tLPVsI1v9XSsc7DjDg9WIBGYWsA5I6_vl2zFugMnhzSDmvrdVydsGUmCoL8eESOlmOUQ-gRr4ULweqRHbj98LhoDhe7l4lQHrZlVjyTFCdySV4UAD/w400-h400/20240205_224631.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saying see you down the road to Ken, Kim, Keith, and Oreo<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">After hugs all around Tom started up the Stinger "B" and headed out. Before we point her nose South she needs to be dumped, filled with fresh water, her propane tank needs to be filled. and she needs some diesel so she can get us to our next destination. While Tom does that I am going to make a stop at a bead store I really like on Kuehn street and then stop at Coyote's to pick up some meat for our freezer. The plan is to eventually meet back out front at Roadrunner to have some lunch, hook up the Jeep, then head south.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJ7V48FK1GrbzMVAkHA7t1beIR6Ugy8dL7lWolLDD_XkWhLZFPjWJCyJyH7Pp6MjpQ-OGD-5RzuFdqWkkav9j5QkXTBZkRYXOSRzbD5yd9pa-bP0uZUeWNN2sBRTV91YLYldg-1QvYSKlAe2kye74FX86nLGqY5CB5xTqleu-QUNyLe854XJZR-XAU3Zs/s5337/DSC_0922.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3435" data-original-width="5337" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJ7V48FK1GrbzMVAkHA7t1beIR6Ugy8dL7lWolLDD_XkWhLZFPjWJCyJyH7Pp6MjpQ-OGD-5RzuFdqWkkav9j5QkXTBZkRYXOSRzbD5yd9pa-bP0uZUeWNN2sBRTV91YLYldg-1QvYSKlAe2kye74FX86nLGqY5CB5xTqleu-QUNyLe854XJZR-XAU3Zs/w400-h258/DSC_0922.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As I headed out in the Jeep behind Tom I turned for on last<br />picture and wave. It looks empty where the Stinger "B" was.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ToPOZsXwZBH3w1iNY3pJjEyqZVtgEggw_kOd4JrhdUEMT7oJEC-FRPCrXOt0s4AxQ8aMe8S_ZHbzZwfhcuJ0YIndD49jS-5_ptrUFCfPp3e7YLOpZTw69Yh-z5w9cU3uETBU_k8Wlo2wY8Wi_OIgMbt2sSBHVAdrjz9CXP-remZ06CD2KdQM5_FV9UZX/s2880/20240205_224800.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ToPOZsXwZBH3w1iNY3pJjEyqZVtgEggw_kOd4JrhdUEMT7oJEC-FRPCrXOt0s4AxQ8aMe8S_ZHbzZwfhcuJ0YIndD49jS-5_ptrUFCfPp3e7YLOpZTw69Yh-z5w9cU3uETBU_k8Wlo2wY8Wi_OIgMbt2sSBHVAdrjz9CXP-remZ06CD2KdQM5_FV9UZX/w400-h400/20240205_224800.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We eventually did make it back to Roadrunner. I got there first. As I was pulling in a very familiar car pulled in behind me. Kim and Ken had run into Quartzsite and were headed back what a nice surprise. We chatted for a bit until Tom pulled in then they headed for home. We had some lunch then hooked the Jeep up and for the first time in all the years we have done this when Tom pulled ahead for me to check the roll the wheels did not roll. He checked the brake airline unhooked it and hooked it back up. We then tried the roll again no change. So we unhooked the Jeep and I am still having trouble getting it in and out of tow but I did manage it and then we started the process over again. I got it into tow and when I took my foot off the break the Jeep moved out of reach of the tow bar which meant I had to take it out of tow yet again...fun...fun...not. Then Tom moved the motorhome to a more level area and we started the process yet again it was about this time Keith showed up, he was headed back after taking a hike to see the "Palms". By this time I was slightly frustrated and suggest I would just drive the Jeep back to Ogilby. But Keith said he would help and we eventually got the Jeep hooked back up and the wheels rolled this time. I told Keith he must have the magic touch. I share this just to let it be known not everything always goes as planned and it can get frustrating but it is important to step back and breath or have a friend stop by and change the mood. Thanks Keith.</span></div><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcZE9p-pJTRVKwcdmTg3gIU4WXKr92QWrn1vzaAxp_qCpihjL9Ai6fQ2csaFw3Q2sTlQeBYGQtLM1OnZeKhhg1-2Gn_Gw6SpVrSHGxy6Wz4F5mMcrwcM1Q8EUzCB6vZuGiJWLzR9dr0jAW49E0PFNwAi_Vuwyog3xdWJDTMgsO1RV5keaOAu_v9R4DfwJ/s6000/DSC_0928.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcZE9p-pJTRVKwcdmTg3gIU4WXKr92QWrn1vzaAxp_qCpihjL9Ai6fQ2csaFw3Q2sTlQeBYGQtLM1OnZeKhhg1-2Gn_Gw6SpVrSHGxy6Wz4F5mMcrwcM1Q8EUzCB6vZuGiJWLzR9dr0jAW49E0PFNwAi_Vuwyog3xdWJDTMgsO1RV5keaOAu_v9R4DfwJ/w400-h266/DSC_0928.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As we travel south this is my favorite view <br />on US-95 between Quartzsite and Yuma.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmC4fpDWf7OZhSD-Z7gLpUDStD8svWwMKTJvlX0JTLwLD9TJR3iKbUH2kEsCTUctEIgDU_sso83cNktGSYGePaYHMlUIXSa3oGDbhBnfCHEc3uFJjwdd2cHPQ13rEM2dFQrBQCo_41PqCtuIJYMZKEyRdTw6XQfwKiqkwIGbt0_qYEn5LRI97ETl3E1Ls/s4434/DSC_0944.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2812" data-original-width="4434" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmC4fpDWf7OZhSD-Z7gLpUDStD8svWwMKTJvlX0JTLwLD9TJR3iKbUH2kEsCTUctEIgDU_sso83cNktGSYGePaYHMlUIXSa3oGDbhBnfCHEc3uFJjwdd2cHPQ13rEM2dFQrBQCo_41PqCtuIJYMZKEyRdTw6XQfwKiqkwIGbt0_qYEn5LRI97ETl3E1Ls/w400-h254/DSC_0944.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> The Aerostat Balloon was up in the air today.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Hovering 15,000 feet in the sky above the mountains northeast of Yuma Proving Ground’s headquarters area is the helium-filled aerostat balloon.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>This amazing piece of technology keeps its state-of-the-art eye focused on one thing: low-flying airplanes. Part of a six-aerostat team forming a radar fence along the southern United States, it's watching for drugs being flown across the international border.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Although the aerostat is on Yuma Proving Ground property, YPG just provides the location and airspace security. The Department of Homeland Security operates it.</i></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLtCfId12h2RaWaXe-gmWuLocSrJ-04V-xM3DIfmncWjL551Ci4gHV5tt0qMSp35zmKwrUAgByLj8ohkJqlZvbmzqPz9vGGzc7RaMwvXUXW_7i5hJpP1oLk5g39g3BX-MGzSvKWn9H885zgfadg2dYR3sQrbPLeTjHjTzUlk8JP51F_EtPxLFNk1_UQdV/s2880/20240205_231217.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLtCfId12h2RaWaXe-gmWuLocSrJ-04V-xM3DIfmncWjL551Ci4gHV5tt0qMSp35zmKwrUAgByLj8ohkJqlZvbmzqPz9vGGzc7RaMwvXUXW_7i5hJpP1oLk5g39g3BX-MGzSvKWn9H885zgfadg2dYR3sQrbPLeTjHjTzUlk8JP51F_EtPxLFNk1_UQdV/w400-h400/20240205_231217.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We noticed a lot of green covering the ground as we drove along.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1K-KEWRvJg-79lYYoOCUt37jWuYPHSDd73dIx9TdUXK3SFK9iBRkkiRwMPi58A7hneKgr4gHdEx8jtN3T4YA0WOq9g-jWT35xy9u2EVovMnJvZjelDmTaoly-rsjk5y94ZIgvDs7Hh9AP7maAQiKIDFpKGwnrJ1626JwRk7hveUpbLo1W_ArUIdHPTwYu/s6000/DSC_0945.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1K-KEWRvJg-79lYYoOCUt37jWuYPHSDd73dIx9TdUXK3SFK9iBRkkiRwMPi58A7hneKgr4gHdEx8jtN3T4YA0WOq9g-jWT35xy9u2EVovMnJvZjelDmTaoly-rsjk5y94ZIgvDs7Hh9AP7maAQiKIDFpKGwnrJ1626JwRk7hveUpbLo1W_ArUIdHPTwYu/w400-h266/DSC_0945.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2NWucjsnGzBPx8PAoUlwmmUL0WMROM-K-jdo0U5Rn3Ftv5LoNcgUqwkD357JVHHZaOxdqJhM-3aQjGKL3p1Qdm5DE8ewG5tGSH7G3tU0wJrwSwGanNasFJH7mGBS52rta5fievJsE4tQiOenGfgwzA4LUUAWQdCN3IxCqi70s1IjqGVkJOe59R32BTL6/s3520/DSC_0947.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2477" data-original-width="3520" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2NWucjsnGzBPx8PAoUlwmmUL0WMROM-K-jdo0U5Rn3Ftv5LoNcgUqwkD357JVHHZaOxdqJhM-3aQjGKL3p1Qdm5DE8ewG5tGSH7G3tU0wJrwSwGanNasFJH7mGBS52rta5fievJsE4tQiOenGfgwzA4LUUAWQdCN3IxCqi70s1IjqGVkJOe59R32BTL6/w400-h281/DSC_0947.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Along with my favorite view this is another picture <br />I take every time we come this way.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvl79QoTxho3Buf5PWuJcCWjBSV3mYIDBtKUkpEgAUB5NzXlcGtMahyphenhyphenUqGvtuRlGtW05zlhGB6V8ajG8wTtrGuXsj7Gx4-7-sYppmHXysI3X5OHvbt1RpSV_-xC-y1M8lYwJaiD5KlmrMCjYtQfLONDtcMUG0oKDgn8rfikbHrtkDWG2iGzImGwNPZvTl/s2880/20240205_232143.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvl79QoTxho3Buf5PWuJcCWjBSV3mYIDBtKUkpEgAUB5NzXlcGtMahyphenhyphenUqGvtuRlGtW05zlhGB6V8ajG8wTtrGuXsj7Gx4-7-sYppmHXysI3X5OHvbt1RpSV_-xC-y1M8lYwJaiD5KlmrMCjYtQfLONDtcMUG0oKDgn8rfikbHrtkDWG2iGzImGwNPZvTl/w400-h400/20240205_232143.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we are going by fields filled with vegies or ready<br />to be planted.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHpek73Ptup94vAevkYncuv5nzvP7P5_Ow7W2qb0kgA0EN8wl8g5t3RW2J4ncO1SxuqSWF48zOiIhbPs3UgpiisJje1Jm8U0Jq45HFFs0jk_RDxFfdSrj2OWNIK6SonzhxKdx8BqJp1dp0w995byXf6HR8NeU3nhEslmAZ2jOf4Z-zrH9IA8WxhlwBdza/s4701/DSC_0951.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3070" data-original-width="4701" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHpek73Ptup94vAevkYncuv5nzvP7P5_Ow7W2qb0kgA0EN8wl8g5t3RW2J4ncO1SxuqSWF48zOiIhbPs3UgpiisJje1Jm8U0Jq45HFFs0jk_RDxFfdSrj2OWNIK6SonzhxKdx8BqJp1dp0w995byXf6HR8NeU3nhEslmAZ2jOf4Z-zrH9IA8WxhlwBdza/w400-h261/DSC_0951.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstwVQsD6f2as1I4nkiWJRRcZWYJ9Ch6DjJOB-FVZ3ww-feMy7T479oMiM6oV3-nTf-8H-qbtRM02jLv3geC35Vh5KG4PXv_lX6JRp07ScXmV_7q0Ep0uFPIrj7Al1Ho4Ze_rJqbbAE7lmz-s_WVzPoJ0DxzqFdP-vVr8OURsJutSLKIu-_22evm2XhXr0/s4405/DSC_0955.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2816" data-original-width="4405" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstwVQsD6f2as1I4nkiWJRRcZWYJ9Ch6DjJOB-FVZ3ww-feMy7T479oMiM6oV3-nTf-8H-qbtRM02jLv3geC35Vh5KG4PXv_lX6JRp07ScXmV_7q0Ep0uFPIrj7Al1Ho4Ze_rJqbbAE7lmz-s_WVzPoJ0DxzqFdP-vVr8OURsJutSLKIu-_22evm2XhXr0/w400-h256/DSC_0955.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguW3hgqmyHvHSfZc3VmpZg4N1xvE1fY9aRqfi5tk55V0N0Xznr17wGN4Wn57ceI6vVopUsXMiuEnELiIV9F8lZKxEma1d7sNR0BpaQHEiuKp7HSTAnWIBTSHK9IykfHdt9cSp62BNKj-dxjDJj26GWUHkkprnAnNc1znL8KT27EDPzXZ4HrXyaQ3xPqM7L/s4032/20240131_165800.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguW3hgqmyHvHSfZc3VmpZg4N1xvE1fY9aRqfi5tk55V0N0Xznr17wGN4Wn57ceI6vVopUsXMiuEnELiIV9F8lZKxEma1d7sNR0BpaQHEiuKp7HSTAnWIBTSHK9IykfHdt9cSp62BNKj-dxjDJj26GWUHkkprnAnNc1znL8KT27EDPzXZ4HrXyaQ3xPqM7L/w400-h300/20240131_165800.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This train is headed the same way we are</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdyaPYal-4TDoTxCW7RBudsy5Gp9OZcWAH5UxlNqCVPQsmg1fso8tHaf8mPeF-gChGfReC1AvhYed9xP9QCbxeU5RmOnz1D2LMk_r7abUmQ3fCpYTkPqQ1Gr3Whh58fYzEKqnd6Ax9jvMWBSHZWngUJXgYFLr5ofJGTx_dAzKZ9OmoNlmH8Q2AZfl2rwk/s5313/DSC_0960.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3563" data-original-width="5313" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRdyaPYal-4TDoTxCW7RBudsy5Gp9OZcWAH5UxlNqCVPQsmg1fso8tHaf8mPeF-gChGfReC1AvhYed9xP9QCbxeU5RmOnz1D2LMk_r7abUmQ3fCpYTkPqQ1Gr3Whh58fYzEKqnd6Ax9jvMWBSHZWngUJXgYFLr5ofJGTx_dAzKZ9OmoNlmH8Q2AZfl2rwk/w400-h269/DSC_0960.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and I am pretty sure it will be at the railroad crossing on<br />Ogilby when we get there.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLseVkKNoMvWr9OX42F6B-3NvGlaoUfNWyztXm9m1PNMVXIasekypXuvdPbp9__k9Yxq4LmGg1SWZmM1KCxdTdMmJ5X8gSeCfcVkJsXBIE5zi_Wy_CJe-hrdUx7_Cg5QlLmvk4fuQ3XvaURog07t9TC4OGZWYMtvMx9idaKjRaIXSkdTP6-l2BmspLttqZ/s6000/DSC_0973.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLseVkKNoMvWr9OX42F6B-3NvGlaoUfNWyztXm9m1PNMVXIasekypXuvdPbp9__k9Yxq4LmGg1SWZmM1KCxdTdMmJ5X8gSeCfcVkJsXBIE5zi_Wy_CJe-hrdUx7_Cg5QlLmvk4fuQ3XvaURog07t9TC4OGZWYMtvMx9idaKjRaIXSkdTP6-l2BmspLttqZ/w400-h266/DSC_0973.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That same train stopped as another going East passes by.<br />We are across the tracks and not far down when we <br />hear its whistle as it crosses Ogilby.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-SK1STzLK8CG_UkZ_NoXDp7WhH7uwomBJt9WDz8xhBtKnQzl7SnjaPaX1q5M7nXb6LZNSORhE1oeM2J3NCBNC9I5s_bCvAfWbGmwpq_vpSybQdPXKVF3JMjMNSgro3RJQeBcIlA0ltwrb3oJD5iYzR_DL30dB504hWfqkthTcZNBJzLVKZOI-SV3SySs/s5847/DSC_0974.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-SK1STzLK8CG_UkZ_NoXDp7WhH7uwomBJt9WDz8xhBtKnQzl7SnjaPaX1q5M7nXb6LZNSORhE1oeM2J3NCBNC9I5s_bCvAfWbGmwpq_vpSybQdPXKVF3JMjMNSgro3RJQeBcIlA0ltwrb3oJD5iYzR_DL30dB504hWfqkthTcZNBJzLVKZOI-SV3SySs/w400-h266/DSC_0974.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the view when we stopped </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4E7ba7aALl2xeCMr2xW1RzKSfocL8F7_QMvt1AfasV1y-8SlpFMgnQP-nxkHetwyZQa75ROC-R9y2Wz93FMwojPTAx8XhgjdvRYkiRkEBcJuLA7V7vYLt-DDBc51AsWQUUlcu6njl0JsapXC_j46OFksXQ7-39ew9f5YvNKGnlT7e2qqoHuRIkcsH39UL/s6000/DSC_0975.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbIDdPTicXPbJImBFkWxi042By8smvN3tatDgW68LO2-DK8prW416mW7fxhA9M-nvIeIWAjrporQ4t9zKnk7WKyYF_vFHAPuLUGEehRzcTO39Azy9KLGQkChpRqZ2NlYNFaEEsaLkCdBifwNXOXrIqqMth__aaxdOZgCiddRBcv6nPmTVIgJJk-1WcbyY6/w400-h266/DSC_0977.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">to unhook.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Veba0n9EzagyL0O6yXFMCfErU9hm5EguNbW42MbpmpG2r1ox6Hs3Yf5mMcE5hv9-z4q0K3SN_JO3aZd9rB37wkgjoq7Yv0aLk2MS8TeFqhyTR2vLoruW4brbVxH1yFBwwqfVKTpCKngPOHsQXSM-z4lm2vYVQNaTreL7wibeWqnIUph-JZy5zZODxnpN/s6000/DSC_0978.JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Veba0n9EzagyL0O6yXFMCfErU9hm5EguNbW42MbpmpG2r1ox6Hs3Yf5mMcE5hv9-z4q0K3SN_JO3aZd9rB37wkgjoq7Yv0aLk2MS8TeFqhyTR2vLoruW4brbVxH1yFBwwqfVKTpCKngPOHsQXSM-z4lm2vYVQNaTreL7wibeWqnIUph-JZy5zZODxnpN/w400-h266/DSC_0978.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-QOXrUnvw8fE936kaVZla6yFhMAvoT_RP8vxaTx0yLOlTG5fhWhMkcGs0Ij8CEJduZETHN53OdWRGEPKzJG3CUtEwDq0KJ1kGqbR8H8tUyaunQ3UD_cfhyQxpCEbt1-HavSNv16L57Ipj60yfKyPDqo0l7iYNtwtf7HhZMk_vFFZ3csTehLVuDcSzqKH/s3724/DSC_0982.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2547" data-original-width="3724" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-QOXrUnvw8fE936kaVZla6yFhMAvoT_RP8vxaTx0yLOlTG5fhWhMkcGs0Ij8CEJduZETHN53OdWRGEPKzJG3CUtEwDq0KJ1kGqbR8H8tUyaunQ3UD_cfhyQxpCEbt1-HavSNv16L57Ipj60yfKyPDqo0l7iYNtwtf7HhZMk_vFFZ3csTehLVuDcSzqKH/w400-h274/DSC_0982.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are almost back to the place we will call home for the <br />next few weeks.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdiwGQ30TBLcuL01X08qB-_WHrodIVWHSsMfNQaBmcq31f_mQi2IMk2PVHc35ZguBpRnZubCnRfUyCmopD5SGmgY4cJD_6n2ROc10R5Hd0wRusu6Y-BjfdrmJ6refZovQJ2MvNH8uJCMicsgIxbHx3yUKBxTrM1MENMytua-2UtvH8nESQ0TvMkBLH_fde/s5771/DSC_0986.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3847" data-original-width="5771" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdiwGQ30TBLcuL01X08qB-_WHrodIVWHSsMfNQaBmcq31f_mQi2IMk2PVHc35ZguBpRnZubCnRfUyCmopD5SGmgY4cJD_6n2ROc10R5Hd0wRusu6Y-BjfdrmJ6refZovQJ2MvNH8uJCMicsgIxbHx3yUKBxTrM1MENMytua-2UtvH8nESQ0TvMkBLH_fde/w400-h266/DSC_0986.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can see the Igloo and the Dogsled just ahead and our spot <br />is open and waiting on the right. In a few minutes I will<br />park the Jeep and get welcome back hugs from Deb and Riley.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicB7m9Q31QO8-odIIDt85hYiL5CmeGSo23ItthTS1UgzUXeXi1R1KqY8UgFuNXmoS-YlMp3GNQxW912QsDPUT0yUN9YKRzTsNzZInZiO-r7Ml-XTNDTzMYNx-OnsTk48PeH4yLUOG8jpBfzcEOkqjBOsgIOYdQqsVcHah4ZQcG-IjW_WtVQ5_d_Q5B9S9G/s2880/20240205_231837.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicB7m9Q31QO8-odIIDt85hYiL5CmeGSo23ItthTS1UgzUXeXi1R1KqY8UgFuNXmoS-YlMp3GNQxW912QsDPUT0yUN9YKRzTsNzZInZiO-r7Ml-XTNDTzMYNx-OnsTk48PeH4yLUOG8jpBfzcEOkqjBOsgIOYdQqsVcHah4ZQcG-IjW_WtVQ5_d_Q5B9S9G/w400-h400/20240205_231837.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As Tom is pulling in he is looking at me<br />and this view behind me.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mAVG3AHo4a8R2x61xgYGvRUeow57W6oSagigPPMUayywQyHSv_tToEFu6Vl_pPu2PIMYSm57B8XDKeNLocGq2pweo8dfwIPZhtI5MH5O5x3nRsE1sdyfVkiVM5HRuz84XudhXSrHiYhhP1xFRXe_kyMwCrGWyUvd_VQV7CRFLSaipdEpyE92_pEmOvuF/s5683/DSC_0989.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3789" data-original-width="5683" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6mAVG3AHo4a8R2x61xgYGvRUeow57W6oSagigPPMUayywQyHSv_tToEFu6Vl_pPu2PIMYSm57B8XDKeNLocGq2pweo8dfwIPZhtI5MH5O5x3nRsE1sdyfVkiVM5HRuz84XudhXSrHiYhhP1xFRXe_kyMwCrGWyUvd_VQV7CRFLSaipdEpyE92_pEmOvuF/w400-h266/DSC_0989.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tonight's Sunset did not disappoint.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We pulled in got parked back in our spot and put up our chairs to watch the sunset. Deb joined us and it is good to be home.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday, February 1, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Up and moving early this morning as Tom had the first of three dental appointments over the next few weeks this morning.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHVViJw_6aN5bF3AV57dsjgxaEQT4VGVxi_zujSqmVQihNGWyeahC8alUFoOvIqbJ0_j55dVkE5MJjCqnBg6Tslp1qy_csv6wdLNiu8dhlj6Q78wZSL2ROvVPqsYRBi5eMdmP_jA73O2SIweiKLVSM7_qWFT-sCMKQF-PWOKzCowocDT7pqD8hWcqFP61/s4032/20240201_075312.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHVViJw_6aN5bF3AV57dsjgxaEQT4VGVxi_zujSqmVQihNGWyeahC8alUFoOvIqbJ0_j55dVkE5MJjCqnBg6Tslp1qy_csv6wdLNiu8dhlj6Q78wZSL2ROvVPqsYRBi5eMdmP_jA73O2SIweiKLVSM7_qWFT-sCMKQF-PWOKzCowocDT7pqD8hWcqFP61/w400-h300/20240201_075312.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun peaked out over the Cargo Muchacho Mountains <br />before going behind the clouds,</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8RjN7jo2D9tlmtxWy_NbUcXa0JltD3ATzoLjQ9bglOtfIIKitYkUkJpNy697ahaY3CfVjTLnR0mxd7XlRDCRx2uHZHuK_7KV7W9JzEAko0TD9hHvkH5VP7i9crpukN0vPKjUYlHJuaA-QaVmRKKNnFXlqep2RjS65ix6UZ1Gdqpjz3eQIjC8OJk2_Cp_/s4032/20240201_091716.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8RjN7jo2D9tlmtxWy_NbUcXa0JltD3ATzoLjQ9bglOtfIIKitYkUkJpNy697ahaY3CfVjTLnR0mxd7XlRDCRx2uHZHuK_7KV7W9JzEAko0TD9hHvkH5VP7i9crpukN0vPKjUYlHJuaA-QaVmRKKNnFXlqep2RjS65ix6UZ1Gdqpjz3eQIjC8OJk2_Cp_/w400-h300/20240201_091716.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like it is raining to the west of us.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today it rained and when we got back from Tom's dental appointment we spent the day inside. Tom and I talked about it then I texted Deb to see if it stopped raining by morning would they, Deb and Riley, like to go to Los Algodones for lunch and maybe a Margarita. There were a couple of things I wanted to pick up, no pictures because they are surprise for our grandchildren. They said yes and now the hope was it would stop raining.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Friday, February 2, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The rain stopped and the sun came out. The shopping was successful and we tried out a new restaurant for lunch. We all agreed the food was really good and we would come back. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXZo_97rToKnDTIxpp849HoektCKzah6qEWNgTg9qP-yO5ySfcrYuo_8QUucEvITTMxVImlwQN_hi6XIeXUhus15r5EYmtZtPU_cfQ0jST9gWvdqOS5fHjY1nyig-apk8smZsRCpLWwcTWYJt6wEvXg3QXHGOIb6LEunR1LN8GdyQ_XEXvZbIPEs4iuxG/s2880/20240205_212724.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfXZo_97rToKnDTIxpp849HoektCKzah6qEWNgTg9qP-yO5ySfcrYuo_8QUucEvITTMxVImlwQN_hi6XIeXUhus15r5EYmtZtPU_cfQ0jST9gWvdqOS5fHjY1nyig-apk8smZsRCpLWwcTWYJt6wEvXg3QXHGOIb6LEunR1LN8GdyQ_XEXvZbIPEs4iuxG/w400-h400/20240205_212724.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The La Parrilla Restaurant and Bar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXOaR68xTcGNq-c8oJh1w5o3vwGBv9TawAHLohnG4wrBaFWD81BzLttYlvvm2JKvoAhyphenhyphenMOLe8RwfZ3LQ0IISwiiKfXkZoU0oG7rYtqTSSEspoCOQBML3T-Z-qTkx9VQQuaZ2ZPO93geQrClEKNsjPhbGIWjdq7Tn3f36SdB6JlbB6gxtsaLSbZj3Qmt7a/s2880/20240205_212528.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXOaR68xTcGNq-c8oJh1w5o3vwGBv9TawAHLohnG4wrBaFWD81BzLttYlvvm2JKvoAhyphenhyphenMOLe8RwfZ3LQ0IISwiiKfXkZoU0oG7rYtqTSSEspoCOQBML3T-Z-qTkx9VQQuaZ2ZPO93geQrClEKNsjPhbGIWjdq7Tn3f36SdB6JlbB6gxtsaLSbZj3Qmt7a/w400-h400/20240205_212528.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some more shopping and then we stopped at El Paraiso<br />for a Margarita. I personally think theirs are the best. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrQzIQ5D63P73IeadUCOgUoNbxtGvtcx6ZD7CHjyEhw9lWSYEl6faQp_D7FqkO3ogB2iJ-c6zD0gNT-R7cqQddG-BxPraBIkMweNA7gjrwMEC4TXPdNBDpQBsK4AGJW-aKqsRwWyYdMzhttNSFd5hTrsrpihtbl53u_sMOAz99tiwOMTwVGJ7Sas47hXO/s2880/20240205_212317.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrQzIQ5D63P73IeadUCOgUoNbxtGvtcx6ZD7CHjyEhw9lWSYEl6faQp_D7FqkO3ogB2iJ-c6zD0gNT-R7cqQddG-BxPraBIkMweNA7gjrwMEC4TXPdNBDpQBsK4AGJW-aKqsRwWyYdMzhttNSFd5hTrsrpihtbl53u_sMOAz99tiwOMTwVGJ7Sas47hXO/w400-h400/20240205_212317.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The line at the border was long so we stopped in here for <br />a soda. The Pueblo Viejo de los Algodones.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNlmSiCa2PXZ0VVox7U9QReU_oq07u20C16Hj-GLoqJm9jLXQkdgoJoAQfjJlVEQ8dSUF5hV9G6BdCwAvdqaaLM2Ytb3U45fRIEfuRq6hTuoHEjPk_YnuiPpIz8rerQM2IdiO6tI2aAb8_7eRJVhqO9m3LwZxP4AE5MAuEF102LB0zMw8AhrHWR3CpPZP/s2880/20240205_212228.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNlmSiCa2PXZ0VVox7U9QReU_oq07u20C16Hj-GLoqJm9jLXQkdgoJoAQfjJlVEQ8dSUF5hV9G6BdCwAvdqaaLM2Ytb3U45fRIEfuRq6hTuoHEjPk_YnuiPpIz8rerQM2IdiO6tI2aAb8_7eRJVhqO9m3LwZxP4AE5MAuEF102LB0zMw8AhrHWR3CpPZP/w400-h400/20240205_212228.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The line was considerably shorter when we crossed the street<br />to join it. </td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a perfect day spent with special friends.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday, February 3, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Saturday was a stay at home day though we did have a Happy Hour with Deb.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXEeBoFaSOWANNd-iUpBJpjR8JZOsRayr5aYr8UUv-KvE2pTDPmGsuG0kxBH7lTyXgWTCwCEozGymF30iTxzMf1z7UjzXHjo5T0zLrvOBjU8YSCm0CVals1wWLw3Y7WZx7KU5FJZoixsXUANRpEUX4YMfRp5GPsG7CGR5YGC2e6LOYs2Fa16bNOoiia89/s4032/20240203_180409.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXEeBoFaSOWANNd-iUpBJpjR8JZOsRayr5aYr8UUv-KvE2pTDPmGsuG0kxBH7lTyXgWTCwCEozGymF30iTxzMf1z7UjzXHjo5T0zLrvOBjU8YSCm0CVals1wWLw3Y7WZx7KU5FJZoixsXUANRpEUX4YMfRp5GPsG7CGR5YGC2e6LOYs2Fa16bNOoiia89/w400-h300/20240203_180409.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I never get tired of the sunsets out here.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></p><p><b style="font-size: large;">Sunday, February 4, 2024</b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When Tom saw Deb out taking pictures early this morning I knew it must be a beautiful sunrise and it was.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLTuTtNS5kn1Pzr3RHBbHAQIJ6zvCBFEB5cNYRVHGS5hyWOghH648mWBX09BqE8ZTStXM4wYu2ouVy6YkmHsKJiW7SOraEaVFj3ggzP1vNAueAayRju8U9fyuvhmI_sTWakQpgjeKNV8HQuUjNMzg02uIGQqYCYochd25ZqNp8aKtlxdiLRMYrFCz1QyI/s2880/20240205_213203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLTuTtNS5kn1Pzr3RHBbHAQIJ6zvCBFEB5cNYRVHGS5hyWOghH648mWBX09BqE8ZTStXM4wYu2ouVy6YkmHsKJiW7SOraEaVFj3ggzP1vNAueAayRju8U9fyuvhmI_sTWakQpgjeKNV8HQuUjNMzg02uIGQqYCYochd25ZqNp8aKtlxdiLRMYrFCz1QyI/w400-h400/20240205_213203.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom took these out our livingroom window.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSso757kwjg121QJidfAAPSHPdU_OiXODLl8bM2zYpTe7jy6jwuYt6Ph0bx98y-Ago9NTKvryzfmMQli6KJDEe9Ifokt-tcwHNMdV__T0vlXrEstyHnCKVS8mbwMLAAVjxmO_iDo2uoZxtM707VFlBKnaKz4vevj4-hJKkeEGhZv2MuijiWec3KbIhNz45/s3585/20240204_121159.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3585" data-original-width="2672" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSso757kwjg121QJidfAAPSHPdU_OiXODLl8bM2zYpTe7jy6jwuYt6Ph0bx98y-Ago9NTKvryzfmMQli6KJDEe9Ifokt-tcwHNMdV__T0vlXrEstyHnCKVS8mbwMLAAVjxmO_iDo2uoZxtM707VFlBKnaKz4vevj4-hJKkeEGhZv2MuijiWec3KbIhNz45/w299-h400/20240204_121159.jpg" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Altar Area at St. Francis of Assisi<br />Catholic Church</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSo29WLv5buetzg2aUCM9Me-ty1_N9vWlygk1KI45MnImEER99LW3iEhRYiXaOGsnpsW6WBk647kAPP1zkS-ZykNIT7pQhhyphenhyphenOLLgCUCbyAVecV3WXW_5F5R-LpkdHIG7V2yvWpW3kbUg_Ulk6HDkQxA9EaeTR8pdh0RL-h5hlS7IiXBwZcPXF8m8Ylf4d/s2880/20240205_212955.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSo29WLv5buetzg2aUCM9Me-ty1_N9vWlygk1KI45MnImEER99LW3iEhRYiXaOGsnpsW6WBk647kAPP1zkS-ZykNIT7pQhhyphenhyphenOLLgCUCbyAVecV3WXW_5F5R-LpkdHIG7V2yvWpW3kbUg_Ulk6HDkQxA9EaeTR8pdh0RL-h5hlS7IiXBwZcPXF8m8Ylf4d/w400-h400/20240205_212955.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a delicious breakfast at the Landing Restaurant <br />in Yuma. We would definitely go back there.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">After picking up a few groceries we headed home and enjoyed a Happy Hour with Deb.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m0Om3_Vzox9P5hHGvUiZMujoiylNkO36hSH8m4QGlP11_fwY182n2TyIeVpzISf9tYcIn6Pk2ISmu_lBlIb0uC_-k9Tnc_QurGb4hJrXqi34Yox-Ss4_8aGVF20uwY-Ym8-D1bV8CoD-rHVtlhCmIao7-XZ2aXwLG29fi4kD1lF5LX08TrNT9R0_Tbyx/s5847/DSC_1003.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m0Om3_Vzox9P5hHGvUiZMujoiylNkO36hSH8m4QGlP11_fwY182n2TyIeVpzISf9tYcIn6Pk2ISmu_lBlIb0uC_-k9Tnc_QurGb4hJrXqi34Yox-Ss4_8aGVF20uwY-Ym8-D1bV8CoD-rHVtlhCmIao7-XZ2aXwLG29fi4kD1lF5LX08TrNT9R0_Tbyx/w400-h266/DSC_1003.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Beautiful Sunset to End Our Day.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Monday, February 5, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Up before sunrise this morning we had another sky filled with color to start our day.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1hwfXIGHvQex83gCZTuzxwdlMZlKN5VQBq5OWWZSARWQJhTrsINw3uEVPN46hgkZRe6VgpDFliNcPHzbNxzTqg_rB90gLAEcKt_UF79_eSRezulk4qhyphenhyphen9gApJJeTvB1sEIrmMG-3L8nA9MVOcgLjgwVeZvyITpK-fKk_rnkBmpaqPvJ4FErndC4vwZ-X/s4032/20240205_072949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1hwfXIGHvQex83gCZTuzxwdlMZlKN5VQBq5OWWZSARWQJhTrsINw3uEVPN46hgkZRe6VgpDFliNcPHzbNxzTqg_rB90gLAEcKt_UF79_eSRezulk4qhyphenhyphen9gApJJeTvB1sEIrmMG-3L8nA9MVOcgLjgwVeZvyITpK-fKk_rnkBmpaqPvJ4FErndC4vwZ-X/w400-h300/20240205_072949.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">After coffee and a very nice conversation with my sister I sorted laundry and Tom headed into Yuma to do wash. Later we enjoyed a Happy Hour with Deb and Riley. It is always nice when Riley joins us "Old Folks" for a bit. The clouds took over today and the sun stayed behind the clouds as it set tonight. So no picture.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Tuesday, February 6, 2024</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Moving early today, Tom has another dental appointment, it is cloudy and the prediction is for rain. There is a pattern emerging here it has only rained twice since we have been here and both times Tom has a dental appointmen</span>t. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh636CKUuiYSXy3Wt7C81mXX8ZyBx0enWBb1ZLmbxI2TZoUGlQbqHtLCWkCPV_A2-TGDfNuQIXX5ckni0W2VK0bfSHB3fKcvU7lIvAyAeorHMR82OZ5g1K2FI4Z0PBUt57K6jUKh4rf2o6y-pmAt-v5mkCSf3fNN1kP2txuRg5JsRkrPxOZ0hct-zli0CJE/s6000/DSC_1008.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh636CKUuiYSXy3Wt7C81mXX8ZyBx0enWBb1ZLmbxI2TZoUGlQbqHtLCWkCPV_A2-TGDfNuQIXX5ckni0W2VK0bfSHB3fKcvU7lIvAyAeorHMR82OZ5g1K2FI4Z0PBUt57K6jUKh4rf2o6y-pmAt-v5mkCSf3fNN1kP2txuRg5JsRkrPxOZ0hct-zli0CJE/w400-h266/DSC_1008.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking west out the door this morning towards the sand dunes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsz30RM4n97m4xNvmP1PWu_UvkhQYw4ZO7eTGGqwmrE2JMwLOzvGPzrqQKM06huWhTqLxqFMLGSDMOjf3BTNRofRMrdTnMMKLau6AqwY-Y2u-FjOptN3h396LFX95rS4eichvJQmUXHyUJkfqubq_PIz520sXZiKx7jykyuAgS_zOv5fcB2m3JukZmSkI-/s5813/DSC_1010.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3875" data-original-width="5813" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsz30RM4n97m4xNvmP1PWu_UvkhQYw4ZO7eTGGqwmrE2JMwLOzvGPzrqQKM06huWhTqLxqFMLGSDMOjf3BTNRofRMrdTnMMKLau6AqwY-Y2u-FjOptN3h396LFX95rS4eichvJQmUXHyUJkfqubq_PIz520sXZiKx7jykyuAgS_zOv5fcB2m3JukZmSkI-/w400-h266/DSC_1010.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ogilby Road and the sand dunes are ahead' the clouds<br />and the rain have obscured the mountains from view.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQLLj0YqqleX90p11rJJp43RxDKGjsSCnsSFLg_Fs8CI13GFSo3MW6Jjaj7x-cK9sJzAoAnvxKr-txr8yQAUlcrP2w7mKYZG1zr8CpOJ3OPN3BvrcTtQpwXCJ4UyCC7ZuHTiM1VBCREYeW0Jy89Dm9kPqPVwH_z4wpAAkM6UfIWZfxMVO431kbOYxNB6r/s2880/20240207_000207.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQLLj0YqqleX90p11rJJp43RxDKGjsSCnsSFLg_Fs8CI13GFSo3MW6Jjaj7x-cK9sJzAoAnvxKr-txr8yQAUlcrP2w7mKYZG1zr8CpOJ3OPN3BvrcTtQpwXCJ4UyCC7ZuHTiM1VBCREYeW0Jy89Dm9kPqPVwH_z4wpAAkM6UfIWZfxMVO431kbOYxNB6r/w400-h400/20240207_000207.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coming into Yuma in the rain.<br />It is the first time we have ever seen this Port of Entry Open.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKzP5TcvWPlqIKHtZVMCssGdxLbu4BtEyWA18OHHPciH1OPbXbAwHTNQK5pFtAM7OOcCajBdjMIa49D72EeLVj-llaC6X1emG-My3wTWEbWAYToxwZWNtWr6abqsppdGzEVOI1EziuOU05w4lwMfwnAdkDNKmhRdFQKiKMqXS8A37m1hQJWv21_bAb91Q-/s6000/DSC_1011.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKzP5TcvWPlqIKHtZVMCssGdxLbu4BtEyWA18OHHPciH1OPbXbAwHTNQK5pFtAM7OOcCajBdjMIa49D72EeLVj-llaC6X1emG-My3wTWEbWAYToxwZWNtWr6abqsppdGzEVOI1EziuOU05w4lwMfwnAdkDNKmhRdFQKiKMqXS8A37m1hQJWv21_bAb91Q-/w400-h266/DSC_1011.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading home we are on Ogilby Road and we can see the <br />mountains to the west of us again.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tYztRhiD6Pe1VPmpoTtFVjodPWODRJYrasO5F5fhY_gfBpSHp8tv_G-jDc7D4Gg9jyKxpXpEPnc-OJc0qQtFw-fhI3OMfqPf_mpbJIhT4AgV7EyIBSqI3OCtBH5OdsJsKnog-xNA14YqurCordT1UMn4fwRyasOEjuTg7H07kgBEH6CowenJmmU9xp3M/s5847/DSC_1013.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tYztRhiD6Pe1VPmpoTtFVjodPWODRJYrasO5F5fhY_gfBpSHp8tv_G-jDc7D4Gg9jyKxpXpEPnc-OJc0qQtFw-fhI3OMfqPf_mpbJIhT4AgV7EyIBSqI3OCtBH5OdsJsKnog-xNA14YqurCordT1UMn4fwRyasOEjuTg7H07kgBEH6CowenJmmU9xp3M/w400-h266/DSC_1013.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cargo Muchacho Mountains.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It did rain again this afternoon but nothing like they got to the west of us. Sounds like some areas of California to the west of us were hit by some pretty bad weather. </span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpthyphenhyphenSA-bAwus0UZV6H7WwwbRm16QI_1-5oFiJoM0u5QSCcTbXoO9kAyBegb5ZgZ4LEssufC1YJPmj4vFjtdE0u_NWMDLScysJv5_Ccf9e6nkiy4KAjl3Kw-KzuNR5QiGxFlc6UEVYjr4KCNg2S-0tlj7hrK3eKnaoHI-y9UPq095C_Gac2wUBpw11O8fr/s3757/20240206_175424.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2585" data-original-width="3757" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpthyphenhyphenSA-bAwus0UZV6H7WwwbRm16QI_1-5oFiJoM0u5QSCcTbXoO9kAyBegb5ZgZ4LEssufC1YJPmj4vFjtdE0u_NWMDLScysJv5_Ccf9e6nkiy4KAjl3Kw-KzuNR5QiGxFlc6UEVYjr4KCNg2S-0tlj7hrK3eKnaoHI-y9UPq095C_Gac2wUBpw11O8fr/w400-h275/20240206_175424.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It had stopped raining and I stepped outside to take a picture<br />of the sky as the sun was setting.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5cN7KlxhdwEc1lzkru_vo36MmNTo_5Yih01viD_jW-3mPnAcZUr5oN89VdRysy2ycFhR9DeVCuct71ysZeYYLR8TfIKOrjG7svUSxU7slRCqRvW5RHmNmraFQGMclBHLSdP7EFThmLBZYbkp2SJZxLh8jXOX_Gnt8zOMIl6JbdaH8pvZQ3Mf6-lPmZmY/s2880/20240207_000536.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5cN7KlxhdwEc1lzkru_vo36MmNTo_5Yih01viD_jW-3mPnAcZUr5oN89VdRysy2ycFhR9DeVCuct71ysZeYYLR8TfIKOrjG7svUSxU7slRCqRvW5RHmNmraFQGMclBHLSdP7EFThmLBZYbkp2SJZxLh8jXOX_Gnt8zOMIl6JbdaH8pvZQ3Mf6-lPmZmY/w400-h400/20240207_000536.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then looking to the East and North of us took these pictures.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfXyzA2DXywlNPld0xgj9MJl1W2W5IGQ0DeqPt9JQtsCR3XT_Nu4a5C7rXuSdGZHNflDTjQuST84GUX8Ajy2OCEpQhj0pwUceCy3YTFjMbE59tGDFXFZk7hbg1u50HzxFdCvefAk4QU-c3YPiWlsh9ESfwgCC2jYAMqKxTuljzkHUiB-qtVw8YN93srZ7/s5521/DSC_1015.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3681" data-original-width="5521" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfXyzA2DXywlNPld0xgj9MJl1W2W5IGQ0DeqPt9JQtsCR3XT_Nu4a5C7rXuSdGZHNflDTjQuST84GUX8Ajy2OCEpQhj0pwUceCy3YTFjMbE59tGDFXFZk7hbg1u50HzxFdCvefAk4QU-c3YPiWlsh9ESfwgCC2jYAMqKxTuljzkHUiB-qtVw8YN93srZ7/w400-h266/DSC_1015.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I heard this guy coming. I only had my phone but </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhnS8D5sjw-4vmx52PgPRUzBnt6rx4m9vTRvA99DWN8RLHYVMsHQcaLEMjqQcdJJPdWW7KYRJdxW95_PgwkftRZ3DSmjnB78NWmqftabaL2KC1cCUNj4jLX0pisKaKeW7uV3WhfCrd2n1kajSiDuRoRk8yIbNBPnp_0oyEBh_s_ax7vL7fZhruZMgT9_5/s5481/DSC_1016.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3653" data-original-width="5481" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhnS8D5sjw-4vmx52PgPRUzBnt6rx4m9vTRvA99DWN8RLHYVMsHQcaLEMjqQcdJJPdWW7KYRJdxW95_PgwkftRZ3DSmjnB78NWmqftabaL2KC1cCUNj4jLX0pisKaKeW7uV3WhfCrd2n1kajSiDuRoRk8yIbNBPnp_0oyEBh_s_ax7vL7fZhruZMgT9_5/w400-h266/DSC_1016.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">then he turned around and I had time to grab my camera</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSDmp56NGSB3Q64C2Klw-Egj6Y3-DcQQnH3oCa9WF36yEaQ_OV7yodtV4YvISMc1Dm7_ZN2MBcKD6yxSHsC-Adf1KLFzLGZBspc__p4kXdcEwYsCyYiuRuSDnjKn37VifpyEcrZGpxHdL2isN0a-eXO1YGXlTYxdwGtNI80k-4utkRL6r95g3i8xDKDtY/s5771/DSC_1019.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3847" data-original-width="5771" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSDmp56NGSB3Q64C2Klw-Egj6Y3-DcQQnH3oCa9WF36yEaQ_OV7yodtV4YvISMc1Dm7_ZN2MBcKD6yxSHsC-Adf1KLFzLGZBspc__p4kXdcEwYsCyYiuRuSDnjKn37VifpyEcrZGpxHdL2isN0a-eXO1YGXlTYxdwGtNI80k-4utkRL6r95g3i8xDKDtY/w400-h266/DSC_1019.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and get a better shot of him.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">We are enjoying out time here and Tom is getting his dental work done and that is the reason we are here. The plan was to have started east today but plans change all the time and we have moved on to Plan B. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I know this was a long blog but I wanted to get it caught up in real time. Tomorrow we are off on a different type of adventure for us and I wanted to be at this point before we leave. More on that in the next blog in a few days. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Life is good and we are enjoying our days. I know I have said it before and I know I will say it again, we feel blessed to be Living Our Retirement Dream. Tom and I realize everyday just how lucky we are to be able to being do it. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvIcI0uOIfyZBEMrDqFzcNZcd2rTITCFpZoJU3qDJfFdKqWuVd7sXukXoFDR4h_ZWhk47Z9HEc6p09rWrglYm1MaZV45PEMnHKpRLZq3eCP4-DGmAjaCKAOx8HRhSh3v8CMEm7cqjjIzpT9tHW_c44Z2khg5JzwtlmdvXzBZnI1RLQIf1khYInGan9QP_/s274/9696.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="203" data-original-width="274" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqvIcI0uOIfyZBEMrDqFzcNZcd2rTITCFpZoJU3qDJfFdKqWuVd7sXukXoFDR4h_ZWhk47Z9HEc6p09rWrglYm1MaZV45PEMnHKpRLZq3eCP4-DGmAjaCKAOx8HRhSh3v8CMEm7cqjjIzpT9tHW_c44Z2khg5JzwtlmdvXzBZnI1RLQIf1khYInGan9QP_/w400-h296/9696.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are glad you stopped by!</span></b></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</span></b></div></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-45900789000996606362024-01-17T22:17:00.000-08:002024-01-17T22:17:42.012-08:00A Sunrise, A Sunset, and A Happy Birthday <p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Tuesday, January 17, 2024 </span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom was up in time to capture the sun coming up over our neighborhood. </span></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjNUuhvq__QIYgNOGkDiAOlWJWjJpzXTEvuC16XJ_D_utJ-bp5KW8ES-smua0X2wEUQLMa-mVZwvLyhQ35us2dAzfLN_U4DwotP461Z0SLwPEKQXcHStvmoZA_WFXRMCR1bQX9bbByDnlZIgglqGJx8XjUeJwQo51wxkqmkN44L6t6ORxPx-49zcoonyc/s3724/20240117_073159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2794" data-original-width="3724" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjNUuhvq__QIYgNOGkDiAOlWJWjJpzXTEvuC16XJ_D_utJ-bp5KW8ES-smua0X2wEUQLMa-mVZwvLyhQ35us2dAzfLN_U4DwotP461Z0SLwPEKQXcHStvmoZA_WFXRMCR1bQX9bbByDnlZIgglqGJx8XjUeJwQo51wxkqmkN44L6t6ORxPx-49zcoonyc/w400-h300/20240117_073159.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Not a lot going on here today. Everyone was gone for a bit emptying black tanks and filling fresh water tanks. Tom took care of the same chores but with our bladder and blue boy so we did not have to move. We have a large group gathered next door and we can occasionally hear announcements throughout the day. Then tonigh for the second night in a row there was music for a couple of hours but we actually have all been enjoying what they are playing so no complaints. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We did enjoy a Happy Hour with Kim, Ken, and Keith for a couple of hours and that did include some lively conversation and a little laughter. Always nice to sit and enjoy the company of friends. </span></p><p>The only pictures I took today were both of the beautiful color in the sky after the sun had slipped behind the Dome Rock Mountains. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVGw1hIiV4Ap31weF6rZYWOoAkbIhxyRdzimJQ3KrrGm8h-Db3lQAHIYGx6ydMWbyzyTA3ypN5JWzUfK8WY9Jk77cax-rwYKncyxiJwI_KqCIUXYJDmQ15DmPP4y3V3MYK4odPnD3w4YgY17BEyEv0V8UdMEDGLVRr7Qf_zkx2YC7DNnWDHmlM61fnlk8/s3023/20240117_180444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2123" data-original-width="3023" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVGw1hIiV4Ap31weF6rZYWOoAkbIhxyRdzimJQ3KrrGm8h-Db3lQAHIYGx6ydMWbyzyTA3ypN5JWzUfK8WY9Jk77cax-rwYKncyxiJwI_KqCIUXYJDmQ15DmPP4y3V3MYK4odPnD3w4YgY17BEyEv0V8UdMEDGLVRr7Qf_zkx2YC7DNnWDHmlM61fnlk8/w400-h281/20240117_180444.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstTaw0LkrpFHQVfINdq3wV5jin76f8T8Smk2tvlgslRF5gxikz0BprbTgt_TP6GD9v75IIP8sOOw6iiw2UIK407r1jirfAYYkPnX7NW_UZ5iHBXgOXKq-NXhRcrVh3rdNUvyP2A_vDGQlp_lFF1KJJxoAOcTne1sQ6cH3F8u8h7R-Zc14pXnw7RGERfQl/s2982/20240117_180952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2136" data-original-width="2982" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhstTaw0LkrpFHQVfINdq3wV5jin76f8T8Smk2tvlgslRF5gxikz0BprbTgt_TP6GD9v75IIP8sOOw6iiw2UIK407r1jirfAYYkPnX7NW_UZ5iHBXgOXKq-NXhRcrVh3rdNUvyP2A_vDGQlp_lFF1KJJxoAOcTne1sQ6cH3F8u8h7R-Zc14pXnw7RGERfQl/w400-h286/20240117_180952.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This little guy, our daughter's son, turned 9 today! The picture in the center is one taken recently. The rest are just some of my favorites. I especially love the one of him jumping in the puddle when he was two, pure joy, he was having so much fun. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Birthday, Nathaniel!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">We love you forever and always!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAEsVmNmCU1J9IGLW97Abzls5BdUgFtvthUd1TK5pagBHDl4MD-Fkwct2Yu-1Ykn8b4WNw6cZ29nfJ3TJb6s4TRJHN1puSH9qZ1tCGnp5Vm40unvvgxqYbAGVN2lrXgOQP4vurbb_c_Ffcl_5BJ9KYkHtMaWuR6vWtcU7ybanagMplHDdm4MATN_J-1ro/s2880/20240117_220308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguAEsVmNmCU1J9IGLW97Abzls5BdUgFtvthUd1TK5pagBHDl4MD-Fkwct2Yu-1Ykn8b4WNw6cZ29nfJ3TJb6s4TRJHN1puSH9qZ1tCGnp5Vm40unvvgxqYbAGVN2lrXgOQP4vurbb_c_Ffcl_5BJ9KYkHtMaWuR6vWtcU7ybanagMplHDdm4MATN_J-1ro/w400-h400/20240117_220308.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiML2MN-8tYtekbLsu_lAi1s_wF4RAgXRDg5YBdPKzbF6afT2QJE8xrp84EUpHoZoXXVwi-PBSazBALRjF-uVGsojGDSmhffaw_RTzMajcn2HimuuS327-TpKRdNy5bHXbaiwZ0tpbtWFksALZUJeQZ7BGSZY8nmorPNWYKuDyetzF-Z48qNg6nckntfIoW/s360/OIP%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="360" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiML2MN-8tYtekbLsu_lAi1s_wF4RAgXRDg5YBdPKzbF6afT2QJE8xrp84EUpHoZoXXVwi-PBSazBALRjF-uVGsojGDSmhffaw_RTzMajcn2HimuuS327-TpKRdNy5bHXbaiwZ0tpbtWFksALZUJeQZ7BGSZY8nmorPNWYKuDyetzF-Z48qNg6nckntfIoW/w400-h318/OIP%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are glad you stopped by!<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</span></b></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-41455972460144496812024-01-15T06:30:00.000-08:002024-01-15T06:30:39.197-08:00A Ride In The Cargo Muchacho Mountains<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A Short Step Back in Time to Wednesday, January 10, 2024</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As I mentioned in my last blog we decided today would be a fun day to take a ride into the Cargo Muchacho Mountains our goal was to find a way through but that did not happen today. It still was fun taking a couple of different roads in search of the right one and we enjoyed the company of friends, Deb and Riley, which made our time riding an enjoyable one filled with talk and laughter. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Below are the pictures I took as we drove along and at some of our stops. They are pictures of what "jumped" out at me as we drove along. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOC9fVQzLLZzLqW6fVxyzy3YKVz1x2RDcs2vyBRqCFu7hsC1OdP8p6VGv57zptQZUgFQ5pTzO_zH-UumfjgnEy2A7ZicTqVrz5Wb1oOWJZelfWmnbLjDxbrW6Rq_b63flltc3cWUnv_ix96lUmDN55JCFnA8jHjQsCiDIa4HNF7IZHilw9FnxXUakS2Vj/s4838/DSC_0476.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3218" data-original-width="4838" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOC9fVQzLLZzLqW6fVxyzy3YKVz1x2RDcs2vyBRqCFu7hsC1OdP8p6VGv57zptQZUgFQ5pTzO_zH-UumfjgnEy2A7ZicTqVrz5Wb1oOWJZelfWmnbLjDxbrW6Rq_b63flltc3cWUnv_ix96lUmDN55JCFnA8jHjQsCiDIa4HNF7IZHilw9FnxXUakS2Vj/w400-h266/DSC_0476.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUbFaVxmDEYhPzQ0lGcXueWvP_gE9rvAAe6pLo0s3C-9S5kMZb-fBIIyBAuNZuyCc1Y2D5QbUpcy6Jhh3N82ISg418An1N8yov6qh7Sq85-pv2emZS1naPVFBIT1llS6ZcStJwtzFuz0SxaWsbcccIRuVW9fRrw62XaRGNFKd66mySHqBNXxr2fDgrnEP/s6000/DSC_0479.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUbFaVxmDEYhPzQ0lGcXueWvP_gE9rvAAe6pLo0s3C-9S5kMZb-fBIIyBAuNZuyCc1Y2D5QbUpcy6Jhh3N82ISg418An1N8yov6qh7Sq85-pv2emZS1naPVFBIT1llS6ZcStJwtzFuz0SxaWsbcccIRuVW9fRrw62XaRGNFKd66mySHqBNXxr2fDgrnEP/w400-h266/DSC_0479.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSB6qFSkIsfvZ89PxkbUIoK7-LAKtT9TlX8of6GWUz-w8M7I_c6qjdIAC-CgEBHoG9AKjkqJzLDcMjOMpkFiVedHV0aDOBoPLPru93daH6Nko-OMg3Ep9RndBhg7jKF-qlbv2rCc98Bvh-04Qngdl4YhhwpnXJcIUWYc1bMql6E_eESXADYvquTrSHCiKb/s6000/DSC_0481.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSB6qFSkIsfvZ89PxkbUIoK7-LAKtT9TlX8of6GWUz-w8M7I_c6qjdIAC-CgEBHoG9AKjkqJzLDcMjOMpkFiVedHV0aDOBoPLPru93daH6Nko-OMg3Ep9RndBhg7jKF-qlbv2rCc98Bvh-04Qngdl4YhhwpnXJcIUWYc1bMql6E_eESXADYvquTrSHCiKb/w400-h266/DSC_0481.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">We stopped to look at this open pit mine. These are the two pictures I took.</span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi249wTVMoEpjVnwnPSE7IJMsvnj4Az3AWbQtEEi-Gl8GUJNVdJ71IZF08zFAZYE7YVDahOe7bJt1Oi85BEa0l5eIReKhjuEMm8JtykPg92RvCdsqiYpEB6yXIvt5TMnMuR8eMrDk8QBrzshIzPneRVgTirdEp-Gd0tjrWmBiRniFSruHie-rKOxJyAG5Zt/s6000/DSC_0483.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi249wTVMoEpjVnwnPSE7IJMsvnj4Az3AWbQtEEi-Gl8GUJNVdJ71IZF08zFAZYE7YVDahOe7bJt1Oi85BEa0l5eIReKhjuEMm8JtykPg92RvCdsqiYpEB6yXIvt5TMnMuR8eMrDk8QBrzshIzPneRVgTirdEp-Gd0tjrWmBiRniFSruHie-rKOxJyAG5Zt/w400-h266/DSC_0483.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglc-uJ7q-Z2MolmXkel0vl21qDRTlraRfXBIb-UAR1QJGVASl6qobD1HRhK_FPPCBsnfTUiVidkWxkKp6zYTV7TIdTbQHnjK9B580D2X9lldUbrhPfMurfiQZaY4ceItqV1AO5eh1c5KR3Fb-GD0meaX9gB-UJVjKgCIE2x09PF_GgvUJdSVqO1qDiKzum/s6000/DSC_0484.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglc-uJ7q-Z2MolmXkel0vl21qDRTlraRfXBIb-UAR1QJGVASl6qobD1HRhK_FPPCBsnfTUiVidkWxkKp6zYTV7TIdTbQHnjK9B580D2X9lldUbrhPfMurfiQZaY4ceItqV1AO5eh1c5KR3Fb-GD0meaX9gB-UJVjKgCIE2x09PF_GgvUJdSVqO1qDiKzum/w400-h266/DSC_0484.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">These are the two Tom took.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6vvGCC9TnCsaHgr3Dy78zmjcDJuJGOXaPldvw3ieceQ1idWCafaUsf51To24R-kZSdmf_opxF3ZjVjc-bcHh62CE-qZBvyNBl5WS0KxvE28SlEqfn1Xtu7L7zAnbMDMJQTrdF0eP8eJRth68LVPvOcRe51FnyZTt3BIED-nRoMazGSsXbaO91f1nl5Dv/s4000/20240110_100900(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6vvGCC9TnCsaHgr3Dy78zmjcDJuJGOXaPldvw3ieceQ1idWCafaUsf51To24R-kZSdmf_opxF3ZjVjc-bcHh62CE-qZBvyNBl5WS0KxvE28SlEqfn1Xtu7L7zAnbMDMJQTrdF0eP8eJRth68LVPvOcRe51FnyZTt3BIED-nRoMazGSsXbaO91f1nl5Dv/w400-h300/20240110_100900(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It looks like some one took a knife and sliced<br />a section off of the mountain.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6PYAzgnrPHc2aa_WgbStZ-Ud0gxy1i30efEEsUTASSzxypf78Xo7F19kbPRa3yimy-iQqZv5tpJkDWOAg9Wqy7wIg4GzztOkqxEtVxIO8YOfJDQC1mxShEI6yb4KcEyfnXXkmMJpp79Nfdl3nkT9iPiHJqMtkDLtZZ_N9td34_iA-aIpN7pTkTvTFZpz/s6000/DSC_0520.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6PYAzgnrPHc2aa_WgbStZ-Ud0gxy1i30efEEsUTASSzxypf78Xo7F19kbPRa3yimy-iQqZv5tpJkDWOAg9Wqy7wIg4GzztOkqxEtVxIO8YOfJDQC1mxShEI6yb4KcEyfnXXkmMJpp79Nfdl3nkT9iPiHJqMtkDLtZZ_N9td34_iA-aIpN7pTkTvTFZpz/w400-h266/DSC_0520.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZUiM1NMVR-uByb1j79OvqMgwsbq5nB56nM1e0B4SRe3k-JE8vIMstu-XiK6SdbvGRPeaPUnH30xqwj6j6Zd3QUIAimixBxwPU2k6oL5sNnP0iqKSj5GFVYLBF6iUfyocQ18Xtg5toRQHfRs-0upTU7vbwvqRwcCU2WFeojW1udYNyoqV2QHcnFwwUEtl/s6000/DSC_0521.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PakBggq8WxAITxtvwdW4eh2D-UXrMqu6W7IS15Nmbut8-KNCUL-ayR3iL2vsS_Tng6zyxxXYKGp9QdWVkGgNx80PC8ww3l8dL512oV5aZwNP70lAW0uDJJ4Mf4kQG5MaNzD_Z14XmYV1H3Sb3fz7usCEq5VomCm0S8Gih1vW5z4xVR9e3pGJURjBK-Gh/s5367/DSC_0533.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3578" data-original-width="5367" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PakBggq8WxAITxtvwdW4eh2D-UXrMqu6W7IS15Nmbut8-KNCUL-ayR3iL2vsS_Tng6zyxxXYKGp9QdWVkGgNx80PC8ww3l8dL512oV5aZwNP70lAW0uDJJ4Mf4kQG5MaNzD_Z14XmYV1H3Sb3fz7usCEq5VomCm0S8Gih1vW5z4xVR9e3pGJURjBK-Gh/w400-h266/DSC_0533.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We parked looking across a wash and the power of <br />water is very visible.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UC44l7HssLdvSsvBqfEXEXnLROr-PdJi-dlnYap_9X76r6NL2zgkfcMfI_sblXYpwe5jm7T0Ki7yvAjqAOvZl9uMkt-AOGuojdDXFamcQZHmBc-TcPSXzH6U24uz_2QoGoYFQRusxemI5_jYIegsZJxH0IktWJwfTsrY1a33R_zynNbnWHGcALYoKRU1/s6000/DSC_0535.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UC44l7HssLdvSsvBqfEXEXnLROr-PdJi-dlnYap_9X76r6NL2zgkfcMfI_sblXYpwe5jm7T0Ki7yvAjqAOvZl9uMkt-AOGuojdDXFamcQZHmBc-TcPSXzH6U24uz_2QoGoYFQRusxemI5_jYIegsZJxH0IktWJwfTsrY1a33R_zynNbnWHGcALYoKRU1/w400-h266/DSC_0535.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As we are driving out of the mountains <br />the sand dunes are visible in the distance.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaamkgbdLRP7UmoTlMeooPoKUv3-Ff7aQ04l5qzJszSqGfAyixY93L7mzOQo-Z_-BSoTAvADytklLQgmhUV9tHBlDVzAGAGpQnQ81B0AIAseQWJfNsC4jJUQKSjBjNYvWo4ZUcZvHfbyHcU-IJ_MZar2WwMjWBCo9lynlSSKoD9CySfHNuRm0vNo95NPaV/s6000/DSC_0536.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaamkgbdLRP7UmoTlMeooPoKUv3-Ff7aQ04l5qzJszSqGfAyixY93L7mzOQo-Z_-BSoTAvADytklLQgmhUV9tHBlDVzAGAGpQnQ81B0AIAseQWJfNsC4jJUQKSjBjNYvWo4ZUcZvHfbyHcU-IJ_MZar2WwMjWBCo9lynlSSKoD9CySfHNuRm0vNo95NPaV/w400-h266/DSC_0536.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This looked like large mushrooms caps on the side of the hill.<br />At least that is what I saw.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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The picture above is what we could see from the road below. The pictures below are what he took when he walked up to it. <i>(Interesting side note: When he was up there he could hear voices and as we were driving away we could see people up on top of the hill. Interesting how there voices carried to where he was standing near the mine shaft.)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBITblfs3EnbJ9sG53QGQrHxTmxsizmonaoFNhJmiq9OFuscKy_52e8eBAYpfPqZhWTMfy-uWx0smLl6SlL0iO670vgvfutsl3BRBS1Qh1NKbp3gLTGAI2NOf4ukf3uwKASq7eC2-ZHCrlc4i8suieyqfCdpPD9dEoNNvPTLwl8L_uc2PEaEcL8H1Zbuk/s4000/20240110_123019(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglBITblfs3EnbJ9sG53QGQrHxTmxsizmonaoFNhJmiq9OFuscKy_52e8eBAYpfPqZhWTMfy-uWx0smLl6SlL0iO670vgvfutsl3BRBS1Qh1NKbp3gLTGAI2NOf4ukf3uwKASq7eC2-ZHCrlc4i8suieyqfCdpPD9dEoNNvPTLwl8L_uc2PEaEcL8H1Zbuk/w400-h300/20240110_123019(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3fcuZ_Ai01ErqBckglrsvmk2aUILUkbOLfL5T70YmMtgIb14A_RLoYoSKtI-uOQVeLl3hwXrB964Q-R7gDUb18JMaXGzR6lm3fVzm72OjIHslSTkRwGWzSbcvgEfDJNaHHGKEG5TZfT2AWf8LEf5l2e0r8uaqaISYyoRc8tBPMrgBD8KcajyCJVg-kXz4/s6000/DSC_0547.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3fcuZ_Ai01ErqBckglrsvmk2aUILUkbOLfL5T70YmMtgIb14A_RLoYoSKtI-uOQVeLl3hwXrB964Q-R7gDUb18JMaXGzR6lm3fVzm72OjIHslSTkRwGWzSbcvgEfDJNaHHGKEG5TZfT2AWf8LEf5l2e0r8uaqaISYyoRc8tBPMrgBD8KcajyCJVg-kXz4/w400-h266/DSC_0547.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just after I took this picture we could see the people Tom <br />heard talking on top of this hill. This is another abandoned<br />mine on that same hill.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpefuewLre61bKBNBedcbSzUhLtA22ezi8YsJ9x7OJujkScGNU7BfKhEiT-cqLhpuAkJMpVMjJD5Ap6tle1MyxUwvYTOq9VA3TkAJKTd8mRju2ME2vdcWGhy5CdmBf7AoYEdAhiaFh9LacB5_gQpHQrx8k0PP4XeZJWyZxPiTFrBXdVYMSmdcFGqdDeono/s6000/DSC_0548.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpefuewLre61bKBNBedcbSzUhLtA22ezi8YsJ9x7OJujkScGNU7BfKhEiT-cqLhpuAkJMpVMjJD5Ap6tle1MyxUwvYTOq9VA3TkAJKTd8mRju2ME2vdcWGhy5CdmBf7AoYEdAhiaFh9LacB5_gQpHQrx8k0PP4XeZJWyZxPiTFrBXdVYMSmdcFGqdDeono/w400-h266/DSC_0548.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tailings from one of the mines in the area.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We did continue our ride over towards Tumco and the black hill just to check out some boondocking sites but for whatever reason I did not take any more pictures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a good time spent with special friends.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The plan is to try again to find the opening through the mountains. We may find it and we may not but there is fun to be had in the search. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEW-jrwb89sSSS3G807eLi2ld-g9_kCi5WttVDdFZ9tZOQNtjeYh5pI6K00L6X7rIsnelDambnDk3gZbkF8KzvlorBBJXYLDanJkZZZ0D84Z8Gh0B4ZWSyIZW3WRfmSyOIJc3e3ya51FlWgthVjed6Jyg-FUoHFWYizZ_HQC0mkqrm1E_OzZP9IkoKwUNg/s5442/DSC_0560.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3583" data-original-width="5442" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEW-jrwb89sSSS3G807eLi2ld-g9_kCi5WttVDdFZ9tZOQNtjeYh5pI6K00L6X7rIsnelDambnDk3gZbkF8KzvlorBBJXYLDanJkZZZ0D84Z8Gh0B4ZWSyIZW3WRfmSyOIJc3e3ya51FlWgthVjed6Jyg-FUoHFWYizZ_HQC0mkqrm1E_OzZP9IkoKwUNg/w400-h264/DSC_0560.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun setting on our day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwbUrDnzsATbBSOfcNTQ4Mut4eS685YqqcB_A6ziZKg_vmSr6CIIdSWYnzUaEzo3CxyaZMZ2sDE9bLZOg-RzaHI7d2NoIGhEssRlN8Z43797Q2cXgpBwGzvyrePyhcknJCSgqJVRLuH4HPmMhh-KoUCefNuk9JhWPDA4lMN-xvAyTBzpxCcMNDwYj3dLR/s5466/DSC_0570.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3566" data-original-width="5466" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXwbUrDnzsATbBSOfcNTQ4Mut4eS685YqqcB_A6ziZKg_vmSr6CIIdSWYnzUaEzo3CxyaZMZ2sDE9bLZOg-RzaHI7d2NoIGhEssRlN8Z43797Q2cXgpBwGzvyrePyhcknJCSgqJVRLuH4HPmMhh-KoUCefNuk9JhWPDA4lMN-xvAyTBzpxCcMNDwYj3dLR/w400-h261/DSC_0570.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I never get tired of the sunsets out here.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courgette; font-size: x-large;"><b>"Injustice anywhere </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courgette; font-size: x-large;"><b>is a threat to justice everywhere."</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courgette; font-size: large;"><b> ~Martin Luther King Jr.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">We are glad you stopped by!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</span></b></div></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-66969210062281118032024-01-14T09:47:00.000-08:002024-01-14T09:47:06.812-08:00We Have Changed Locations<p><span style="font-size: medium;">We are now parked out in the Roadrunner BLM near Quartzsite, Arizona. The plan was to arrive on Thursday park out a Dome Rock BLM overnight, we had a morning appointment at RV Lifestyles to have a new Convection/Microwave Oven installed, then make our way out here. The wind had other ideas, basically laughed at our plans, and we did not leave our spot near Ogilby Road in California until first light on Friday. Tom called RV Lifestyles on Thursday about our situation and they said not to worry about being late. Living in an RV is always an adventure and we learned right from the beginning if you cannot go with the flow this is not the lifestyle to be living. Of course, raising two kids we already had plenty of training/experience about going with the flow...LOL</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Saturday, January 13, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today started under beautiful blue skies and we spent part of the morning getting things organized inside our home after arriving the day before. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The plan for today was a late lunch at Quail Mountain Restaurant in Quartzsite with our friends, Melissa and Lyle. We had not seen them since this past spring so we were looking forward to some hugs and a nice catch up. Both of which happened. A picture would have been nice, I say that a lot, and I did think of it a about half way home. Hopefully next time I will think of it when we are together. Never the less it was a lovely couple of hours and we are looking forward to our next get together.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Arriving home we saw our neighbors outside enjoying a Happy Hour but there was already a chill in the air as the sun was close to taking today's heat with it behind the Dome Rock Mountains. Kim was heading inside but the Ken and Keith were still sitting out so Tom did join them for a short time. I decided Kim had the right idea and stayed inside.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We parked perfectly and I can take pictures of the sunsets and sunrises without leaving the warmth of our home, if I so choose. Sometimes it is the little things in life that make me happy and this is one of them...lol</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJj4BiXB3coCbDfEeO9RnQ4lVGM_rnjtyWYjEQ_zc6P5O3_7WvCdL1YDNFtnX-FQZ_2WdPAhMhfUrji7fjZcl4rf6-oWgRDpL_69wxb2Oc3bTmDEluHaUuOs2rJu2TkIgfABfsEFuMfsvPdHEaOIpZiTfhGfkBiL-O32HjiHg5aZacbAHPdOpj_IOyaurS/s4608/20240113_172434.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJj4BiXB3coCbDfEeO9RnQ4lVGM_rnjtyWYjEQ_zc6P5O3_7WvCdL1YDNFtnX-FQZ_2WdPAhMhfUrji7fjZcl4rf6-oWgRDpL_69wxb2Oc3bTmDEluHaUuOs2rJu2TkIgfABfsEFuMfsvPdHEaOIpZiTfhGfkBiL-O32HjiHg5aZacbAHPdOpj_IOyaurS/w400-h300/20240113_172434.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sunsetting on our day from our bedroom window.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8o_iczXK7gD4JEfUpKxgOAqdXWUqDxlMJisjjc1DtXeYONMaPuIruZxQDG8I83seqUlXKwM81TZs_fh9alZDTkui_hRYTl3lopoA_cTLjIIyHnFMKkEorQGe_K1kUzgmXwjQR3LmwGhPAVnGnotfqFeH29r0jG5wlAcnc9-KIe6CM4YvU17edep_S3EKO/s2880/20240113_175131.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8o_iczXK7gD4JEfUpKxgOAqdXWUqDxlMJisjjc1DtXeYONMaPuIruZxQDG8I83seqUlXKwM81TZs_fh9alZDTkui_hRYTl3lopoA_cTLjIIyHnFMKkEorQGe_K1kUzgmXwjQR3LmwGhPAVnGnotfqFeH29r0jG5wlAcnc9-KIe6CM4YvU17edep_S3EKO/w400-h400/20240113_175131.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This guy is out our front window. He is beautiful and<br />I guarantee you will see more pictures of him.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsZ0BZM20aqFW-ap1XyfzlrXdHKmQGVIYhvyFGBWo4Ffzaoxbf0oslhdPJsOSxLf-V3mxBKPaZrhjsV818lfAWOMxqeapr2yEecXSkX8OV-CSJkCTbkc7es3TqJ8PkVrsenwrbVJOWip0ywCM7lW4SDLzMqwCQpi266qpzKTHmEoiigXI1NhLrnTAYWTN/s2998/20240113_172231.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2027" data-original-width="2998" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsZ0BZM20aqFW-ap1XyfzlrXdHKmQGVIYhvyFGBWo4Ffzaoxbf0oslhdPJsOSxLf-V3mxBKPaZrhjsV818lfAWOMxqeapr2yEecXSkX8OV-CSJkCTbkc7es3TqJ8PkVrsenwrbVJOWip0ywCM7lW4SDLzMqwCQpi266qpzKTHmEoiigXI1NhLrnTAYWTN/w400-h270/20240113_172231.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ken, Keith, and Tom solving some world problem,<br />I am sure.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1HGZzS4J1ueX5mfuT6M6pMJgVsFMKzyfICQrZeImYA3FUio7q6ClGZxwdraI4bt_onxpSHPaczlj0uMD_dvXpspxj8eV38N_uIaovN2i8oX9UZBCBkHzbA-YnBdP0QWpSV_VM1uXL-fDuZQBWIP2i6D7x4gDFGFO2aYUqKt0rbLhtlRxKA606MjhFF4f/s4123/20240113_180048.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3093" data-original-width="4123" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1HGZzS4J1ueX5mfuT6M6pMJgVsFMKzyfICQrZeImYA3FUio7q6ClGZxwdraI4bt_onxpSHPaczlj0uMD_dvXpspxj8eV38N_uIaovN2i8oX9UZBCBkHzbA-YnBdP0QWpSV_VM1uXL-fDuZQBWIP2i6D7x4gDFGFO2aYUqKt0rbLhtlRxKA606MjhFF4f/w400-h300/20240113_180048.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little after the sun disappeared behind the Dome Rock<br />Mountains we had a lovely afterglow.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Friday, January 12, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As I mentioned before we were on our way this morning with the first of the morning light. With one final hug with Deb, we had said our see you laters and I had gotten hugs from Riley the night before, we were on our way. First stop was to dump at the Chevron Station near Pilot Knob then back to Ogilby Road to make our way north to Blythe were we merged onto to I-10 heading east towards Quartzsite. It is about a 90 mile drive and we already knew we would probably be about 90 minutes late for our appointment so we made the decision not to hook the Jeep up to the motorhome to save some time. We very seldom make the decision not to hook up but I do not mind driving and sometimes, like today, it just makes more sense for me to do so.</span> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3JxgaGC97ot9o7IyH93DqfubPydRqcv2Br1_tWS57L9o3uYaJsYlcFIiJaxEsae2DsrQdGjnT6HxZjg09g0BUL8V_IngPuFECBHIn1YKNXEXuGiXikCyA9tEdWAxJ-O7Mrp4RzNoA3EHmN5fWshbX1LxLZ60i5XexTLdgF5aqrJx019GOMUf8IuhL0mZ/s6000/DSC_0595.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3JxgaGC97ot9o7IyH93DqfubPydRqcv2Br1_tWS57L9o3uYaJsYlcFIiJaxEsae2DsrQdGjnT6HxZjg09g0BUL8V_IngPuFECBHIn1YKNXEXuGiXikCyA9tEdWAxJ-O7Mrp4RzNoA3EHmN5fWshbX1LxLZ60i5XexTLdgF5aqrJx019GOMUf8IuhL0mZ/w400-h266/DSC_0595.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun is slowly making its way up over the <br />Cargo Muchacho Mountains <br />as we make our way to Ogilby Road.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTf0lSSdR2fFy1hqFSqY3z-uEDbzHJwKIDXDODnmn9EE476-75IqanFC9p2N_bwWfBFNnhsQu3SUbPr0kbhtN_GSKm9Yz_-79lDisux1XTyUUTmFAwUc4LC159OlrZphQkfM1aOvHpDa-6Ad8Hvx2jLz_OV6MY_OBsN62N-9tbBLqmRB-oAkBp50GgGmJ_/s5725/DSC_0596.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3817" data-original-width="5725" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTf0lSSdR2fFy1hqFSqY3z-uEDbzHJwKIDXDODnmn9EE476-75IqanFC9p2N_bwWfBFNnhsQu3SUbPr0kbhtN_GSKm9Yz_-79lDisux1XTyUUTmFAwUc4LC159OlrZphQkfM1aOvHpDa-6Ad8Hvx2jLz_OV6MY_OBsN62N-9tbBLqmRB-oAkBp50GgGmJ_/w400-h266/DSC_0596.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We will miss the green Ocotillos that are out here.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8C4Qx8dXvOgfJLknUSYs46XoICE0XG00fIKet_RZ_QcS9NfiTrqkfME1QjSHEP0AIQYTTSFwyG_3qzi47h1DvoNuzbFFgWlfF6LZaQanGpnmJlzQZOv0RSQuhrD9nUDaaQdBxGGYZpksmmRX7z25yK9SA9ps62EY9LCnoJdnvg7nL-ofRFmV5ony2A2BV/s5813/DSC_0598.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3875" data-original-width="5813" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8C4Qx8dXvOgfJLknUSYs46XoICE0XG00fIKet_RZ_QcS9NfiTrqkfME1QjSHEP0AIQYTTSFwyG_3qzi47h1DvoNuzbFFgWlfF6LZaQanGpnmJlzQZOv0RSQuhrD9nUDaaQdBxGGYZpksmmRX7z25yK9SA9ps62EY9LCnoJdnvg7nL-ofRFmV5ony2A2BV/w400-h266/DSC_0598.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There it is just barely making it over the mountains.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoftrMPe3Lh22OINN_wycG8MORz4HaQq6PcD5orcwnjevirKr9PcVG1vwHYKp3zdUW48y-TxzJ_aD7NoaJ-sXIUxdCXCb0cLTDrG8yM9vHtf_VS9to_iNn-rhbAgFQ-kSW2cb-oQ2Di4tDjX9Ej0Hns0oykr6WkWrOUYrdtS9Ik3dIV8ogUGZNIbwTDoN/s6000/DSC_0599.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoftrMPe3Lh22OINN_wycG8MORz4HaQq6PcD5orcwnjevirKr9PcVG1vwHYKp3zdUW48y-TxzJ_aD7NoaJ-sXIUxdCXCb0cLTDrG8yM9vHtf_VS9to_iNn-rhbAgFQ-kSW2cb-oQ2Di4tDjX9Ej0Hns0oykr6WkWrOUYrdtS9Ik3dIV8ogUGZNIbwTDoN/w400-h266/DSC_0599.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I stopped on Ogilby Road to see it coming up again<br />this time over the Ogilby Hills.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">As we figured we arrived at RV Lifestyles about 90 minutes late and after talking with them we went and to get some breakfast at Times 3 Family Restaurant. A few hours later we were on our way out to Roadrunner to join Kim, Ken, and Keith. They had found us a great spot and we got parked just in time to join everyone for Happy Hour. We will be missing Deb and Riley though we will see them again in a few weeks. This area is one of our favorite places to park and even though it will be busy and hectic being in this area the last couple of weeks in January we do enjoy it. We are looking forward to our time here and getting together with friends and some campfires. </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZGvOZ7hazj0x26IRqkXmyeNDe52x-TP7mI-8nY7OUylxx7SGO9OwEqZrixu9fONdpCoEwbGHLtGaTDr36e6FmQ7BLfT_Chp6ULCgsFjJkD8snhh4LAU3q7-PGpCJMv7B4zCpU7kw0yfJlShYGy-s9l0kwmc53wGOVGQ9LtwczJKqTSSfzsx7AtP2NVNm/s6000/DSC_0602.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZGvOZ7hazj0x26IRqkXmyeNDe52x-TP7mI-8nY7OUylxx7SGO9OwEqZrixu9fONdpCoEwbGHLtGaTDr36e6FmQ7BLfT_Chp6ULCgsFjJkD8snhh4LAU3q7-PGpCJMv7B4zCpU7kw0yfJlShYGy-s9l0kwmc53wGOVGQ9LtwczJKqTSSfzsx7AtP2NVNm/w400-h266/DSC_0602.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really like looking out the front window and seeing this Saguaro. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZYix12V9WS7zPTq-yK5lEI1zhkvzmxxgu_edhqSkXZ6P35XPWTXNghOSTNoW2FngWhw0GeVfUU8sU1frvabq6dqoH78zLLS-bZyR7oCJNRfeYJRYgq2ksrLVnSFoiMaRnGGi-nQIPODQZ0BaYOMNbsUK3wkqAOkp4nUtYp1FkkLM4onYenvmsjst3DS0/s6000/DSC_0604.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ZYix12V9WS7zPTq-yK5lEI1zhkvzmxxgu_edhqSkXZ6P35XPWTXNghOSTNoW2FngWhw0GeVfUU8sU1frvabq6dqoH78zLLS-bZyR7oCJNRfeYJRYgq2ksrLVnSFoiMaRnGGi-nQIPODQZ0BaYOMNbsUK3wkqAOkp4nUtYp1FkkLM4onYenvmsjst3DS0/w400-h266/DSC_0604.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first sunset back at Roadrunner.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMd_aOULtKwCkSkzHvll2i3QpxCaXMvz9eV8ojCn-qWRpZV1Ue7ia5zK58rQj1DNuvTIeuj9yr6Th6IR5vANEpSkjgnsKOo59362Ejzsi9IP8DBDA6rMwDSlNxu75FH0uW5gyKsnGEK93Ifh4UZPImP0y7zAl9R3UVon89J9KKtjppSGa3u2jciy6BkDyV/s6000/DSC_0607.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We are living our Retirement Dream and enjoying all the moments!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday, January, 11, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today, as I mentioned above is the day we were suppose to leave this place near Ogilby Road. We were up and moving early not just because it was a moving day but Tom had a dental appointment in Yuma before we would be heading out. He is finally getting a bridge in the bottom front replaced after a lot of years and today was the day they were taking out what was left of the old one and putting in a temporary one. He will get his permanent new one when we head back this way in a few weeks. While I was in the waiting area I could see the wind picking up; we knew there was going to be some wind today but not quite the strength it ended up being. During the time I was sitting there I heard from both Melissa and Kim about the wind in the Quartzsite Area. This is when I found out they were under a Wind Advisory and this is when I knew we were not going to be traveling today. By the time we got back home we could barely hold the door to get inside the motorhome.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0zilTFGUdvvm3YpBaazfAEE3k_-P-yhhbLaw3KBgRNzvt544z9MWM86PI0ouBfseHph0e_M6RdW_SPuIEE8pwhrypuvykdFWyaZYvBhzfKLOY6Z7TclytRd-XdmfyoS7erAtToI37-OVgZCK-lpTO2kouye-8HP8hWeQ1sm0PZWLFP-UVBoMiNUMElTY/s5443/DSC_0571.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3629" data-original-width="5443" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0zilTFGUdvvm3YpBaazfAEE3k_-P-yhhbLaw3KBgRNzvt544z9MWM86PI0ouBfseHph0e_M6RdW_SPuIEE8pwhrypuvykdFWyaZYvBhzfKLOY6Z7TclytRd-XdmfyoS7erAtToI37-OVgZCK-lpTO2kouye-8HP8hWeQ1sm0PZWLFP-UVBoMiNUMElTY/w400-h266/DSC_0571.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was definitely dust over the mountains this morning</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho47s2HiE6IBJOJxi6R66PoaxjoqWixSUlSYwYEm7VGIDJhYE0qpSjumGhsmNgVIMK_ziFYX5aUsTtOvD80fym5-l8EU_QZ2f4umAeRLooAxYSD3SM-fbJgrZcVVU5-EoXp6VoIiQhD91uHJOx616D68jzva5AH7BiuxCbcB_28h6BdJCdU51zTR6JAbFP/s6000/DSC_0574.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho47s2HiE6IBJOJxi6R66PoaxjoqWixSUlSYwYEm7VGIDJhYE0qpSjumGhsmNgVIMK_ziFYX5aUsTtOvD80fym5-l8EU_QZ2f4umAeRLooAxYSD3SM-fbJgrZcVVU5-EoXp6VoIiQhD91uHJOx616D68jzva5AH7BiuxCbcB_28h6BdJCdU51zTR6JAbFP/w400-h266/DSC_0574.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">as you can see in these pictures.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKmEW9pD9bJZY5w9EqDu0zmMgTYnAmNx92BVseNKzOEJuUwGsmfGamWJPVtTLgENABYiwOrNmDTlmWUOLSWSQkCJiRNNexHsAvykz9AB3JShHmkgcIiyUxRY-803BmZ5s7YVdFZQpBFBn5VF0NSl2xPPkvRaYRWSwL0KHd3XfcCUrE3HUD_1tE8C4M4y-/s6000/DSC_0575.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKmEW9pD9bJZY5w9EqDu0zmMgTYnAmNx92BVseNKzOEJuUwGsmfGamWJPVtTLgENABYiwOrNmDTlmWUOLSWSQkCJiRNNexHsAvykz9AB3JShHmkgcIiyUxRY-803BmZ5s7YVdFZQpBFBn5VF0NSl2xPPkvRaYRWSwL0KHd3XfcCUrE3HUD_1tE8C4M4y-/w400-h266/DSC_0575.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The strange thing is where I am standing taking these</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_J1abyMBLCXq-h11Qv_ebF3NVV4SFDOn69bnjIQhF0K3WaAnXNwfcym28yWPZALw9556qDSYmA371oYSdqEH7nyy1MikdksSmg1ZBeBLZ-2Qfp4zVUCj5kVCE0hpbPNdsfoTpBonRxr78aXMgTZyE0FkYNmNZSi1GndrdFC9x0PNWQhyEePQl4y3RiB08/s6000/DSC_0573.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_J1abyMBLCXq-h11Qv_ebF3NVV4SFDOn69bnjIQhF0K3WaAnXNwfcym28yWPZALw9556qDSYmA371oYSdqEH7nyy1MikdksSmg1ZBeBLZ-2Qfp4zVUCj5kVCE0hpbPNdsfoTpBonRxr78aXMgTZyE0FkYNmNZSi1GndrdFC9x0PNWQhyEePQl4y3RiB08/w400-h266/DSC_0573.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">by the motor home there is barely a breeze.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXlHGpWSEQO-2ErryqYx6snRQ81VxLt_wdPRvJohBwhM3r33KxDGhHhe-wZOPTBu_hEy80qdsJ3rCndvy1e09RMFnLSoPZO4uVU8BuLe7K7OgJ6iLZiBRQDdwglH3pg07V7Noy3T-vhDgQiA2O_h-tF0RLvRpNqt7R3NgY1Q8zcfZ_sMeeXit8W6dFMb7/s5847/DSC_0572.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXlHGpWSEQO-2ErryqYx6snRQ81VxLt_wdPRvJohBwhM3r33KxDGhHhe-wZOPTBu_hEy80qdsJ3rCndvy1e09RMFnLSoPZO4uVU8BuLe7K7OgJ6iLZiBRQDdwglH3pg07V7Noy3T-vhDgQiA2O_h-tF0RLvRpNqt7R3NgY1Q8zcfZ_sMeeXit8W6dFMb7/w400-h266/DSC_0572.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun was well up through the dust when I stepped out.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszUKTuGT3UalIPR_RPGC94aMqprLP8xI-gA7v3xXmY5NBoL0_e12-rHEJ5lPE3iT4BxF3yLmxjlXeMz_Ih5-Xzf5RRmkl8zqDvHiN6vWKrqbiXtG9aUpnYOyWD78vNxGLA82G9HTH_BrmttayIy1nBJo1P-v2NXWe_-jWxhnMPScujZ6N624G5tF643Te/s5599/DSC_0576.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3733" data-original-width="5599" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszUKTuGT3UalIPR_RPGC94aMqprLP8xI-gA7v3xXmY5NBoL0_e12-rHEJ5lPE3iT4BxF3yLmxjlXeMz_Ih5-Xzf5RRmkl8zqDvHiN6vWKrqbiXtG9aUpnYOyWD78vNxGLA82G9HTH_BrmttayIy1nBJo1P-v2NXWe_-jWxhnMPScujZ6N624G5tF643Te/w400-h266/DSC_0576.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again out on Ogilby Road we could barely see the </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQ3Sg39pT488LvAAqEiiH8hfextY0lutqVEHvbtan9eHEPVotie5-AF_TRwYmJzpJJL8WV8vDfEIIUOgHnv4DJnW7hOnRTTqfiH-9fJ5-0UgUfgWBqzSZinLAaOtyBk0bJlv_STAvGiINKbEfuf1yXsIWkiGqXGufrNPunvzK41VrnKQnL5puEkM1exRt/s5641/DSC_0577.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3761" data-original-width="5641" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQ3Sg39pT488LvAAqEiiH8hfextY0lutqVEHvbtan9eHEPVotie5-AF_TRwYmJzpJJL8WV8vDfEIIUOgHnv4DJnW7hOnRTTqfiH-9fJ5-0UgUfgWBqzSZinLAaOtyBk0bJlv_STAvGiINKbEfuf1yXsIWkiGqXGufrNPunvzK41VrnKQnL5puEkM1exRt/w400-h266/DSC_0577.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Imperial Dunes through the dust. Yet there was no sign of<br />wind or movement in the sand near where we were.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxL90Vu9Bx9-d8F-0nFA2IC8t3S4-iQHsoTAw4XwSR8xL1lPuhlrzUlp12BmKNmOq5IjeZ6kXkIUoyNzyt6-6w6XpiYSFlB8HCITILFbsH4wqMRX3tuYAzNwaotXFZh3aaPTpEUU33kQYl6Hyg6VcE5Who7sTQruFGR1-e5eOB8z1ECq7NSis838p9OK79/s5999/DSC_0579.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3999" data-original-width="5999" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxL90Vu9Bx9-d8F-0nFA2IC8t3S4-iQHsoTAw4XwSR8xL1lPuhlrzUlp12BmKNmOq5IjeZ6kXkIUoyNzyt6-6w6XpiYSFlB8HCITILFbsH4wqMRX3tuYAzNwaotXFZh3aaPTpEUU33kQYl6Hyg6VcE5Who7sTQruFGR1-e5eOB8z1ECq7NSis838p9OK79/w400-h266/DSC_0579.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pilot Knob Peak is behind a wall of dust, also.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRi0ncmz4lcQaa8gpPKwq7z0aPld4aGKbrYkxok8_ESflSEBOAg4asyTXpM1wdyCf58iXbwhdmTYuuCmCJFUg4qiYqjVW4Wbg2KR2A0z90JlUmfvMGe8-QvqLorrv3kK7vb9usHSQ6y9C0jE5cuk8r08-9EP6jEyc1VXxDKGBg-Jxf4MlG9qhlWb_zQz_F/s5683/DSC_0593.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3789" data-original-width="5683" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRi0ncmz4lcQaa8gpPKwq7z0aPld4aGKbrYkxok8_ESflSEBOAg4asyTXpM1wdyCf58iXbwhdmTYuuCmCJFUg4qiYqjVW4Wbg2KR2A0z90JlUmfvMGe8-QvqLorrv3kK7vb9usHSQ6y9C0jE5cuk8r08-9EP6jEyc1VXxDKGBg-Jxf4MlG9qhlWb_zQz_F/w400-h266/DSC_0593.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is coming back and there is now a definite wind</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtCgstgblWNlv46eunlGnX2RZ5r5R_nBoyAJilaMdOH2VjzVapB3VQYFearnSyS3iuOLGCC670NDy84eyx8SyrornBMYsaVuIpltRkuJHNWegRmnIZHmitTy2Xw1SPjQvSIf4Dw15l0hD6lm6k59dHZE-XJyZjDbI4IsIADY7RfsCADHOBYFMqfGtzlXA/s5769/DSC_0594.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3847" data-original-width="5769" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAtCgstgblWNlv46eunlGnX2RZ5r5R_nBoyAJilaMdOH2VjzVapB3VQYFearnSyS3iuOLGCC670NDy84eyx8SyrornBMYsaVuIpltRkuJHNWegRmnIZHmitTy2Xw1SPjQvSIf4Dw15l0hD6lm6k59dHZE-XJyZjDbI4IsIADY7RfsCADHOBYFMqfGtzlXA/w400-h266/DSC_0594.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">as we make our way home on Ogilby Road.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtXTxjFAEU58TWNTLEz1wziH2Cr43OZwvTsMC6eA23oG4-YYb06IFedLiZRB_Ep4Z3Hbuxv04KH5bZ7C5LVXExpCmdFgTieoUPtA8kHNZpj_k2Xf9UIqxQOwQ2T2XxBkdwrYUH2orZuWk4yydhdvz5BM8b-4dT9oiThqF4juWwcVRl-qh4syVxF3sX7R3/s3841/20240111_114833.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2881" data-original-width="3841" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtXTxjFAEU58TWNTLEz1wziH2Cr43OZwvTsMC6eA23oG4-YYb06IFedLiZRB_Ep4Z3Hbuxv04KH5bZ7C5LVXExpCmdFgTieoUPtA8kHNZpj_k2Xf9UIqxQOwQ2T2XxBkdwrYUH2orZuWk4yydhdvz5BM8b-4dT9oiThqF4juWwcVRl-qh4syVxF3sX7R3/w400-h300/20240111_114833.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It is hard to see in the pictures but there is dust above the desert.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The wind was with us until about 4 o'clock. I spent a lovely few hours inside the Igloo with Deb and Riley. There was even a delicious Bloody Mary, thanks Deb, to be enjoyed during Happy Hour. Going with the flow and enjoying the day it brings are some of the best days and today was one of those days.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Wednesday, January 10, 2024</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This morning the four of us, Deb, Riley, Tom and I, went for a ride into the Cargo Muchacho Mountains in search of the way through. There is one we just did not find it, though, we still had a really nice ride. We will try again another day. This blog is already long enough so I will be posting those pictures in another blog.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Tuesday, January 9, 2024</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Today was moving day for part of our neighborhood. Kim, Ken, Keith, along with Oreo are heading back north to park near Quartzsite. We left before them for Tom's dental appointment, his first one to find out what he needed done besides the new bridge and when they could do it. I did hear from Kim later in the day to let me know they had found a spot and where. As I mentioned above we were heading up that way to join them at Roadrunner.</span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ooO8NqDEH4brS-CNHJE8HMHTYG9klBOLwOuzoJZpJ2yFJTivctlIVpETwzS8Q94e_j-O7aA5WSF43yrwBwK_UZDQQCk_Yaoe_Oqx4CNsB4SalATEUgPQkpK74OxBYB6mAZDEuK8-8LDywJsvwWdnqrBPx6ysj9_s7OGcajZD7TLnqqvCgvxBKfYTt9UR/s5604/DSC_0474.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3563" data-original-width="5604" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ooO8NqDEH4brS-CNHJE8HMHTYG9klBOLwOuzoJZpJ2yFJTivctlIVpETwzS8Q94e_j-O7aA5WSF43yrwBwK_UZDQQCk_Yaoe_Oqx4CNsB4SalATEUgPQkpK74OxBYB6mAZDEuK8-8LDywJsvwWdnqrBPx6ysj9_s7OGcajZD7TLnqqvCgvxBKfYTt9UR/w400-h254/DSC_0474.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tonight's sunset.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaxfEW5ok4k-2jp_EFdlHE7lMNjNlTcKVD0FQzzpgx-cL3GJwMQORTp9m4g8yTcw2XI4EZrmDiZJLecgAHPgqRhZJ32NGZwCD5bwdQSt0e4Lg34YJu_0pzO0Gbnh7udyw1kLOclp663zgB3d69iZMPX2K-F44yAXHDSegCUKHjTCCmByEVLaqlhmmkCze/s4844/DSC_0475.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2994" data-original-width="4844" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaxfEW5ok4k-2jp_EFdlHE7lMNjNlTcKVD0FQzzpgx-cL3GJwMQORTp9m4g8yTcw2XI4EZrmDiZJLecgAHPgqRhZJ32NGZwCD5bwdQSt0e4Lg34YJu_0pzO0Gbnh7udyw1kLOclp663zgB3d69iZMPX2K-F44yAXHDSegCUKHjTCCmByEVLaqlhmmkCze/w400-h248/DSC_0475.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful end to another good day in the desert.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Sunday, January 14, 2024</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The sun rising above the Kofa Mountains!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWnC9Jvfybdrx4ildaQqrZOpqu0J-nKfaK9Z76NGaR7hhn12mM5DHVHIPCL4P5g3PCwvv8joV6XtZT5ogcPrHQN_3i2VTip0o9ZlarOPS0oU2igtf9Elw5ae68lh2G1WhJ8recVmOHPRwjBagOEsKPltw2yDtOKdvsdUvaMYqCPKsr063NGRZ044i0Pot/s6000/DSC_0620.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvWnC9Jvfybdrx4ildaQqrZOpqu0J-nKfaK9Z76NGaR7hhn12mM5DHVHIPCL4P5g3PCwvv8joV6XtZT5ogcPrHQN_3i2VTip0o9ZlarOPS0oU2igtf9Elw5ae68lh2G1WhJ8recVmOHPRwjBagOEsKPltw2yDtOKdvsdUvaMYqCPKsr063NGRZ044i0Pot/w400-h266/DSC_0620.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h3><span style="font-size: medium;">A New Day Begins </span></h3><div>What we do with the hours between now and when the day ends</div><div>lay ahead of us with all its possibilities. </div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We are glad you stopped by!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</b></span></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-28010811007134416762024-01-08T21:40:00.000-08:002024-01-08T21:40:56.544-08:00It Has Been Windy in the Desert<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Monday, January 8, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The wind was with us for the second day in a row. At the same time the sky was a beautiful blue.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a busy morning for Tom after coffee he went out the door to take care of dumping our black tank. We made a decision a few years ago to purchase a blue boy and that means we do not have to move every time we dump which makes it somewhat easier. After that fun he was off to the rest area just west of us on I-8 to fill our water bladder. Our fresh water tank was reading empty. I honestly had one bit of paperwork to take care of and other then making dinner it was pretty much a do nothing day for me. I did not even take one picture. We did spend some time video chatting with our youngest grandson which was mostly listening to him talk about and show us his little cars and then a few minutes chatting with his sister. Some of the special moments in life. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In the end it was a quiet but a good day.</span></p><p><b style="font-size: large;">Sunday, January 7, 2024</b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When I first woke up this morning I could hear a soft rain on the roof and there was some wind. As the morning progressed we had a few more drops of rain and the wind stayed with us steadily picking up. After lunch we made the decision to pull our livingroom slide in. We had decided earlier to go to 4 o'clock Mass at St. Thomas Yuma Indian Mission Catholic Church and just after lunch we also decided to take a short ride before heading to Mass. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The pictures below are of the Cargo Muchacho Mountains. This is the view out our living room windows. As I was drinking my coffee this morning I could see the shadows moving across the mountains and it is a beautiful show to watch. On a day with blue skies, big fluffy clouds, and a breeze the only way I can think to describe what I would sit out and watch is the shadows dancing in and out of the crevices as the breeze moves the clouds across the sky. Today was not that type of day it was a cold windy day and definitely not a day I would describe as a sit outside and watch the clouds day. So I decided to see if I could take some pictures of the show through our window and I was pleasantly surprised with the results.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Between the clouds, the wind, and the sunlight it is a beautiful constantly changing show to watch. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTyARpAY0z0ADRrS7Eb47hQVfjHnYplQuWna3PmGQfmLDeDdmNeQTuyjlIulSoLpOhs3j2-G-WDZwwIR1QHjyAIQGSGoc9S-57Ch0CKDMNZyhakVNWYnUcoCKL1QpyXZkLmbESaLD34S5CAlvKp7J_uEVa9IiZlLZLdSaSo1FBWGj9CNwVYWrATRU3Yw7/s5580/DSC_0434.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3720" data-original-width="5580" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrTyARpAY0z0ADRrS7Eb47hQVfjHnYplQuWna3PmGQfmLDeDdmNeQTuyjlIulSoLpOhs3j2-G-WDZwwIR1QHjyAIQGSGoc9S-57Ch0CKDMNZyhakVNWYnUcoCKL1QpyXZkLmbESaLD34S5CAlvKp7J_uEVa9IiZlLZLdSaSo1FBWGj9CNwVYWrATRU3Yw7/w400-h266/DSC_0434.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfs3QBlQfYV_A4C1dmc-aVh31vPpbWpmR4ryjzvppKk0W6l8QltG1AaTdw1By2l31Ak8wPeqGSJPVnXOxfz-WEhiYV6AFrQPAWP7zsLMXhr0KVEaSyAvbxBOPf6B9INCbpVFj_F70azXXEld-3nZrIS3C_1K0SUIztKvPoWFhWEhVGRYEQyks1BkaFqbf_/w400-h266/DSC_0445.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sky is now a beautiful clear blue<br />no more clouds to create the shadows. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">On the ride we took we saw several Ocotillos filled with tiny green leaves up and down their branches. It was just a short ride along the power line behind us and closer to the mountains.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVAnyKTga5j6pGWDHfwm9GZONYP26gyITjo-8-SdBHUf92KO7bXGw8EV64XNplebAJaf7mgMcWrerq8jUSReOkEEE6vaggxr1zZycIbzJ9Gvi8ratnRfuNZ74_d0DZgH5f2pZGqAC4whdQVBuafevRNFIAUu1uR9yhBUuHCfSlvIki0C2AmxsOB9ejJxMb/s6000/DSC_0447.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVAnyKTga5j6pGWDHfwm9GZONYP26gyITjo-8-SdBHUf92KO7bXGw8EV64XNplebAJaf7mgMcWrerq8jUSReOkEEE6vaggxr1zZycIbzJ9Gvi8ratnRfuNZ74_d0DZgH5f2pZGqAC4whdQVBuafevRNFIAUu1uR9yhBUuHCfSlvIki0C2AmxsOB9ejJxMb/w400-h266/DSC_0447.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Ocotillos are filled with tiny green leaves</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE5zdQOoCkNMUcTk8JKrDS94H105nVsPMgL_kDiRA3IUCbQDyatr-tnbLMkVBO-2zWDX67400WgcUKcWpv3J_iLfmMqBhaI2lIFuD9AA0-D5hrq9Oc0-iKn3Hbh5eI7UmI4Mjs0k6VbH-DoJOF6peCFPsZoQLKeoiqbUGiLjEcT70sNBNSAka6lmOG9EP5/s3075/DSC_0451.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2067" data-original-width="3075" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE5zdQOoCkNMUcTk8JKrDS94H105nVsPMgL_kDiRA3IUCbQDyatr-tnbLMkVBO-2zWDX67400WgcUKcWpv3J_iLfmMqBhaI2lIFuD9AA0-D5hrq9Oc0-iKn3Hbh5eI7UmI4Mjs0k6VbH-DoJOF6peCFPsZoQLKeoiqbUGiLjEcT70sNBNSAka6lmOG9EP5/w400-h269/DSC_0451.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and some have red blossoms at the tips of their branches.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We followed the power line to the American Girl Mine Road then followed it to Ogilby Road. Even though it was windy we could not see any real amount of dust in the air. That all changed as we turned on to Ogilby Road. As can be seen in the pictures below. This area is sand and connected to the Imperial Sand Dunes just a little further down the road. So when the wind is blowing the sand is moving. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yp26eIOe3hGyA6o-vhzFOFvs1JxaRgQHkHxVp-0GuW7tUyWyAGmiHwmUHis1gXLdU62S9x2MNcP29DzNxazhzFYiWk4J4AHSdtu1iAuYWElXtUy2l8grYX0s7KpjfoV3qQr6iOrKSsh1uNz95SDTdgeCfBKxtywV0iWulDeSHUW4_i4BST94ANTrL-fl/s6000/DSC_0456.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-yp26eIOe3hGyA6o-vhzFOFvs1JxaRgQHkHxVp-0GuW7tUyWyAGmiHwmUHis1gXLdU62S9x2MNcP29DzNxazhzFYiWk4J4AHSdtu1iAuYWElXtUy2l8grYX0s7KpjfoV3qQr6iOrKSsh1uNz95SDTdgeCfBKxtywV0iWulDeSHUW4_i4BST94ANTrL-fl/w400-h266/DSC_0456.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdJ8KDCTVNmSUPF4vkSPMsWfMn_2YEsHdKAM756s-UJgK_SdU_2UUIBVccgnd0ixV7qjUAdJrKktypQsiFINhRU7UGot_j_viNS8oj9dmroYnJTF9PzMCmiagkUJ-aegJv_2u8w4lxEKOQy78Bu5QIrFcb3394uab4xq32sU6Tarx5kkB4csNBKNuq1IAQ/s5813/DSC_0458.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspFwMCdUvIZT-Na36O1FAzASE9-pDgiP7Tnq-Q7INy5dGoHq726RHu_Zpqes092bVNItG1cQ19RmM22TzmkSpgn2gUS5drJdqutm_ZK4Xwzf5CHIDhXeeGi_1MZyw1r4pyRWn3KaLRncJnCeReDjBY2vpgk3u9wUZvGVXl351PLNl686NdT-CfMr6o1xW/s5847/DSC_0463.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhspFwMCdUvIZT-Na36O1FAzASE9-pDgiP7Tnq-Q7INy5dGoHq726RHu_Zpqes092bVNItG1cQ19RmM22TzmkSpgn2gUS5drJdqutm_ZK4Xwzf5CHIDhXeeGi_1MZyw1r4pyRWn3KaLRncJnCeReDjBY2vpgk3u9wUZvGVXl351PLNl686NdT-CfMr6o1xW/w400-h266/DSC_0463.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going East toward Yuma the air looks somewhat brown.<br />The camera did not pick that color up. <br />Pile Knob Peak.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54L9dvJeCsUbUI_-PwPi04i6sBN2w0w8urewxDJs-UjifVx6B_9jwyx5nSB9ufxO5G2mbiNpT5esN4pv4jh1UlpVVAc148O7LPKBfP17Fqp8x_FtJ8IPta5eLkEr-nEOTKxzozPh1bYbf9NCiDt-EhJADioLq6wIteAYyahljcQkWBisRhiGDK2OLMBL2/s6000/DSC_0466.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg54L9dvJeCsUbUI_-PwPi04i6sBN2w0w8urewxDJs-UjifVx6B_9jwyx5nSB9ufxO5G2mbiNpT5esN4pv4jh1UlpVVAc148O7LPKBfP17Fqp8x_FtJ8IPta5eLkEr-nEOTKxzozPh1bYbf9NCiDt-EhJADioLq6wIteAYyahljcQkWBisRhiGDK2OLMBL2/w400-h266/DSC_0466.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small Chapel up the hill at the "Center of the World"<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsekY1nMV4SnobZ_HMNdW8gwMQ2maz1bNKIkwR2oZVbZKwJOoGWnz-XGvXlZzL00hZ6ihpeMszz0TXW80RkK8QW7OCcIkaQD6lPh_TwdnOasr44Iv2Gro20D84dbGxQ2tvaKuIE6FQytqu3Hyq9RLzMpXuUwb0_PyIu94PHDH_9iFJhPOlo35lCfnBkhXb/s5847/DSC_0470.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsekY1nMV4SnobZ_HMNdW8gwMQ2maz1bNKIkwR2oZVbZKwJOoGWnz-XGvXlZzL00hZ6ihpeMszz0TXW80RkK8QW7OCcIkaQD6lPh_TwdnOasr44Iv2Gro20D84dbGxQ2tvaKuIE6FQytqu3Hyq9RLzMpXuUwb0_PyIu94PHDH_9iFJhPOlo35lCfnBkhXb/w400-h266/DSC_0470.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the Parking Area up the hill at the Church.<br />I just was getting out of the Jeep when I saw this train<br />coming by just below us.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GbgSxxkCs-RYrSA1uplw14gBjFc4WGLFaTMR5nfkMAFDB6EyObwiiEay4ERDRX5Q-xvDSN7S_t4gzvhIP647AGarRwiiIWr6kyP41K0Xv9fW1zSS1pp22fwh2KEaZ-5BFJ8maLfDhenhkFy7DvJGvWRsivTkiC5LqqGqHb4y4LFljIlI9oSmaCeINPSf/s2880/20240107_203415.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GbgSxxkCs-RYrSA1uplw14gBjFc4WGLFaTMR5nfkMAFDB6EyObwiiEay4ERDRX5Q-xvDSN7S_t4gzvhIP647AGarRwiiIWr6kyP41K0Xv9fW1zSS1pp22fwh2KEaZ-5BFJ8maLfDhenhkFy7DvJGvWRsivTkiC5LqqGqHb4y4LFljIlI9oSmaCeINPSf/w400-h400/20240107_203415.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The back altar and one of the stain glass windows there are<br />several and they are all alike. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPcm1hTXRLz3h7gvd_yK0i-dlH_EnHSZDTJWOfpzIzIVAUq9F6gyxMNQpSqGBbLjPPNBfZzL1zKW1Ie2JTOHw3ElGyKM5af3vXawQc8lM1p9jUtfC2Ku1nhTw-W3wqRodY0zBqclaQr3ucpeuvc1qd9fbHzLmhLkkrbsGnUbATe2GJxUhyphenhyphen9i5Xcw3rHUW/s2880/20240107_203530.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjPcm1hTXRLz3h7gvd_yK0i-dlH_EnHSZDTJWOfpzIzIVAUq9F6gyxMNQpSqGBbLjPPNBfZzL1zKW1Ie2JTOHw3ElGyKM5af3vXawQc8lM1p9jUtfC2Ku1nhTw-W3wqRodY0zBqclaQr3ucpeuvc1qd9fbHzLmhLkkrbsGnUbATe2GJxUhyphenhyphen9i5Xcw3rHUW/w400-h400/20240107_203530.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Today was Epiphany Sunday. The day the church celebrates<br />the arrival of the Wiseman. There representation was added to<br />the creche along with a camel.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Epiphany,</b> the manifestation of God, is a lovely opportunity to rejoice that Christ has appeared for all men regardless of race or status.</i></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYc3te8ozIcVNF4vcJZ2HZQkofJyxljT0XmjG51mcxu8pNXydNLCjwj0d08bNGYEWSLAb8d2zbnqWRgSk08vp70kAQiSGCQSYRPG2CvmWZoHw1nv8UQLf3ptXiRtRazzbmQ5xrjgGH6FGfr2XTlxRJtiFTIvgLwUwh1VqllKjtY7DjtR9gba3pRC0V8il/s362/th.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="289" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYc3te8ozIcVNF4vcJZ2HZQkofJyxljT0XmjG51mcxu8pNXydNLCjwj0d08bNGYEWSLAb8d2zbnqWRgSk08vp70kAQiSGCQSYRPG2CvmWZoHw1nv8UQLf3ptXiRtRazzbmQ5xrjgGH6FGfr2XTlxRJtiFTIvgLwUwh1VqllKjtY7DjtR9gba3pRC0V8il/w319-h400/th.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Going Back a Few Days In Time</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Saturday, January 6, 2024</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today Tom and Ken were off with Tom's metal detector to check out a few areas close to the mountains. What will they find only time will tell. So far shell casings and tin cans are what is being found.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">While Tom was gone I finished what I had started the day before, putting away the Christmas decorations I had put out, specifically the ones outside. After doing that I fixed myself a third cup of coffee, took my kindle outside, put my feet up, and did something I have not done in a while. I started reading a book. A nice way to spend a couple of hours out in the sunshine relaxing.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8COS7bynrzXRsXfiEN3jOjepiWmHaDM2Af4lYxoRiLLhb8nb7jXrCgKsmXRkug5la7iqHlxbocQmUsHGG3bJ8QHME70lCms59UZkp4MDZCC89xPlte7FYotxQnm77cRObgFC737UXLM5_l0p9qhk3ZQvWJrAEF3fFkd6soNAlrwc2J6MFTMftM4m9b82Y/s2880/20240107_104822.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8COS7bynrzXRsXfiEN3jOjepiWmHaDM2Af4lYxoRiLLhb8nb7jXrCgKsmXRkug5la7iqHlxbocQmUsHGG3bJ8QHME70lCms59UZkp4MDZCC89xPlte7FYotxQnm77cRObgFC737UXLM5_l0p9qhk3ZQvWJrAEF3fFkd6soNAlrwc2J6MFTMftM4m9b82Y/w400-h400/20240107_104822.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My views as I sat outside.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We did spend a couple of hours enjoying Happy Hour with Kim, Ken, Keith, and Deb. After every one headed home I did step back outside to take some pictures of the sky as the sun set on our day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAX-DdYWJ0vK07wz3TS6xOeJeCzzL1WOPc-rCTLW1NF2PacSNL0fecYKI29iX0kOrE7pE5D7EXZuwNBULfDQfSGJ7lcg1i-Uv-VuSKdKNeXXJNcpsCTw8cGBspC0gbIBwqqR65FPErMJgTmZCySWgUOofUU-vYCZJ53IdyG39r6Zj3mPuSXbAcxhDPdTq8/s5725/DSC_0430.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3817" data-original-width="5725" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAX-DdYWJ0vK07wz3TS6xOeJeCzzL1WOPc-rCTLW1NF2PacSNL0fecYKI29iX0kOrE7pE5D7EXZuwNBULfDQfSGJ7lcg1i-Uv-VuSKdKNeXXJNcpsCTw8cGBspC0gbIBwqqR65FPErMJgTmZCySWgUOofUU-vYCZJ53IdyG39r6Zj3mPuSXbAcxhDPdTq8/w400-h266/DSC_0430.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clouds do enhance</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_2A1ZPVTLuQenE7h5-wmHf_5yLInbGobWfPuoIpg9Pl-AAeTkuYq_NbhwlQBn2YPFtDf07hrgjjZ3BdII8Oh1AHvoFUelFXe1r-9Y0i5_bBtBM3zSJgbXfPZ6lwoqJj1Q2QfwwObe6axDzGJ84nDGmb538G1HXGSdtLrf4wsY9Iag_veY_dgW0Y387Qm/s5847/DSC_0431.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_2A1ZPVTLuQenE7h5-wmHf_5yLInbGobWfPuoIpg9Pl-AAeTkuYq_NbhwlQBn2YPFtDf07hrgjjZ3BdII8Oh1AHvoFUelFXe1r-9Y0i5_bBtBM3zSJgbXfPZ6lwoqJj1Q2QfwwObe6axDzGJ84nDGmb538G1HXGSdtLrf4wsY9Iag_veY_dgW0Y387Qm/w400-h266/DSC_0431.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the sunsets</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmQlkFRV1nzV35JovVia9QSmxwxohRpNpkjEE18G7nsRXxGPb8ZOt79omZ6rf4VAYva-6vwXeak6G9M7XoAL-TvmtmLnstla2umb6hh7qtG37DFlQA8LvZsUpLTHxRRET-pkgf0721aq_5NeKKHtTQoE6XfksYBokbA5tmBOnsVCmhK-fn-Mymcg33y06/s5847/DSC_0432.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmQlkFRV1nzV35JovVia9QSmxwxohRpNpkjEE18G7nsRXxGPb8ZOt79omZ6rf4VAYva-6vwXeak6G9M7XoAL-TvmtmLnstla2umb6hh7qtG37DFlQA8LvZsUpLTHxRRET-pkgf0721aq_5NeKKHtTQoE6XfksYBokbA5tmBOnsVCmhK-fn-Mymcg33y06/w400-h266/DSC_0432.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and tonight there were clouds.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYHJ0iJvDEVSCZ9cfyQ4nUr0JzX-vPAtYx7u8E2PIgC5m-V4cU1n3c5tjBmLrGCrYJ_dPsbmKu7SRhJ9YESSzNAFaeqRsp1PZuvSssa3nyP925s4SA6a6BNpR8BeRR4GRuXEIn3DT5buo5oHaEqglrBlgJVTcz139ss9Syt51NqMcgct0lJJjDe3e5Lgz/s5725/DSC_0433.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3817" data-original-width="5725" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzYHJ0iJvDEVSCZ9cfyQ4nUr0JzX-vPAtYx7u8E2PIgC5m-V4cU1n3c5tjBmLrGCrYJ_dPsbmKu7SRhJ9YESSzNAFaeqRsp1PZuvSssa3nyP925s4SA6a6BNpR8BeRR4GRuXEIn3DT5buo5oHaEqglrBlgJVTcz139ss9Syt51NqMcgct0lJJjDe3e5Lgz/w400-h266/DSC_0433.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Standing in our doorway looking out over the Igloo.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PQvGPb7VheNvv2WHf3CLwcbLKzCFBOJeIKHVACcNWDMHMO8n_cOubD0RCMmWeXdYNP0zHiyhfbZ1Fxt2Oa9DMN2Km05Fb3pbUkqocIAbwYW-BOnF9Y-NC12q6Uz4f5D1xVoULkJ_OtShP8y7p3W-QyN-3vCOhHgUdRWco5X6lS-IpzU_wXmVeLdCTdW2/s2880/20240107_104528.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PQvGPb7VheNvv2WHf3CLwcbLKzCFBOJeIKHVACcNWDMHMO8n_cOubD0RCMmWeXdYNP0zHiyhfbZ1Fxt2Oa9DMN2Km05Fb3pbUkqocIAbwYW-BOnF9Y-NC12q6Uz4f5D1xVoULkJ_OtShP8y7p3W-QyN-3vCOhHgUdRWco5X6lS-IpzU_wXmVeLdCTdW2/w400-h400/20240107_104528.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then the sky turned a lovely pink before the darkness<br />started to surround us.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Friday, January 5, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today Riley treated us to a selection of Beef Jerky and some Turkey Jerky for us to try during Happy Hour. Deb mixed up some Bloody Mary's for those of us who were interested and I was along with Kim and Ken. We all agreed the combination made for a nice treat. Tom and Keith passed on the Bloody Mary's but enjoyed the Jerky just the same. Thank you to Deb and Riley for tonight's treat.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpgtuKeJCBuzl5NDBzSWYRRibrWCM55entpKezCTAQKqgyDOok2-EVypPk7Go5IlylfEr7_uBh7L22CgVEN3r_9Ak_L-z2Sc3iUiaqFu1FyI61DEYRs6N9mNPytaV6nd6tSbFmbnWe_np_V-2yugEZdPO5MRYjY55RPa9to0Pan2JMrOztgCBYOq47x4jL/s3867/20240105_174523.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2901" data-original-width="3867" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpgtuKeJCBuzl5NDBzSWYRRibrWCM55entpKezCTAQKqgyDOok2-EVypPk7Go5IlylfEr7_uBh7L22CgVEN3r_9Ak_L-z2Sc3iUiaqFu1FyI61DEYRs6N9mNPytaV6nd6tSbFmbnWe_np_V-2yugEZdPO5MRYjY55RPa9to0Pan2JMrOztgCBYOq47x4jL/w400-h300/20240105_174523.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tonight's Sunset</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday, January 4, 2024</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I really wanted to get some new glasses and today I decided was a good day to do just that. Deb and Riley came along in the Jeep with us. Kim, Ken, and Keith went earlier and we did run into them at the El Paraiso Restaurant when we stopped for lunch and Margaritas. As I tried to decide on a pair Deb, Riley, and Tom very patiently made the trip up and down between the two places I was looking at two times and then a third time to pick them up. I did come home with new glasses, basically the first ones I tried on, and so far I am very happy with them. </span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4VMOvuuaQKnTsSUNYrQAPW7xsoljFlX34O-GqJmqmvgIuGT9GD_2oxkM2ZlHakXd7RiS4p2y1tppNuHAYfsskZps_o1VUel0ZLZCvXbHpU0qL21ZQnlLyAXhyphenhyphenKLBmtKdRsHpV76dPw6t60yqpYoA4-8koAotMP_P9zPSwrS4N5Tyopaln4SlsF_So-B8/s2880/20240107_205550.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4VMOvuuaQKnTsSUNYrQAPW7xsoljFlX34O-GqJmqmvgIuGT9GD_2oxkM2ZlHakXd7RiS4p2y1tppNuHAYfsskZps_o1VUel0ZLZCvXbHpU0qL21ZQnlLyAXhyphenhyphenKLBmtKdRsHpV76dPw6t60yqpYoA4-8koAotMP_P9zPSwrS4N5Tyopaln4SlsF_So-B8/w400-h400/20240107_205550.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">El Paraiso Restaurant in Los Algodones</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtULPt-sRXiX1BwyDT9LDfAnRNNIne-dYYKDtuNR5WSHMCNwe-OTXDkJemqwM9WRIyKdrNJ-Qz1gG_mLBblHCHK08hHZ39CqTxskZVGs2kaflBb2SWyVMkgS1HMggO1ZJmgNI-04qa5E0MJ9AwVhyphenhyphend0AwS3DBoD02L9suYG9AB8gm_nIe75mHJt5lHIhSb/s2880/20240107_105221.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtULPt-sRXiX1BwyDT9LDfAnRNNIne-dYYKDtuNR5WSHMCNwe-OTXDkJemqwM9WRIyKdrNJ-Qz1gG_mLBblHCHK08hHZ39CqTxskZVGs2kaflBb2SWyVMkgS1HMggO1ZJmgNI-04qa5E0MJ9AwVhyphenhyphend0AwS3DBoD02L9suYG9AB8gm_nIe75mHJt5lHIhSb/w400-h400/20240107_105221.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top picture: Crossing over the All American Canal <br />as we head towards I-8 after leaving Mexico.<br />Bottom picture: View off towards the border wall<br />as we head towards Mexico.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We have spent many wonderful days parked out here in the Sonoran Desert just off of Ogilby Road surrounded by friends and these days described above are part of those memories.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdxalhlC-aFoVxrWoZdI6eJoK4Orqs9abel9VBvgwW3UF8anyF_wGYA-4Qk50o4Kaw3a5wCTHo-fLCBgllcswRQmthJM5UIKToD8qgGeVVmE6LQ_yWaWDOpx5Dmc0cyssQQg1kyDnnNdd6gfEIxUbEfqDZ4U6ZkAjvIyyuaCynNgh7PQVyZr8MkndDOS8/s1302/Screenshot_20231114-122055_Facebook.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1043" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpdxalhlC-aFoVxrWoZdI6eJoK4Orqs9abel9VBvgwW3UF8anyF_wGYA-4Qk50o4Kaw3a5wCTHo-fLCBgllcswRQmthJM5UIKToD8qgGeVVmE6LQ_yWaWDOpx5Dmc0cyssQQg1kyDnnNdd6gfEIxUbEfqDZ4U6ZkAjvIyyuaCynNgh7PQVyZr8MkndDOS8/w320-h400/Screenshot_20231114-122055_Facebook.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are glad you stopped by!</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</span></b></div></b></div><br /></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-20600300211804911672024-01-04T08:19:00.000-08:002024-01-08T19:58:31.704-08:00The Beginning of a New Year<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Wednesday, January 3, 2024</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">I missed the actual sunrise this morning. By the time I looked out the sun was up over the mountains sending its light out between the clouds. As I write this the clouds have won for the moment and the desert</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> is in the shadow of those clouds. Though, that will change throughout the day and each time there is an opening in the clouds the mountains and desert floor will be in beautiful light enhanced by the darkness of the clouds. It is a beautiful show the sun. the blue sky, and the clouds put on for us each day! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVdAh9vh54JjzSKDOzRUMA9zIB6nUFLWy7PcE4W21TYB-SV6bYQFMzZ66TqSiSYqoHTlFeceynzvtKqam7yhyphenhyphenQvVpJOxfznymY2M-ZzAzxFEUM4DrIQIA7P4lqHyCNjZ3iYMPgb6UCBnQVsZgm_FFaCH02oPg3J_s1owBfQ5_ZHd-DGAAgf_m3Yqx2YQt/s6000/DSC_0425.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCVdAh9vh54JjzSKDOzRUMA9zIB6nUFLWy7PcE4W21TYB-SV6bYQFMzZ66TqSiSYqoHTlFeceynzvtKqam7yhyphenhyphenQvVpJOxfznymY2M-ZzAzxFEUM4DrIQIA7P4lqHyCNjZ3iYMPgb6UCBnQVsZgm_FFaCH02oPg3J_s1owBfQ5_ZHd-DGAAgf_m3Yqx2YQt/w400-h266/DSC_0425.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The sun making its way up through the clouds</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd07Dc3AAY97cEHC3uxmFzF7JXO1IYPcswOC1aBRNn8jmVoolzh7IsNwHwU1eVMwAPnYWhHu6fD7pikX-rVFgy7gTOlqJPfDIQgdqelWNCwmN02wqFssGNdp5gR0EBRA0cPXc1jo1UP-lF7AS-JlJ1tX7YAY234NNb6T2YVMOD4VWUtFfxOsyQaEbu_oOg/s5443/DSC_0423.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3629" data-original-width="5443" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd07Dc3AAY97cEHC3uxmFzF7JXO1IYPcswOC1aBRNn8jmVoolzh7IsNwHwU1eVMwAPnYWhHu6fD7pikX-rVFgy7gTOlqJPfDIQgdqelWNCwmN02wqFssGNdp5gR0EBRA0cPXc1jo1UP-lF7AS-JlJ1tX7YAY234NNb6T2YVMOD4VWUtFfxOsyQaEbu_oOg/w400-h266/DSC_0423.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">and bringing some light to the desert and mountains.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-xOhb3vGjRA1gDSS1JZD0pddKascgCMLCjeG1tQd5fO_ZNk5Pxv7vupC0dDjk3W5KNzOt3eYduwgF4pvesFunKI7HyRWWWAavdP8kquxOiF-_exSkB8sRTQFzj5aFxIjyCV6aSew7jfHzTuvGQG9ZhyA4w7ykKbMWe6OMYk-IeaLbhV-GqYNVSO6-mAu/s6000/DSC_0427.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-xOhb3vGjRA1gDSS1JZD0pddKascgCMLCjeG1tQd5fO_ZNk5Pxv7vupC0dDjk3W5KNzOt3eYduwgF4pvesFunKI7HyRWWWAavdP8kquxOiF-_exSkB8sRTQFzj5aFxIjyCV6aSew7jfHzTuvGQG9ZhyA4w7ykKbMWe6OMYk-IeaLbhV-GqYNVSO6-mAu/w400-h266/DSC_0427.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Then about 5 minutes later the sun found a larger opening <br />in the clouds, thing change quickly,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacc7C8Ws0ARyiRchfC22oKoEKp0RJaT36ykARJ2rfibXVP4x9YI2BXKmkcXAHN3EK8dnsVUo00NTWTVifVT_ho9C8_BRFGVC-b8z7DPUNrY48MQ9fNgtkU3Qn0sDxjMo_cxHsmxqqFNM8zMgZI6K7ko0RL4eV2aZkdkf3HZKQCRdD-xTas_NUOkcStobi/s6000/DSC_0426.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacc7C8Ws0ARyiRchfC22oKoEKp0RJaT36ykARJ2rfibXVP4x9YI2BXKmkcXAHN3EK8dnsVUo00NTWTVifVT_ho9C8_BRFGVC-b8z7DPUNrY48MQ9fNgtkU3Qn0sDxjMo_cxHsmxqqFNM8zMgZI6K7ko0RL4eV2aZkdkf3HZKQCRdD-xTas_NUOkcStobi/w400-h266/DSC_0426.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">and the desert </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR32SAEFreOUQcCXsLoHQWzRU4hBIzDbf16jxL_FAMC9TDbpyyXxP2AiP1vdiwp95aHypkm3h3o6QvSySgvnQCua4LyNmB4KpzpgjQcow32fVE2Vqgd9dqdhv_sdYTFXu7OO-LBV9RzR6JkoL9Jbf3xninrSu10aQCfJsxivQb9Q7eJiFD17fX4J5sfqq-/s6000/DSC_0428.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR32SAEFreOUQcCXsLoHQWzRU4hBIzDbf16jxL_FAMC9TDbpyyXxP2AiP1vdiwp95aHypkm3h3o6QvSySgvnQCua4LyNmB4KpzpgjQcow32fVE2Vqgd9dqdhv_sdYTFXu7OO-LBV9RzR6JkoL9Jbf3xninrSu10aQCfJsxivQb9Q7eJiFD17fX4J5sfqq-/w400-h266/DSC_0428.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">was in bright sunlight.</span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span><span style="font-size: medium;">After coffee this morning Tom took a ride over to the rest stop just west of us on I-8. Our fresh water tank was getting low and our garbage needed to be gone both of which can be accomplished there. After he finished refilling our fresh water tank we headed into Yuma to take care of some errands. </span></span><div><div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVCVQvgcFuAdhVw_WCATd8ywgHjaGZhcFSZXNgoquCnaSGW77w7B_A0oNexFYPlknJzlRsy_6mm8o3D4U4_C2HcGnM44yTHq_jfkyMmCyStLYbSFMCRUKNBXAveoxFauR63s2Xj6blq2k4QS2Vw_EoEttJ_tmKlPy5RYhRVKz8OwY9co95W_QRilZVYihs/s2880/20240103_195524.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVCVQvgcFuAdhVw_WCATd8ywgHjaGZhcFSZXNgoquCnaSGW77w7B_A0oNexFYPlknJzlRsy_6mm8o3D4U4_C2HcGnM44yTHq_jfkyMmCyStLYbSFMCRUKNBXAveoxFauR63s2Xj6blq2k4QS2Vw_EoEttJ_tmKlPy5RYhRVKz8OwY9co95W_QRilZVYihs/w400-h400/20240103_195524.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turning onto Ogilby Road and looking over towards the dunes<br />it looks like rain may be coming our way.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknXOCPhMsWM9qT2rv25ircMEqj5huLMwG22mcoMVyPwmD2u8n5h17JwQ5rjLKY_Vk4PDAV_VbT5unhrSwdmMtGvy37hTN9KC5NwFs5odZ-hjHqynOzNxZJlavuL7MCUVsV8tiNiypzPuyYyDJT_LpXuVbR2QVAKb4fBY868PcVuUEZ5IdtnHTcIlbkC47/s2880/20240103_195706.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiknXOCPhMsWM9qT2rv25ircMEqj5huLMwG22mcoMVyPwmD2u8n5h17JwQ5rjLKY_Vk4PDAV_VbT5unhrSwdmMtGvy37hTN9KC5NwFs5odZ-hjHqynOzNxZJlavuL7MCUVsV8tiNiypzPuyYyDJT_LpXuVbR2QVAKb4fBY868PcVuUEZ5IdtnHTcIlbkC47/w400-h400/20240103_195706.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I often take pictures of the beautiful green fields of vegetables<br />as we are driving along. Today we passed a couple of trucks<br />hauling those vegetables. <br />The bottom left is through a very dirty windshield. </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span>Our first stop was at the Sam's Club to make sure our membership would not automatically renew this year. We have found some good bargains </span></span><span>with the membership but living in a motorhome fulltime not that many of the purchases are practical because of the amount of items in a package and usually if it is a single item the size is a factor. After that was taken care of we made a few purchases before heading to our next stop. W</span><span>e had an order to pick up at an Amazon Locker and several General Delivery Packages at the Post Office. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Leaving Yuma the clouds in the sky were beautiful and the closer we got to home as the sun was setting the prettier the sky got. </span></div><div><div><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYeB6LyMwcnQwL84n0xLwZrlcGdIhvL_JyIM_g0EcGbH_ES9IuJt7gKhrxFbTQJjU0rONpFIvcygOkzoQYWR8gQSqwD53HNQQ0xDRUUPnwUtPSedgE6PJdPIDaE-yQPeRw73fpBz2lP9uxa6E9nEBqqj-t-IcD6p37aVpVnLSveQIihz_J4vLS_dGMJI1/s2880/20240103_201937.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYeB6LyMwcnQwL84n0xLwZrlcGdIhvL_JyIM_g0EcGbH_ES9IuJt7gKhrxFbTQJjU0rONpFIvcygOkzoQYWR8gQSqwD53HNQQ0xDRUUPnwUtPSedgE6PJdPIDaE-yQPeRw73fpBz2lP9uxa6E9nEBqqj-t-IcD6p37aVpVnLSveQIihz_J4vLS_dGMJI1/w400-h400/20240103_201937.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Middle picture: the sun light reflecting off the wet payment.<br />Bottom picture: we are parked over by those mountains.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YplHN6avgLrkrEoAiu6LPz_gnyXFGdgCWr7m4BvfUkU4YJ7hkhoDWhkgCOy8SwY9U37VsiLWUh2iiFXZvYINybkbBM3NZI5j_vnNYvscSae0G12NpPnBouhBKYsqMkT-lu387hS7KnZMGE5EcPtpiReUUBqh_UFXihJG17G3V-rtiMgr3En9U-3kc9jE/s2880/20240103_202207.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YplHN6avgLrkrEoAiu6LPz_gnyXFGdgCWr7m4BvfUkU4YJ7hkhoDWhkgCOy8SwY9U37VsiLWUh2iiFXZvYINybkbBM3NZI5j_vnNYvscSae0G12NpPnBouhBKYsqMkT-lu387hS7KnZMGE5EcPtpiReUUBqh_UFXihJG17G3V-rtiMgr3En9U-3kc9jE/w400-h400/20240103_202207.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On Ogilby Road the clouds over the mountains</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7EvkeDpBs-yqCh4ZkJz0Nt2W2YUpJMAbRRShT5A_Gbpy_FnwMnjE0L40EMOTcPwMlWnfsuz2A6xh1KivqYFinT-HCR1Doh4FwF5jMG7UES_ngjbxEGrLdn7XVeKXPuQRGCEdjJRY_O0msx8SKv4j7lUbSTaxUk4B32IKpDLODpjC3W41v1ePtUtC5b2x/s3752/20240103_173557.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2667" data-original-width="3752" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7EvkeDpBs-yqCh4ZkJz0Nt2W2YUpJMAbRRShT5A_Gbpy_FnwMnjE0L40EMOTcPwMlWnfsuz2A6xh1KivqYFinT-HCR1Doh4FwF5jMG7UES_ngjbxEGrLdn7XVeKXPuQRGCEdjJRY_O0msx8SKv4j7lUbSTaxUk4B32IKpDLODpjC3W41v1ePtUtC5b2x/w400-h284/20240103_173557.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the sun setting as we make our way home.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrCcm6EMKthxUbz9TcgNlkEp8S-BmFqkgCF8qKRCX9HFnev-JEY8CRZoB4J46SnS5F3LHWFp38hJPPWdV9H2yf_X1OwiqU9YCQq0yKZStWRZWg7V-AIypjrnHn7Ihrk0CXx4ClqGOn2DkJcz_q7TT15NnbAXSwAO1d-h2GU4MRy8Hznu9zh_8w5Na9n8O/s3859/20240103_173940.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2894" data-original-width="3859" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrCcm6EMKthxUbz9TcgNlkEp8S-BmFqkgCF8qKRCX9HFnev-JEY8CRZoB4J46SnS5F3LHWFp38hJPPWdV9H2yf_X1OwiqU9YCQq0yKZStWRZWg7V-AIypjrnHn7Ihrk0CXx4ClqGOn2DkJcz_q7TT15NnbAXSwAO1d-h2GU4MRy8Hznu9zh_8w5Na9n8O/w400-h300/20240103_173940.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We have left Ogilby Road and our making our way <br />across the desert to the place we are presently calling home.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CZ_x6LqbXefLNt_iO7zhRuhH5BYc42bT6KpFm9VH_GGEc4OKw8tXhNzf0nZzA3CnlPhMKB02J2U8g-XCDsyq_Du_B3Rq9tYCvlFc7DpXToUYFPZZ-idVOQJLvqAUmXKlC1215UinQhhtFA6bIV_bodVjigSIdIk3Snn6sUeLgiHFgArJ5cBfn5rFBKhJ/s4032/20240103_174657.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CZ_x6LqbXefLNt_iO7zhRuhH5BYc42bT6KpFm9VH_GGEc4OKw8tXhNzf0nZzA3CnlPhMKB02J2U8g-XCDsyq_Du_B3Rq9tYCvlFc7DpXToUYFPZZ-idVOQJLvqAUmXKlC1215UinQhhtFA6bIV_bodVjigSIdIk3Snn6sUeLgiHFgArJ5cBfn5rFBKhJ/w400-h300/20240103_174657.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are home and the colors over the mountains to the east</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5hNspOgWUyDvh1TL5ardHaPNIagENe6-K-MQB-JShhw4ztUX00D98uaVWO0L3SeSyNZjyqvpt8zqvVQ0qN6VARhAI1x_TRIFBCpEME3fxMOabyPM-2rCX-RMyH_k_Mpv1_Rf4oP5CYNkFOp7WnQqriMWhJLk7yhIYOhXVRJr34q1WRNPPIZVthv7QfMZ/s4032/20240103_174800%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5hNspOgWUyDvh1TL5ardHaPNIagENe6-K-MQB-JShhw4ztUX00D98uaVWO0L3SeSyNZjyqvpt8zqvVQ0qN6VARhAI1x_TRIFBCpEME3fxMOabyPM-2rCX-RMyH_k_Mpv1_Rf4oP5CYNkFOp7WnQqriMWhJLk7yhIYOhXVRJr34q1WRNPPIZVthv7QfMZ/w400-h300/20240103_174800%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the last of the sun's light to the west.</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a good day we accomplished what we wanted to get done and though we did not sit outside for either a Coffee Hour or a Happy Hour with our neighbors we did chat with everyone at some point. There is a plan in place for tomorrow.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Tuesday, January 2, 2024</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">We were up before the sun this morning and as I write this Ken and Tom have been gone for a couple of hours. They are off to San Diego to tour the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum. I am going to just go ahead and say I am sure they will have a great day together and will come back with a few stories about their day. That will be Tom's Blog to write. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">As for me as I write this I am enjoying a mug of coffee that Tom made before he left. Though I did venture out to take some pictures of the sunrise before sitting down with my first mug. </span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">(FYI: I did right this Tuesday morning. I just never finished the blog and post it.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKF-GORq92GcV5aik1_KlrXsDogNzYfc7FhYlU-sYdNNdpkw1WyjEifEls0gAoToad8_1csMA1M9g6zA6F3ctAgE2ul9ovRfYpCAzchvvP90hCSD1ca3u_bM_Hj_MBhWapZyvjAlj-fLfSmDqlU3esoDqdfgQW74_RZnHl8zn7-6oeL35Od_1b5WgL78o/s5813/DSC_0412.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3875" data-original-width="5813" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKF-GORq92GcV5aik1_KlrXsDogNzYfc7FhYlU-sYdNNdpkw1WyjEifEls0gAoToad8_1csMA1M9g6zA6F3ctAgE2ul9ovRfYpCAzchvvP90hCSD1ca3u_bM_Hj_MBhWapZyvjAlj-fLfSmDqlU3esoDqdfgQW74_RZnHl8zn7-6oeL35Od_1b5WgL78o/w400-h266/DSC_0412.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">I could see the sun light just at the top of the mountains </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">and starting to light up the floor of the desert</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZB6sfLwmgl07koZcmPlygXn6fWonlpa6tl4-1CdF1dur79B8ZSelf6b8imo9UI_Qn6I8OqMBF42jPtHCcsic9QRVY5tgaXt-hYQx2R5Yd4rwvX3tbdaPBTv2SAsEeTdp_HI9B_tLQK_HjabZ_E37ajeZ6F-KPEcP3KmSkLsdwzeq-4Wb_LiIDje2lGRo/s6000/DSC_0414.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZB6sfLwmgl07koZcmPlygXn6fWonlpa6tl4-1CdF1dur79B8ZSelf6b8imo9UI_Qn6I8OqMBF42jPtHCcsic9QRVY5tgaXt-hYQx2R5Yd4rwvX3tbdaPBTv2SAsEeTdp_HI9B_tLQK_HjabZ_E37ajeZ6F-KPEcP3KmSkLsdwzeq-4Wb_LiIDje2lGRo/w400-h266/DSC_0414.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">as it popped up over the Cargo Muchacho Mountains.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7h6uhx8-zm8fz2DNd9z3HvhooaVmy1DQfWYK4VaZnJ0c7eQqRRs7XURfXowCuBE0P_xSuyQQjFpl8kmwHEOg0W0tyIb7U1tvT6BYoY2ZWo3diTJhbnmI6uXD6bIrW-ePpWIA62ciC1USZtktGjqoZTfTWYmm6P1-NyJgtfNS-MBz__HSmTwmFrmPCPqFM/s5769/DSC_0415.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3847" data-original-width="5769" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7h6uhx8-zm8fz2DNd9z3HvhooaVmy1DQfWYK4VaZnJ0c7eQqRRs7XURfXowCuBE0P_xSuyQQjFpl8kmwHEOg0W0tyIb7U1tvT6BYoY2ZWo3diTJhbnmI6uXD6bIrW-ePpWIA62ciC1USZtktGjqoZTfTWYmm6P1-NyJgtfNS-MBz__HSmTwmFrmPCPqFM/w400-h266/DSC_0415.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">As the sun moves up in the sky all the bushes </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VyOWK5WTpbnoleEhe-oPUh7JoLtFuzZd_iCdHFvMjirQl_IxahjSeHMy-uaW4Zeue0JSUng0UQn1XvrtcnM7yW491COhXXlrZt-sSgktd06QeQ2H2stbTQNhSaVfgDrRUTZScTMFDhRnNItdQvltc7sKOk5g_a_3psKM4TXIfy0Ij9eTBzbpTTVxtwn-/s5641/DSC_0416.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3761" data-original-width="5641" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0VyOWK5WTpbnoleEhe-oPUh7JoLtFuzZd_iCdHFvMjirQl_IxahjSeHMy-uaW4Zeue0JSUng0UQn1XvrtcnM7yW491COhXXlrZt-sSgktd06QeQ2H2stbTQNhSaVfgDrRUTZScTMFDhRnNItdQvltc7sKOk5g_a_3psKM4TXIfy0Ij9eTBzbpTTVxtwn-/w400-h266/DSC_0416.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">sparkle in the sunlight</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpPH4ftraP13qT6gsRcTfTfWNBRY5qf1AN_bCJFJ4MiDeCV8dHn_f75eQr8zjYd3nJvgUG4pRKgVxwKVsFIiww9b8WY6btLkn2OLcE-gXBt-2H4pwpLbIRYMTt8MfB8ZuFyEj2avyaOPgpjCAlKvqzFBKXVlOtUFZJhQLvTvIuf4U3xu-MaEhp7ppvMmu/s5548/DSC_0417.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3698" data-original-width="5548" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpPH4ftraP13qT6gsRcTfTfWNBRY5qf1AN_bCJFJ4MiDeCV8dHn_f75eQr8zjYd3nJvgUG4pRKgVxwKVsFIiww9b8WY6btLkn2OLcE-gXBt-2H4pwpLbIRYMTt8MfB8ZuFyEj2avyaOPgpjCAlKvqzFBKXVlOtUFZJhQLvTvIuf4U3xu-MaEhp7ppvMmu/w400-h266/DSC_0417.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">and shadows stretch across the desert floor.</span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiD-Qy3aa2o6-5MDqDkg0KSmkZYuzqbJPfD-DT9hFcWH6XS79oGQ2hmHoLdVgIYFsF-B5yDJQ8r1qYEkPH_ZqVuDrCbwpSA_R9rGVSak9yoTggWKtTNN7g4FesXvV3Ll0Ds4_UgQPrmyFsLbkaOgsu0Wp6g-Dm8_7NwT2rUi3vGcpYgc1A7hyphenhyphenAv0efUz9o/s6000/DSC_0418.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiD-Qy3aa2o6-5MDqDkg0KSmkZYuzqbJPfD-DT9hFcWH6XS79oGQ2hmHoLdVgIYFsF-B5yDJQ8r1qYEkPH_ZqVuDrCbwpSA_R9rGVSak9yoTggWKtTNN7g4FesXvV3Ll0Ds4_UgQPrmyFsLbkaOgsu0Wp6g-Dm8_7NwT2rUi3vGcpYgc1A7hyphenhyphenAv0efUz9o/w400-h266/DSC_0418.JPG" width="400" /></a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-4n5r36rsRS4m16WjZFjQuzy2UvfC49fibRY-E9_FcZWwqapsxX7TAAnyVdnb1rz8y3A1w8TayrPjcHnPP430CeCDv99JNsGaARcVDEP_RPgkrJDr5NP9oNdk05s65YucgQcbSIGM6SrNtT8LL9snPeHZ_RJGT3-yITsVkWeUjqJlG4Xl3jGOoqMDUN1/s6000/DSC_0421.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz-4n5r36rsRS4m16WjZFjQuzy2UvfC49fibRY-E9_FcZWwqapsxX7TAAnyVdnb1rz8y3A1w8TayrPjcHnPP430CeCDv99JNsGaARcVDEP_RPgkrJDr5NP9oNdk05s65YucgQcbSIGM6SrNtT8LL9snPeHZ_RJGT3-yITsVkWeUjqJlG4Xl3jGOoqMDUN1/w400-h266/DSC_0421.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The sun is now above the Jeep...lol as I made my way back inside.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTylkjlj74Z7ISBfBux_mx9khPxhLBW-6sxCunO4TyZavu0sK7EbYyPP_SvQXee5chd0LsSVWexcDsFAK3ohQ-wiBOw72HlJIefsLaI7taPv3pfzrKxjZSMhOmpP-bY4vLwrvDuMSFM91cGC4HJpyWcgSLx-O5-zO-htdjLu_Ys9n05o3xwEdbFKN_vqtT/s6000/DSC_0422.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTylkjlj74Z7ISBfBux_mx9khPxhLBW-6sxCunO4TyZavu0sK7EbYyPP_SvQXee5chd0LsSVWexcDsFAK3ohQ-wiBOw72HlJIefsLaI7taPv3pfzrKxjZSMhOmpP-bY4vLwrvDuMSFM91cGC4HJpyWcgSLx-O5-zO-htdjLu_Ys9n05o3xwEdbFKN_vqtT/w400-h266/DSC_0422.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Turning around in the doorway it I took this picture of the moon.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Between the sunrise above and the sunset below. We, Deb, Kim, Keith, and I, sat outside during a short coffee hour. Then after lunch Kim and I drove into Yuma to check out Marshalls for any sales or things we just could not do without...lol Back home we, the same group as above, sat out for Happy Hour. Keith left then Kim while Deb and I sat out until the sun had set before heading inside. Always nice to sit and just enjoy the company of friends.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSb4DJtd744MNpfvgNXRYwo2LS6RMRQixRpCWYtBkfaGF1q7ywKcHoRNlwnxBtQplgQ_QIjFP0WoVUOdoBM30B-7Sqb31KS_TvKCILVT2CUIHM5jnIxzW8GZTLlcRgP-qM3pxIsM8tZv8W5h43Nvwcd95rkZHECL_lSPApAiTaRyrYCXWIG-BmjC6ZktD/s2568/20240102_174123.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1926" data-original-width="2568" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqSb4DJtd744MNpfvgNXRYwo2LS6RMRQixRpCWYtBkfaGF1q7ywKcHoRNlwnxBtQplgQ_QIjFP0WoVUOdoBM30B-7Sqb31KS_TvKCILVT2CUIHM5jnIxzW8GZTLlcRgP-qM3pxIsM8tZv8W5h43Nvwcd95rkZHECL_lSPApAiTaRyrYCXWIG-BmjC6ZktD/w400-h300/20240102_174123.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Sunset on January 2, 2024</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium; vertical-align: inherit;">It was dark when Ken and Tom pulled back in after their day's adventure. Listening to Tom it sounds like they had a good day. </span></span><br /><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Monday, January 1, 2024</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">We started the New Year sitting out with our neighbors toasting with mimosas. There are no pictures besides the two I posted in my last blog of the sunrise. Later in the day everyone, Deb, Riley, Kim, Ken, and Keith joined us inside the Stinger "B" for dinner. I made meat pies and they added side dishes. It was a lovely evening filled with conversation along with some laughter and the sun had set before everyone left. Looking back as I write this I wish I had taken a couple of pictures yet at the same time I know the memories of this evening will always be in my minds eye whenever I think of this time parked in this beautiful place with special friends. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><i>(Side Note: Our convection oven has not worked for a while, it is being replaced next week, so the meat pies were cooked inside the Igloo and the Journey.)</i></span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">A Step Back in Time For Our Memory Book</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The Last Day of 2023</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Sunday, December 31, 2023</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">We were up and driving into Yuma for 7:30 Mass at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church before the sun was up this morning. Though its light was visible as we drove along the actual sunrise happened after we were in church.<b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tVUH6UsS2a9yMAKcL1aX69ZLhg7jPcUoFFm5FEHUB0FNV7pc36J3IXToEy3KCm1UgbzW3yrS2LWVTk9JQjErz2dAb9dPzdcIB6HFI0gA9ISRWcBRqRxomKmMSwmELtztE5_SY18XFyw0-yj7mjWphJ9lwjShfk-Qq1aLhkB-jYg8SfSaWB7eW_sUWZRl/s2880/20240101_085150.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-tVUH6UsS2a9yMAKcL1aX69ZLhg7jPcUoFFm5FEHUB0FNV7pc36J3IXToEy3KCm1UgbzW3yrS2LWVTk9JQjErz2dAb9dPzdcIB6HFI0gA9ISRWcBRqRxomKmMSwmELtztE5_SY18XFyw0-yj7mjWphJ9lwjShfk-Qq1aLhkB-jYg8SfSaWB7eW_sUWZRl/w400-h400/20240101_085150.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Top Picture: we have turned on to Ogilby Road<br />Middle Picture: stopped for a train<br />Bottom Picture: on I-8 we can see Pilot Knob Peak</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKbC09IUWNqz0B1-w9EaHCis7MoHB46NNOQKpWxuh1fGIuF1W-kOg7uoeKM5gnou_Vu-xv5fIVvK7zMucp_j-jhn9MufhT59hwMWa1bno8xRXl6jhzXGQFX8uziz18b0dX3IIIFpJecrr4EbOxkf0A87f0xUhWIoGgVNiglrAupt2zx7G9A36G3EpAYwl/s2880/20240101_085338.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKbC09IUWNqz0B1-w9EaHCis7MoHB46NNOQKpWxuh1fGIuF1W-kOg7uoeKM5gnou_Vu-xv5fIVvK7zMucp_j-jhn9MufhT59hwMWa1bno8xRXl6jhzXGQFX8uziz18b0dX3IIIFpJecrr4EbOxkf0A87f0xUhWIoGgVNiglrAupt2zx7G9A36G3EpAYwl/w400-h400/20240101_085338.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Top Picture: on I-8 we caught up to the train<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">This is a beautiful church filled with stain glass windows of the Blessed Virgin Mary! Their Christmas Decorations were wonderful. They had a lovely Manger placed in the front of the church and there were several decorated trees and wreaths throughout the church along with a lot of poinsettias. They certainly put a lot of time and effort into m</span></span>aking everything look beautiful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium; vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WMJWpFTU7_ZtMX4EWFFGM9TGHBlb2z_J1WEwd-0FLI7H238bFbEUXIUj2P3B0BduSqX5-elaPPtKNynSJ_V8udahGKOfP7ohjOs66eDLDBGPDq5HaPMLGqsxdd4DJN0hTPHn7NpYm3vyrKuXb2iRNf779ErRpgbd5Jngbu_CBzBt_EP2Ohj7D2zyygBY/s2880/20231231_134635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WMJWpFTU7_ZtMX4EWFFGM9TGHBlb2z_J1WEwd-0FLI7H238bFbEUXIUj2P3B0BduSqX5-elaPPtKNynSJ_V8udahGKOfP7ohjOs66eDLDBGPDq5HaPMLGqsxdd4DJN0hTPHn7NpYm3vyrKuXb2iRNf779ErRpgbd5Jngbu_CBzBt_EP2Ohj7D2zyygBY/w400-h400/20231231_134635.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLRMCmtqtHbmA7B7oT3wc1_ULmMtnvHbS85LXtcuwmimzlxfMUQx_rGmlhOZoUwhiCNwU58MupMIkFddmMUbIEjx8Uhf3rotOhjGyWRREpbHVW4k0SB01XzAd6_LD2Xfs5L6RzbrPscrfJBeSSz7RZtrb7FovYD4vbsPGaNXGT2lIKxep1sQpLqB-DOeF/s2880/20231231_134446.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLRMCmtqtHbmA7B7oT3wc1_ULmMtnvHbS85LXtcuwmimzlxfMUQx_rGmlhOZoUwhiCNwU58MupMIkFddmMUbIEjx8Uhf3rotOhjGyWRREpbHVW4k0SB01XzAd6_LD2Xfs5L6RzbrPscrfJBeSSz7RZtrb7FovYD4vbsPGaNXGT2lIKxep1sQpLqB-DOeF/w400-h400/20231231_134446.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The Altar area is filled with poinsettias.<br />Bottom Pictures: These panels are on the left and right side<br />of the door which opens up to the center aisle of the church.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYW_Ue0iwr8ePBVlO_3RwWHC-9gfDNdRkD7gLWkmH_TZtyBVgzuslAQOdRF-Q9WzInM0jVa-DV3eROdrQEin2WOUkq8TgiCYZKk1OvSsLXlhmSOaAma9D03rm4fzej1YijIPOl2YzAHCRhtpA9W-DkC3jH4ee3YuigP8ww9tCg8zd1WwqkJdWgGeDwlhi/s3834/20231231_083526.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2594" data-original-width="3834" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYW_Ue0iwr8ePBVlO_3RwWHC-9gfDNdRkD7gLWkmH_TZtyBVgzuslAQOdRF-Q9WzInM0jVa-DV3eROdrQEin2WOUkq8TgiCYZKk1OvSsLXlhmSOaAma9D03rm4fzej1YijIPOl2YzAHCRhtpA9W-DkC3jH4ee3YuigP8ww9tCg8zd1WwqkJdWgGeDwlhi/w400-h271/20231231_083526.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Later in the day we gathered for champagne, courtesy of Brenda and John, and snacks during Happy Hour which extended into the darkness around a campfire. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBj5EB_Fhd0W5n-ChWYrndhDdKjx8ZIOkd1OFH2nP_GPFnBH9yRnEdZWkl2qi2d-RqBFt6VwgFZKg4zhqsSHGEuopmdPHf75rnJtOFFEoxhkE6549_lhxJ_Ll2M-XcysinfB2DjqJD8Wln1fhsOPjjbBKfytGenxfNziYHZwhAclZeRjuR1Gl-vHXJE9a0/s2880/20240101_083113.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBj5EB_Fhd0W5n-ChWYrndhDdKjx8ZIOkd1OFH2nP_GPFnBH9yRnEdZWkl2qi2d-RqBFt6VwgFZKg4zhqsSHGEuopmdPHf75rnJtOFFEoxhkE6549_lhxJ_Ll2M-XcysinfB2DjqJD8Wln1fhsOPjjbBKfytGenxfNziYHZwhAclZeRjuR1Gl-vHXJE9a0/w400-h400/20240101_083113.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Top Picture: the champagne and food.<br />Middle Pictures: Kim, Keith, Ken, and Tom<br />Bottom Picture: John, Brenda, Riley, and Deb</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSPVIah5kuvwxsN9LvsvSAHBvYoPa2sKcbzhDSdc8CQLGk7gCUP7hPIjx_ahsqzh_76h_5hu4GAEvEoGzmRrCavb1X62KGUYZkqI5AVsb6W2yHQWoxydNcmzQ2IPKT48bewmrzPKAHMCT2m6wSdDWveEi3sPkLckWuL9bj8SpnswKABrKIxtgnic5cIPD/s2880/20240101_084112.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSPVIah5kuvwxsN9LvsvSAHBvYoPa2sKcbzhDSdc8CQLGk7gCUP7hPIjx_ahsqzh_76h_5hu4GAEvEoGzmRrCavb1X62KGUYZkqI5AVsb6W2yHQWoxydNcmzQ2IPKT48bewmrzPKAHMCT2m6wSdDWveEi3sPkLckWuL9bj8SpnswKABrKIxtgnic5cIPD/w400-h400/20240101_084112.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As the sun was going down the views towards the mountains<br /><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">was beautiful.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iE9krjv459mP1gADl2lihDZCaC96FuWu3z2Dex0jArVKW5BEUiRx47QUE8HBn9akL657yeuXsCgb3d3bLJFm7QfEfxO0l8j5Dqc59UJOuhDOM7RtnzH8RiB7LLMkfYvNa4W0G7ofJ52vy-6_L3h2q3LRvSKMyK0UFbyXjiDWJNzts98S_898IDBA2YAJ/s3791/20231231_173719.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2843" data-original-width="3791" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iE9krjv459mP1gADl2lihDZCaC96FuWu3z2Dex0jArVKW5BEUiRx47QUE8HBn9akL657yeuXsCgb3d3bLJFm7QfEfxO0l8j5Dqc59UJOuhDOM7RtnzH8RiB7LLMkfYvNa4W0G7ofJ52vy-6_L3h2q3LRvSKMyK0UFbyXjiDWJNzts98S_898IDBA2YAJ/w400-h300/20231231_173719.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Last Sunset of 2023</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium; vertical-align: inherit;">Then we were treated to a beautiful show of color in the sky. The afterglow tonight was fantastic and as good of a job as the camera on my phone did picking up the color it never quite matches the beauty the eyes see.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcRLsjuMbEZ3TCZ0cmr6uBbhd6jvcxKdYw3MrrbiQnz801jlkMnoxzF01orY9nnHUZ2W62xOoBwqKtOZQmuvXNOx39Vq0c_RLg_Z4Vvj5JtEeIdoyzaxsSfpEENKL_n4VKbl-wB_6vEJv-38x5Fz5Kau582g3xrzSKCL7_7FWid1pB7XPTtiAjiM-BWkv/s2880/20240101_084319.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkcRLsjuMbEZ3TCZ0cmr6uBbhd6jvcxKdYw3MrrbiQnz801jlkMnoxzF01orY9nnHUZ2W62xOoBwqKtOZQmuvXNOx39Vq0c_RLg_Z4Vvj5JtEeIdoyzaxsSfpEENKL_n4VKbl-wB_6vEJv-38x5Fz5Kau582g3xrzSKCL7_7FWid1pB7XPTtiAjiM-BWkv/w400-h400/20240101_084319.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">There was golden yellow in the clouds <br />with touches of orange towards the west</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1nctMlA1YmRLM8YdVHIQ0vNxXnf4o2TCDUyxJ7RVRMQYcI3nkU9urK7wiYN36KvlOJLe8wS1g4xuwVyvoUGxFjPZSxgtyco6n0jOQ-szWwAoQ7H_-UfBuMdaz-WLKjZm70PVEHeeO7bbv9Ug5_7-VJbuDt86BUpTuNUyb6_E22Bspq1WuQBIch8Pedbf/s2880/20240101_084537.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1nctMlA1YmRLM8YdVHIQ0vNxXnf4o2TCDUyxJ7RVRMQYcI3nkU9urK7wiYN36KvlOJLe8wS1g4xuwVyvoUGxFjPZSxgtyco6n0jOQ-szWwAoQ7H_-UfBuMdaz-WLKjZm70PVEHeeO7bbv9Ug5_7-VJbuDt86BUpTuNUyb6_E22Bspq1WuQBIch8Pedbf/w400-h400/20240101_084537.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">and a softer color over the mountains.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbUI4MGcCF8SSvzGzSwNb_pubGeYUhkAirJGIJVPzIwzVLEkdzvk-xjqcSHezTs6kgmC87r1kQq2wFWi3upQAUnnT5uEuxkSjTMhFZVDkWkgL8HI7TxbcmeEB0uyh8_PaSPxkbEYXgOFyheaUR2dZ58FMFkfG8Gs3lKDWGzwKi_Biz_pwIxBhYiV8tqws/s2880/20240101_084813.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbUI4MGcCF8SSvzGzSwNb_pubGeYUhkAirJGIJVPzIwzVLEkdzvk-xjqcSHezTs6kgmC87r1kQq2wFWi3upQAUnnT5uEuxkSjTMhFZVDkWkgL8HI7TxbcmeEB0uyh8_PaSPxkbEYXgOFyheaUR2dZ58FMFkfG8Gs3lKDWGzwKi_Biz_pwIxBhYiV8tqws/w400-h400/20240101_084813.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Then the clouds began to pick up a deeper golden color with<br />more touches of orange.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGhH0c2sUoPCwAwzCdX0gNi0Ew7ydekOi3r9SJ9KVYNMRkf-B9iFgAN9vUbaHo4Be_RPqxSgWsHI0WGPGwX9w9unTOTVeqI6a1p6WO7gIlZdbUCfUGiXBy-0_g649R8ILqnADUahGOMlcNI3W1GWwJJM4hCs7bXBwsxaEeRTPFeyr1oLIg6qS74gpe3r9/s4032/20231231_174654.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCGhH0c2sUoPCwAwzCdX0gNi0Ew7ydekOi3r9SJ9KVYNMRkf-B9iFgAN9vUbaHo4Be_RPqxSgWsHI0WGPGwX9w9unTOTVeqI6a1p6WO7gIlZdbUCfUGiXBy-0_g649R8ILqnADUahGOMlcNI3W1GWwJJM4hCs7bXBwsxaEeRTPFeyr1oLIg6qS74gpe3r9/w400-h300/20231231_174654.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our neighborhood in the afterglow.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXunpy_WtonvGgAfMYR53Q4YU2eBCEhaQ8_6XeaDZcJopAHJhQ8WSatQ_gQx-PALw7Ye8JKV8_yn_vG3UKEqjJHJKoSgUoCXNVHz7qnulbFQAQ6yDmwqK_NQtM4tunR95jzahmgEL1_9wxU0nELYPs92jHCRuNngxx6J-vvpfCtvXg0MOTMoQyBJy7Sam6/s4032/20231231_175340.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXunpy_WtonvGgAfMYR53Q4YU2eBCEhaQ8_6XeaDZcJopAHJhQ8WSatQ_gQx-PALw7Ye8JKV8_yn_vG3UKEqjJHJKoSgUoCXNVHz7qnulbFQAQ6yDmwqK_NQtM4tunR95jzahmgEL1_9wxU0nELYPs92jHCRuNngxx6J-vvpfCtvXg0MOTMoQyBJy7Sam6/w300-h400/20231231_175340.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Before fading back to grey the <br />orange glowed a deeper color.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium; vertical-align: inherit;">Then we moved our chairs around the firepit where our conversations and laughter continued while the inky darkness of the night slowly engulfed us. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium; vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2RTBxzuYn6HJbB6WtkBng_lCPgtIPH6nGtpPGcuAY31WRq4Zmb99IUt-T3e_jLOaru0M8HFFdXoL7atpYF9mggjHSnDGIIC00qpOQLVrhX6dFmuMlBYs2a30qM0LmXvL8Mg3sF2I9tLabCh8CAXuEV-t-TnQkxlIpXtB6GyxIOjUpVHsVn3hNI7wqT-P/s2880/20240101_090359.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2RTBxzuYn6HJbB6WtkBng_lCPgtIPH6nGtpPGcuAY31WRq4Zmb99IUt-T3e_jLOaru0M8HFFdXoL7atpYF9mggjHSnDGIIC00qpOQLVrhX6dFmuMlBYs2a30qM0LmXvL8Mg3sF2I9tLabCh8CAXuEV-t-TnQkxlIpXtB6GyxIOjUpVHsVn3hNI7wqT-P/w400-h400/20240101_090359.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Middle Picture: Keith and Tom working on getting the fire<br />started while Ken supervised.<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">As the fire began to die down it was time to say goodnight and wish each other a Happy New Year as we parted ways for our homes. It was somewhat bittersweet as we were also saying, see you down the road to Brenda and John. They are off on a new adventure in the morning. It has been wonderful having them join us for the occasional Happy Hour. When you read someone's blog you get to know a lot about them and when you meet in person it is like you are meeting an old friend. The conversation is easy; it is like you are catching up with that friend you have not seen in awhile. While at the same time you are getting to know them a little better. Then, if</span></span><span> you are lucky, that friendship will bring you back together over the years of travel. There are no goodbyes just see you down the road and be safe until we cross paths again. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Together in the company of friends was a very good way to end 2023 and begin 2024!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium; vertical-align: inherit;">We are looking forward to the year ahead of us and the adventures it will bring. We pray for joy, happiness, good health, and peace for all our family, friends, and ourselves as we all venture into the unknown that is 2024.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-F9WPd9nEde1pKJwYnF3r7NzKDD3BeU28V7ZplpfOIzNsgYvZ3KX0yylYKq2RVy8GVZc5Nmq_ofjOs8FkC0hIdKqvRhX6B3noFtyWdXKNq4ixrbIiNkFb_-GrZiSWZnaJaCdvcZMWDxU4ZeTymR4saTy5Ttk5p6m6PzxPTtW8IKqySOCNAkO7UBK2ZOw/s700/bfccdb742dc467b14131a4ce1645b223--new-year-message-fresh-start.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-F9WPd9nEde1pKJwYnF3r7NzKDD3BeU28V7ZplpfOIzNsgYvZ3KX0yylYKq2RVy8GVZc5Nmq_ofjOs8FkC0hIdKqvRhX6B3noFtyWdXKNq4ixrbIiNkFb_-GrZiSWZnaJaCdvcZMWDxU4ZeTymR4saTy5Ttk5p6m6PzxPTtW8IKqySOCNAkO7UBK2ZOw/w400-h400/bfccdb742dc467b14131a4ce1645b223--new-year-message-fresh-start.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">We are glad you stopped by!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div></div></div></div></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-66478888522090274042024-01-01T08:30:00.000-08:002024-01-01T08:30:27.962-08:00Happy New Year!<p><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: medium;"> Monday, January 1, 2024</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">We are Wishing All Our Family and Friends<br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;">Happy New Year!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQR5ho29eyVUfSOu59iP_Lv2o-_rT-1sE0NRIUdhDyht8axesAGXpuf4hUOrVW2H4NZ9curX_HsF7a0QD9nYFeCk7rHH-EypFYjH7mX9OSuyhWR4nfdZyPu4wsICD4QjWWCjROasemPstCnyeGF858n1IYxzHztY5-sqZpfdTh9UVI3rfPf5bB81kO373/s330/OIPAW23UG1A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="330" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiQR5ho29eyVUfSOu59iP_Lv2o-_rT-1sE0NRIUdhDyht8axesAGXpuf4hUOrVW2H4NZ9curX_HsF7a0QD9nYFeCk7rHH-EypFYjH7mX9OSuyhWR4nfdZyPu4wsICD4QjWWCjROasemPstCnyeGF858n1IYxzHztY5-sqZpfdTh9UVI3rfPf5bB81kO373/w400-h299/OIPAW23UG1A.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8UHYAE_nGPShegJq0HHzwRASzqXnd_kwFXZLqoO3TImsDhIIpQbWzVl4PBFqO4ZfH4YiEotFxa5xXbPhsq6Oq8uagd6FbN3wTvXGkKVSmhyBX0aAr882zN4noZz6Xr2U2NdBE4eLwYAqL84IZ-2UADfKpfqhuLBkAh9iVF8aC1eyHIK6nhG2dV8l6-Ej/s4032/20240101_074742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8UHYAE_nGPShegJq0HHzwRASzqXnd_kwFXZLqoO3TImsDhIIpQbWzVl4PBFqO4ZfH4YiEotFxa5xXbPhsq6Oq8uagd6FbN3wTvXGkKVSmhyBX0aAr882zN4noZz6Xr2U2NdBE4eLwYAqL84IZ-2UADfKpfqhuLBkAh9iVF8aC1eyHIK6nhG2dV8l6-Ej/w400-h300/20240101_074742.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first sunrise of 2024</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwkzkNUoTzKKxBUnzWnCVLq3EaT41tswIzc_19VCAnnwExOoxnUS_Ek9W6e7kwvemCTsON3wtGWIByW7-J38z5c9s0Mk_Qfh3Hsk2176bNyIiRG2Z3dGfJhYnZ-Y2CZBcQK-ptiHoup2JyDTcTJ-SbiD3VREBskLULbfUkEOdnc5iQWornqgoNEdD-jpN/s5847/DSC_0404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwkzkNUoTzKKxBUnzWnCVLq3EaT41tswIzc_19VCAnnwExOoxnUS_Ek9W6e7kwvemCTsON3wtGWIByW7-J38z5c9s0Mk_Qfh3Hsk2176bNyIiRG2Z3dGfJhYnZ-Y2CZBcQK-ptiHoup2JyDTcTJ-SbiD3VREBskLULbfUkEOdnc5iQWornqgoNEdD-jpN/w400-h266/DSC_0404.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">in the Sonoran Desert near Winterhaven, California.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The light of the sun made a short appearance this morning as it came up over the Cargo Muchacho Mountains before slipping behind the clouds. As we begin this New Year Tom and I are wishing you all a year filled with <b>Peace, Joy, and Love.</b> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qMsv-jTdWmLOeYLSLevTmn54xqFtnDVfjRam31Stq2sshaBPke-yYv5zhUoD1l_1N8EDtnE_WyzwcYjSTWNvjzbiKG3W3w7zJcGlDp0i-CYIReoKAxmep5MC40FlXoa_HGDMrRZDWEi71171CHc8rexwf8NLeJe4FMLDeCwzXiQ036681RSwHdM6KhoU/s607/2d30223cf0f15974b952d7dc21d580b9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="414" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qMsv-jTdWmLOeYLSLevTmn54xqFtnDVfjRam31Stq2sshaBPke-yYv5zhUoD1l_1N8EDtnE_WyzwcYjSTWNvjzbiKG3W3w7zJcGlDp0i-CYIReoKAxmep5MC40FlXoa_HGDMrRZDWEi71171CHc8rexwf8NLeJe4FMLDeCwzXiQ036681RSwHdM6KhoU/w273-h400/2d30223cf0f15974b952d7dc21d580b9.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are glad you stopped by!</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing form you.</span></b></div></b></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-78823164273252854182023-12-30T22:04:00.000-08:002023-12-30T22:04:34.412-08:00Another Day and Another Beautiful Sunset!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Saturday, December 30, 2023</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today started like most of our days, enjoying our coffee and talking about what we were going to do today. We needed fresh water so after his coffee Tom took our water bladder over to a rest area just down the road to take care of that. While he was gone doing that I sorted some of our laundry that needed to get done. After our fresh water was refilled Tom headed into Yuma with the wash. While he was gone I took care of a few things around here. Just an ordinary day doing everyday ordinary things yet, and it is a big "yet", we get to do them in this beautiful place we are calling home at this moment in time.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARMFHrLxI7l_XGNeIGfkFBeNswhBmSrKRRPQ7s1c_nr8u3vtaGipCzEVD3bMN85H5IYOjmE6Ra_GDMQnOkpnr9bv210nqFyL2vK8fhUijbBG6-TGO6DaJl28eN7B2b1pa97KcqBhAGXRoPWM83zBCr8ldPG9gHFrUAAiVUGhCmSF_Rp0tTNbI7tH4h8-6/s3128/20231230_173843.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2179" data-original-width="3128" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARMFHrLxI7l_XGNeIGfkFBeNswhBmSrKRRPQ7s1c_nr8u3vtaGipCzEVD3bMN85H5IYOjmE6Ra_GDMQnOkpnr9bv210nqFyL2vK8fhUijbBG6-TGO6DaJl28eN7B2b1pa97KcqBhAGXRoPWM83zBCr8ldPG9gHFrUAAiVUGhCmSF_Rp0tTNbI7tH4h8-6/w400-h279/20231230_173843.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tonight's Sunset</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpVoDgKeZ2_QF3nLRrf94U-6BovbOweVhyv6dZaGESDyX2O1dhMaETMgnYL7ZGXjNjDQQkaDpH_3suVBNthjhR4DjOFuCUYE_CSSw_4GU9Go7uqHrHAacMqnr0iKiKpFTObKCR8fNmPWDOOwt3jYiTqxwLUPnvelUZyfKO-8vMFL8_PB8RgS77Gf_lH_L/s2919/20231230_173849.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2103" data-original-width="2919" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpVoDgKeZ2_QF3nLRrf94U-6BovbOweVhyv6dZaGESDyX2O1dhMaETMgnYL7ZGXjNjDQQkaDpH_3suVBNthjhR4DjOFuCUYE_CSSw_4GU9Go7uqHrHAacMqnr0iKiKpFTObKCR8fNmPWDOOwt3jYiTqxwLUPnvelUZyfKO-8vMFL8_PB8RgS77Gf_lH_L/w400-h289/20231230_173849.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRej4fIlzRBXtvqWaI4cXrDqZ2FXwniflOCX1IJ9SqxAiP8EjKkZ_mCZ_yUiatFlsqclQuLYvWqpQrbZWSm9rCYKZUhtl-kj7JY-E4TZxxqE8qa6QyUh-qF1ReFPurtk9ztTllDQJz_gyeBVQpKtWUceqnSj9z3EYu0-9NKo94PTjWjFmg6YgpA6wvBZf/s2042/20231230_174423.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="2042" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRej4fIlzRBXtvqWaI4cXrDqZ2FXwniflOCX1IJ9SqxAiP8EjKkZ_mCZ_yUiatFlsqclQuLYvWqpQrbZWSm9rCYKZUhtl-kj7JY-E4TZxxqE8qa6QyUh-qF1ReFPurtk9ztTllDQJz_gyeBVQpKtWUceqnSj9z3EYu0-9NKo94PTjWjFmg6YgpA6wvBZf/w400-h259/20231230_174423.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you click on the picture it should open larger in a new window.<br /> The last of the sunlight was lightning up the tips of the clouds.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another day and another beautiful sunset! It was a day like most of our days not overly exciting just a normal day of living life. It was a good day!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf31zhhCfY3On71f0GPbq9eLRP3ZN6J_nQFRmkS82w0TF5IEsz1J06JCAd3r4srFQTNgWZ_osEkWP_-rmfsZJLOgvaMJCiDFG8s_UrivyWHB1ozE4txCucXMwch34kjHvLI0QoRyjEltzQj4YkV5sk01lbKg6qT8DyvAOE2jTNpdtzL64StUpw53eb3_b2/s353/thEUCN66E9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="353" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf31zhhCfY3On71f0GPbq9eLRP3ZN6J_nQFRmkS82w0TF5IEsz1J06JCAd3r4srFQTNgWZ_osEkWP_-rmfsZJLOgvaMJCiDFG8s_UrivyWHB1ozE4txCucXMwch34kjHvLI0QoRyjEltzQj4YkV5sk01lbKg6qT8DyvAOE2jTNpdtzL64StUpw53eb3_b2/s320/thEUCN66E9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We are glad you stopped by!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</b></span></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-16336649638727804872023-12-29T22:06:00.000-08:002023-12-29T22:12:58.692-08:00Another Beautiful Sunset and A Sundog!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Friday, December 29, 2023</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was one of those do nothing type of days for me. Tom was outside "playing" with his new metal detector down in the wash next to us. Ken joined him for awhile and they did dig up an old tin can. The good news is it does detect metal. I am thinking he is going to have fun with this new purchase...🥰</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-df6Bqu6bjXLD5dEW-xoUSous9czjkFT-hygFseCpn2GaVr6ggHE7XGtVqTlf44dMKY9xotfHySBapcefFqLsBpATqw_BEOwcVsho3qY90ltjZpf4TIgHPfiTq56P690d0Es7pur-2B2l3lNSEZzOhMRNOPIJ3g4iY0cq_Zti1XgV2fa-MtUk4NnfILET/s2170/20231229_163855.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="2170" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-df6Bqu6bjXLD5dEW-xoUSous9czjkFT-hygFseCpn2GaVr6ggHE7XGtVqTlf44dMKY9xotfHySBapcefFqLsBpATqw_BEOwcVsho3qY90ltjZpf4TIgHPfiTq56P690d0Es7pur-2B2l3lNSEZzOhMRNOPIJ3g4iY0cq_Zti1XgV2fa-MtUk4NnfILET/w400-h280/20231229_163855.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sun dog appeared during Happy Hour.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Always in search of more knowledge I looked up sun dog and found out something I did not know.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><i>While some are as bright and colorful as rainbows, a sun dog is not a type of rainbow. Similar to rainbows, however, sun dogs also represent a prism effect. </i></span><i>Sun dogs are most visible and noticeable when the Sun is close to the horizon. <b>Sundogs are created by ice crystals, </b>whereas rainbows are created by raindrops<b>.</b></i></span></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSU4dAl8EXwOmu0130CMAj2SbiCp6PRDd-FdFEKMFaY_Rlyd9dwqewaWE-UxWdrU8HwqlWcCUE2qYqL9Pbf7bQ9WbbpvbIuf_yeyV86Yi2_xwn9oVE5Env1XagzMOdFGmrKLP2AvvlgOsXcEV7pT7p2O7jTlXhXllHDL8iN7cIFaEe63aOmnGUTSafw8Rj/s4032/20231229_174548.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSU4dAl8EXwOmu0130CMAj2SbiCp6PRDd-FdFEKMFaY_Rlyd9dwqewaWE-UxWdrU8HwqlWcCUE2qYqL9Pbf7bQ9WbbpvbIuf_yeyV86Yi2_xwn9oVE5Env1XagzMOdFGmrKLP2AvvlgOsXcEV7pT7p2O7jTlXhXllHDL8iN7cIFaEe63aOmnGUTSafw8Rj/w400-h300/20231229_174548.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I missed the actual sunset but the color left behind <br />was beautiful.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpWXX50OzUnwMx7N3ghTp1vx0yRhS80xUEtuJ78KS1007GorEqA-M2OswSPFyZ0-UhzbeHZYKEt1EXC2_CZ7husAnuWIRDFVzw7_OV6Y6f0w8v5JVuWm_2-P-Rsy3f1cjr2jTePelcZJIwyWraNtR3cgDWi98gNmZsIMbRnqK3w2Jthd1gFaqEjzFeEzH/s4032/20231229_174838%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpWXX50OzUnwMx7N3ghTp1vx0yRhS80xUEtuJ78KS1007GorEqA-M2OswSPFyZ0-UhzbeHZYKEt1EXC2_CZ7husAnuWIRDFVzw7_OV6Y6f0w8v5JVuWm_2-P-Rsy3f1cjr2jTePelcZJIwyWraNtR3cgDWi98gNmZsIMbRnqK3w2Jthd1gFaqEjzFeEzH/w400-h300/20231229_174838%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The clouds began picking up color. <br />Over the Ogilby Hills.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2nWLuBehvgwuicsXsBQpO4k-_aww9_iuN-qohEHSvDbs4GkiAz9hx6qLyPysSxdXHmlSFnOuVQgTcqM_f4LUIguJGXbwOHTTAPk58CRC4DMs30Z7hdf2AjOdgqGyMRNu06wzgbSweozJW0jxODu1GEyUugc05Q6vXPaLaUWALul8OIum44HW0GBfwnbwJ/s4032/20231229_174937.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2nWLuBehvgwuicsXsBQpO4k-_aww9_iuN-qohEHSvDbs4GkiAz9hx6qLyPysSxdXHmlSFnOuVQgTcqM_f4LUIguJGXbwOHTTAPk58CRC4DMs30Z7hdf2AjOdgqGyMRNu06wzgbSweozJW0jxODu1GEyUugc05Q6vXPaLaUWALul8OIum44HW0GBfwnbwJ/w400-h300/20231229_174937.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sky in the West continued to brighten.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4scAV8lnLv0JgSD-WULA7hS76FkPNrIzSAFpSq742qGiNcJ2-WXpkYEdnZ9PeEKzHsXLCvTx5qExVPY1ABF1y8IKMs97CaddN2zAMLr9TS6NnM9EpY6FcnGRS3V5iRtMKYDdvCD3oK8uifkrxZzjF2ArQ4q6OGT_Am-qTNhvylE9tXFw3GRNHbM76EB56/s4032/20231229_175003.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4scAV8lnLv0JgSD-WULA7hS76FkPNrIzSAFpSq742qGiNcJ2-WXpkYEdnZ9PeEKzHsXLCvTx5qExVPY1ABF1y8IKMs97CaddN2zAMLr9TS6NnM9EpY6FcnGRS3V5iRtMKYDdvCD3oK8uifkrxZzjF2ArQ4q6OGT_Am-qTNhvylE9tXFw3GRNHbM76EB56/w400-h300/20231229_175003.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The color turned from this golden orange</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcFNx__K-e6535LIn8O60BUQvNX2JNNXa0jdR5spv8tZ0wuQRBHgRWYs9N29xq2WNmAf9kcqtODs1CY46mgAg5L0s5fCm16dW5Dg4TQvM_XRku7gbATQWNXbUJJggR-hyaCTNxuMezgmbcZJNBv0jf28kzN0uz1r8TQqRi3Kh6uHpHP8BCX-os6PYrTn1/s6000/DSC_0393.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcFNx__K-e6535LIn8O60BUQvNX2JNNXa0jdR5spv8tZ0wuQRBHgRWYs9N29xq2WNmAf9kcqtODs1CY46mgAg5L0s5fCm16dW5Dg4TQvM_XRku7gbATQWNXbUJJggR-hyaCTNxuMezgmbcZJNBv0jf28kzN0uz1r8TQqRi3Kh6uHpHP8BCX-os6PYrTn1/w400-h266/DSC_0393.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">to a beautiful deep orange.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiky2jrynnhXJloLlxRY8sPB-cHqmehA42tTmGlKkyAaIzipm-KMidhhvhzZskle4tLuQnkvSS5t__nwiTwPDIKGwRdsQkU2TuY4zZxaywtEdcrTP5PPHQ1UbgSDWa1lrFI3g3HWi4qCig8zNBNuhQrzFpVLmAMozoI0fpZZZeWyWCOzklvGwXysTnbcv90/s6000/DSC_0398.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiky2jrynnhXJloLlxRY8sPB-cHqmehA42tTmGlKkyAaIzipm-KMidhhvhzZskle4tLuQnkvSS5t__nwiTwPDIKGwRdsQkU2TuY4zZxaywtEdcrTP5PPHQ1UbgSDWa1lrFI3g3HWi4qCig8zNBNuhQrzFpVLmAMozoI0fpZZZeWyWCOzklvGwXysTnbcv90/w400-h266/DSC_0398.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The color was beautiful even as the black started to engulf it.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As Tom and I continue to enjoy this Christmas Season we ended the day chatting with Kim, Ken, Keith, and Deb and that is a wonderful way to end the day. We missed Riley who did not join us today but she to is part of this special group of friends we are enjoying being parked by out here in the desert just off of Ogilby Road.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1da-w3RrA98EqS70Fd33H15tucjFjbwVgHWcA5pNfLcZvE8-KRyhpESK748S7Ex6_F4hFGgdSAvcw8BYJQKGECHb_VfE8rMIR5vhvZavE_LdqdsjIn3Yo43OuZqLtL56Qe_RE2YQzV8KGPt2edXaisFDxUyNVNZazOXjeH8EEtMBDuRl-VNWuyFVF5nN1/s840/c9af43a6522b53f23d9756fbfb6bf437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="732" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1da-w3RrA98EqS70Fd33H15tucjFjbwVgHWcA5pNfLcZvE8-KRyhpESK748S7Ex6_F4hFGgdSAvcw8BYJQKGECHb_VfE8rMIR5vhvZavE_LdqdsjIn3Yo43OuZqLtL56Qe_RE2YQzV8KGPt2edXaisFDxUyNVNZazOXjeH8EEtMBDuRl-VNWuyFVF5nN1/w349-h400/c9af43a6522b53f23d9756fbfb6bf437.jpg" width="349" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>We are glad you stopped by!</b></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</b></div></span></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-2081615019082588312023-12-29T11:00:00.000-08:002023-12-29T11:00:17.982-08:00Mostly Sunsets and A Duck<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Wednesday, December 27, 2023</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The sunsets out here in the Sonoran Desert just off of Ogilby Road surrounded with views of the Cargo Muchacho Mountains and the Ogilby Hills along with the Imperial Sand Dunes in the distance never disappoint. For some reason, I really cannot explain, I have not been taking that many pictures this year. Yet as the sun goes down in this beautiful place we are calling home for right now in this time pictures of the sun setting are just a part of the day. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflGxgrhDatBI-Ctjva0rz-p13WYil6jzJzVJYpZ3XGaULeybrE2h7puQNup3r4lvyeneAiJdkTVlrLCn6ORSOnlYAf4s0v5RGqUIgddvCzuXKhepEKqNXQk67W331jtxf4ffv43Dm_owNvX16U06z15tTlQ9HLbUTNJws6AbLcSxxZGWLitHA6Je0q1o5/s3883/20231227_173938.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2867" data-original-width="3883" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflGxgrhDatBI-Ctjva0rz-p13WYil6jzJzVJYpZ3XGaULeybrE2h7puQNup3r4lvyeneAiJdkTVlrLCn6ORSOnlYAf4s0v5RGqUIgddvCzuXKhepEKqNXQk67W331jtxf4ffv43Dm_owNvX16U06z15tTlQ9HLbUTNJws6AbLcSxxZGWLitHA6Je0q1o5/w400-h295/20231227_173938.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun was behind the clouds as it set this evening,</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9ap4B-JL-paWETKPManxieOZhu7y9qDzdBAQqOkYY2A3TZvxTVGXISnGsj4IePTAy2HbF-BFePjUoi9OS-OxTer_BS-O9ZRurRQI5AFan-9FyGOzK4CFzBZuLClZzMsXw7ZcbLSBfapc1m2xvza75147oTXNGQ5Si2GSsIUyQJBc6y-z4WWwrfZTErm-/s4031/20231227_175325.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="4031" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9ap4B-JL-paWETKPManxieOZhu7y9qDzdBAQqOkYY2A3TZvxTVGXISnGsj4IePTAy2HbF-BFePjUoi9OS-OxTer_BS-O9ZRurRQI5AFan-9FyGOzK4CFzBZuLClZzMsXw7ZcbLSBfapc1m2xvza75147oTXNGQ5Si2GSsIUyQJBc6y-z4WWwrfZTErm-/w400-h300/20231227_175325.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">About fourteen minutes the clouds to the north of us<br />turned a beautiful pink.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfTtki7R5mBF63qoYcnZkVy5cDBbgjcMbJbBvTPogUpGaCbTe2DecFeLfzuqIBDf3cGQi9ZgbAih8JoYDnkqeJzb-wUlB-ObhByCJnDU6CbMXDuNTJaOUwqHQFqxnX0x7lgiTit6dHOOOhdprD3wClCVUsU4NSMYocun7k0cAWU2JI5d2GdOLnyyly0y8/s4032/20231227_175351.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfTtki7R5mBF63qoYcnZkVy5cDBbgjcMbJbBvTPogUpGaCbTe2DecFeLfzuqIBDf3cGQi9ZgbAih8JoYDnkqeJzb-wUlB-ObhByCJnDU6CbMXDuNTJaOUwqHQFqxnX0x7lgiTit6dHOOOhdprD3wClCVUsU4NSMYocun7k0cAWU2JI5d2GdOLnyyly0y8/w400-h300/20231227_175351.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where the sun had set turned a brilliant orange/yellow.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsqjT48yPD2KUakA5UJl8PqpIR51al9eMFc8FfTdqjKmaMCVGviTIj2y7YVPTEb2fuy_NN0VflLzoZDQ3OhuafpW6XizqSXMEBH3PWluFwlT9kW7fFinoq609h9PhGYJ4PXz6vBwqqys21JiwxP7-hL6yTVpHdTzMrQihFDRnestfc64QHNiiC9AWFEt4/s3941/20231227_175357.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2955" data-original-width="3941" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsqjT48yPD2KUakA5UJl8PqpIR51al9eMFc8FfTdqjKmaMCVGviTIj2y7YVPTEb2fuy_NN0VflLzoZDQ3OhuafpW6XizqSXMEBH3PWluFwlT9kW7fFinoq609h9PhGYJ4PXz6vBwqqys21JiwxP7-hL6yTVpHdTzMrQihFDRnestfc64QHNiiC9AWFEt4/w400-h300/20231227_175357.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then there was touches of pink, orange, and yellow <br />in the sky to the north.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17Uq4uxUBqdle-R-aFCkwxK1HWja9KNwa_en0FoHrnDh9stnAyEY_JSQIjp0VqVw0jjgQLzruopq6Y0GAh_vgits4S0A-6AQV1DgR-1MKAc1suurWx1l3EEn0OwKtgpM3kMwzMp4M4rMpR_n7bMUu3ch85VBiAA5QJ8bmN7cbbbtuoj0sOQHZf5zBe2w9/s4032/20231227_175439.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17Uq4uxUBqdle-R-aFCkwxK1HWja9KNwa_en0FoHrnDh9stnAyEY_JSQIjp0VqVw0jjgQLzruopq6Y0GAh_vgits4S0A-6AQV1DgR-1MKAc1suurWx1l3EEn0OwKtgpM3kMwzMp4M4rMpR_n7bMUu3ch85VBiAA5QJ8bmN7cbbbtuoj0sOQHZf5zBe2w9/w400-h300/20231227_175439.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sky to the west turned a bright orange,</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghiqoBMCVifGVV_EPZHm6xag7nEAuNrZ8TWlS2UiDKNkUQkpnxqj0MAyengwsIGenvyTGYmMqBui0dAC9KwzuGTGk9ZGZIZE_1dw_p2S139omVRo4JYqKEoi7YwywvW6b0rwCCbnTildJcKHAuEqhvUWbUw-jtLN8GhrG6lcRXGD6ylkyR2M68q3ZKF6uR/s3941/20231227_175731.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2955" data-original-width="3941" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghiqoBMCVifGVV_EPZHm6xag7nEAuNrZ8TWlS2UiDKNkUQkpnxqj0MAyengwsIGenvyTGYmMqBui0dAC9KwzuGTGk9ZGZIZE_1dw_p2S139omVRo4JYqKEoi7YwywvW6b0rwCCbnTildJcKHAuEqhvUWbUw-jtLN8GhrG6lcRXGD6ylkyR2M68q3ZKF6uR/w400-h300/20231227_175731.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I took a walk towards the East to get this view of our<br />neighborhood in the afterglow.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-2pDnSdHBWAXkmP2PsTOb6Af1zkDo-0azFilh_BIoIoiXuF0o70e8ic0Obr1JZ-ORpSo6cKngrJTLZZeAiDkNXywZMNHbfLdCqekb1gVrvb0ynzFVDt1mOW5NbMV1vzv3XGAI3-9wyi8Iu32Kg3XQVhcP68wMXjKa-mqKc8Gte84N9y6eZBYKMRyUeKj/s1807/DSC_0392.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="1807" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-2pDnSdHBWAXkmP2PsTOb6Af1zkDo-0azFilh_BIoIoiXuF0o70e8ic0Obr1JZ-ORpSo6cKngrJTLZZeAiDkNXywZMNHbfLdCqekb1gVrvb0ynzFVDt1mOW5NbMV1vzv3XGAI3-9wyi8Iu32Kg3XQVhcP68wMXjKa-mqKc8Gte84N9y6eZBYKMRyUeKj/w400-h278/DSC_0392.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Around 11:30 I stepped outside and pointing my camera<br />straight above where I was standing took this picture of <br />The December "Cold Moon".</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Thursday, December 28, 2023</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today after contacting Elva we arranged to take a ride over to their place in Welton to pick up Tom's Christmas present, a metal detector, they had graciously let us have it shipped there. Thank you!</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9XouoYBMRUyfr1CXMf-uudXXuq_IAw2Ips6FRK9SR7qbuk2LnDBj65M3jFpul7_QRV0IHf2gY2YmNWAlpmDxL1INCMz8tmWOStS7vw0khIcS4TRw-yDWotXa5jO1ZvRBKek2lg8P52NP4nvcRLATBqiYDHnIBSocWhDR6nRfT7c6Qoi0OUe38GcJz13j/s2880/20231228_201610.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm9XouoYBMRUyfr1CXMf-uudXXuq_IAw2Ips6FRK9SR7qbuk2LnDBj65M3jFpul7_QRV0IHf2gY2YmNWAlpmDxL1INCMz8tmWOStS7vw0khIcS4TRw-yDWotXa5jO1ZvRBKek2lg8P52NP4nvcRLATBqiYDHnIBSocWhDR6nRfT7c6Qoi0OUe38GcJz13j/w400-h400/20231228_201610.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welton has some Christmas decorations up on their street lights.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgzkzzjgWltcq-iSIDcG4tapiLczpsivcKZoieeTEuIkiDUpXwhO_3lnJdm2MD3tLgJ8TX0hXVs5fssvETipg5M-Qa-GISsOseu6NFsWouvbF7LR5abLaeaUcywQ_gaH6zu8MxmFgEc-g_fdd414NpYyBm_JoLeErXVlI2iEpQt_T1p7yJ1V0cZTtS_h6/s1944/20231228_150406.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1944" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgzkzzjgWltcq-iSIDcG4tapiLczpsivcKZoieeTEuIkiDUpXwhO_3lnJdm2MD3tLgJ8TX0hXVs5fssvETipg5M-Qa-GISsOseu6NFsWouvbF7LR5abLaeaUcywQ_gaH6zu8MxmFgEc-g_fdd414NpYyBm_JoLeErXVlI2iEpQt_T1p7yJ1V0cZTtS_h6/w400-h285/20231228_150406.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After sitting and chatting for a bit it was time to head home.<br />Elva and Jerry watching us back out. Thank you for holding <br />the box we appreciate it. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UuKR79Rrxah7Sg3BC3tVCEQSuQOV2azbZJEZFDan-9ojO8cks1MXI7Nn6mAIZu4lYOA65yoO5OdMhYDltgcFVxkmE2F-x7lN8cNlklbz8paGBVp__Zb4d8eZhP116ysKXTUmBlYJLbH6noCct8pbgDkf6VqqlHFKQwVYjj3bCtyVvx2KZPeHUh6RIh8L/s2880/20231228_202316.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UuKR79Rrxah7Sg3BC3tVCEQSuQOV2azbZJEZFDan-9ojO8cks1MXI7Nn6mAIZu4lYOA65yoO5OdMhYDltgcFVxkmE2F-x7lN8cNlklbz8paGBVp__Zb4d8eZhP116ysKXTUmBlYJLbH6noCct8pbgDkf6VqqlHFKQwVYjj3bCtyVvx2KZPeHUh6RIh8L/w400-h400/20231228_202316.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back on I-8 heading towards Yuma.<br />Top and middle pictures: approaching Telegraph Pass<br />that brings us through the Gila Mountains.<br />Bottom picture: Yuma is in the distance.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumPW14BnjWe6-4k3iAARC6IhnbCG9RMGpcb1vAAi9a2AwKqz1T9reumx86hyphenhyphengQH3YUQ6ST4jY3CdbVMYovfYChRZ-SrPYlM7YgKvRZO5heEegg5mJuUwE3jHlmBR8MOoXk4DLBm0PG2oeORZ2uRNgDfnal_cfvol_KXMQocUMqCwLy4JBzvyncGDsLDfr/s2689/20231228_215245.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2535" data-original-width="2689" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumPW14BnjWe6-4k3iAARC6IhnbCG9RMGpcb1vAAi9a2AwKqz1T9reumx86hyphenhyphengQH3YUQ6ST4jY3CdbVMYovfYChRZ-SrPYlM7YgKvRZO5heEegg5mJuUwE3jHlmBR8MOoXk4DLBm0PG2oeORZ2uRNgDfnal_cfvol_KXMQocUMqCwLy4JBzvyncGDsLDfr/w400-h378/20231228_215245.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made a quick stop at Fry's to pick up a few groceries<br />and while inside we were "Ducked".</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4Tm6ax1-7g0GWQM5LmEjP3Pflfoz7bB-1gn9vCLO-SOk23fiAUDdjwZnXc5uRLi7O65SPKnh54vI57HHXkdA_gl8jOhfGTNYY9vBSoDXK6hRVlz4gqopTpoTkUrMybFdjFZFv8z2U56mDqNPUNhysS9JrEi9j9CvlaS7WdjT76vCD3wQMpVrX0zS7_NF/s2880/20231228_203050.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4Tm6ax1-7g0GWQM5LmEjP3Pflfoz7bB-1gn9vCLO-SOk23fiAUDdjwZnXc5uRLi7O65SPKnh54vI57HHXkdA_gl8jOhfGTNYY9vBSoDXK6hRVlz4gqopTpoTkUrMybFdjFZFv8z2U56mDqNPUNhysS9JrEi9j9CvlaS7WdjT76vCD3wQMpVrX0zS7_NF/w400-h400/20231228_203050.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going by the fields of vegetables on our way home.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjlpTKXET7d4T7tEQ_BpWkRWBJFwNrJEUDrkz35cZ51SKDMhC0Ed5xPjjTT9qEV9CbH3qfFI69LHhmcucxT2OYMl9grsVPZqa-9gtDHDS__LejgfTUoXxYXWY0mVpHFXkLSfdTExAsg7MXWYurD1J6fsvKrQ3Qn1SVzXw-yJQHhJYeu33-hT4gq1slQ5m/s2880/20231228_203447.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjlpTKXET7d4T7tEQ_BpWkRWBJFwNrJEUDrkz35cZ51SKDMhC0Ed5xPjjTT9qEV9CbH3qfFI69LHhmcucxT2OYMl9grsVPZqa-9gtDHDS__LejgfTUoXxYXWY0mVpHFXkLSfdTExAsg7MXWYurD1J6fsvKrQ3Qn1SVzXw-yJQHhJYeu33-hT4gq1slQ5m/w400-h400/20231228_203447.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turning on to Ogilby Road we can see the four wheelers<br />gathering in the pay for use area.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When we arrived home Happy Hour was in full swing, Brenda and John had drove over to join the group. So after putting a few things away we grabbed our chairs and joined them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfFwGl3arwP2VFuC7Wo_bAlQsDgjynXhNKj_zc9rlXHRGPcjitbsEXJj4poa7CM4Mqmxkfse2pNLpM7p6dKiqmnR3JU85Sr5XozmayOphVD8fFWdjoGneOUj6RxC5tmwm8z7XgZuEvHfWMoQbizYHVtHdcrcNjtWZEeHTAEll3LuF6ft_PxL6HXG-wtFk/s4032/20231228_173926.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfFwGl3arwP2VFuC7Wo_bAlQsDgjynXhNKj_zc9rlXHRGPcjitbsEXJj4poa7CM4Mqmxkfse2pNLpM7p6dKiqmnR3JU85Sr5XozmayOphVD8fFWdjoGneOUj6RxC5tmwm8z7XgZuEvHfWMoQbizYHVtHdcrcNjtWZEeHTAEll3LuF6ft_PxL6HXG-wtFk/w400-h300/20231228_173926.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset on December 28th.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a good day in the desert!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>A Step Back in Time For Our Memory Book<br /></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Breakfast in Mexico and Beautiful Sunsets</b></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Monday, December 18, 2023</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today Tom and I met up with Deb and Riley in Los Algodones for breakfast. They had left earlier for their dentist appointments and after breakfast we had some errands to run in Yuma, so we drove separately. We arrived and had enough time to purchase the couple of things I was looking for before we saw them coming our way. We chose the El Rancherito restaurant for breakfast this morning. The food was good though french fries with our omelettes was a little different.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCd7cfRMi_VimyCZonH9M_u6sFml-f9m6YG2oeSJL-w7S2W1mgVOlNdD6zvxFAblGV-HB3DNJB9TUsP_sm19ZiPQaRRfLevzLUqfxy97nu_PQIuwxAUPbF5iyQiEmf2g4EhFKwTykBAffm4R7LTL3FulkjgmmNd2-UM68Zu0bntV3LfoyO-wKyWHr54bjJ/s2880/20231222_111100.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCd7cfRMi_VimyCZonH9M_u6sFml-f9m6YG2oeSJL-w7S2W1mgVOlNdD6zvxFAblGV-HB3DNJB9TUsP_sm19ZiPQaRRfLevzLUqfxy97nu_PQIuwxAUPbF5iyQiEmf2g4EhFKwTykBAffm4R7LTL3FulkjgmmNd2-UM68Zu0bntV3LfoyO-wKyWHr54bjJ/w400-h400/20231222_111100.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top picture: arriving at the parking lot for Los Algodones<br />Middle picture: breakfast<br />Bottom picture: leaving after breakfast.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWjThmwt6eckTwdK5RwSQzRQXp3nKqJwrZwu2_u6nJKupmuZrN8tUyxau5EDChqok6fhi4QV4BFXtdp_6xgAMOhxP5FLPr52QJjG4BNwXPghSAvrPW7VO9hUyIqwTMTaVg8HfzrDWBPA1IZZBdFm3PM7CCWktcLAPMpC4YE-xfE-6GvyWzPpy_qRphKM2/s2880/20231228_222817.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWjThmwt6eckTwdK5RwSQzRQXp3nKqJwrZwu2_u6nJKupmuZrN8tUyxau5EDChqok6fhi4QV4BFXtdp_6xgAMOhxP5FLPr52QJjG4BNwXPghSAvrPW7VO9hUyIqwTMTaVg8HfzrDWBPA1IZZBdFm3PM7CCWktcLAPMpC4YE-xfE-6GvyWzPpy_qRphKM2/w400-h400/20231228_222817.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun setting on our day</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwLcXA92nu1akIdNvIJ3yLssiQDzM9HDG09k15PY8y_9FP3njoX5jVsFFMUXW6P9soZSzezYapwalM31atfrCzR7gO6GwQPws8HTMMebvHkFwBShqekNAhe58lMtLAelfDGBQi0hDGW5x3ftGB20UXZKzGVM-vOY6WOAIxNXsL4Y_DK9QSt9FhBA9S1Ia/s2880/20231228_222939.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwLcXA92nu1akIdNvIJ3yLssiQDzM9HDG09k15PY8y_9FP3njoX5jVsFFMUXW6P9soZSzezYapwalM31atfrCzR7gO6GwQPws8HTMMebvHkFwBShqekNAhe58lMtLAelfDGBQi0hDGW5x3ftGB20UXZKzGVM-vOY6WOAIxNXsL4Y_DK9QSt9FhBA9S1Ia/w400-h400/20231228_222939.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the clouds had hint of pink in them,</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WMXoVXyf69fueXrDg402ufKW8fsSrZYaA538rWV7CvvX7c1-9qrOyK127ImOA33qWQFWN45YXm5nKGwtJeoebJqxgsHl50e1NybpeezKlM4hEPqUmTtXtfleDCDOwLrMXLj3UuFCKfKvFMTJFMOT-4LB89q1EZKZ83EG5jMBABFWpqwl8wKOZUzFnFaJ/s4032/20231218_173931.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WMXoVXyf69fueXrDg402ufKW8fsSrZYaA538rWV7CvvX7c1-9qrOyK127ImOA33qWQFWN45YXm5nKGwtJeoebJqxgsHl50e1NybpeezKlM4hEPqUmTtXtfleDCDOwLrMXLj3UuFCKfKvFMTJFMOT-4LB89q1EZKZ83EG5jMBABFWpqwl8wKOZUzFnFaJ/w400-h300/20231218_173931.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then the horizon to the west of us turned a bright orange.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFT5M0VaPDmRfK8iIH9ngU25KicAGpe8jsbhRCIEscxexehMkLtQqKp1ojRvSHZ1feIICvfaEDG7NZe1uSJBNCU9alOc3Ymszcb2Agx3i8OVMJcPkrZ9qLvSs_5UqGQz6U-e_1PFd-0EOJYFvA7I9ije0Xs0xJgPtlMLb8o2D83dgwyuHqIHsXYFQSGfS/s2880/20231228_223213.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFT5M0VaPDmRfK8iIH9ngU25KicAGpe8jsbhRCIEscxexehMkLtQqKp1ojRvSHZ1feIICvfaEDG7NZe1uSJBNCU9alOc3Ymszcb2Agx3i8OVMJcPkrZ9qLvSs_5UqGQz6U-e_1PFd-0EOJYFvA7I9ije0Xs0xJgPtlMLb8o2D83dgwyuHqIHsXYFQSGfS/w400-h400/20231228_223213.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our neighborhood in the afterglow<br />and the last of the light looking out from our door.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Tuesday, December 19, 2023</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I honestly do not remember what we did during the day, I asked Tom and he doesn't either. I do know we sat out for Happy Hour because I remember taking the picture below during that time. We could see smoke behind the mountains to the East of us and the black smoke settled into a line above the desert.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY49013kh-B7AS6koKYmjy67MaIho7tPFJZQ7Liseu5AJpnvxbgF_yAFPAwyP5NJTCgUgp_ZwWJSTxKd_zZBgUdxdtYQnSQuuvKlN_QCEIqYjwOI8lIU0wglL-xr6Sice54YBaPF4-NNR5NlCglpgW_FXynma-s1fEttzZlZF2m6-bXaN9OIawiYY88Hjc/s4490/DSC_0301.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2930" data-original-width="4490" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY49013kh-B7AS6koKYmjy67MaIho7tPFJZQ7Liseu5AJpnvxbgF_yAFPAwyP5NJTCgUgp_ZwWJSTxKd_zZBgUdxdtYQnSQuuvKlN_QCEIqYjwOI8lIU0wglL-xr6Sice54YBaPF4-NNR5NlCglpgW_FXynma-s1fEttzZlZF2m6-bXaN9OIawiYY88Hjc/w400-h261/DSC_0301.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A line of black smoke across the sky.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBUMMbBUFWs4rL7fV4cfHnEMCqAc8Ut_xp6qi_sFWeEMAOu1ssd56dd-Llv2zX9N2sN90QN6H9Kf_l3ARek0cwAXv9LBksn3x7fl3Yv81e1R8JdWfcPNxPrAgIb5XUU17JEiWx0RwaLaLbcm5KYqlHu0xH9wUCOlUMsJMr_gwqmD8K1tJismwZbbtYQbp/s5531/DSC_0304.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3549" data-original-width="5531" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBUMMbBUFWs4rL7fV4cfHnEMCqAc8Ut_xp6qi_sFWeEMAOu1ssd56dd-Llv2zX9N2sN90QN6H9Kf_l3ARek0cwAXv9LBksn3x7fl3Yv81e1R8JdWfcPNxPrAgIb5XUU17JEiWx0RwaLaLbcm5KYqlHu0xH9wUCOlUMsJMr_gwqmD8K1tJismwZbbtYQbp/w400-h256/DSC_0304.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our sunset</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwlsaEz7-7L_acuW_q8-zowCzeLhHos4mS7pe0GRuXMI4uLKfg6flenAeDGpMucPxxFIJwyzlwj3d2rd5OFjMP5CZgnNtRrhltOYs3fclyxipwTw2kWSQVXPi2MZ8x5LzqQBmjUa1qxWiOoCMAc6qOibNd2q5_Lk7E4F0oxH6R-wZr_E6DofmgzFbr5H5/s5641/DSC_0306.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3761" data-original-width="5641" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNwlsaEz7-7L_acuW_q8-zowCzeLhHos4mS7pe0GRuXMI4uLKfg6flenAeDGpMucPxxFIJwyzlwj3d2rd5OFjMP5CZgnNtRrhltOYs3fclyxipwTw2kWSQVXPi2MZ8x5LzqQBmjUa1qxWiOoCMAc6qOibNd2q5_Lk7E4F0oxH6R-wZr_E6DofmgzFbr5H5/w400-h266/DSC_0306.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and an afterglow of pink.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom and I continue to enjoy our time parked out here in this circle of friends. It is hard to believe that after today, December 29th, in two days it will be 2024. Life is good and we are looking forward to the adventures the new year will bring. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-NjusKaToP0KeWPlfKgvWK5QblyLP0PHKSGq51F9qc6iGwsrqiEESPtgaAmO4Y33gVTQU11nb0Yl1XaAOzLIst5tvVCKcyRBXTQOGmgvwFrw8sjLhplpYIbcuHZBVMHrCg7tNxue0-YaYb2Adn6iH7X24yaTwp49Gm5anjDokyP25rHEWZ6qadndM1e5/s640/3d4256664c6517298c710467f8d9e5a6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-NjusKaToP0KeWPlfKgvWK5QblyLP0PHKSGq51F9qc6iGwsrqiEESPtgaAmO4Y33gVTQU11nb0Yl1XaAOzLIst5tvVCKcyRBXTQOGmgvwFrw8sjLhplpYIbcuHZBVMHrCg7tNxue0-YaYb2Adn6iH7X24yaTwp49Gm5anjDokyP25rHEWZ6qadndM1e5/w400-h400/3d4256664c6517298c710467f8d9e5a6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">We are so glad you stopped by!</b></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</b></div></span></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-68635191839984647832023-12-27T21:42:00.000-08:002023-12-27T21:46:52.603-08:00A Day to Be Enjoyed and An Addition to Our Memory Book<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Tuesday, December 26, 2023</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Another day to be enjoyed in our neighborhood. A little chillier then it has been but not cold. Tom decided to take a couple of loads of wash and head into the laundromat in Yuma. I had thought we could wait a couple more days but he said he would just go in and I thought who am I to argue. I really dislike going to the laundromat and he was going to go without me...yay. and now we have some nice clean undies...😉 Always a good thing...lol Yes, I do have an all in one washer/dryer in here and I do really like it but it is not something I use when we are boondocking. Anyway, he not only came home with clean laundry but the flowers below. Tom was not feeling that well before Christmas and so there were no Christmas Flowers and that was understandable but the man rarely misses an occasion. I now have these beautifully bright colored flowers brightening up my day. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFB12aNE2HWXx29yGskJB4JUdk2yeDXWkhoipOBkTDIYKQY90YmuWrLjgypbBh2Gws_eUSEUxiWWnPOEY_w4BXPoSPFq8DULNrQYcoI2ftDBK7Wjftu-x35de6zot-ww0xOrC-RAu-tn_5FDLWYlGj_Mk4-M37c7Y-OjiOck0TPTGNo18gVqNiAyJFQLWJ/s2880/20231226_133921.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFB12aNE2HWXx29yGskJB4JUdk2yeDXWkhoipOBkTDIYKQY90YmuWrLjgypbBh2Gws_eUSEUxiWWnPOEY_w4BXPoSPFq8DULNrQYcoI2ftDBK7Wjftu-x35de6zot-ww0xOrC-RAu-tn_5FDLWYlGj_Mk4-M37c7Y-OjiOck0TPTGNo18gVqNiAyJFQLWJ/w400-h400/20231226_133921.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just love how colorful they are!</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A little Christmas trivia about how I do enjoy decorating for Christmas. Back in our "sticks and bricks' days I filled all the rooms with decorations and I still have some of them in our storage locker. Okay full disclosure there are a lot of decorations still in storage...lol I had boxes and boxes of decorations including dishes, mugs, glasses etc... all of which started coming out the beginning of December. In the beginning of these adventures I carried three boxes of decorations and over the years I have purged those boxes down to what is below. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8R6D9Df-9vA2Dc3uhvCRuTNI7kmj-XAYT0fpYeVcsROj_CZPM_iBnjQG-g7BOmSLGYfCgsXgmDprX0x6vJIsT0XeqYgIxVzMov20fTu0uqdcIe9fz3p6F3nBgNC_6TM_w2Z_gbnlNWFcVf0BoLzmyTT6UH9YPWfnOrfzv5yt-RAdOVz6IClxBIhY5e6Q/s3011/20231222_124358.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2549" data-original-width="3011" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8R6D9Df-9vA2Dc3uhvCRuTNI7kmj-XAYT0fpYeVcsROj_CZPM_iBnjQG-g7BOmSLGYfCgsXgmDprX0x6vJIsT0XeqYgIxVzMov20fTu0uqdcIe9fz3p6F3nBgNC_6TM_w2Z_gbnlNWFcVf0BoLzmyTT6UH9YPWfnOrfzv5yt-RAdOVz6IClxBIhY5e6Q/w400-h339/20231222_124358.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Reason for the Season.<br />I do love Nativity Scenes and have several.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNH8-nSGBdOIzkkvo0MZEG7U_CY-hBFegpYr4r2jVG2bXJdX8lp3eVSo8HNJIOawBYQrFzSaUs0-N3_zyLpJC-hhPMN8qdKaiI2utMtvwOYZnTGTA0HuMeNPgtatf5UhWWAl6-ljkVMctsQ2sQJ8hPIb80S1X6iVyvOB5nUI33M0zNWJwTbR62F4wxrTB4/s3023/20231212_185656.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2658" data-original-width="3023" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNH8-nSGBdOIzkkvo0MZEG7U_CY-hBFegpYr4r2jVG2bXJdX8lp3eVSo8HNJIOawBYQrFzSaUs0-N3_zyLpJC-hhPMN8qdKaiI2utMtvwOYZnTGTA0HuMeNPgtatf5UhWWAl6-ljkVMctsQ2sQJ8hPIb80S1X6iVyvOB5nUI33M0zNWJwTbR62F4wxrTB4/w400-h351/20231212_185656.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This figurine has been part of our Christmas decorations<br />for a lot of years. It is one of my favorite.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvh0fH8MeKZtzp9szgiamOCIFE7kCBas4FfmPWJZ9Nh3hGjM7HFUd5uWhgaxR3CiCSURr7hShD5rLotrls7uLZqO0SvgFL4oHj6NhLFqZo0vOyjP-2A2o9WSqF22NxGvVyi3Hs2aNQCZEq_28Wrw04Q985GdOEa7YLTrCzE_OfhkdgCBr-AZtk62B8FQIz/s2880/20231222_131507.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvh0fH8MeKZtzp9szgiamOCIFE7kCBas4FfmPWJZ9Nh3hGjM7HFUd5uWhgaxR3CiCSURr7hShD5rLotrls7uLZqO0SvgFL4oHj6NhLFqZo0vOyjP-2A2o9WSqF22NxGvVyi3Hs2aNQCZEq_28Wrw04Q985GdOEa7YLTrCzE_OfhkdgCBr-AZtk62B8FQIz/w400-h400/20231222_131507.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Christmas Ball on the right is new this year.<br />It was a gift from Deb and Riley, Deb's sister makes them,<br />and she had this one made for us. It is just perfect for in the<br />Stinger "B". Thank you, Deb and Riley!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemuH5DXfg2esFyKkQ0hhmxLIistKi2zcZsTKuChAD6Q26VZ22DOtQLNl0fPrsa5WBqsyQCFSBv2EWr6rPAN3sWayRZLS33VYawOiTbQTMLj2aj8jBzqgaXqhi8S6M-FltjnHe9lOq40U3WV7e3JYgY2bjFEIGRJL5oDtOMq_B5d-XzcB_zgKoVKv6IKw3/s2880/20231222_130649.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemuH5DXfg2esFyKkQ0hhmxLIistKi2zcZsTKuChAD6Q26VZ22DOtQLNl0fPrsa5WBqsyQCFSBv2EWr6rPAN3sWayRZLS33VYawOiTbQTMLj2aj8jBzqgaXqhi8S6M-FltjnHe9lOq40U3WV7e3JYgY2bjFEIGRJL5oDtOMq_B5d-XzcB_zgKoVKv6IKw3/w400-h400/20231222_130649.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few Santa's from our collection.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0jnDaxbUd1Lq11-7aFE8K3B63CorixCKt9vmMxAZmGz3rlSXvm0zLJNkzHx65ySb8-E-pJqoYx6ZjIYyAK9DWR6vt1SZgikEo00l6Ej5cZJZJdTm1e_J6BpGdSf7Jv6Jat4A9DvNTP0T1T8B2lCkzxxUF3Ci1yHy1G8xxyZNlIN6-6yX4ftKTuD1ytua/s2880/20231222_131152.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0jnDaxbUd1Lq11-7aFE8K3B63CorixCKt9vmMxAZmGz3rlSXvm0zLJNkzHx65ySb8-E-pJqoYx6ZjIYyAK9DWR6vt1SZgikEo00l6Ej5cZJZJdTm1e_J6BpGdSf7Jv6Jat4A9DvNTP0T1T8B2lCkzxxUF3Ci1yHy1G8xxyZNlIN6-6yX4ftKTuD1ytua/w400-h400/20231222_131152.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upper left: from our daughter, it has all our grandchildren's names<br />on it. I actually keep that one up all year. The cactus is also new<br />since we started RVing.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_a33raFlIwyc3EK6IRZZ0IcKJhXCv6jsXvgqVMGpJOpe1MBt0xztgkfWGmnNirgNB3UX7pf0F8PY6Shm9-zqYA38OlZVhPZM6UJ8N1m8MWCGrN7S7ZNogMKaTT2Q0CjVOWgqVw2w0-9yU3caUO93WqXpgPbpy-EB5uUPOkhA7N4uJXWOqyGKCkpX9xfl/s2880/20231222_143712.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_a33raFlIwyc3EK6IRZZ0IcKJhXCv6jsXvgqVMGpJOpe1MBt0xztgkfWGmnNirgNB3UX7pf0F8PY6Shm9-zqYA38OlZVhPZM6UJ8N1m8MWCGrN7S7ZNogMKaTT2Q0CjVOWgqVw2w0-9yU3caUO93WqXpgPbpy-EB5uUPOkhA7N4uJXWOqyGKCkpX9xfl/w400-h400/20231222_143712.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upper left: I added this little tree this year. I did go to ceramic<br />class back in the day and do have the large one in storage.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuG4b8Oz5TugUzPTLtfJRCxo7BxMdBsf39hpjaFs7VshlkcU9qg-g6ooyz_3PZ7pODjGmfCHJ8rs4kD1ZesRWE1J51ETKz_X9PRpENkPHinkGOJ4tAsCd8GfHsVRkhw6v-9p5xoFKfa9sNp6bJvXLKp9WC73uy1g_gMKXKF12qTKwX-4fzybT4sTU157BL/s2856/20231212_185435.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2434" data-original-width="2856" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuG4b8Oz5TugUzPTLtfJRCxo7BxMdBsf39hpjaFs7VshlkcU9qg-g6ooyz_3PZ7pODjGmfCHJ8rs4kD1ZesRWE1J51ETKz_X9PRpENkPHinkGOJ4tAsCd8GfHsVRkhw6v-9p5xoFKfa9sNp6bJvXLKp9WC73uy1g_gMKXKF12qTKwX-4fzybT4sTU157BL/w400-h341/20231212_185435.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Kim and Ken had a Santa rock with them. If I understood/remember the story correctly, she found it on their step a few years back at Christmas time. This Christmas morning it made its way from the Igloo to the Stinger B's steps. </span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJc_Qk9jDBLm_-sq4yKcgN2tMuMFzZl-6LikSJZgCXCZVznHxdNSSeeDxlynxWyCBNzI0DCuIoGJEKJEcpnX2vr3IqMMkRUBlvjXbblVg58acYL6sCChKtirM2Q9K_tnB78_1YEgzI1P2MKVYMw4JJkNqXQdQeDNOP5rwrSuavwmsGGv0ahZizauiuokvv/s2932/20231226_145045.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2265" data-original-width="2932" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJc_Qk9jDBLm_-sq4yKcgN2tMuMFzZl-6LikSJZgCXCZVznHxdNSSeeDxlynxWyCBNzI0DCuIoGJEKJEcpnX2vr3IqMMkRUBlvjXbblVg58acYL6sCChKtirM2Q9K_tnB78_1YEgzI1P2MKVYMw4JJkNqXQdQeDNOP5rwrSuavwmsGGv0ahZizauiuokvv/w400-h309/20231226_145045.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> I decided it looked just right with my outside décor <br />on the table. So for now it has a home...🥰 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGXgsBYYErGldUDmdeVVP_aQcFceUTnaEg04HDHCoJKchC0kuX4jvkn632Lriwkdh3XriVNrCdhiluK8UeouhiN-i4fmk64Sij3QDmIY7JcnfeUsnZ6UOtrW7bIUmogIO7esAawhD0v7lI3dz20w9V_ifgSZD_P0RTmd5E72bmj-kSWIEvZBIY0a7HsaD/s4032/20231226_173800.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGXgsBYYErGldUDmdeVVP_aQcFceUTnaEg04HDHCoJKchC0kuX4jvkn632Lriwkdh3XriVNrCdhiluK8UeouhiN-i4fmk64Sij3QDmIY7JcnfeUsnZ6UOtrW7bIUmogIO7esAawhD0v7lI3dz20w9V_ifgSZD_P0RTmd5E72bmj-kSWIEvZBIY0a7HsaD/w400-h300/20231226_173800.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset on December 26th</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AOp7gysUxJZSVivQuBdQZhn0NYOhQWIZZwgIIF2AK0qxvIAgN23udpvv6a88f2C7VK2QYbdha3ugItieppPCkwsN_c4aS1EJeF9aziENYbxmqOmGMsl1nd9m_vuFwZVq9RlfmKV0fTcx49s842YqVmrbpWtOdgygfgT4znzoEtnY0UeFx2hu_P0c2eI3/s4032/20231226_173846.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AOp7gysUxJZSVivQuBdQZhn0NYOhQWIZZwgIIF2AK0qxvIAgN23udpvv6a88f2C7VK2QYbdha3ugItieppPCkwsN_c4aS1EJeF9aziENYbxmqOmGMsl1nd9m_vuFwZVq9RlfmKV0fTcx49s842YqVmrbpWtOdgygfgT4znzoEtnY0UeFx2hu_P0c2eI3/w400-h300/20231226_173846.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cargo Muchacho Mountains with the last <br />of the sunlight hitting their peaks.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_46G5RWMCMY_qozSrIiM6hZs0ptPA5Ozoihg4wOdp4SoGxe68NPZh1uD8aArmVwQV5EpSPCXRmdatQLD4pw31BztXLNa-4ZtzneN174-VY26WnWd4a6ai1IC6bU85IFNgYYn_H-LUObwIuFFTKJpSd6-KZQ06ps0_Cm53nRT8ad5OkFizq1LgpwGm83Ck/s3941/20231226_173902.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2955" data-original-width="3941" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_46G5RWMCMY_qozSrIiM6hZs0ptPA5Ozoihg4wOdp4SoGxe68NPZh1uD8aArmVwQV5EpSPCXRmdatQLD4pw31BztXLNa-4ZtzneN174-VY26WnWd4a6ai1IC6bU85IFNgYYn_H-LUObwIuFFTKJpSd6-KZQ06ps0_Cm53nRT8ad5OkFizq1LgpwGm83Ck/w400-h300/20231226_173902.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-n8zzI60d9_2hzO7Vkt1QD6N1i5IYblcf6NsNLBQTgDkn_c-iO6uD7HTt2Xc9kXRkhANBush1TaOl3wG_M5qpcOQ_M3wJa2fKzv6uTBw1t_NMFEmhsMzJUOPnAbiBRQcNTju3GdWtGYXJH0gpwcorcRvItWlf8JXbSQkNExJ6nVm9Mxk1AZ_VIYARK9P/s1917/DSC_0363.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1375" data-original-width="1917" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-n8zzI60d9_2hzO7Vkt1QD6N1i5IYblcf6NsNLBQTgDkn_c-iO6uD7HTt2Xc9kXRkhANBush1TaOl3wG_M5qpcOQ_M3wJa2fKzv6uTBw1t_NMFEmhsMzJUOPnAbiBRQcNTju3GdWtGYXJH0gpwcorcRvItWlf8JXbSQkNExJ6nVm9Mxk1AZ_VIYARK9P/w400-h287/DSC_0363.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The last full moon of 2024<br />The "Cold Moon"</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">A Step Back in Time For Our Memory Book</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">A Ride in the Desert near Welton, Arizona</span></i></b></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;">First a short mention about the the third and fourth day of our Twelve Days before Christmas Celebration. Friday, December 15, 2023 Third Day</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWIoISAQIopl9LoNcQU-CaTBClWbl-oiBNoGj54aTwi67hiim87xmvqPCpM7HTcdiRzsPaX9Iyr-1sYwSoE3aW1Ya0XMMRhqxK8t6z0Y5Uipo53BtIkE1mTZCFKq_to-alJeACen-SGLguE_r6FHzYWrsvF65gUL-fiHPHFJDlkpmMcMecFWvAtHJt8O3/s4032/20231215_153325.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWIoISAQIopl9LoNcQU-CaTBClWbl-oiBNoGj54aTwi67hiim87xmvqPCpM7HTcdiRzsPaX9Iyr-1sYwSoE3aW1Ya0XMMRhqxK8t6z0Y5Uipo53BtIkE1mTZCFKq_to-alJeACen-SGLguE_r6FHzYWrsvF65gUL-fiHPHFJDlkpmMcMecFWvAtHJt8O3/w400-h300/20231215_153325.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the third day, December 15th we had cheese and wine<br />in the Igloo. Deb and Riley put out a nice spread of cheese<br />and crackers. It was fun tasting the different cheeses and the<br />red and white wine. </td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">On Saturday, December 16th we celebrated during Happy Hour with some chili that Ken made. No pictures that does seem to be a trend with me lately. It was very tasty Chili.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhm4QFBeVfH3NejOtQJZgkbSR1w2iLk7d9N7jQWoJLnOw_N979nkyqOjXkKi9QoBpJ9q1eSl38Y5F83pY56_P4dTF9V9SrzqcubgrGRroe9YBRe1Owr_ht3uQH6y3q_IPT48efrSRA5QcT9SGPRFcOxqEhciGMhwZAVi1pSJMvGaiOfF7akIZtWHFoEOk/s2482/20231216_120801.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1690" data-original-width="2482" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhm4QFBeVfH3NejOtQJZgkbSR1w2iLk7d9N7jQWoJLnOw_N979nkyqOjXkKi9QoBpJ9q1eSl38Y5F83pY56_P4dTF9V9SrzqcubgrGRroe9YBRe1Owr_ht3uQH6y3q_IPT48efrSRA5QcT9SGPRFcOxqEhciGMhwZAVi1pSJMvGaiOfF7akIZtWHFoEOk/w400-h272/20231216_120801.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The end of the light on the Cargo Muchacho</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qTv5igKdcAOmOvwgBAxtMRuZKJTaLXZ3pIEQMEa0HKU0jM0g1m7IuQk_xNcqVKxB71jj4xl4UIMl_KYIm67piqMXBYv7mvVtQ7Fq0G2rbbXcBkGzD8RBAXdZDLnrBhYa_OqwiYXhO0ugCJ4igEZe4rBtDBYOYtLqAEJQtPDHyKRbfoWEzuMdTzC4TqhG/s3890/20231216_172827.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2537" data-original-width="3890" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qTv5igKdcAOmOvwgBAxtMRuZKJTaLXZ3pIEQMEa0HKU0jM0g1m7IuQk_xNcqVKxB71jj4xl4UIMl_KYIm67piqMXBYv7mvVtQ7Fq0G2rbbXcBkGzD8RBAXdZDLnrBhYa_OqwiYXhO0ugCJ4igEZe4rBtDBYOYtLqAEJQtPDHyKRbfoWEzuMdTzC4TqhG/w400-h261/20231216_172827.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">as the sun left our day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVEbjkQhufLjrwl6eVR4fCvMBlFZs_RtC7hzsuO-he02zAAB44g9eS6487_SNo6tXlu4ZDj72rU3WyyRoQ8rubLN90wjdwNN_HNlI4qXROljYd7sKmcaZRnrJH1VSF9s_4SNJdfnDVj1DXxs5MwMiCh5AHD_gCrVLpHzVeaYlWWrBI3BZVjpjgRRhh5Pm/s3843/20231216_173022.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2881" data-original-width="3843" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVEbjkQhufLjrwl6eVR4fCvMBlFZs_RtC7hzsuO-he02zAAB44g9eS6487_SNo6tXlu4ZDj72rU3WyyRoQ8rubLN90wjdwNN_HNlI4qXROljYd7sKmcaZRnrJH1VSF9s_4SNJdfnDVj1DXxs5MwMiCh5AHD_gCrVLpHzVeaYlWWrBI3BZVjpjgRRhh5Pm/w400-h300/20231216_173022.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then we did have a little light orangish/pinkish afterglow. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday, December 17, 2023 </b><i>(Our fifth day before Christmas)</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today we, Deb, Ken, Tom and I, headed over to Welton to visit Elva and Jerry and take a ride in the desert with Jerry leading the way. Neither Kim or Riley felt up to a bumpy ride so they both stayed home and I am guessing enjoyed the quiet of our neighborhood. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom and I started our morning with Mass at </span><span style="font-size: medium;">St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Yuma then we headed over to Welton to join the rest of the gang. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyL9o2ooKUtvt0mgUQhYcC8dFZd5NTBE5aKsXQGvuSQKnH3wgmgklth7ponMnvs8lH2ADbqU5jkJiuRq6jkghRY-kITvsSlcsp3yEHVrOQCwNpeNgiZ_-w6gLyJ6lXL9hQV0Eb7Rpkto7OrsdCxToiunew_wEa4mkSI-pEZS6prRD4GIhTZxylR-ue5c6/s3024/20231217_101707.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1966" data-original-width="3024" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyL9o2ooKUtvt0mgUQhYcC8dFZd5NTBE5aKsXQGvuSQKnH3wgmgklth7ponMnvs8lH2ADbqU5jkJiuRq6jkghRY-kITvsSlcsp3yEHVrOQCwNpeNgiZ_-w6gLyJ6lXL9hQV0Eb7Rpkto7OrsdCxToiunew_wEa4mkSI-pEZS6prRD4GIhTZxylR-ue5c6/w400-h260/20231217_101707.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coming out the east side of Telegraph Pass. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWMKF3o0O4N5e6flt031F63JqrTn9RAf50otmMJ2Arc169VIB5daa0jPjOjF4EGNqxK1RZXF7X77k9nNbH0qTqQbYVIVzY-n7Nf745rqVhyphenhyphenqId-yLOxATvP32GvtZkCzAsOSWrSZOJZOfxuZbOHQonm0QzIgImQwp4hUTi5QdjuHIaTGHWLwV4LZAJkhc/s2880/20231222_120034.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWMKF3o0O4N5e6flt031F63JqrTn9RAf50otmMJ2Arc169VIB5daa0jPjOjF4EGNqxK1RZXF7X77k9nNbH0qTqQbYVIVzY-n7Nf745rqVhyphenhyphenqId-yLOxATvP32GvtZkCzAsOSWrSZOJZOfxuZbOHQonm0QzIgImQwp4hUTi5QdjuHIaTGHWLwV4LZAJkhc/w400-h400/20231222_120034.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a short hello we were off. Deb and Ken are with Jerry<br />in Elva's Jeep and Tom and I followed in our Jeep. <br />Going through two short tunnels. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Side Note: The color of our Jeep is called High Velocity. Jeep describes the color as bright yellow with a touch of green that brings the "bright sunshine" to the Jeep line. When you see this color in person you understand why this is the description. There is no hiding this Jeep. At first I was not sure about the color but now I really like it. Looking at the two middle pictures in the collage above as we started into the tunnels in the different light you can really see the green in the left picture. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfHAAW8zxBmJnK59l8WUrBmLIkF068j4j5H_n17XUYEC-9l9el7h_4lPXRprqCaMY8q1jWdNU8yTMNFDWqwlOZQovpwUtEN48zsCJc6uAhjXl7nURymEpKnmFaRx7cRZf0g6xDmrKO5aoWz6CxNu_d2ic9MSmrSUWbdYHkJnfK_yEJuJM0AR55avwXswq/s2880/20231222_120428.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfHAAW8zxBmJnK59l8WUrBmLIkF068j4j5H_n17XUYEC-9l9el7h_4lPXRprqCaMY8q1jWdNU8yTMNFDWqwlOZQovpwUtEN48zsCJc6uAhjXl7nURymEpKnmFaRx7cRZf0g6xDmrKO5aoWz6CxNu_d2ic9MSmrSUWbdYHkJnfK_yEJuJM0AR55avwXswq/w400-h400/20231222_120428.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Following the dust, I mean Elva's Jeep...lol, ahead</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OJwen65bh-wl7BCkJe1yR7eNAho_0VFwXYibcb5ffcE1DNVQSeN_wo49ykMZ-X_O6M4QbxPzgdbA3YqaYL_Sym6xP6PDGvjcWXx_hsgaVhEpg48mcydl2mm50BqGuzWnblmQtRusVfyAfyy11bBmaNC1ZX3SMrKghV1jbe8oybMmfZ5r80QmLQGRLVY5/s2880/20231222_120813.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OJwen65bh-wl7BCkJe1yR7eNAho_0VFwXYibcb5ffcE1DNVQSeN_wo49ykMZ-X_O6M4QbxPzgdbA3YqaYL_Sym6xP6PDGvjcWXx_hsgaVhEpg48mcydl2mm50BqGuzWnblmQtRusVfyAfyy11bBmaNC1ZX3SMrKghV1jbe8oybMmfZ5r80QmLQGRLVY5/w400-h400/20231222_120813.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we were headed to the Naked Date Restaurant.<br />You can rent a tent and spend the night in between the rows<br />of date trees. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemATc099Psnb3hy6c6oymzgZqpWj_uAPUGI6onHbf25WrqrLGezs7Ci0G9N47CowLDEdSXvh_045mAqalNoQgg94anWe2odR0LIhya5KK0g_xj4Djtwlc9aGkbmxgVerLYTTiDER0kEB244VeTFx5ZUHPp_x8ab1na_zVg_DXQoCyPJkdNk6zUfsoRzIz/s2880/20231222_121242.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemATc099Psnb3hy6c6oymzgZqpWj_uAPUGI6onHbf25WrqrLGezs7Ci0G9N47CowLDEdSXvh_045mAqalNoQgg94anWe2odR0LIhya5KK0g_xj4Djtwlc9aGkbmxgVerLYTTiDER0kEB244VeTFx5ZUHPp_x8ab1na_zVg_DXQoCyPJkdNk6zUfsoRzIz/w400-h400/20231222_121242.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We stopped for lunch.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiXugC8C1Ti3trGwDtau3ens9d7qJEndZeCtm9Xhp3e_q2pEQNtvwBy0nT-9BD_QZRvD8gi3iMVzlCzSfRcV-8iSAhxYOW3vrw3c7xBkEiMPzasdTPHmF0Dw1BRFG92EIRMpLMYRvb8zXX2OreQa5pl8vvaG4SvnX1lU0189WjdkMtyzYJDlvM8qQoB08/s2880/20231222_121613.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiXugC8C1Ti3trGwDtau3ens9d7qJEndZeCtm9Xhp3e_q2pEQNtvwBy0nT-9BD_QZRvD8gi3iMVzlCzSfRcV-8iSAhxYOW3vrw3c7xBkEiMPzasdTPHmF0Dw1BRFG92EIRMpLMYRvb8zXX2OreQa5pl8vvaG4SvnX1lU0189WjdkMtyzYJDlvM8qQoB08/w400-h400/20231222_121613.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Afterwards, following the dust ahead again, we were off on <br />the day's adventure.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Below are pictures of the views along the way as we followed the Jeep in front of us along the levy then through some twist and turns and up and down a few washes. The sky was a beautiful blue making everything brighter. It was a perfect day for a ride. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDAK3eYRBH2Ge8Gw3C_IPBy-CdnltRVMwEPyPz8Qfk6X9YdIQyd-tG8ASB-cMh0lmzUsqKJ7a8uKxL-FznDDYTla5z0EA6f1o2isTiCpvBPlstmgqXHiMDY47WFXGOihfPD-6Ahoy8L5VuAw18tl-IbLQy8P9k1ar9wKMXh9x1IDVTeoE6yuhyphenhyphenRF7GEqh/s2880/20231222_121827.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHDAK3eYRBH2Ge8Gw3C_IPBy-CdnltRVMwEPyPz8Qfk6X9YdIQyd-tG8ASB-cMh0lmzUsqKJ7a8uKxL-FznDDYTla5z0EA6f1o2isTiCpvBPlstmgqXHiMDY47WFXGOihfPD-6Ahoy8L5VuAw18tl-IbLQy8P9k1ar9wKMXh9x1IDVTeoE6yuhyphenhyphenRF7GEqh/w400-h400/20231222_121827.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have no idea what the white glare is in the bottom right picture.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We had a wonderful time.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Life is good and we are enjoying our time parked out here in the desert off of Ogilby Road.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2S62NZ6lrBGp0OpWa9BhxT-4BaVeiJiDhYMYnrwuf5_BhvTD4pSLn7gTMcr5GDHT81tb1bcr8_IWPZX_Ona2ESzdeQneWDPoK2uIsfGST6J9T7unRn1MXm4X5gDtAkTbQvZ9NsTpshCjcVeQpUDjtQXolakgQMmtqjyIgymsCiYgEXIEaKTPd63B8dXc/s1118/maxresdefault.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1118" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2S62NZ6lrBGp0OpWa9BhxT-4BaVeiJiDhYMYnrwuf5_BhvTD4pSLn7gTMcr5GDHT81tb1bcr8_IWPZX_Ona2ESzdeQneWDPoK2uIsfGST6J9T7unRn1MXm4X5gDtAkTbQvZ9NsTpshCjcVeQpUDjtQXolakgQMmtqjyIgymsCiYgEXIEaKTPd63B8dXc/w400-h244/maxresdefault.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are glad you stopped by!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</span></b></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-34386013846156137842023-12-26T12:58:00.000-08:002023-12-26T12:58:23.716-08:00Christmas Day 2024<p><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Monday, December 25, 2023</span></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The sun came up into a bright clear sky this morning as we began a day celebrating the birth of the child that changed our world.<span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6oknee4ryuP4I9HqV8je1YX2mYKcDs4el7P0S8xtc1onY_2PH8yxZ8OWcHVhtHXtP956rBawYHBW2CuNrHHORt7yM9cdRaeILhOfoxjQQqBUknAw1pqZsUgI48FZnzL8f2bnzJ0a9axQHGQGkOIWHPO7t_UI9pg3_xE4A3esZ3mt-OkHArqDYqRHDXd-/s2126/20231225_075001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="2126" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6oknee4ryuP4I9HqV8je1YX2mYKcDs4el7P0S8xtc1onY_2PH8yxZ8OWcHVhtHXtP956rBawYHBW2CuNrHHORt7yM9cdRaeILhOfoxjQQqBUknAw1pqZsUgI48FZnzL8f2bnzJ0a9axQHGQGkOIWHPO7t_UI9pg3_xE4A3esZ3mt-OkHArqDYqRHDXd-/w400-h268/20231225_075001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom and I started the day with Mass at a beautiful small Catholic Mission Church, St. Thomas Yuma Indian Mission in Winterhaven, California. Of all the churches we attend when we are in the Southwest this is one of my favorites. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5MsESGUqtrLQaV4CIyeQrxIo91B7S4pzyDKuTM1I8_P45BeigpYUu1TNezzWjpc8qScr9MmNhuJxslGiWGy7TI-GPTm9bZ7MCWWE3sSSP8H37PKHK8iqOuivPClzvH778IHKzPldud3fRdtLLdG4HphE012TX_YCOS-vg5D1YXl0o7GNcNZFcEqdjs2_/s3931/20231225_095306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2948" data-original-width="3931" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5MsESGUqtrLQaV4CIyeQrxIo91B7S4pzyDKuTM1I8_P45BeigpYUu1TNezzWjpc8qScr9MmNhuJxslGiWGy7TI-GPTm9bZ7MCWWE3sSSP8H37PKHK8iqOuivPClzvH778IHKzPldud3fRdtLLdG4HphE012TX_YCOS-vg5D1YXl0o7GNcNZFcEqdjs2_/w400-h300/20231225_095306.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYBOmQeqeExF9pKclZ_54lE5pe6uEviHuwIiGucppM47pbVbf0AYJ5E4U52gYVstolHcKff-xElS86XQyB3EjBAwKP33hYOz6q3bmZwBzmU4PhodCEDC9R9cZkNRsatl6Lzy3j8z8pR4pnpxjGnifLooemEmJAm1fLOaN3FWWvcS8G8WUuH1CKc5O2jLk/s2880/20231225_185700.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYYBOmQeqeExF9pKclZ_54lE5pe6uEviHuwIiGucppM47pbVbf0AYJ5E4U52gYVstolHcKff-xElS86XQyB3EjBAwKP33hYOz6q3bmZwBzmU4PhodCEDC9R9cZkNRsatl6Lzy3j8z8pR4pnpxjGnifLooemEmJAm1fLOaN3FWWvcS8G8WUuH1CKc5O2jLk/w400-h400/20231225_185700.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They had three Nativity's set up and a lovely tree.<br />Upper left was to the right of the altar. <br />Lower left was in the vestibule as we walked in.<br />Tree was to the left of the altar and a close up of the one in<br />front of the altar. All beautiful.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrVrh2HE5Iia98vhcOdcRfG-OPIegyzCUFX3uL3G-ukiWZ4A8FTPrfbZVxz6A-dLwJlur-UceVBCrN9KtcdjWAXCTNxOnH7xGSGTHkXE0KqjnuzjdfQpsq2IBrqJ1cItpKPpDDdgu6-yxdsGK5qitejZ8jPA12i87h5aT7rDe4UaQzWxRpB9ASeTqTpu4/s2880/20231225_190005.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrVrh2HE5Iia98vhcOdcRfG-OPIegyzCUFX3uL3G-ukiWZ4A8FTPrfbZVxz6A-dLwJlur-UceVBCrN9KtcdjWAXCTNxOnH7xGSGTHkXE0KqjnuzjdfQpsq2IBrqJ1cItpKPpDDdgu6-yxdsGK5qitejZ8jPA12i87h5aT7rDe4UaQzWxRpB9ASeTqTpu4/w400-h400/20231225_190005.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: St. Kateri Tekakwitha Right: Our Lady of Guadalupe</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We came back home to celebrate the day with Kim, Ken, Deb, Riley, and Keith. <i>John, <a href="https://johnbrendasincredibleadventure.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">John & Brenda's Incredible Journey</a>, stopped by for a short visit. He and Brenda are parked just a short distance away it is always nice to see him and or Brenda.</i> We started with mimosas, then enjoyed a lovely dinner in the afternoon. Ken cooked the turkey, who knew you could cook a turkey in one of those small ovens inside an RV but he did, and it was perfect. We all added sides and everything was delicious. Afterwards we spent time chatting moving our chairs to stay in the sun until the chill in the air sent us inside. It was a wonderful day spent with friends and I was enjoying the day so much I failed to take any pictures. The memories of the day, though. are firmly planted in our memory and will be there always.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We also spoke with our children and from what they said, they along with our Grandchildren enjoyed a special day. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuroSGGBpL4ZwNdN4d57rrDynQmVd6B14TIcUtpPaVkeoeXpiC_QOVobS27edpD_x6z1MR1PoUnk2fipm-IiJJd7S3IjxzoyHuI5UlUJNV8svSSpkaZZI-F0rkp7s869Iws-9I0SnMDJ2-bu9eqfVqEDuefxm2_4SycPfEdoJIps9HN0OzceUW2s7xYVk/s2880/20231226_101110.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuroSGGBpL4ZwNdN4d57rrDynQmVd6B14TIcUtpPaVkeoeXpiC_QOVobS27edpD_x6z1MR1PoUnk2fipm-IiJJd7S3IjxzoyHuI5UlUJNV8svSSpkaZZI-F0rkp7s869Iws-9I0SnMDJ2-bu9eqfVqEDuefxm2_4SycPfEdoJIps9HN0OzceUW2s7xYVk/w400-h400/20231226_101110.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2623" data-original-width="4238" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn8zh9-66Nmi9QAyXBsdt3rC8gSNd3O0aXrGfHVOcMufXnTYiuO5CEdd86a7YmgsnT4zUi9PnKXD0LzXId35RE_PPRfrXtK1Jx2nBTuHQRV_8o5pWP6RbDjb_xEUVjNCOe-CI-Gxhou0gmzJRk8g_ctKBRZSvIkvj5WSg2ObjOmY56E0SfjWs6GpGmCR4v/w400-h248/DSC_0354.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">December's Cold Full Moon is not until December 26th<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqdBujtS0XozG8quRyh6H3MxKUppgQI1cnQsDTKty_yV3nqEat-udCdA7WJqK39ozTHEo9fQpGFAOVyaVMjSYmeKYempMqlhgESMNUw7JyhKd6MQeLWgBPsufURypCgZNRgNAzdrdtPruB4zDP2XxNkcAq7_SSWHDHdXz46f7fgnGWeSsSNQB_LEjhWBo/s5599/DSC_0360.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3733" data-original-width="5599" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqdBujtS0XozG8quRyh6H3MxKUppgQI1cnQsDTKty_yV3nqEat-udCdA7WJqK39ozTHEo9fQpGFAOVyaVMjSYmeKYempMqlhgESMNUw7JyhKd6MQeLWgBPsufURypCgZNRgNAzdrdtPruB4zDP2XxNkcAq7_SSWHDHdXz46f7fgnGWeSsSNQB_LEjhWBo/w400-h266/DSC_0360.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwy2drZV1QzOxs_tUvDxjZqUYVIJyp9xJTdkkubq08eTdKzpDRif1N_D4zvrLI28HTFjScB-WvGOmU9uT1lbzGU5sTfCHBhyphenhyphenKFPf2sxlKCbvcC7CHHNhOM1wKA1ERp75BkWh3-E5iT8v8iaE_s5WrGjv_2NoCZfrtxIFap4v5xgqRJNWYTU9HCDbmEb912/s386/th.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="273" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwy2drZV1QzOxs_tUvDxjZqUYVIJyp9xJTdkkubq08eTdKzpDRif1N_D4zvrLI28HTFjScB-WvGOmU9uT1lbzGU5sTfCHBhyphenhyphenKFPf2sxlKCbvcC7CHHNhOM1wKA1ERp75BkWh3-E5iT8v8iaE_s5WrGjv_2NoCZfrtxIFap4v5xgqRJNWYTU9HCDbmEb912/s320/th.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We are glad you stopped by!</span> <b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tom and I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with memory moments to be treasured forever. As this year comes to a close and we continue to celebrate this season of hope we wish you days filled with joy and peace. </span></i></b></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>To All Our Family and Friends<br /></b></span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>Merry Christmas!</b></span></span></p>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-87742335442228425392023-12-24T19:46:00.000-08:002023-12-24T19:46:17.963-08:00May You Always Believe in the Magic!<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> Sunday, December 24. 2023</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WaMOF82dPzgLS1sclbzHac4aJVOsIACCoWsJNyDksADufzhfqmIGgh_xTfhLkgxtD12hoql6G4lpjOf6t7ZWCz076Gw3-kdZAfDs0cqXtuv8EST4B4WjnQ9shcALy4I48aOoxcWTHPk6k_YgspkbEv89t0hf2kKKRSQsh3aZRW3zvVGwu8D6DpaFDBFI/s408/th%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="408" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WaMOF82dPzgLS1sclbzHac4aJVOsIACCoWsJNyDksADufzhfqmIGgh_xTfhLkgxtD12hoql6G4lpjOf6t7ZWCz076Gw3-kdZAfDs0cqXtuv8EST4B4WjnQ9shcALy4I48aOoxcWTHPk6k_YgspkbEv89t0hf2kKKRSQsh3aZRW3zvVGwu8D6DpaFDBFI/w400-h253/th%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> As I write this blog this evening we are listening to Christmas music and feeling a little nostalgic. We are missing our children and grandchildren, plus, our extended family. As always this time of year brings back wonderful memories of past Christmas spent with our parents along with our siblings as children. Time passed and we were a newly married couple staying in a motel near home getting ready to celebrate our First Christmas as a married couple. It is so hard to believe that this year we are celebrating our 54th Christmas together. Some more years passed and we were celebrating Christmas with our children. I am thinking about going to Mass on Christmas Eve when they were little and hoping there would be snow falling. Back home we would bless the creche then put Baby Jesus in the Manger. Their excitement Christmas morning seeing that Santa had indeed come and brought gifts placed under the tree. Then life moved on and we watched grandchildren open gifts and fill the floor with wrapping paper and ribbons. These memories are all firmly planted in our memory forever. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">For tonight we feel blessed to be here spending this time with friends. These are also memories that will be forever part of our memory.</span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8gzk5hQQhB1S63O1R9oWTqt-zYmcCMb1izXE8JJkhQLKqYBg3LrYsY4y6SN-rVjLg-Su1Cj1ZgwQO0-U21cZfI2q6fcQBXCXwUzAKQC6Ms8p-qvl9kVQuR7hw7oaBD9gEOxJhKg6LcXwjrJthO-1EUteFS1gfDpVqAXzTyekFgqYxzjIicf2ysCYiGUh/s2880/20231224_193343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8gzk5hQQhB1S63O1R9oWTqt-zYmcCMb1izXE8JJkhQLKqYBg3LrYsY4y6SN-rVjLg-Su1Cj1ZgwQO0-U21cZfI2q6fcQBXCXwUzAKQC6Ms8p-qvl9kVQuR7hw7oaBD9gEOxJhKg6LcXwjrJthO-1EUteFS1gfDpVqAXzTyekFgqYxzjIicf2ysCYiGUh/w400-h400/20231224_193343.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top left: Deb and Riley Top right: almost Tom, Kim, Ken and<br />Keith Bottom left: Brenda and John</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom and I celebrated Christmas Eve with the friends, Deb, Riley, Kim, Ken, and Keith, we are parked with and Brenda and John who drove over from a couple of pads away. What a nice way to spend time Christmas Eve with good friends and good food. Kim made meatballs, Ken baked bread and butter tarts, Brenda brought a taco layer dip and chips, Deb and Riley added cheese and crackers and we put out a dill dip with pretzels and cheese spread with crackers. Lets just say it was all delicious and we did not walk away hungry. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFq-3r9wcgL6RE4t80ZNULUtT3Na2tGLicOmhImbJwyC_jswGk1M8XmU7xpROVfnv7ALhNtNGdCUgwSMbmCaNjxRxhDnlxp6yM8qkWkQJoQVxhI2aq0MRqQ3OfeKTO5o2XtmMFHZbvDbGaJ3os6-Zy9AHqQEsfPywH51GCtvEakHvwVNNn_c_j2VTsX-KQ/s3043/20231224_172707.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2241" data-original-width="3043" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFq-3r9wcgL6RE4t80ZNULUtT3Na2tGLicOmhImbJwyC_jswGk1M8XmU7xpROVfnv7ALhNtNGdCUgwSMbmCaNjxRxhDnlxp6yM8qkWkQJoQVxhI2aq0MRqQ3OfeKTO5o2XtmMFHZbvDbGaJ3os6-Zy9AHqQEsfPywH51GCtvEakHvwVNNn_c_j2VTsX-KQ/w400-h295/20231224_172707.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun going down</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPAQ4hJhYYog4HkLeAMaf6377cKrJdSODj80KgBsnCm-03xMdGya9uy_u8MOAOYwpATCWECjxo1AGlFUaM0ByEFMPds9tpk9Dp1npS0E30_nfeLNG-1aOP3zfbfRsdVbwS44-KtPR9j076QgNo41ztArwk-PHQ_vElzT3M5Sk0b9IOICfhidI44vEPJ3S/s3556/20231224_173808%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2619" data-original-width="3556" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaPAQ4hJhYYog4HkLeAMaf6377cKrJdSODj80KgBsnCm-03xMdGya9uy_u8MOAOYwpATCWECjxo1AGlFUaM0ByEFMPds9tpk9Dp1npS0E30_nfeLNG-1aOP3zfbfRsdVbwS44-KtPR9j076QgNo41ztArwk-PHQ_vElzT3M5Sk0b9IOICfhidI44vEPJ3S/w400-h295/20231224_173808%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on our Christmas Eve Celebration.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMQNYDSUS6XAmIQPdJcwAavoROKbU0UUVObyytjLC8xqoqnjVF_TYEuHzK8jJecJYkTzRCPbeBTJLoIznRv6kBUsi9tRYorNerCp7R6kZxDp5s6ivUXXG_Yc7MjyxcNuQ-UbAeP8B_hQCL4wIvRPGDO5mVuuDELYFt7w_JOYo3dN1_leeIl-zG1J0g7_Q/s4032/20231224_173833.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMQNYDSUS6XAmIQPdJcwAavoROKbU0UUVObyytjLC8xqoqnjVF_TYEuHzK8jJecJYkTzRCPbeBTJLoIznRv6kBUsi9tRYorNerCp7R6kZxDp5s6ivUXXG_Yc7MjyxcNuQ-UbAeP8B_hQCL4wIvRPGDO5mVuuDELYFt7w_JOYo3dN1_leeIl-zG1J0g7_Q/w300-h400/20231224_173833.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The moon rising over the Cargo Muchacho Mountains</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMlhBAzkfpe2xYtmNaslMkUWgN28XkBoJFov35U6VwEh2eGJww-g4YgqSrhs04R_S_kYPMHoPtGayXqtiOfJw3ANlnjCCoumOZDgnWZmDpwIOi40jUUMwgpPxBSsCzzwIsOaAXpCOy5w8LuFBkBae68uqyIoiWgFI439W0n_9kf5O0PngUq1KJicGbYLL/s3867/20231224_181452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2901" data-original-width="3867" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMlhBAzkfpe2xYtmNaslMkUWgN28XkBoJFov35U6VwEh2eGJww-g4YgqSrhs04R_S_kYPMHoPtGayXqtiOfJw3ANlnjCCoumOZDgnWZmDpwIOi40jUUMwgpPxBSsCzzwIsOaAXpCOy5w8LuFBkBae68uqyIoiWgFI439W0n_9kf5O0PngUq1KJicGbYLL/w400-h300/20231224_181452.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Merry Christmas Eve from Our Home to Yours!</b></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There was fog covering the Cargo Muchacho Mountains but that only added to the beauty of the day. After all the rain the floor of the desert was still wet today and we could feel the dampness in the air. The puddles were gone and the water was gone from washes. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Below are pictures I took in the morning and evening. </span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCxyRrRgNth2nzyAywsTYM6RIqtqQdVDnyAt0UNaZNH9jbW7XJF_6x-vJ2y6rZ5QssqHjnDZjB44SnPUbQn36KX5JZXoe2B6DHFE1aIdC_VEOnerOYlhzYFp-BexYZxuZtEqP1FnG7U4BgnPCkALwY_jznNl_TiuJzx5_AX0mkPHLzUGIVlmQfC8zybv2/s4032/20231223_091146.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCxyRrRgNth2nzyAywsTYM6RIqtqQdVDnyAt0UNaZNH9jbW7XJF_6x-vJ2y6rZ5QssqHjnDZjB44SnPUbQn36KX5JZXoe2B6DHFE1aIdC_VEOnerOYlhzYFp-BexYZxuZtEqP1FnG7U4BgnPCkALwY_jznNl_TiuJzx5_AX0mkPHLzUGIVlmQfC8zybv2/w400-h300/20231223_091146.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0VBS0HtTkfDhJlis8sXKB7wHjPOKbFe7PLAJqIpHUWGINvACE5ptfu22MTaDRjnB2Q73TNTRSrhb4jJiaUQnfdNjaH1AxMkmLaVoOYK93H7ysq9pqikpufqE9g31oUfIdhiADCf0WuHqtf_L57TBxm6HnDar31kZF8oPEkDksjiqT-SO5dpijQAMNBmC/s4032/20231223_091104.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0VBS0HtTkfDhJlis8sXKB7wHjPOKbFe7PLAJqIpHUWGINvACE5ptfu22MTaDRjnB2Q73TNTRSrhb4jJiaUQnfdNjaH1AxMkmLaVoOYK93H7ysq9pqikpufqE9g31oUfIdhiADCf0WuHqtf_L57TBxm6HnDar31kZF8oPEkDksjiqT-SO5dpijQAMNBmC/w400-h300/20231223_091104.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-DACPEZUNmoUMfjp5FZ-A6BpqNgV59P1FDAt6olHqfVQvGf50CBJjAXNmfpeFfEPRpXEeGvSCtAdFz1Mq7a4VSgCaI3iryfDBcTpLftcie5W66Zg6TeGBPj0AzpKl28Bh0u7nexuHIXFOULq06i1bKb3GOOBxNjj8ZxYq-B0OkHx_o7zXCmYK3Lk4lzz/s4032/20231223_091115.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk-DACPEZUNmoUMfjp5FZ-A6BpqNgV59P1FDAt6olHqfVQvGf50CBJjAXNmfpeFfEPRpXEeGvSCtAdFz1Mq7a4VSgCaI3iryfDBcTpLftcie5W66Zg6TeGBPj0AzpKl28Bh0u7nexuHIXFOULq06i1bKb3GOOBxNjj8ZxYq-B0OkHx_o7zXCmYK3Lk4lzz/w400-h300/20231223_091115.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The fog was slowly lifting and would soon be gone. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>A Side Note for my own information: The above pictures I took with my Phone and the pictures below with my Nikon. 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="2921" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaxNDx1trD2PkVi1YpwMV9XGDr15M_YXEzPcP3ECHk7lOpOV1NVhQhA9Vc2IU7NxZKh4WSqJbn_X3csRnIYGjlCkCPwsggYXCKPLSoTc6A5zIxm9pcp22P1EfaO3EaMV4M4Duzewn0d1ZXjOVbQtwbkc4tB4j2VUACVQLAKXoB5fa-YDHmhXV1vWuFVm8/w400-h246/20231223_155558.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The little white dot is the moon rising over the<br />Cargo Muchacho Mountains.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TP3EFcXKPv50ysyVrw6qfiR4yXu2izE5UnQbBF7PKwkbbSsF0P2li957MOaT1RP2nAEkHxFVBXiftODRGgSJveHAMmQnk5sN_wLBJcZyo29eS22Vlpk7WRlhyIFrGyO7-ljFXhgLK6hL69k2VOzQ-Fd4DrC8f3kdVIJdECRKmhe2KlLWwBtiS9nDsvLp/s4032/20231223_173417.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3921" data-original-width="2941" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwL1siNAqB7HzHr7nM_YtbE0OfgFw2XHzNWJ2lRvNJJHIYT0NoynrW6RkLMmaIj-edj1sdbId_QPR36L-cyoGUtgL9BJYKh42rFfDbYap02vLL3qJJRLW8AYykUmy-jdzcvwYYBUcEvvdFjiIHrKnN5dC3HtPrUUWNK782qJBbLL6MfvD8LlMOjzGqfA_d/w300-h400/20231223_173447.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One last picture of , a little white dot, <br />the Moon Rising over the <br />Cargo Muchacho Mountains.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a good day in the neighborhood and our numbers increased today as Keith and Oreo, from Ontario, joined us. Keith is a friend of Kim and Ken's and we first met him back in January of 2020 when he joined us when we were parked with the gang from Ontario at La Posa South. Looking forward to spending this time with him and getting to know him a little better. There will be pictures at some point.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom is feeling better and everyone else seems to be doing better everyday. Life is good in the desert parked just off of Ogilby Road.</span></p><p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtHrAdlIZwgm-3M5TTjtxx9Lj3_TCwWvyOxNgMjIpcjjKJ-3Vjw65GgnDo9UDFlh7SuRcP-LRwPTweUQgp6lAU4JpXF_T0xtWFeL2nrRc-YGgZ0leRHE00Uxfpknfn1_GxCeAc7Sv1clcKXQl1z2m5qV4jNVReGN0_mT26uEfH9KGVw6jiSdPPIlLuoNk/s631/208690197-Christian_Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="631" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtHrAdlIZwgm-3M5TTjtxx9Lj3_TCwWvyOxNgMjIpcjjKJ-3Vjw65GgnDo9UDFlh7SuRcP-LRwPTweUQgp6lAU4JpXF_T0xtWFeL2nrRc-YGgZ0leRHE00Uxfpknfn1_GxCeAc7Sv1clcKXQl1z2m5qV4jNVReGN0_mT26uEfH9KGVw6jiSdPPIlLuoNk/w400-h179/208690197-Christian_Christmas.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are glad you stopped by!</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</div></span></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-76151507005218288922023-12-22T20:34:00.000-08:002023-12-22T22:22:04.102-08:00Puddles and "Little Rivers" in the Desert<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Friday, December 22, 2023</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The day started cold and damp and as I am writing this tonight it is still cold and damp. We had rain on and off starting this afternoon. At first it was more of a sprinkle then it worked its way to a downpour which filled the washes and dips in the desert floor with water. Throughout the day we could also hear the wind blowing and as I write this it is still with us. It was a day to stay inside and that is what we did. Well, except for the couple of times I ventured out in the rain to take a couple of pictures. Tom, having caught what ever went through our neighborhood mostly slept and is now starting to feel somewhat better. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsjeAU2TsXJ71E7p1iwzb8zPw_BZjjGz-C7cr5NwGAxo8OmzL-U5DjxW9EdtTStobDHKPoHOuq1xSsAQbl0So6H9R08MMg64dket3s3nzesKUFgGLTks-80JI9uxYvH5UHZdmLMgHl4z-ieGOfcn4M7RjRyy6G19GW8uFOrT7YtrzXIOtf3tQpLJ-wwk1/s3665/20231222_171656.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2471" data-original-width="3665" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHsjeAU2TsXJ71E7p1iwzb8zPw_BZjjGz-C7cr5NwGAxo8OmzL-U5DjxW9EdtTStobDHKPoHOuq1xSsAQbl0So6H9R08MMg64dket3s3nzesKUFgGLTks-80JI9uxYvH5UHZdmLMgHl4z-ieGOfcn4M7RjRyy6G19GW8uFOrT7YtrzXIOtf3tQpLJ-wwk1/w400-h270/20231222_171656.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As the sun started its path down today we could see a rainbow.<br />It was a double one but the top was so light the camera on my<br />phone did not pick it up. It was the second one of the day. <br />I missed the first one.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Throughout the day we had blue sky, white clouds, dark grey clouds and rain. Our views of the mountains around us would be filled with shadows and sunlight one minute then dark black with clouds coming down on them in the next minute. When the rain started everything turned grey. Then the desert floor filled with puddles and I could see currents in the washes as they filled. Though, as I mentioned above, I did venture out a couple of times most of the pictures below I took out our windows or standing in the doorway. </span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUc55WMJCbRHgns7SPmXMAe7npOZoyTn13Xd11RJTBMc8M_A9zWOS0hjEQBxV0ZtMT0L3CTIMyRqcz5jUVJ6wFmMlcuSzj_bFHBLV4XOfqo1pLCRL5mqXweivXN6xAQrXVvQ_9uqHKeRiVuVR1Ved2yBdMv7jzmIdc0_imzVdqc6txDO-q1KbfYj0VaL_/s2880/20231222_085202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUc55WMJCbRHgns7SPmXMAe7npOZoyTn13Xd11RJTBMc8M_A9zWOS0hjEQBxV0ZtMT0L3CTIMyRqcz5jUVJ6wFmMlcuSzj_bFHBLV4XOfqo1pLCRL5mqXweivXN6xAQrXVvQ_9uqHKeRiVuVR1Ved2yBdMv7jzmIdc0_imzVdqc6txDO-q1KbfYj0VaL_/w400-h400/20231222_085202.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> 8:45 AM <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Thursday, December 21, 2023</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We had blue skies and sitting in the sun for a few minutes I could feel its warmth. On Wednesday we had Taco Tuesday and made the decision to suspend our "Twelve Days" before Christmas Celebration. Tom came down with whatever is going around and everyone else who has had it is not feeling 100% so it was the best decision for the group at this time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">I decided to place a curbside order and run in to pick that up and a couple of other things. When I got back Tom and I took the water bladder over to the rest area to get water. When we got back we stood outside with Deb, Ken, and Kim and chatted for a couple of minutes. That was pretty much our day. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk7PW8aErq-ul-6SvGzV4fNziZsO6YU_CaiEeN46852ukpFwxHwf8nOrVdqvjOgrp2q8mvue4YY57dLJC2a7BZSbAqYVt4TmH9HMCM9i8tEV7WyFjEm3uaj6yla-sGYJJ2fByeZcD8Pff9ntMbH-J0k5tGuh531pLJGweaXRCTmgaJZz1Ko2ulBYIn6u4/s6000/DSC_0308.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk7PW8aErq-ul-6SvGzV4fNziZsO6YU_CaiEeN46852ukpFwxHwf8nOrVdqvjOgrp2q8mvue4YY57dLJC2a7BZSbAqYVt4TmH9HMCM9i8tEV7WyFjEm3uaj6yla-sGYJJ2fByeZcD8Pff9ntMbH-J0k5tGuh531pLJGweaXRCTmgaJZz1Ko2ulBYIn6u4/w400-h266/DSC_0308.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">I sat outside for a few minutes this morning</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6gB8dMDVk-2MVpECPoNKjLlaUUNWGOvmTZbMr8p-5bNI1rYN2qVqGSMTYDA9Q_SAD62WLIllapLt-H2nUlljyRDVB5eRpHB_jh4l4_coDTmKGz2dNxnY0zdv0frUocRhYxkEs2Jp15hODANdyOnDMsTUYLkW4fAnKkvrr5XOHfT46PTrXiyjuMz8pSKs/s6000/DSC_0311.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6gB8dMDVk-2MVpECPoNKjLlaUUNWGOvmTZbMr8p-5bNI1rYN2qVqGSMTYDA9Q_SAD62WLIllapLt-H2nUlljyRDVB5eRpHB_jh4l4_coDTmKGz2dNxnY0zdv0frUocRhYxkEs2Jp15hODANdyOnDMsTUYLkW4fAnKkvrr5XOHfT46PTrXiyjuMz8pSKs/w400-h266/DSC_0311.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">looking out at these views and thought</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQz4ZQMi6FGhpY5baD5CaRnR_ALnqiOniq7YgfkKOk8wlIUBrJHdwwMDzvf_zEIaOQKFnqXHCeVsUHsjBuL0a2557oo2QZFSHTs5LpvPm1T4HCnF8ImQzOR0zqIzMUkRhKEKfUi2A2720IWBFYxcVqOzPzuS1C1ZkCOVYYj8oAMZ6J97TYYnHQ16CBKhb/s5999/DSC_0312.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3999" data-original-width="5999" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQz4ZQMi6FGhpY5baD5CaRnR_ALnqiOniq7YgfkKOk8wlIUBrJHdwwMDzvf_zEIaOQKFnqXHCeVsUHsjBuL0a2557oo2QZFSHTs5LpvPm1T4HCnF8ImQzOR0zqIzMUkRhKEKfUi2A2720IWBFYxcVqOzPzuS1C1ZkCOVYYj8oAMZ6J97TYYnHQ16CBKhb/w400-h266/DSC_0312.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">about how lucky we are to be parked in this beautiful place.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKoTXj6ZW4o3V8M_g3QOx_qZPfP-_BnchVPUhEQr85GipMvpk4baFeurpjlL7piXqSgxletJ406aK0pYeEy57EhAiEcunpGcDpQ8X46eSNtXXeKmg03vhsIAyNhIU1TkFXM4_KFRIkodabgR8cN-sYFOuaDq0A1wK-DgjMAp8wiZJI-frCL8H9N_hRrvP/s2880/20231222_111830.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKoTXj6ZW4o3V8M_g3QOx_qZPfP-_BnchVPUhEQr85GipMvpk4baFeurpjlL7piXqSgxletJ406aK0pYeEy57EhAiEcunpGcDpQ8X46eSNtXXeKmg03vhsIAyNhIU1TkFXM4_KFRIkodabgR8cN-sYFOuaDq0A1wK-DgjMAp8wiZJI-frCL8H9N_hRrvP/w400-h400/20231222_111830.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coming back from my errands I could see the clouds casting<br />shadows on the Cargo Muchacho Mountains and the<br />Ogilby Hills. I turned down the American Girl Mine Road<br /><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">to take the above pictures.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEIfHccgZ04rgy0j-wj-kJilAUwdbUcq-nXEQW5uD7KpG3gUWOeoMkok7NFT_6xvepHPtuqBrd6f4y9bc4YLFTKLTOdFCs2AdYaMF1oOXtmG0D6c3-TRb7IhNlAX4SEHi-MGqUWUpLjT2Uq8i7ymGIkGE9bq8xDwciwlVtlQX3ToHr8uahPdNqKS3kdKC/s2880/20231222_112110.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEIfHccgZ04rgy0j-wj-kJilAUwdbUcq-nXEQW5uD7KpG3gUWOeoMkok7NFT_6xvepHPtuqBrd6f4y9bc4YLFTKLTOdFCs2AdYaMF1oOXtmG0D6c3-TRb7IhNlAX4SEHi-MGqUWUpLjT2Uq8i7ymGIkGE9bq8xDwciwlVtlQX3ToHr8uahPdNqKS3kdKC/w400-h400/20231222_112110.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">These two pictures of the Cargo Muchacho Mountains I stopped<br />and took as I was heading to our home. <br />Do you see the bow in the top picture?</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYA0paxw6mWfZeczvAGwvd3oM8i36in3s4KvtREiK6AKWXGuEm3uw3KDpMWL2QEVSN437UxhWCpxHbO3Dm9bRTzzGgQ58-TRf2eXqlkdyJ4vRrV8Q4TikTS9DDGI95sRQ6I7YMGWLrjTcZaqK0KRLUlOLtYnjnbgFn8JAYVdm5VfQ4bi7i6RYYl6kCqps/s2880/20231222_112156.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYA0paxw6mWfZeczvAGwvd3oM8i36in3s4KvtREiK6AKWXGuEm3uw3KDpMWL2QEVSN437UxhWCpxHbO3Dm9bRTzzGgQ58-TRf2eXqlkdyJ4vRrV8Q4TikTS9DDGI95sRQ6I7YMGWLrjTcZaqK0KRLUlOLtYnjnbgFn8JAYVdm5VfQ4bi7i6RYYl6kCqps/w400-h400/20231222_112156.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">The top picture I took as we were headed out to get water.<br />In the top picture do you see the puppy?<br />The bottom on I took on the way back <br />the clouds were a lovely pink.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByAIHsAbvLAhCPIL738TTBEG4gLkDqyZ-H4e1cJC9qoFb838KUTC1QRAzSAHqu9Z17w1zeqQpnqkyQgHkIt8DWFAPJr1iCuYHZHxVMijJ5evw4-6INpRR-PhCgUoqsi_Z8FT78pTixJ8UzlR6RlU8SDhmNzTIO4h1RQM0lKvyICpR3iRCkMbh68sk-_O2/s2880/20231222_141728.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByAIHsAbvLAhCPIL738TTBEG4gLkDqyZ-H4e1cJC9qoFb838KUTC1QRAzSAHqu9Z17w1zeqQpnqkyQgHkIt8DWFAPJr1iCuYHZHxVMijJ5evw4-6INpRR-PhCgUoqsi_Z8FT78pTixJ8UzlR6RlU8SDhmNzTIO4h1RQM0lKvyICpR3iRCkMbh68sk-_O2/w400-h400/20231222_141728.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Thursday's sunset.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium; vertical-align: inherit;">These last two have been a little different here in the neighborhood; no Happy Hours but hopefully everyone is on the mend and will soon be 100%. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium; vertical-align: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium; vertical-align: inherit;">As I am finishing up this blog I can again hear the rain coming down outside. Not complaining, I am hoping this rain will encourage the Ocotillos to start sprouting their little green leaves.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3IWrVwTDIAxxyKsvGxYHXcx4_1071voQr1nZnEaXvs3-YWhP2c9qobeCNcGKOb4M5WOe71ISMhncrBp1bn8cmwypPexrr1tGtHHRNq2I16I6jbTkRRM3jvc54Ig59ahdjmg6tV61BCWqQaxdH8Scb5096xT4aD_jFiMLza_RUktrDJHZ0gimtpzIc4k7S/s1154/Hope-1-1154x649.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="1154" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3IWrVwTDIAxxyKsvGxYHXcx4_1071voQr1nZnEaXvs3-YWhP2c9qobeCNcGKOb4M5WOe71ISMhncrBp1bn8cmwypPexrr1tGtHHRNq2I16I6jbTkRRM3jvc54Ig59ahdjmg6tV61BCWqQaxdH8Scb5096xT4aD_jFiMLza_RUktrDJHZ0gimtpzIc4k7S/w400-h225/Hope-1-1154x649.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We are glad you stopped by!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</b></span></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-79470360676402948962023-12-15T12:45:00.000-08:002023-12-15T12:45:38.498-08:00Celebrating the Twelve Days Before Christmas...A Visit to Los Algodones<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Thursday, December 14, 2023</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today our neighborhood was off to Los Algodones to celebrate day two of our Twelve Days before Christmas celebrations. As we were going by Brenda and John's place just a wash or two over they joined our group and we were off to have fun. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilD5MkKTeLaoCAUhYGmbv8OIHHxpoW-_EAcdo9ph-Z-3q_SvFTw_Ba5BFKkUlqE7B0tOZ-1eMVjAqBp_ghd30roXqNREsIdvfocvDNSbtxUbspSiofaTM3lfPsOAesbdi6hQapBFcwwT7kLvOpg4DprS21edWKzpZajjZzYP7PDgna3P0Vj1BXJ7zCgVLx/s4032/20231212_185330.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilD5MkKTeLaoCAUhYGmbv8OIHHxpoW-_EAcdo9ph-Z-3q_SvFTw_Ba5BFKkUlqE7B0tOZ-1eMVjAqBp_ghd30roXqNREsIdvfocvDNSbtxUbspSiofaTM3lfPsOAesbdi6hQapBFcwwT7kLvOpg4DprS21edWKzpZajjZzYP7PDgna3P0Vj1BXJ7zCgVLx/w300-h400/20231212_185330.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Anniversary Flowers!<br />Tom/s record is intact he has not missed one...💖</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A little outdoor cantina, not sure of the name we take a left after the Purple Pharmacy and walk a block or so and we are there, was our first stop for an adult beverage. This is where the fun began and fun we did have.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UCIym-UsubbQ0jPNcEdz-WuhkBbfh6yyUWiaDoyZTiPdTBfmTz9aRSW9N8wWa_-pMD3GS7NNk3HBLkmXnpIk5s_8Yq0V8pgVs172JFjOyREZsxj5u5ofol594DU1U7LiMTuujUe1gR9jPRliQI-iQdfq-SPCsAWv-BuchJv98FSwYmXH5zDa5FjN7-V4/s4000/20231214_112935.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UCIym-UsubbQ0jPNcEdz-WuhkBbfh6yyUWiaDoyZTiPdTBfmTz9aRSW9N8wWa_-pMD3GS7NNk3HBLkmXnpIk5s_8Yq0V8pgVs172JFjOyREZsxj5u5ofol594DU1U7LiMTuujUe1gR9jPRliQI-iQdfq-SPCsAWv-BuchJv98FSwYmXH5zDa5FjN7-V4/w400-h300/20231214_112935.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That is Deb on the left, then me, Ken, Kim, <br />John, Brenda and Riley. </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We took a walk down a couple of streets and then stopped for lunch. Followed by another walk through a few of the streets and stalls of things to buy. A few purchases may have been made along the way...lol </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_1czHYwW5ltZjq7VXYpDHduQu8UXCEVjAIEL1MRQSML8v7g4FPcL-ntNcDWds011DZKGEwF9k-yj-b-ZY6aIt4QE3Udb-atsDlaOZTjwhzF9iq7pV7awKzc5kjzo6G6OuDhg3uDJO3M96oIiEhutFcnkn-Cnxfmu0wKx0ziuTpUWCPhntqz1JspJLCXn/s2880/20231215_005141.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_1czHYwW5ltZjq7VXYpDHduQu8UXCEVjAIEL1MRQSML8v7g4FPcL-ntNcDWds011DZKGEwF9k-yj-b-ZY6aIt4QE3Udb-atsDlaOZTjwhzF9iq7pV7awKzc5kjzo6G6OuDhg3uDJO3M96oIiEhutFcnkn-Cnxfmu0wKx0ziuTpUWCPhntqz1JspJLCXn/w400-h400/20231215_005141.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our last stop of the day was the El Paraiso.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHPwz93hwYhsY9O4ELyHG6OHK0BGOPuEugPkpHs6GANCWaESmEY-fbkI6sNYLqSOMHI1E2xl_NptS3IXeGJlW-xebd10z5t6z3VAxy7MPGpZnwtKkGmH8lSk9MtU6v3__D3yADSqoX_m_qsz4FQI5p7mYWAkPHs_TuGp_ZJSDcoWXGJ5_xJIxYB5phuSO/s2880/20231215_004358.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHPwz93hwYhsY9O4ELyHG6OHK0BGOPuEugPkpHs6GANCWaESmEY-fbkI6sNYLqSOMHI1E2xl_NptS3IXeGJlW-xebd10z5t6z3VAxy7MPGpZnwtKkGmH8lSk9MtU6v3__D3yADSqoX_m_qsz4FQI5p7mYWAkPHs_TuGp_ZJSDcoWXGJ5_xJIxYB5phuSO/w400-h400/20231215_004358.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bottom left the line out today was short and after a few hours<br />of fun we were on our way home.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We arrived back home a little past 4 o'clock and Brenda and John joined us on Deb and Riley's patio were the fun continued. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All to soon the sun was setting, taking its light and warmth with it and Brenda and John, <a href="https://johnbrendasincredibleadventure.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">John and Brenda's Incredible Journey</a>, headed to their home just down the way. It was so wonderful they decided to join us today they truly added to the fun. They are off tomorrow on a new adventure and we are sad to see them go but we are glad we got to spend this time with them. Looking forward to the next time we cross paths. Safe Journey!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6L0AqRv8xcWuugrPqwUORpsJ5pPd5DBJhXxzmAipQy-I8isNSLjZ3EErmum9P0_PBDUBraGQHuRGD_wkCSuVjrbY9JxHPwd8OEQiAwtCvfdoj9xsV7T3ndhs7gBZKuAvTQTcXt48N_pCEAC_UaeFqpT9gOlBimFocsH9oLRcbwkRpA2-oaySF6rkLdLU3/s2861/20231214_181216.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="2861" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6L0AqRv8xcWuugrPqwUORpsJ5pPd5DBJhXxzmAipQy-I8isNSLjZ3EErmum9P0_PBDUBraGQHuRGD_wkCSuVjrbY9JxHPwd8OEQiAwtCvfdoj9xsV7T3ndhs7gBZKuAvTQTcXt48N_pCEAC_UaeFqpT9gOlBimFocsH9oLRcbwkRpA2-oaySF6rkLdLU3/w400-h286/20231214_181216.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were gifted with some lovely color <br />after the sun set this evening.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfeXU9DVpGU1ko-A8z9rVppopvjO9z5CPZmDOTRF4UFKhpRgWDXiwxX2ZbmYq7jfUwomsXzUNhYo6zOCaMG-o0xlvt2dr_OC1xo2KNceoSXLaZ6FPFtmWdZRVWsK3dXzHWbGmjvt_0uFp2tu4d58jXtNHTcIw6c1N4eNd8JhamyZzqBRz4LJxvzqy8wwlP/s3023/20231214_181313.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2104" data-original-width="3023" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfeXU9DVpGU1ko-A8z9rVppopvjO9z5CPZmDOTRF4UFKhpRgWDXiwxX2ZbmYq7jfUwomsXzUNhYo6zOCaMG-o0xlvt2dr_OC1xo2KNceoSXLaZ6FPFtmWdZRVWsK3dXzHWbGmjvt_0uFp2tu4d58jXtNHTcIw6c1N4eNd8JhamyZzqBRz4LJxvzqy8wwlP/w400-h279/20231214_181313.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There was even a sliver of the moon in the afterglow.</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I used the word "fun" several times to describe today and that is the perfect word, in my opinion to describe the day. It was a day filled with laughter, good conversation, and fun with friends. It was a <u>good day</u>, a day to be added to our book of wonderful memories!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>A Step Back in Time For Our Memory Book<br /></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Our Move From Roadrunner BLM near Quartzsite to Ogilby Road BLM near Yuma</b></span></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Tuesday, December 5, 2023</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Up and moving early this morning my second cup of coffee was in my to go cup as I headed in to Moon Mountain Mail to, fingers crossed they were available, pickup my packages. They were ready, yay. After a quick call to Tom to let him know so he could pass the information on that our plan to leave today was a go I headed over to RV Lifestyles where I placed our order for the new microwave/convection oven and front burner for our cooktop. When I arrived back to our spot out at Roadrunner BLM the Igloo being pulled by the Dogsled with Deb and Riley inside was already on its way to our next destination. </span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WriC6yLqeDSQwBmq7kB_o8Svway73EzxgYr9-UZtMl3RzEIFUiTnJaoCBxArwDuAk14TfZQbaBCRGwbwdi6nFYvW_UBOQmrDEdJhk-89i5wEnoyCEcUe_upZ10giMxgWbo9Y4gcgrAWZose0Fotq3HIQUZ0qDhDI6WLIVqSHoEEJHtOYr-QAUm9UhXzt/s2880/20231205_104938.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WriC6yLqeDSQwBmq7kB_o8Svway73EzxgYr9-UZtMl3RzEIFUiTnJaoCBxArwDuAk14TfZQbaBCRGwbwdi6nFYvW_UBOQmrDEdJhk-89i5wEnoyCEcUe_upZ10giMxgWbo9Y4gcgrAWZose0Fotq3HIQUZ0qDhDI6WLIVqSHoEEJHtOYr-QAUm9UhXzt/w400-h400/20231205_104938.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top photo: the Journey with Kim and Ken inside and the<br />Stinger "B" with Tom inside ready to leave.<br />Middle photo: our neighborhood now empty<br />Bottom photo: our view these past weeks of the <br />Dome Rock Mountains.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;">It was bittersweet leaving this place were we have enjoying many hours with friends. When Tom and I arrived on November 6, 2023 to this place that we would call home for the next four weeks we hoped the neighborhood would grow and our wish came true. Within in a few days the Dogsled could be seen coming down the road with Deb and Riley, <a href="https://murpheys.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">On a long and lonesome highway....</a>, inside pulling the Igloo. Then Sue and Lorne, <a href="https://aplacecalledaway.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Place Called "Away"</a>, could be seen in Percy coming to join us. Not to many days and we could see the Journey coming our way bringing Kim and Ken, <a href="https://journeywithkenandkim.home.blog/" target="_blank">Journey with Ken and Kim</a> our way. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a lovely neighborhood with special friends. We enjoyed several Coffee Hours and Happy Hours together just chatting away. We even had a movie night, courtesy of Lorne and Sue, and a couple of camp fires. Patsy, <a href="https://patsyischillin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chillin' with Patsy</a>, and Bill, <a href="https://clembillpat.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">On Our Way</a>, came out and joined us for a couple of Happy Hours, the movie night, and a campfire making our circle larger and more fun.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sue and Lorne left before the rest of us. They were off to continue their adventure which would eventually take them to a place in Mexico they will call home for several months this winter. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Patsy and Bill are all snug in a lovey RV Park in Quartzsite they are calling home this season.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">As for the rest of us...well that story is below:</span><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAdi9lRpC_bQNmxTLlMLKnlej1GpYd1Em5rEBdaWJt0uWcSCONeAjMYTqUP4bvWvUts6hx2mQA-9339seVLPZcQlDMzQskmr7AWPfp3CFt0E9YtJzT__SJ2Uj2MrlK9n8HUBpQGYiUR82biq9bMQhN-R96wsoHDTBSmlCi1d9gAhDoLTIw8-QVfwjj5r9/s6000/DSC_0172.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtAdi9lRpC_bQNmxTLlMLKnlej1GpYd1Em5rEBdaWJt0uWcSCONeAjMYTqUP4bvWvUts6hx2mQA-9339seVLPZcQlDMzQskmr7AWPfp3CFt0E9YtJzT__SJ2Uj2MrlK9n8HUBpQGYiUR82biq9bMQhN-R96wsoHDTBSmlCi1d9gAhDoLTIw8-QVfwjj5r9/w400-h266/DSC_0172.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A last view of the sleeping Indian for awhile.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsfVIWBlDF17FqoD3He2EqaxYYbtOjd15IGAmVHKtHDE8Hxl5ofjSeDDQaZRnSKzr5LYMqbWL9hON1VBeB2gYdUOeFOnoPut5SyQrXOFKrmphwzR-5WIP-t9ML1VxSX4wm5mgBt-NK66KGwHPmY-9UbDykvb2kpw_s5aHQw-WVph8s_rA-WGUWtAZt2EL/s6000/DSC_0178.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsfVIWBlDF17FqoD3He2EqaxYYbtOjd15IGAmVHKtHDE8Hxl5ofjSeDDQaZRnSKzr5LYMqbWL9hON1VBeB2gYdUOeFOnoPut5SyQrXOFKrmphwzR-5WIP-t9ML1VxSX4wm5mgBt-NK66KGwHPmY-9UbDykvb2kpw_s5aHQw-WVph8s_rA-WGUWtAZt2EL/w400-h266/DSC_0178.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On US-95 heading South<br />One of two pictures I have taken and posted several times.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJNtXcKNwLLClE91QDI5EcKs9ZloPXAWpk0J1rScigc6f_7h_JrD96mTKfYpW86w_2yf-FL8eoXs86R7QSkU3hf6fMvHGXjrmiBqgurWVzpBXnDcKujxoL4alWAzeKZ0ru0YURa5SaEIZ981XkA7si5pUv7FFnYKmSmEFXlgHCgvltpKDeCp3ty7PXElt/s6000/DSC_0179.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJNtXcKNwLLClE91QDI5EcKs9ZloPXAWpk0J1rScigc6f_7h_JrD96mTKfYpW86w_2yf-FL8eoXs86R7QSkU3hf6fMvHGXjrmiBqgurWVzpBXnDcKujxoL4alWAzeKZ0ru0YURa5SaEIZ981XkA7si5pUv7FFnYKmSmEFXlgHCgvltpKDeCp3ty7PXElt/w400-h266/DSC_0179.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This and the one above are my favorite views on this ride.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5bU2ezpzUNA5pD8QBc4x8qrv8ln3nlGEKUKCF_4_e5mH0CKYKkZ9zCrd6R2qg5fM2YTty9SW3W9XfWwt-kxvmdJCSpag2JUcYnFLaucpuc6xsIeNdpd0OEYCdXo6gU0nAtWxxVmMUQ7obnshy9CVrxU9cPYKaXNQyToFb67MyLMQz1NUf2mxi5jZeET4/s4586/DSC_0181.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2974" data-original-width="4586" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5bU2ezpzUNA5pD8QBc4x8qrv8ln3nlGEKUKCF_4_e5mH0CKYKkZ9zCrd6R2qg5fM2YTty9SW3W9XfWwt-kxvmdJCSpag2JUcYnFLaucpuc6xsIeNdpd0OEYCdXo6gU0nAtWxxVmMUQ7obnshy9CVrxU9cPYKaXNQyToFb67MyLMQz1NUf2mxi5jZeET4/w400-h260/DSC_0181.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of our last views of the majestic Saguaros for a while.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzWFO_FUNhD1HVHYZkcR9Cp8CoDtZI9qyTjVBedrEG4gnLwGrZmhbb6JfESfuwqiZSuzwgof2LSOpYs7lcdbMdkuq-Xo5WcEkPvIeuhziuK7HDRu_XesMwTG1EbY5NCH6OrbAQLyKDsjfSpxfuB9NYtTm_IxrNOFkwUuV-of_lAToSdPMJW5WTl6jgunf/s4474/DSC_0183.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It is a beautiful little mission church.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-_N9ko3HfWOBkAD-OTvGdNRpp7oaye5fC7eXiJI-hJbVfver3VddTOGdbCxWH702TIRjJZQ3_JnaGKE-4VY-HFFhyhOQYiFhqVlEuLN7qpYdWzR9iiRXJdIiaqOuTcta10qZvXSrPe339AWwyMcmVyK4C_3of5rwFOTjl8ZMhR6MJhmL6HUvxKc85O-j/s6000/DSC_0222.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-_N9ko3HfWOBkAD-OTvGdNRpp7oaye5fC7eXiJI-hJbVfver3VddTOGdbCxWH702TIRjJZQ3_JnaGKE-4VY-HFFhyhOQYiFhqVlEuLN7qpYdWzR9iiRXJdIiaqOuTcta10qZvXSrPe339AWwyMcmVyK4C_3of5rwFOTjl8ZMhR6MJhmL6HUvxKc85O-j/w400-h266/DSC_0222.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">California</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2P89I1OKgEHT-icQQa5olGPJg64L1D31Nq2yjIiiI-R5CXrmEE_1ZkN3DhQrJ9py-LYhPPu1jOZABbfzgXZzwQhishyoNTnPFwQgYf46EEcz454kJjodMYOYxdM7ppxu47tbQUQJV25jKal43ulI1NMV93LF59_ryGQWbk5N-4uBJGnGJ7IU28200-d9B/s5124/DSC_0223.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3376" data-original-width="5124" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2P89I1OKgEHT-icQQa5olGPJg64L1D31Nq2yjIiiI-R5CXrmEE_1ZkN3DhQrJ9py-LYhPPu1jOZABbfzgXZzwQhishyoNTnPFwQgYf46EEcz454kJjodMYOYxdM7ppxu47tbQUQJV25jKal43ulI1NMV93LF59_ryGQWbk5N-4uBJGnGJ7IU28200-d9B/w400-h264/DSC_0223.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> The Stinger "B" passed a vehicle...lol</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqaySnlmrqkvpxbqnhRblr8Vlo0Dv_iA_FY75BgOeb7orFCu57_aIoMIRDwzuuiXNcDv7sk5Anhbx0kgu3ozhyOEbPvDnfONERqevVnLsT8z1cGea-qgk52emWznURZhdLdjWHgErlGPhLbGoHexL6qJkv0k-Fcr3mADWxzDqNiN1ianxuNhsu3S1dnhy/s6000/DSC_0226.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqaySnlmrqkvpxbqnhRblr8Vlo0Dv_iA_FY75BgOeb7orFCu57_aIoMIRDwzuuiXNcDv7sk5Anhbx0kgu3ozhyOEbPvDnfONERqevVnLsT8z1cGea-qgk52emWznURZhdLdjWHgErlGPhLbGoHexL6qJkv0k-Fcr3mADWxzDqNiN1ianxuNhsu3S1dnhy/w400-h266/DSC_0226.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then........coming out of the California Fruit and Vegie <br />Inspection Station she picked the wrong lane and they passed<br />her. We are counting this as a pass though because she makes<br /> so few and we do not want her to feel like we doubt her power....<br />💛LOL💛</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTp5XNraqq5CP_zMwn_5SsqJgCUadmQcJCKOmUGw9mzqCNukBpbUa948Go5KCDiHChIG7gqlhqSMYnB8LZJF3cQ-DsHmh_6KWENvhQgaRqH9AcRxhNr7t-N0QY7itvuwbhEU2aqv_peFmGlArCjsLnQZcqrcXbl7zHZXxgcMiAc-pynhnxU0XBFfyyGzy/s5369/DSC_0225.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3299" data-original-width="5369" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTp5XNraqq5CP_zMwn_5SsqJgCUadmQcJCKOmUGw9mzqCNukBpbUa948Go5KCDiHChIG7gqlhqSMYnB8LZJF3cQ-DsHmh_6KWENvhQgaRqH9AcRxhNr7t-N0QY7itvuwbhEU2aqv_peFmGlArCjsLnQZcqrcXbl7zHZXxgcMiAc-pynhnxU0XBFfyyGzy/w400-h246/DSC_0225.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Imperial Sand Dunes ahead and we are almost to our exit.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQUkoGmETseQuT26jKWiDXmkG0tq7wYpyoVL7bVSfxCbusK3k2Ew46jb43G7oynIaNhUsnw-sDcn-qFRpZZHJrYRCvyQqDQKChYL5OCmQhfFgdlTOHZkCnPXAr6f0yzpuNFpGipSjhR-zV9h9DaK-LjHCR9G0IjqQi51RjZyZqpUlkbvYK4eCnXxCj3eC/s2880/20231206_212612.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQUkoGmETseQuT26jKWiDXmkG0tq7wYpyoVL7bVSfxCbusK3k2Ew46jb43G7oynIaNhUsnw-sDcn-qFRpZZHJrYRCvyQqDQKChYL5OCmQhfFgdlTOHZkCnPXAr6f0yzpuNFpGipSjhR-zV9h9DaK-LjHCR9G0IjqQi51RjZyZqpUlkbvYK4eCnXxCj3eC/w400-h400/20231206_212612.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On Ogilby Road and the top and bottom photos are of the Cargo<br />Muchacho Mountains with the Ogilby Hills in front of them.<br />This is what we thought the whole desert would look like. <br />Lots and lots of sand.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBx-sUVxOlscE5yNzKJYit25A9JrMukvUNLuNVqYRROW_bgTOJk19ncEl6pfXoBNEdY6XB70RhPYaBOqgM6Nivd9zmNY488GaNo_wgdv0zPdA9zjb_RFl7L8FwcRcgOLASXNT5Yo8Td-qJTTcjeKADasaPSfcYFxDr9vjwOKnJ4xscn5t2v9AF3hJfo0I7/s2880/20231206_213042.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBx-sUVxOlscE5yNzKJYit25A9JrMukvUNLuNVqYRROW_bgTOJk19ncEl6pfXoBNEdY6XB70RhPYaBOqgM6Nivd9zmNY488GaNo_wgdv0zPdA9zjb_RFl7L8FwcRcgOLASXNT5Yo8Td-qJTTcjeKADasaPSfcYFxDr9vjwOKnJ4xscn5t2v9AF3hJfo0I7/w400-h400/20231206_213042.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ogilby road is slowly disintegrating back into the sand.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApWNYY8UalChEo_hvhAUk9dhZ1PgIQcFfyI46k31XqxJt30mtxPvtmqj32XBnNhn6Zd4fKPk1QJyNUZdCdG1s23fCieJ5Af_GqoevPkn2DYxe1P03vHvZVYUBh-tmKqjZg3JwhtW1Uuk1HZepBEyTmYXPws-6wJ6HaOPyp6ondlBBaQkf03JpRXHDmE84/s2880/20231206_213331.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApWNYY8UalChEo_hvhAUk9dhZ1PgIQcFfyI46k31XqxJt30mtxPvtmqj32XBnNhn6Zd4fKPk1QJyNUZdCdG1s23fCieJ5Af_GqoevPkn2DYxe1P03vHvZVYUBh-tmKqjZg3JwhtW1Uuk1HZepBEyTmYXPws-6wJ6HaOPyp6ondlBBaQkf03JpRXHDmE84/w400-h400/20231206_213331.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We set up and then sat down for Happy Hour with Deb, Riley,<br />Kim and Ken. Together we chatted and watched the sun set<br />on what was a good travel day to our new home.<br />The afterglow brought some light color to the sky.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Wednesday, December 6, 2023</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I am not sure how this day unfolded but I am sure we enjoyed Happy Hour with our neighbors. The only pictures I took were of today's sunset.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22yby1ogAvYz7iH70ipSWZnD2qZ1isTpzH1m8erxhk5gRqlfRaNr8ZUBeUlAxHyMj28lbEk0zARNAkv6ZCWG5eoT0qZN3MlZCX2xvMoPu-aKmb9pCTMeKSUtawaaHsLaG0AlYtqa0WjE0dJfnZvHLHi2o8iEgofCq6zEFtPzmx0fqEvyUabGbdkk5SPL5/s6000/DSC_0227.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22yby1ogAvYz7iH70ipSWZnD2qZ1isTpzH1m8erxhk5gRqlfRaNr8ZUBeUlAxHyMj28lbEk0zARNAkv6ZCWG5eoT0qZN3MlZCX2xvMoPu-aKmb9pCTMeKSUtawaaHsLaG0AlYtqa0WjE0dJfnZvHLHi2o8iEgofCq6zEFtPzmx0fqEvyUabGbdkk5SPL5/w400-h266/DSC_0227.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1K1N6J_Tckr6-VAMWlxxYDKidwFjS_0NuHjdH7yuL8XJDYFFru2YwiH7P1ez0tLa9F0EwgXjq25UlHw0FqnPmk2hOGAQ9Txslqp_XZ7oPzQR4srbfsKG60tv0DEaoMiZvUoFXpO-ADOUgc37UWazfATeaL7iwY__MI07jKUQVgp6Xts_BZaZLGOGwQ1a/s6000/DSC_0229.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1K1N6J_Tckr6-VAMWlxxYDKidwFjS_0NuHjdH7yuL8XJDYFFru2YwiH7P1ez0tLa9F0EwgXjq25UlHw0FqnPmk2hOGAQ9Txslqp_XZ7oPzQR4srbfsKG60tv0DEaoMiZvUoFXpO-ADOUgc37UWazfATeaL7iwY__MI07jKUQVgp6Xts_BZaZLGOGwQ1a/w400-h266/DSC_0229.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwiDLoeDfotCQ2QeRHWXJTHTsb-0zCfguczxclmJtsZCGvsNc3lcL1ldoEN6DAvtgg4_cU4yK-KD2hsV-huOc_gw7BrfXx6xnrNJcgQb6KMWkg0iKT1vQt5eyoJydT8RFaJK8qNy4j-3wAMIc8Qu1othq7SM9byycXfFLnsct3udFJsjWR230-6TOqxhJ4/s5521/DSC_0235.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3681" data-original-width="5521" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwiDLoeDfotCQ2QeRHWXJTHTsb-0zCfguczxclmJtsZCGvsNc3lcL1ldoEN6DAvtgg4_cU4yK-KD2hsV-huOc_gw7BrfXx6xnrNJcgQb6KMWkg0iKT1vQt5eyoJydT8RFaJK8qNy4j-3wAMIc8Qu1othq7SM9byycXfFLnsct3udFJsjWR230-6TOqxhJ4/w400-h266/DSC_0235.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What do you see?<br />Could that be a deer peeking out over the bush in the distance.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JvhdRgvNkBmSaIim38SA3bP1yqFgWT8UUBAfQlyTqTfL__xGemO7RQxiIZS8Af17996V6fE_sWfPo0LkIRvOFRLEFHtNq3ooU2NCf2d2S3DZ1VjfbQfO6btflCjeaVCm-LgzJMBRTrwusPsD4XNPb9TQoCAi_9RxAPcjgdhhgLDXCm1tWlydWGt_2tpq/s5999/DSC_0239.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3999" data-original-width="5999" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JvhdRgvNkBmSaIim38SA3bP1yqFgWT8UUBAfQlyTqTfL__xGemO7RQxiIZS8Af17996V6fE_sWfPo0LkIRvOFRLEFHtNq3ooU2NCf2d2S3DZ1VjfbQfO6btflCjeaVCm-LgzJMBRTrwusPsD4XNPb9TQoCAi_9RxAPcjgdhhgLDXCm1tWlydWGt_2tpq/w400-h266/DSC_0239.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Thursday, December 7, 2023</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVjm7WzXXfBHwoskVyalgF_wIPnPw3tXo4D1iAlb504bbadUUwLcD2Ypu5Kzh3yFPTOoX6Lqjeen8py3mpQBma7bKuGnShoz3GJONOmyZ78T1C845qF0YMEw11v3Ey_fv1ISOu7WF7f_DGQKRsIv4M0QBuO4v2d9YNVCD0d4yjMkOAcRgN9aruZx9h8cZ/s4405/DSC_0241.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2973" data-original-width="4405" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVjm7WzXXfBHwoskVyalgF_wIPnPw3tXo4D1iAlb504bbadUUwLcD2Ypu5Kzh3yFPTOoX6Lqjeen8py3mpQBma7bKuGnShoz3GJONOmyZ78T1C845qF0YMEw11v3Ey_fv1ISOu7WF7f_DGQKRsIv4M0QBuO4v2d9YNVCD0d4yjMkOAcRgN9aruZx9h8cZ/w400-h270/DSC_0241.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful afterglow to end our day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Friday, December 8, 2023</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Today Kim and I went shopping. We both like to spend time looking and looking at stuff neither of us are in a rush so we are good shopping companions. No one would describe us as going in getting what we need and out shoppers. A visit to Marshals and Hobby Lobby were excellent choices for that browsing and then there was a quick stop at Walmart to pick up a few things. Lunch at Five Guys was also a part of our time away. I had a fun time and we arrived home to join our spouses and friends, the in get what you need and out shoppers, for Happy Hour. No pictures were taken today I was to busy having fun and enjoying the company in this place we are parked in the desert.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I am now once again caught up...for now...lol </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQyySsgKwKVGBJbyImLoSmZSHjNW-_h7vasrbrZiVkzXuMEUZMKA7pIAVCgK6VtOvYH4hx25OR-P0oMit5BthLZDgH9XDUayjSjfkXDutfAwPtocZpdUeBnZHiepOr5E-Kxzpy5m-jqw3MSw45gP3RiZHAkAeg2K0hwrWT6cRRy8N-1XQbvEdpnvkD_wb/s1079/Screenshot_20231201-101108_Facebook.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1079" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQyySsgKwKVGBJbyImLoSmZSHjNW-_h7vasrbrZiVkzXuMEUZMKA7pIAVCgK6VtOvYH4hx25OR-P0oMit5BthLZDgH9XDUayjSjfkXDutfAwPtocZpdUeBnZHiepOr5E-Kxzpy5m-jqw3MSw45gP3RiZHAkAeg2K0hwrWT6cRRy8N-1XQbvEdpnvkD_wb/w400-h396/Screenshot_20231201-101108_Facebook.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>We are glad you stopped by!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b>If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</b></span></div><br /></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-68760126600956294042023-12-14T09:21:00.000-08:002023-12-14T09:21:14.779-08:0019,723 Days Of Living and Laughing Together!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> Wednesday, December 12, 2023</b></span></p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2FAZ07LXriQee3Yt0p3TukTREBlEzUHyWlMRh-LKjQ_V-QRnVxlrcVZpOPFM0Hr2amHkwQ5cORGDXGVT_tDdY_fs3PK8JBUVKyeWz1bn80Cv4i1T7SsntUTm1QSMM3va6Faf8VAnwOF4vS4tfWrXOXJVp6nPFolMu-kE9yOl7MCQcmJnhxY0xht4YE_4/s2880/20231213_113916.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2FAZ07LXriQee3Yt0p3TukTREBlEzUHyWlMRh-LKjQ_V-QRnVxlrcVZpOPFM0Hr2amHkwQ5cORGDXGVT_tDdY_fs3PK8JBUVKyeWz1bn80Cv4i1T7SsntUTm1QSMM3va6Faf8VAnwOF4vS4tfWrXOXJVp6nPFolMu-kE9yOl7MCQcmJnhxY0xht4YE_4/w400-h400/20231213_113916.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun coming up on 12-13-2023 our 54th Wedding Anniversary.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eMWrzmT0wAj47A5Lh-s2Q0bndMAn_Nlw7wEJNTRdcQOPPt24foLrcF2utOFpUNDCltEHAE07TykK0w3WMfOX17B3elhvlrJzQ6PQtQ9MfOtpmYqj5gO3vUoddbpoVV5jLZs5JYKj3VW-VgGn5Tjq-xENcFmPGHAOSPTVF9L8yBwZLIz4vwOL_2AOWZji/s2880/20231213_082313.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eMWrzmT0wAj47A5Lh-s2Q0bndMAn_Nlw7wEJNTRdcQOPPt24foLrcF2utOFpUNDCltEHAE07TykK0w3WMfOX17B3elhvlrJzQ6PQtQ9MfOtpmYqj5gO3vUoddbpoVV5jLZs5JYKj3VW-VgGn5Tjq-xENcFmPGHAOSPTVF9L8yBwZLIz4vwOL_2AOWZji/w400-h400/20231213_082313.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The desert lighting up around us.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I had read on Nancy's blog, <a href="https://kissackadventures.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kissack Adventures</a>, that here and some of her friends celebrate the Twelve Days before Christmas. This sounded like a good idea to me so I shared the idea with our friends that we are spending this time together with. After a short discussion we voted and decided it was indeed a good idea. So Tom and I invited everyone over yesterday for some "hors d'oeuvres' " and bubbly to start our Twelve Days of celebration. (We may have also wanted to celebrate our Anniversary with all of them.😉) Thank you for the toast and wishes!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_RmD0MCXd1epDjhVGn8J5kL4FBqu81TAcONTOQvvJCGtWsrPz4JVCmUnJ-KI5bY1F5vdf9m4D5uZyG5w1Auof4Fwip7JXGDtK42ZdiE2AvtYX-FTwyqWKqd8_FhacodWZWJeip4I6BKSQ9LAm5WLb0y-Achn4jEdlGr1ivPpSq-rjGFantQ722G1bMfw/s2880/20231214_000137.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_RmD0MCXd1epDjhVGn8J5kL4FBqu81TAcONTOQvvJCGtWsrPz4JVCmUnJ-KI5bY1F5vdf9m4D5uZyG5w1Auof4Fwip7JXGDtK42ZdiE2AvtYX-FTwyqWKqd8_FhacodWZWJeip4I6BKSQ9LAm5WLb0y-Achn4jEdlGr1ivPpSq-rjGFantQ722G1bMfw/w400-h400/20231214_000137.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first day celebrating the Twelve Days before Christmas!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEjAjhWKBaVw09WQcBIokZa5_WYmZQuk6NLwzYnzScTJxaH-rxLP948vgs0nzRlZNQH_EaTk2C_hPOgAnM-t3A3Cps0U9XW1hPWCK8YG8yNE5kAXuMcFbDLJxKd0PoB3WfWY-DsmXfmjrGJdWdhZKD6k8-tJeAEFs93NJfCyvsp4gxVA_NojBniRkdLT4/s5769/DSC_0295.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3847" data-original-width="5769" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEjAjhWKBaVw09WQcBIokZa5_WYmZQuk6NLwzYnzScTJxaH-rxLP948vgs0nzRlZNQH_EaTk2C_hPOgAnM-t3A3Cps0U9XW1hPWCK8YG8yNE5kAXuMcFbDLJxKd0PoB3WfWY-DsmXfmjrGJdWdhZKD6k8-tJeAEFs93NJfCyvsp4gxVA_NojBniRkdLT4/w400-h266/DSC_0295.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun is still above the horizon as pulled out onto Ogilby Road.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDFMrWbi1MuyRmU52Ogh0sRKY59Y_i-fo0UX0R-d1k6DYrvQErc6NUwQrYfX8BrFgm-MxopCvjprjAQgfnNmt0VRu3bA4nywPwedW_zYcJ8FI_X2EGN81f7ROKcmTh5sARGBaF80lFoexy39ce4jMi1dg7lG0GmTxLcfUic79dUNpxFcsjFeGkiNSCGh3/s2880/20231213_235312.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggDFMrWbi1MuyRmU52Ogh0sRKY59Y_i-fo0UX0R-d1k6DYrvQErc6NUwQrYfX8BrFgm-MxopCvjprjAQgfnNmt0VRu3bA4nywPwedW_zYcJ8FI_X2EGN81f7ROKcmTh5sARGBaF80lFoexy39ce4jMi1dg7lG0GmTxLcfUic79dUNpxFcsjFeGkiNSCGh3/w400-h400/20231213_235312.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun was disappearing behind the horizon as we made<br />our way across the bridge into Yuma and the River City Grill <br />for dinner. We celebrated 54 years with a really nice meal.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHrcZE4zC5q-aGSZQJn3t9Vz8xrA4ro5TGeNFqCOoN8E-mWOkGMiuM7hRc99WEPqLRzBGO6lJqusuDLr3IbuxbKn6BHuTVMwlL9ct-TDEovB5ZN0w6JLbanRvbbgY1ISzOMpZOW4hf3wDyp1Nus3VtVFmGKN1gn0_tHiyNlufYxMZvSlcGaXaYZAOet2p/s2880/20231213_234755.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHrcZE4zC5q-aGSZQJn3t9Vz8xrA4ro5TGeNFqCOoN8E-mWOkGMiuM7hRc99WEPqLRzBGO6lJqusuDLr3IbuxbKn6BHuTVMwlL9ct-TDEovB5ZN0w6JLbanRvbbgY1ISzOMpZOW4hf3wDyp1Nus3VtVFmGKN1gn0_tHiyNlufYxMZvSlcGaXaYZAOet2p/w400-h400/20231213_234755.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coming home after dark everything looks a little eerie<br />in the Jeep's headlights.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I often look at the picture below and wonder how those two kids became the people we are today </span><span style="font-size: medium;">and how did the time between that day in 1969 and today in 2023 fly by so fast? Back then being married ten years seemed like a far off dream let alone 54 years but we made it through all those years, the good and the bad, still enjoying our lives together. We were lucky enough along the way to become parents to two children and they brought a daughter-in-law and nine grandchildren into our lives. We enjoyed many years with our parents and can say our sisters, brothers, and their spouses are not only family but friends. Plus, we have been blessed with many friends along the way.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Retirement was not even on our radar back in those beginning years which I am sure was and still is for most young people. Yet, today, here we are living our retirement dream in our motorhome we affectionately call the Stinger "B". It is a good life and we Thank God everyday that we get to live it and hope to do so for many more years.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFPRkAlFbhcpX-dmGgcK69DfmR-QaHAEF7oDDBUEhWBz2EbBYNHHGI4_c8NbNfUvyyQtLp62oeCcaim_Wzg4JxyQDg9w7llEKpPVW07PfvcWCw58pgZu-GUcEWhAKBt4KDXFJY7Tn969HrnRLGJq29x0-MjvmaF6nJDZ9tZB_BDW5_O6_13F61fIQJrLn/s400/Tom%20and%20Deb.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="327" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFPRkAlFbhcpX-dmGgcK69DfmR-QaHAEF7oDDBUEhWBz2EbBYNHHGI4_c8NbNfUvyyQtLp62oeCcaim_Wzg4JxyQDg9w7llEKpPVW07PfvcWCw58pgZu-GUcEWhAKBt4KDXFJY7Tn969HrnRLGJq29x0-MjvmaF6nJDZ9tZB_BDW5_O6_13F61fIQJrLn/w328-h400/Tom%20and%20Deb.jpg" width="328" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saturday, December 13, 1969</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFNLT1qbm5ZzvAx0KImRVsiGUdDdS26TrAUVHN3QyZAOr2Rq2PXX2-RFpqJirly7UzuaXRDXirNt9mJdUV8lAnaqCnHih3baxcEdLFkO3r9eUNo7UdZ9hcdMbFRrvtZj5BG8wngsEp87DoqiFR58WYGyMyS0rEsYWyZrflKAyBeIKoQORXNRx_tU8UJYH/s262/OIP%20(6).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="262" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFNLT1qbm5ZzvAx0KImRVsiGUdDdS26TrAUVHN3QyZAOr2Rq2PXX2-RFpqJirly7UzuaXRDXirNt9mJdUV8lAnaqCnHih3baxcEdLFkO3r9eUNo7UdZ9hcdMbFRrvtZj5BG8wngsEp87DoqiFR58WYGyMyS0rEsYWyZrflKAyBeIKoQORXNRx_tU8UJYH/w400-h397/OIP%20(6).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-61486549803345202512023-12-12T20:07:00.000-08:002023-12-12T20:09:50.538-08:00Four Sunsets and Two Sunrises<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday, December 10, 2023</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We could still hear the wind when we woke up this morning though it had slowed down considerably. We had our coffee and then headed over to the east side of Yuma to attend Mass at St. John Neumann Catholic Church. This is a beautiful church.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rord0qMGuzdXcPTMY9PuOES8gwTL7Hhl-qm3p5kWlhP3QrwSBnR7aij8tTBA_oUX6NXVddmmm5hN_Kh1S3jTMqie5z7HuaFBfb462mDheQ4ApLeGbvFBb_127JuZoQP7zvmX5VOsS0ZPHGyA7EaitgTxNj1IDOyxWI6DdXFPB4mzsapHibhOLawuhu0P/s3634/20231210_100238.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2726" data-original-width="3634" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rord0qMGuzdXcPTMY9PuOES8gwTL7Hhl-qm3p5kWlhP3QrwSBnR7aij8tTBA_oUX6NXVddmmm5hN_Kh1S3jTMqie5z7HuaFBfb462mDheQ4ApLeGbvFBb_127JuZoQP7zvmX5VOsS0ZPHGyA7EaitgTxNj1IDOyxWI6DdXFPB4mzsapHibhOLawuhu0P/w400-h300/20231210_100238.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Altar Area.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">After Mass we made one quick stop at the Dollar Tree before heading to the Black Bear Diner for breakfast.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VWyn3ZzgOIhhnPm2Capq-k7g4yl9ayBH0xakz_GFFgbu3vaAnjSpaLTnYmADSoAf79s9aFGGtAO1Gk8vpHgYRhYrARKYWF4YI0R3SafPRnUHioZD6CicYTEa3GO13x08VjkIIl9jAI1t9mJcHgDArOKTmwWeHGQLGL8-ISdzw88oinwhldBDX4gULr2X/s2880/20231211_215845.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VWyn3ZzgOIhhnPm2Capq-k7g4yl9ayBH0xakz_GFFgbu3vaAnjSpaLTnYmADSoAf79s9aFGGtAO1Gk8vpHgYRhYrARKYWF4YI0R3SafPRnUHioZD6CicYTEa3GO13x08VjkIIl9jAI1t9mJcHgDArOKTmwWeHGQLGL8-ISdzw88oinwhldBDX4gULr2X/w400-h400/20231211_215845.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upper left: the last few updates we got before being seated.<br />Bottom left: Bear Nativity near cash register. <br />Upper and Middle right: signs on the wall. <br />Bottom right: this little bear is peeking out from under the bench <br />across from where we were sitting and waiting our turn to be seated.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">After breakfast we made two more stops at Frys and Walmart to pick up some groceries and a couple of other things we needed. Then we headed home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFygXvqMOQ6hq6pj7Fe2SuWVJZCDMfnaLPxAEt0UeLz095MTlB7FxVOHAr17QXVhMj24dwtV3pNqnF1DG08AtXDDhf3tFwTnIjyeARxnqNdCXZmlp4xZ-tkj0ejIHYBp8ZFbGRMXGeqay_Ayq6G68rJS2CaqI1miqs8_kIhyKW6G2NnwgOtQae0FxkIs3/s3893/20231210_153826.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2921" data-original-width="3893" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFygXvqMOQ6hq6pj7Fe2SuWVJZCDMfnaLPxAEt0UeLz095MTlB7FxVOHAr17QXVhMj24dwtV3pNqnF1DG08AtXDDhf3tFwTnIjyeARxnqNdCXZmlp4xZ-tkj0ejIHYBp8ZFbGRMXGeqay_Ayq6G68rJS2CaqI1miqs8_kIhyKW6G2NnwgOtQae0FxkIs3/w400-h300/20231210_153826.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are almost home and as we pulled up </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJ6a2ADI_UUcU0mSZE7vHv8qyo1bM5wZQNhOYV2mEuVugeBk0DEuBraFP9XWs_lsqpRzMcmYJxUdKUVING9hknWPxkY-7O7QDTBTMWdlSh5DiYosalqkvLvwyLcM4KYSnlN7PWI2vhlWLL8jVJWYW4kFjnhwuo8v3wl_Zc6VkrqanjuSf-zLqQjVionls/s3094/20231210_153857.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3094" data-original-width="2883" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJ6a2ADI_UUcU0mSZE7vHv8qyo1bM5wZQNhOYV2mEuVugeBk0DEuBraFP9XWs_lsqpRzMcmYJxUdKUVING9hknWPxkY-7O7QDTBTMWdlSh5DiYosalqkvLvwyLcM4KYSnlN7PWI2vhlWLL8jVJWYW4kFjnhwuo8v3wl_Zc6VkrqanjuSf-zLqQjVionls/w373-h400/20231210_153857.jpg" width="373" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we could see Happy Hour had already started.<br />Our spot in the sun was the warmest and out of the wind.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So we unpacked our purchases and brought them inside. To be honest Tom unpacked while I chatted though I did go in and put the cold stuff away...😊 Then we grabbed something to drink Tom set up two chairs and we sat down joining the three people pictured above for a Happy Hour. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We watched the sun set and not long after the coolness of the evening chased us all inside to the warmth of our homes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfO4T7JeIjni1MXE7qYCx1wjUB8zjryhgylEXpkCTxr_GEJgAeP1DsZIGQn2fbyyoD2jTP15o_aeYQd-iw4J62BlOa4yd4LjEXdG9afirJfW8avHd0DEbNTJVffgo-WFjeMHovF8zOzbaZgqeBll51VGoQp-vq2U6B1qOmzmuTKZlTQ6acAVIGD4KXX8d/s5847/DSC_0269.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfO4T7JeIjni1MXE7qYCx1wjUB8zjryhgylEXpkCTxr_GEJgAeP1DsZIGQn2fbyyoD2jTP15o_aeYQd-iw4J62BlOa4yd4LjEXdG9afirJfW8avHd0DEbNTJVffgo-WFjeMHovF8zOzbaZgqeBll51VGoQp-vq2U6B1qOmzmuTKZlTQ6acAVIGD4KXX8d/w400-h266/DSC_0269.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun setting behind the clouds.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaM1XQjfgNDiSWqgNhJgQ6KaZMv7a8hDKmrI71f8NNJ8l9w0xCxQn1rgUzfx81CyGbvVdd_tFnjFicFVQQrigC0wBdClVre2uQnQ6gMUMShcxA7qgemktyRfcwnY2PlyP5bs8Yq7OAq2KPDJy2tkp0lMrYCNJqa72cLI_v_jowyy_j3WDH_F-ZzzI4Ri7Z/s6000/DSC_0270.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaM1XQjfgNDiSWqgNhJgQ6KaZMv7a8hDKmrI71f8NNJ8l9w0xCxQn1rgUzfx81CyGbvVdd_tFnjFicFVQQrigC0wBdClVre2uQnQ6gMUMShcxA7qgemktyRfcwnY2PlyP5bs8Yq7OAq2KPDJy2tkp0lMrYCNJqa72cLI_v_jowyy_j3WDH_F-ZzzI4Ri7Z/w400-h266/DSC_0270.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Cargo Muchacho Mountains in the last of the sunlight.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9dkFC7uDPMvzCgdFN_I7PG6fq360VPWDZm1SSGBqxLRqgY9zQLVvgkBaNTGxALa7SyMXaM5Q81jMYxMeRBeIzy2_lnPlqYV37zXKg8AgKi3PaUgboJq5UgZ_AoDsGjmc5CYNU2b8S_QSwRd0cfsLMFpT27nzTEQ_3Vk4ACPxkLRi1JRUzwrZkQ4_DOI8/s5847/DSC_0272.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9dkFC7uDPMvzCgdFN_I7PG6fq360VPWDZm1SSGBqxLRqgY9zQLVvgkBaNTGxALa7SyMXaM5Q81jMYxMeRBeIzy2_lnPlqYV37zXKg8AgKi3PaUgboJq5UgZ_AoDsGjmc5CYNU2b8S_QSwRd0cfsLMFpT27nzTEQ_3Vk4ACPxkLRi1JRUzwrZkQ4_DOI8/w400-h266/DSC_0272.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHA1QVf0KzKYWEnhiR9U0Vts6RnC5oi09za_3xmpW6x4qhuk5lA99lN28bQnIXBCG0gsFR3P68rd2VcfYF8my9CXX8SdgTgTlPiXEza63BHPG52Ek9Z-RSsuyNiB9uVpztJbCK9VSgOguk63_jCp5VVWWtJt6DLFaTq3aVUicYZ0XvkRwJDQmzO4CiSsD/s6000/DSC_0275.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHA1QVf0KzKYWEnhiR9U0Vts6RnC5oi09za_3xmpW6x4qhuk5lA99lN28bQnIXBCG0gsFR3P68rd2VcfYF8my9CXX8SdgTgTlPiXEza63BHPG52Ek9Z-RSsuyNiB9uVpztJbCK9VSgOguk63_jCp5VVWWtJt6DLFaTq3aVUicYZ0XvkRwJDQmzO4CiSsD/w400-h266/DSC_0275.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moving the camera slightly to the right of the sunsetting<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBiuRzD98Mhqgp9KREfBjxgqJYAGf8w-aDNiCp25QHJrp5DEdlYhzi_OVYOa3Nn7qHlsIKf8R18ukkBl525LNYLS__F4vdrOhSkMj_XjHUpb_agezrI2p1UwfbG35GKpwURPrFb5F2goteR8kOVbqcf5ruAxcLOyUVj8nEuRuIgK673MiKmEQFiKjJKUL/s6000/DSC_0276.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBiuRzD98Mhqgp9KREfBjxgqJYAGf8w-aDNiCp25QHJrp5DEdlYhzi_OVYOa3Nn7qHlsIKf8R18ukkBl525LNYLS__F4vdrOhSkMj_XjHUpb_agezrI2p1UwfbG35GKpwURPrFb5F2goteR8kOVbqcf5ruAxcLOyUVj8nEuRuIgK673MiKmEQFiKjJKUL/w400-h266/DSC_0276.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">then north as the light left our day.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A nice way to end our day chatting with friends.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Monday, December 11, 2023</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our day day started like most sitting and enjoying our first cup of coffee together in our home. A little after 11 o'clock I decided to take a ride into Yuma. Looking outside before I left I noticed both our neighbors' vehicles were gone; they had all left earlier for a trip into Yuma. Infact, I passed what looked like Kim and Ken coming back from their trip as I was driving down Ogilby Road towards I-8. I was not sure but I waved just the same and found out at Happy Hour it was them. I had a return to make at Hobby Lobby, I really should have just walked out the door after making the return but no I did not. Instead I decided to take a quick walk around. Lets just say it was not as quick as I thought it would be and a few things did find there way into my cart. I made one more stop at Sprouts Market before heading home. I pulled in back home just after Happy Hour had started.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpuvvAuO3GJPVMiFRGA84ePmG4GJym-rIcVcEBxh9rIrOE8EXmXO6gzSi4jK3Hbt6Hwrr7F6wF3FHQGzGnOta5CxF_mPXdO7RZkw7-6DVMW2DU_raU2vLnRMTsKWXcgHMPVY6qH0QgmldVpwF0f2oHqLqArcMBgq97r-5fZX6cDacbHsmWFrfyhVIeQ1U/s2880/20231211_221652.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpuvvAuO3GJPVMiFRGA84ePmG4GJym-rIcVcEBxh9rIrOE8EXmXO6gzSi4jK3Hbt6Hwrr7F6wF3FHQGzGnOta5CxF_mPXdO7RZkw7-6DVMW2DU_raU2vLnRMTsKWXcgHMPVY6qH0QgmldVpwF0f2oHqLqArcMBgq97r-5fZX6cDacbHsmWFrfyhVIeQ1U/w400-h400/20231211_221652.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When I first saw those clouds in the top picture they looked<br />like wings by the time I focussed and took the picture the shape<br />had changed. Now it looks to me like to little creatures <br />kissing the sun. That is what I see...lol</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl00b41juFEkzLrJP6teTWYdrjr2b_I7wW_h27SLNXguOMo_R11qZfiLGeQ67fbDBzIdB_NAaidw10J6TBZDHXBHO4rQdS07vTX3EVnGjjT1i-WEOz8Lw-owBFvtBZZfcW3nYSYWSpgvlp5HWHDNpdogNCnbuK4Pv4jipzvZPTF9xFfer16RidVG9PQM2q/s2880/20231211_222341.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl00b41juFEkzLrJP6teTWYdrjr2b_I7wW_h27SLNXguOMo_R11qZfiLGeQ67fbDBzIdB_NAaidw10J6TBZDHXBHO4rQdS07vTX3EVnGjjT1i-WEOz8Lw-owBFvtBZZfcW3nYSYWSpgvlp5HWHDNpdogNCnbuK4Pv4jipzvZPTF9xFfer16RidVG9PQM2q/w400-h400/20231211_222341.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top pictures: the Cargo Muchacho Mountains as the sun set.<br />Bottom pictures: the clouds in the afterglow.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Tuesday, December 12, 2023</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0dWFtxE-Xru7gBz7s9Sv5HMIP6gOWxrZCOekOgE1gwnQWdjDU11NhOQMOu4A-FFctE6zrdoNtxIDqfvyouqoDudCyRwT1bxr1oa6Ji-pIogZ2ls6gM-oNltQhXF3o2tgAWmjGtOar5jNUoVeizfEFGTj1UmjNZm1WjMVrNzW6oTQkYKhsPqJpCdjWANh/s3125/20231212_074346.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2359" data-original-width="3125" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0dWFtxE-Xru7gBz7s9Sv5HMIP6gOWxrZCOekOgE1gwnQWdjDU11NhOQMOu4A-FFctE6zrdoNtxIDqfvyouqoDudCyRwT1bxr1oa6Ji-pIogZ2ls6gM-oNltQhXF3o2tgAWmjGtOar5jNUoVeizfEFGTj1UmjNZm1WjMVrNzW6oTQkYKhsPqJpCdjWANh/w400-h303/20231212_074346.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom was up in time to take a picture of the sunrise <br />this morning.</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We had visitors for Happy Hour today. Brenda and John, <a href="https://johnbrendasincredibleadventure.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">John & Brenda's Incredible Journey</a>, who are also parked out here took a ride over to join us. What a nice surprise to have them stop by and with there help we certainly had some lively conversations. A picture of the group would have been nice to post here but like so often happens with me there is not picture. I am pretty sure Deb, <a href="https://murpheys.blogspot.com/">On a long and lonesome highway....</a>, did take a picture. Again it was nice having them join us and we hope they will come back again.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMfP1OwDF_CMs-FG4ZDaV3BZ-EiLQD54ZawqhcYCiHxmXDmiev041qb04D5FMVlbTi3C96KAI8yQ2KH5MctPLg0DBVsh0ZTdzYH3LC1CMlaYFeQdo43I2mxhiHs3XEoWS0pRhtVZvbaCb-Z9Bqh7wnjbU4ZeErK8a4CgqWvzbgiq1qGTkPNP1cFUtFDjR/s2446/20231212_173126.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1693" data-original-width="2446" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMfP1OwDF_CMs-FG4ZDaV3BZ-EiLQD54ZawqhcYCiHxmXDmiev041qb04D5FMVlbTi3C96KAI8yQ2KH5MctPLg0DBVsh0ZTdzYH3LC1CMlaYFeQdo43I2mxhiHs3XEoWS0pRhtVZvbaCb-Z9Bqh7wnjbU4ZeErK8a4CgqWvzbgiq1qGTkPNP1cFUtFDjR/w400-h276/20231212_173126.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The only picture I took today was of the sun setting on our day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a good day and without the wind a quiet engulfed us that cannot be adequately explained but it does bring a peacefulness to our days.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">A Step Back in Time For Our Memory Book<br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Our Last Day Parked at Roadrunner BLM For This Time.</span></i></b></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Monday, December 4, 2023</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today started early as the Stinger "B" had an 8:30AM appointment at RV Lifestyles and Tom wanted to dump our black tank and top off our propane tank before hand. The plan was to head to Ogilby Road in the next couple of days and we wanted those two things done before leaving. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVCl87Z1QY1eYv0pkiRahpit_vK7_KX37L_J6xhlLIDEHK0tZJta0iCIhECb6pdp-AJOZetOeEpA-ddVo_aSoSUOdlx58iWrC5H61AlXBBezYvAWHffj80dZBD-RmQuuWB2bEoKGLWrCer29JCEwFbHJFVvjyBrFSZqg4_F0cWVlF9w2Ic5WcQ236t6Nu/s4000/20231204_074202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2852" data-original-width="4000" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVCl87Z1QY1eYv0pkiRahpit_vK7_KX37L_J6xhlLIDEHK0tZJta0iCIhECb6pdp-AJOZetOeEpA-ddVo_aSoSUOdlx58iWrC5H61AlXBBezYvAWHffj80dZBD-RmQuuWB2bEoKGLWrCer29JCEwFbHJFVvjyBrFSZqg4_F0cWVlF9w2Ic5WcQ236t6Nu/w400-h285/20231204_074202.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our spot looks empty as we head out in the early morning light.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZReuk4LAhzxqiRG39N4h_pO1EBytaK1b2E-daEHs5vHOfiVOwxiQctyf2XHTedvj3aVl9hcmmyWdYFci88OuTFFJjODUQraUxOx_TQL65c9KZqwu5RIJeUFzMv82c2s9zwLL-MiezRELsPJGuKb-vDQSQSfIU-UnRlZW5-gBKbmE54ckFKATGsigBEqpX/s4032/20231204_074524.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZReuk4LAhzxqiRG39N4h_pO1EBytaK1b2E-daEHs5vHOfiVOwxiQctyf2XHTedvj3aVl9hcmmyWdYFci88OuTFFJjODUQraUxOx_TQL65c9KZqwu5RIJeUFzMv82c2s9zwLL-MiezRELsPJGuKb-vDQSQSfIU-UnRlZW5-gBKbmE54ckFKATGsigBEqpX/w400-h300/20231204_074524.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun coming up over the Kofa Mountains <br />as we headed towards Quartzsite.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_ip4tJAX5foFIEsaR23IaC-nq2tIWqcLoJr-m317TYvMtktd1_aW3KEQQQ3yIsI0SZVo7Onp2L4pNqHcHYHQHmV2M6p__LKwut1fL0BIn4bpAGeAmIrZvCvf9aMndrokhk2tPPBzPOcEWp5HAUP8a9yaxJpSLqAZAaKg91ft4hcnodqGzMb3t6TbPHum/s3237/20231204_134959.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2172" data-original-width="3237" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_ip4tJAX5foFIEsaR23IaC-nq2tIWqcLoJr-m317TYvMtktd1_aW3KEQQQ3yIsI0SZVo7Onp2L4pNqHcHYHQHmV2M6p__LKwut1fL0BIn4bpAGeAmIrZvCvf9aMndrokhk2tPPBzPOcEWp5HAUP8a9yaxJpSLqAZAaKg91ft4hcnodqGzMb3t6TbPHum/w400-h269/20231204_134959.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kim and Ken, also, went and took care of dumping their tanks<br />this morning and parked out a little when they came back.<br />Thanks Ken. Tom was then able to get us backed into our spot <br />where all our stuff that needed packing up was still outside.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The appointment at RV Lifestyle included good and bad news. The good news they will be able to order and replace our Convection/Microwave and front stove burner. We will have those installed when we are back in the Quartzsite area in January. The bad news, and the main reason for the appointment, our levelers cannot be fixed. The Stinger "B" is 16 years old and the parts are no longer available. They, of course, can be replaced at a cost. We are going to be doing some more checking and following up on a suggestion. At this point we are not ready to make the investment we would have to make to put in new levelers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">While Tom was getting the good and bad news I had my hair permed. The woman who did it did a good job and it turned out as I expected. Now I need to get used to it...lol</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Leaving RV Lifestyles Tom stopped and topped off our diesel before heading back to Roadrunner.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Back in time for Happy Hour we sat and chatted as the sun set behind the Dome Rock Mountains. Then the last of the sun's light mixed with the clouds and filled the sky with color. What a beautiful last sunset for what ended up being our last night at Roadrunner after four weeks. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMa80WXmtMYivDIYCpeyyljztW1ukHxFIPFCvU_H-TwmDajZkpufB6d3eluc0NBnGdmBXm4ix8zZkGjYRHViWUlnHf2VtNsdbD7wOR8MqYUHqirkp8wz3S3wXWZqF6pT_1tWcasmvRL9DMPigu6WuaA2Pgq-45bAVP5mbnRpO1WqBYBTg_-r-Af1yBXLG9/s3024/20231204_173327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2496" data-original-width="3024" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMa80WXmtMYivDIYCpeyyljztW1ukHxFIPFCvU_H-TwmDajZkpufB6d3eluc0NBnGdmBXm4ix8zZkGjYRHViWUlnHf2VtNsdbD7wOR8MqYUHqirkp8wz3S3wXWZqF6pT_1tWcasmvRL9DMPigu6WuaA2Pgq-45bAVP5mbnRpO1WqBYBTg_-r-Af1yBXLG9/w400-h330/20231204_173327.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkUuNkeuvTJ3UpnlKd-h56qP658wA38_3v9tV5uHOd3r_xqHoEbHyrUQOnxUFXSg9fewJqLde3R-q4lgQueQAdxLij3pn0-6syzL4FY_ykTKF_Vf9g5Lie6D-cFI39zNej8q-n2aDnYlbAK-sCSc9kn2aojKsmfExCEZi7cL7V0m72qNzZxShnWZpNCnd/s4032/20231204_173653.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkUuNkeuvTJ3UpnlKd-h56qP658wA38_3v9tV5uHOd3r_xqHoEbHyrUQOnxUFXSg9fewJqLde3R-q4lgQueQAdxLij3pn0-6syzL4FY_ykTKF_Vf9g5Lie6D-cFI39zNej8q-n2aDnYlbAK-sCSc9kn2aojKsmfExCEZi7cL7V0m72qNzZxShnWZpNCnd/w400-h300/20231204_173653.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjdd6zYE51TOxmPEO1-TnRl6TGRPAwBkY6_ex4Ot6qeQEJrHrBGT4CgEZ3rI1U6F0rhu_lSzLsMQ6jqSbqau7LIqjEjgTCYJT3cZ_QQMC2rNPbKKrqw46yQFkOnaFwyki39lPhz_IYL_1MWOfViQbWAhFQJmZeGoQvL4BKuHBTZMqe2refsGiCN0g08Sw/s4032/20231204_173756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjdd6zYE51TOxmPEO1-TnRl6TGRPAwBkY6_ex4Ot6qeQEJrHrBGT4CgEZ3rI1U6F0rhu_lSzLsMQ6jqSbqau7LIqjEjgTCYJT3cZ_QQMC2rNPbKKrqw46yQFkOnaFwyki39lPhz_IYL_1MWOfViQbWAhFQJmZeGoQvL4BKuHBTZMqe2refsGiCN0g08Sw/w300-h400/20231204_173756.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtS2dxiL90O7gwZVF1_fkLmdflccLRzMfoDzH3KzaxsFTew-mrJQvcYicrSQa3m98mcGw47pwKzdMTLAwsbnkwdGYchf4ybQ3chuiROZgLDbUc6-9Ez5bIxjbvs6xDslvAkIqroIcsgjOkJ9Gul596VcICvfehez29vrKaMteZcqvxvhZUCJTbeYl3OPD/s4032/20231204_173851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtS2dxiL90O7gwZVF1_fkLmdflccLRzMfoDzH3KzaxsFTew-mrJQvcYicrSQa3m98mcGw47pwKzdMTLAwsbnkwdGYchf4ybQ3chuiROZgLDbUc6-9Ez5bIxjbvs6xDslvAkIqroIcsgjOkJ9Gul596VcICvfehez29vrKaMteZcqvxvhZUCJTbeYl3OPD/w400-h300/20231204_173851.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEive5_ssR9CfxfQcu7VBSWRjGgGHHLqjBr5rI2tkUxmrWBNNKGjRjAYBZ4KQHKdAFLQ2R9LGwU4oACvVXIhPKIu87M9TR5bgRjBmYaS_jSY4p3gCm9I8rWbVrv8E_WwnA5LehO1zlcDh5IB1TPxCY9BOtyjvB7d13wGz8BdvB9ssrYheybDo3s7Jm5aryVv/s4032/20231204_174446.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEive5_ssR9CfxfQcu7VBSWRjGgGHHLqjBr5rI2tkUxmrWBNNKGjRjAYBZ4KQHKdAFLQ2R9LGwU4oACvVXIhPKIu87M9TR5bgRjBmYaS_jSY4p3gCm9I8rWbVrv8E_WwnA5LehO1zlcDh5IB1TPxCY9BOtyjvB7d13wGz8BdvB9ssrYheybDo3s7Jm5aryVv/w400-h300/20231204_174446.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The color was beautiful right to the end.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I was waiting for an Amazon Order and it did show up on the app it had been delivered on Monday. We discussed our plan of action and it was decided if I was able to pick up the order Tuesday morning we would then head out for Ogilby Road. If not we would be leaving on Wednesday. As luck would have it it was available for pick up Tuesday morning. Our move and our new neighborhood in the next catch up blog.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKpvif-Mwmd3ev-OAvURDrZns_vfzCWZtwRPAyVl78S8SVvnHFKb52GwTFpXHai50OMUhzTVtcNX9ZYeEG7cWAPpRblb38DJB21vKltJVQhbqaiqlr5_oe8IPwOwCrdmXrXewsJtZDcAlTWvQSBYPK5Sxl1udNyBB45x0-x9vflewePOW9srZ2dRlx7l0/s1181/Screenshot_20231019-095117_Facebook.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1181" data-original-width="1053" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKpvif-Mwmd3ev-OAvURDrZns_vfzCWZtwRPAyVl78S8SVvnHFKb52GwTFpXHai50OMUhzTVtcNX9ZYeEG7cWAPpRblb38DJB21vKltJVQhbqaiqlr5_oe8IPwOwCrdmXrXewsJtZDcAlTWvQSBYPK5Sxl1udNyBB45x0-x9vflewePOW9srZ2dRlx7l0/w356-h400/Screenshot_20231019-095117_Facebook.jpg" width="356" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are glad you stopped by!</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</span></b></div></b></div></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-20573775555560036342023-12-10T06:40:00.000-08:002023-12-10T06:40:19.829-08:00A Windy Inside Sort of Day<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Saturday, December 9, 2023</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We went to bed Friday night with the wind and woke up Saturday morning with it still with us. It spent the day here only slowing down a bit every once and a while. We went to bed with it still howling Saturday night and as I write this Sunday morning it is still out there blowing away. Surprisingly with all the wind the mountains are not hidden behind a curtain of dust.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It had slowed down around the time the sun was setting on Saturday so I ventured out for a few pictures. The only clouds in the sky were along the horizon were the sun was setting for the day. As we looked out on the end of the day there was some lovely color in the west.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcRsmd8E2lAan9YGrv0MindycJf-eNBX5kGZW-kdsesyxa5drTRZumX2jcKDtT4H9kfR91ZY0bBCrUlPl3kQr7qp5Gl9DCTh-jxC7NbnS_qelsJKiOub8Yk52856Ak4sGvc2iJv4d8sWIIcnLwR74W2vxfZgCDrI7AcJheUd_Wjg48oBF0VneOhJwKmC1/s3941/20231209_175028.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2955" data-original-width="3941" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZcRsmd8E2lAan9YGrv0MindycJf-eNBX5kGZW-kdsesyxa5drTRZumX2jcKDtT4H9kfR91ZY0bBCrUlPl3kQr7qp5Gl9DCTh-jxC7NbnS_qelsJKiOub8Yk52856Ak4sGvc2iJv4d8sWIIcnLwR74W2vxfZgCDrI7AcJheUd_Wjg48oBF0VneOhJwKmC1/w400-h300/20231209_175028.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was actually the last picture I took of our neighborhood<br />in the last of the afterglow.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifg6ACtSA0er4deiv_OO5zWEjXzXZhm3oNQmVKwzvUkQjez4Vx7h_zMZXqT-CAMZIWnxCKt8sdM6f6y1Y0BNFG82-GngeyPx5eLaWuWmCjLZ55DheaVmUgvjkCsUe5mKILGIBHE73KCTuqVQb-Z2IKY2zcriwDrKTdEGlC1LBjl3w2EhnNWn5aXD9Y6-E8/s6000/DSC_0248.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifg6ACtSA0er4deiv_OO5zWEjXzXZhm3oNQmVKwzvUkQjez4Vx7h_zMZXqT-CAMZIWnxCKt8sdM6f6y1Y0BNFG82-GngeyPx5eLaWuWmCjLZ55DheaVmUgvjkCsUe5mKILGIBHE73KCTuqVQb-Z2IKY2zcriwDrKTdEGlC1LBjl3w2EhnNWn5aXD9Y6-E8/w400-h266/DSC_0248.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun setting on our day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYuEDfjTSYJqO2nwytYk5wU33vhyphenhyphenglLqFC95hHJwYd4JW_dkEyLE8bmYxFk6pbmOm0B5L65vxl51haMHbYvtma19wtDbnGJftZGTLj19h8ffDh-Ux8mASU9roIyADD5yExEfSwSsI40Uj7dV322rN7nopTfSuscXkdZKWCetjGOj77NilsUdCByM7k7M6/s5813/DSC_0257.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3875" data-original-width="5813" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRYuEDfjTSYJqO2nwytYk5wU33vhyphenhyphenglLqFC95hHJwYd4JW_dkEyLE8bmYxFk6pbmOm0B5L65vxl51haMHbYvtma19wtDbnGJftZGTLj19h8ffDh-Ux8mASU9roIyADD5yExEfSwSsI40Uj7dV322rN7nopTfSuscXkdZKWCetjGOj77NilsUdCByM7k7M6/w400-h266/DSC_0257.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MZkCmGpC9HGb2o9Bl7NSboUkfVczfbVV7gDWxc-Z4ZbcYAEoIuBhuQbqkTYiKjFDH-y7uaw5UUuZ50d8rXFX8HLLfTiQxWiAPeCFPiljBDHDpf03fylqIFIdDWrlirKYpEX_qmrJ9fHzLAGXdh2JufkMEDJYfbHQMMx8QDrxYO1DWLJ8r-sSOyce_WGk/s6000/DSC_0262.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MZkCmGpC9HGb2o9Bl7NSboUkfVczfbVV7gDWxc-Z4ZbcYAEoIuBhuQbqkTYiKjFDH-y7uaw5UUuZ50d8rXFX8HLLfTiQxWiAPeCFPiljBDHDpf03fylqIFIdDWrlirKYpEX_qmrJ9fHzLAGXdh2JufkMEDJYfbHQMMx8QDrxYO1DWLJ8r-sSOyce_WGk/w400-h266/DSC_0262.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I pointed my camera a little to the south of the setting sun.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87ZGLS86uX-zTMf0KBAPu7Zn6G6-qP0pyukMeTeKGyGLgmz-l5JGeW64WCEibN1BnyB9hPT6OoEvtuFFdVlvlxhb3BPNe0lnMsrfTa73f8Cm9yoIJva_Cbzw4E_54QDjLi67hSCaHIkT39YKDYrhvOw6OE9B7fM5KEOQnL0_l8L-7nNsS3ch2mP8TCJ-j/s5847/DSC_0264.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="5847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87ZGLS86uX-zTMf0KBAPu7Zn6G6-qP0pyukMeTeKGyGLgmz-l5JGeW64WCEibN1BnyB9hPT6OoEvtuFFdVlvlxhb3BPNe0lnMsrfTa73f8Cm9yoIJva_Cbzw4E_54QDjLi67hSCaHIkT39YKDYrhvOw6OE9B7fM5KEOQnL0_l8L-7nNsS3ch2mP8TCJ-j/w400-h266/DSC_0264.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkPHlGWICl5ByjTqNqul-8-rkzPf_HVWv4sqNbTJlMS_HDZwsFlz4R5p9WvB7w5OhLEBi25poYARV8FNAEwJwc6hSRszTkAQlO0M88KRTM5mpqz1YVd59zMM0gU9OQMYcNf_PSdMCSUqloLzbVwGXOZr2255rNb3R2H6TV3QNA6ObDqTbldb_Wc0O6OhC/s6000/DSC_0265.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkPHlGWICl5ByjTqNqul-8-rkzPf_HVWv4sqNbTJlMS_HDZwsFlz4R5p9WvB7w5OhLEBi25poYARV8FNAEwJwc6hSRszTkAQlO0M88KRTM5mpqz1YVd59zMM0gU9OQMYcNf_PSdMCSUqloLzbVwGXOZr2255rNb3R2H6TV3QNA6ObDqTbldb_Wc0O6OhC/w400-h266/DSC_0265.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is to the east of us over the Cargo Muchacho Mountains.<br />The blue and pink was brighter but the camera did manage <br />to up some of the color. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Today was a different type of day in our neighborhood not a lot of venturing out. Tom managed to get us some water and I pretty much finished my Christmas decorating and even did some cleaning. The Neighborhood Happy Hour did not happen but Tom and I did enjoy one as we listened to Christmas Music in the warmth of our home. Plus, I did manage a short chit chat with Deb while we both took pictures of the sunset. Even with the wind, today qualifies as a good day parked in this place we are calling home for this moment in time out in the desert.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAwir75Dynq4JIFsi1R-tTD-NVaO6nsS7pKVgDVGnG5Q-OLSWqhSCPvXarLKP5hHBoIWJ2gBhpJ66a93kXPWgjzkza7glnZA3-yUWD-MZJvlzhSXibb-ZWPljaeUMw7y1jUnSpfwlV3Od3ccMsWE_vTjuJckm05Ac2tSHhyOAsR11Qfdt9IYKBRltrljG/s1070/Screenshot_20220722-205436_Facebook.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1070" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAwir75Dynq4JIFsi1R-tTD-NVaO6nsS7pKVgDVGnG5Q-OLSWqhSCPvXarLKP5hHBoIWJ2gBhpJ66a93kXPWgjzkza7glnZA3-yUWD-MZJvlzhSXibb-ZWPljaeUMw7y1jUnSpfwlV3Od3ccMsWE_vTjuJckm05Ac2tSHhyOAsR11Qfdt9IYKBRltrljG/w400-h365/Screenshot_20220722-205436_Facebook.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are glad you stopped by!</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you.</span></b></div></b></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847538540249587575.post-74342764277380428182023-12-04T05:52:00.000-08:002023-12-04T05:52:12.944-08:00Shopping and Laundry in Parker, Ken and Tom Took a Ride, Two Happy Hours with Friends!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday, December 2, 2023</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">For the most part it was a quiet day in our neighborhood. We enjoyed a late coffee hour just before lunch. Then we came back together for Happy Hour and enjoyed some lively conversation till the darkness and the cold desert air chased us inside our homes for some warmth and dinner. It was one of those days that quietly slipped by in this place where we have found enjoyment spending time with friends.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbv4X_4_sPPMbdbZNQ1xSD6BIWCR6586LhlAAce650SqU7xbCElN19RGEGHt-oQ74OtFUfzOP9vj5o40BSAHX06fcGio8PUwtC304CQ7DxMrWXckporM4oJ8mb8AIapHzoMrMjL_iQiHQ9okZyTLkpCH_TOQX59LVGNdf8uSP8gqZffqV1ePcnMaKIwt40/s3941/20231202_171747.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2955" data-original-width="3941" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbv4X_4_sPPMbdbZNQ1xSD6BIWCR6586LhlAAce650SqU7xbCElN19RGEGHt-oQ74OtFUfzOP9vj5o40BSAHX06fcGio8PUwtC304CQ7DxMrWXckporM4oJ8mb8AIapHzoMrMjL_iQiHQ9okZyTLkpCH_TOQX59LVGNdf8uSP8gqZffqV1ePcnMaKIwt40/w400-h300/20231202_171747.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun had slipped behind the mountains when I took the<br />time to walk out from our patio to take a picture.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25M6ngFRn2CbSfDWn_pW0sERCIG1mqd1paT78bPXQDN_EjXuQuTw3KwfQHLMIFYSUkxJMc79VLXnjU4gIe86d_56QvpSbbYKuTYI-Zn230gyX_RwIuBwtSqVeuDIew2thBEEu0aAMBBtrSzLM18g3cuAtE8gXOGz5XeZPOHfpzknfjhhncBSUMAXaX059/s4032/20231202_171826.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25M6ngFRn2CbSfDWn_pW0sERCIG1mqd1paT78bPXQDN_EjXuQuTw3KwfQHLMIFYSUkxJMc79VLXnjU4gIe86d_56QvpSbbYKuTYI-Zn230gyX_RwIuBwtSqVeuDIew2thBEEu0aAMBBtrSzLM18g3cuAtE8gXOGz5XeZPOHfpzknfjhhncBSUMAXaX059/w400-h300/20231202_171826.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking towards the north walking back to our home<br />I took this picture</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelEA-wvtA39Xz8XEV7gnujsf1EZy3yb_JXYYU-FyWwQlxrAIcHwSfQ5E3nZxdOakvo5Ip8d-1TU3zziWmIsmejsR4d6aMwHlPuKOAXsm7OD9iH95CWAqqz2vAiC7acWQgk5Aq4fLzQUOcSA2pk7xr7E7rU2A1NKfZaFYFUgrg5TGRr8o6_8V0rPAuPNLZ/s4032/20231202_172108.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelEA-wvtA39Xz8XEV7gnujsf1EZy3yb_JXYYU-FyWwQlxrAIcHwSfQ5E3nZxdOakvo5Ip8d-1TU3zziWmIsmejsR4d6aMwHlPuKOAXsm7OD9iH95CWAqqz2vAiC7acWQgk5Aq4fLzQUOcSA2pk7xr7E7rU2A1NKfZaFYFUgrg5TGRr8o6_8V0rPAuPNLZ/w400-h300/20231202_172108.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and this one of the group.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAp8R0UVbDpksvSY5C7dWhUHVZo6w1fqAjPsKSrLGm7hBaJml2rhYhoIBsnYrYP3XD6GY-7-g24IStg24DxFJ91mBBgQzlyweyd8NeeztccVOafwoBvTGK3qoTMW_BzRK_gsRSgFCMuiMUbCaaHzne7XQ-3_8FXQh-HrXMPGjpgS6nfRvml8vYYM3nwpW/s2880/20231202_221532.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAp8R0UVbDpksvSY5C7dWhUHVZo6w1fqAjPsKSrLGm7hBaJml2rhYhoIBsnYrYP3XD6GY-7-g24IStg24DxFJ91mBBgQzlyweyd8NeeztccVOafwoBvTGK3qoTMW_BzRK_gsRSgFCMuiMUbCaaHzne7XQ-3_8FXQh-HrXMPGjpgS6nfRvml8vYYM3nwpW/w400-h400/20231202_221532.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then I took these as we were sitting, enjoying <br />the evening, and the Happy Hour Conversation.<br />Middle picture left to right: Kim, Ken, Deb, and Tom</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXH0vHKv3zR-MemkDcL8YcLo6RtOas_AwQJzcFry75eGwxmf_h38K0TQMfrsocpzvqg2Cyq_CD137nsxgiw1uoEDjq0gBBJ87OoiCLyD6Tq5raWcELN0cfiQcd81WLKseFUgoElSFXdsHSwfmR68ZHobkbK4ijvh3uXN4BcuMTlrOAU8bCMDT22X4Hzob/s2880/20231202_221806.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="2880" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXH0vHKv3zR-MemkDcL8YcLo6RtOas_AwQJzcFry75eGwxmf_h38K0TQMfrsocpzvqg2Cyq_CD137nsxgiw1uoEDjq0gBBJ87OoiCLyD6Tq5raWcELN0cfiQcd81WLKseFUgoElSFXdsHSwfmR68ZHobkbK4ijvh3uXN4BcuMTlrOAU8bCMDT22X4Hzob/w400-h400/20231202_221806.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sky went from a golden orange to orange <br />with some touches of pink.<br />Bottom sleeping Indian as twilight settles in.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday, December 3, 2023</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Up late this morning, I forgot to set the alarm, we still headed out with fingers crossed we would make it to Mass in Parker. We did not, and we do not like going in as late as we were. So we stopped for coffee and I dropped Tom of at the laundromat to do some wash while I headed over to Walmart to pick up a few things including groceries. He may have had the best part of the deal.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2m39bYxqR4jDfiZxyHMcCssn6zdI7Oq4vGbYR3Dhes9Du6ddONwZcfmlez40FsRFqCOKfwB5WYt6bwykJKXNn0y2IoW3mlIhvuC8eI1eHlpp7XNvl0Id6ECiIxu9KFdpt9my3ne769xkSG4nI58kesu-rPD_GDnwqYOGnz8q_b7v9RjfZ-YYXwv58GUi/s6000/DSC_0124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2m39bYxqR4jDfiZxyHMcCssn6zdI7Oq4vGbYR3Dhes9Du6ddONwZcfmlez40FsRFqCOKfwB5WYt6bwykJKXNn0y2IoW3mlIhvuC8eI1eHlpp7XNvl0Id6ECiIxu9KFdpt9my3ne769xkSG4nI58kesu-rPD_GDnwqYOGnz8q_b7v9RjfZ-YYXwv58GUi/w400-h266/DSC_0124.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sun slowly making its way up behind the Kofa Mountains</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gsR9AaALbWTkqqNH4N9sSeT3pIf9j0NhYm6jKQwzIV_UNHQ5VPhTWLsp5DlEVmS5zSUXBfaUScnbC5rngxkFRgsKQd6dTnRcJYGZnTXHYl85RLHbd7CbxmslUVdJhHJVjz6RKYR5DXpA0gjXblzEB1OsewXEzhyphenhyphenXoiIC-x69bSxNZTh_VJgRcM08MzPe/s5683/DSC_0126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3789" data-original-width="5683" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gsR9AaALbWTkqqNH4N9sSeT3pIf9j0NhYm6jKQwzIV_UNHQ5VPhTWLsp5DlEVmS5zSUXBfaUScnbC5rngxkFRgsKQd6dTnRcJYGZnTXHYl85RLHbd7CbxmslUVdJhHJVjz6RKYR5DXpA0gjXblzEB1OsewXEzhyphenhyphenXoiIC-x69bSxNZTh_VJgRcM08MzPe/w400-h266/DSC_0126.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">as we make our way out of the Roadrunner BLM.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7DoQIB5e3CPSRXXVbIlripk1HhYvQnh3R2OltJwic0FVyRe-Ko3_VlmFi5xrhpadmjph2g-JBUDS0UgCLjFqj3gUw8_-4Nat1G6HOjHDu2d1hVMgoqkJma4bDtQye2d4WRQO-Lsch_gcd1M4wKdoBjHpqb6V3g7QCLQuERt1h42xesl06X0SrNha6jM4/s4744/DSC_0130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3232" data-original-width="4744" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7DoQIB5e3CPSRXXVbIlripk1HhYvQnh3R2OltJwic0FVyRe-Ko3_VlmFi5xrhpadmjph2g-JBUDS0UgCLjFqj3gUw8_-4Nat1G6HOjHDu2d1hVMgoqkJma4bDtQye2d4WRQO-Lsch_gcd1M4wKdoBjHpqb6V3g7QCLQuERt1h42xesl06X0SrNha6jM4/w400-h272/DSC_0130.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On AZ-95 north of Quartzsite the sun popped into view.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPUB8H-rRsg0M2vUn7dnbkM5XmHHsPm6C88oqnU6OKT11BrxFkYfa34jVaFj8fF_mF4C_1Px8rs1UroYPcdPFNew-KrEct3p7oSOhgW_A278HDVjnzZI-VKgIg1-lN0nU1i_NPplbJYJ8wa67vOGO2Q7SZJoVO-WWIXgNW06xz11tD0MT2JmC4mwEtbhX/s6000/DSC_0133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPUB8H-rRsg0M2vUn7dnbkM5XmHHsPm6C88oqnU6OKT11BrxFkYfa34jVaFj8fF_mF4C_1Px8rs1UroYPcdPFNew-KrEct3p7oSOhgW_A278HDVjnzZI-VKgIg1-lN0nU1i_NPplbJYJ8wa67vOGO2Q7SZJoVO-WWIXgNW06xz11tD0MT2JmC4mwEtbhX/w400-h266/DSC_0133.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking across the desert floor</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumIWH8JjxMo5msje5ff3USnqoUkcmU9RCqg_upnIxZshpFyAohxtM7GMZ-rFRY6MvIe8-NDPtiK5vDsmp-F5BJQ4c-d4rV6dTml39DffIhgt8YWolFYCec_hAKJ7KX90HW6I-hWwi_cTxZeqCBAMF_RXT-JFY_iZ4BQgmyr9cIEJyck-fykfXhYiVrGEM/s6000/DSC_0136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumIWH8JjxMo5msje5ff3USnqoUkcmU9RCqg_upnIxZshpFyAohxtM7GMZ-rFRY6MvIe8-NDPtiK5vDsmp-F5BJQ4c-d4rV6dTml39DffIhgt8YWolFYCec_hAKJ7KX90HW6I-hWwi_cTxZeqCBAMF_RXT-JFY_iZ4BQgmyr9cIEJyck-fykfXhYiVrGEM/w400-h266/DSC_0136.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">as the sun brings</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlc7DQX5mM17udCh0-i-kPohRnTdlZs4VhVhFtXasYYhZNCNbj05MHoMA2wizqkgGadrgHmdG41rgP2H6lfICuax9RHYBuPVCknRGC_zgwuC6W2CImeMG6u3dzEZ6hmg0ze_vDTzQQOJkAxptFNqMDsDYdy_O_4q0JJlqhjFS2GpW6LW77nshiTfrLkG8/s6000/DSC_0138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlc7DQX5mM17udCh0-i-kPohRnTdlZs4VhVhFtXasYYhZNCNbj05MHoMA2wizqkgGadrgHmdG41rgP2H6lfICuax9RHYBuPVCknRGC_zgwuC6W2CImeMG6u3dzEZ6hmg0ze_vDTzQQOJkAxptFNqMDsDYdy_O_4q0JJlqhjFS2GpW6LW77nshiTfrLkG8/w400-h266/DSC_0138.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">light to the day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4QjmWP-qt0Umw7bXwfYSS-gyIEJZTjVAkB6UKLM62JVIo5vQdVS2L2_6EhBB3WuzFonOt9n5ULNb72i3cg56nh3mvCHGbx8PFFa7ZAVEW9nJ6nwskbZDFQf5FYtrNOE7pIus6h9FTHHuXy5Cuh3taib6LK7WNi3Y1qDwmXrNDm6P_W-ZO4ktu6GDnkLTV/s6000/DSC_0148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQD9NcvQyDLqw9iuUdENmSpmHFleEWcUG2gbhgdQbL26I6XNqE_DvT8XKGdxlc59riy8-Z3DH8B2YCHQIotmCCvlhP14o24YgXuVe2I4mebXZTh2Tyf6Cdqv9zeJxlMVSVlksWI0FstRL8euc47xCGDNxTMJ5ar0X_JVSW3xakHIMXWFPX7iCQ3ud3jsK/s3570/DSC_0155.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2439" data-original-width="3570" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQD9NcvQyDLqw9iuUdENmSpmHFleEWcUG2gbhgdQbL26I6XNqE_DvT8XKGdxlc59riy8-Z3DH8B2YCHQIotmCCvlhP14o24YgXuVe2I4mebXZTh2Tyf6Cdqv9zeJxlMVSVlksWI0FstRL8euc47xCGDNxTMJ5ar0X_JVSW3xakHIMXWFPX7iCQ3ud3jsK/w400-h274/DSC_0155.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the distance I could see a plane landing at their airport.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXZ-gmJcmCuZTWgp4CCx93Prp1hdYCkpIC0ctpnJHeapte-ODJlS1IQKHSBZ4LmK1ppLPwAHhLQAcEzF2Pzx8dL_i5jP50zwD_FMEd6wChlnqy24YGlxVep3LREhfAo-arXu2OKvUJx7WzhS20d-n9Iu39RG3KeOQMhZjvYKgcP14Yl5wm-NP3y_ugbEe/s5681/DSC_0158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3787" data-original-width="5681" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXZ-gmJcmCuZTWgp4CCx93Prp1hdYCkpIC0ctpnJHeapte-ODJlS1IQKHSBZ4LmK1ppLPwAHhLQAcEzF2Pzx8dL_i5jP50zwD_FMEd6wChlnqy24YGlxVep3LREhfAo-arXu2OKvUJx7WzhS20d-n9Iu39RG3KeOQMhZjvYKgcP14Yl5wm-NP3y_ugbEe/w400-h266/DSC_0158.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I finally caught this sign as we drove into Parker.<br />I keep missing this picture.<br />Not quite the whole thing but enough to say I got it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_edmSZFY6idIYG-um2Z_FuqxzuhCjX-C32lPCDeQ5CU8u9lekNePZsjSzSQdeaEg8t9_oqUR-v8BecsStoXVg-HQgrnuN4V_WWoAOHN0v1-ay8jkz0OnsQtg4fMSV_h1naUq-99UX1FONXOsyNHMoeCIWV7dB9ayN_jXncYcx0RhX3mgHoyoOyRAXg9Hk/s5815/DSC_0164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3877" data-original-width="5815" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_edmSZFY6idIYG-um2Z_FuqxzuhCjX-C32lPCDeQ5CU8u9lekNePZsjSzSQdeaEg8t9_oqUR-v8BecsStoXVg-HQgrnuN4V_WWoAOHN0v1-ay8jkz0OnsQtg4fMSV_h1naUq-99UX1FONXOsyNHMoeCIWV7dB9ayN_jXncYcx0RhX3mgHoyoOyRAXg9Hk/w400-h266/DSC_0164.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In front of Walmart in Parker, AZ<br />Could this be a Human Bean Coffee Shop?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqIWit9dApao0tGi3LxXywqnyVV0v8jMVbYxoitwacSIxUsrMvpzmUZFp9_J84uFsRXQgANfRU_aX63kECjdLRTBI42sIt2i4w5RAqDzx335P8Kmq0imboY-OOTucNVj2opNofuc-yJahGB8XU2w5zUTGS7KK1Z35PGihjfWkxgxp0zJfqUE4Qkc_euY0/s5769/DSC_0161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3847" data-original-width="5769" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipqIWit9dApao0tGi3LxXywqnyVV0v8jMVbYxoitwacSIxUsrMvpzmUZFp9_J84uFsRXQgANfRU_aX63kECjdLRTBI42sIt2i4w5RAqDzx335P8Kmq0imboY-OOTucNVj2opNofuc-yJahGB8XU2w5zUTGS7KK1Z35PGihjfWkxgxp0zJfqUE4Qkc_euY0/w400-h266/DSC_0161.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A pretty Christmas Tree at their community park.</td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Two Good Days with friends in the Sonoran Desert near Quartzsite, Arizona!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJ4OTvja9UposcJUTAPzKfProLFYKf7SbDoaVkz9jEEqxQg0Vq7YORisE3y2DCulxxnE3naUUblTuqbSOh9tClE161PJ_hvWfOKu6EawrTTJjyqHhdBK1dDstbt3KMXjEwhwkNGIcP2Ayi72tMZW3ouy1-69fqJdHEqM5eGuUMsKZiBX7SDTUWakkJ4dc/s340/5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="340" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJ4OTvja9UposcJUTAPzKfProLFYKf7SbDoaVkz9jEEqxQg0Vq7YORisE3y2DCulxxnE3naUUblTuqbSOh9tClE161PJ_hvWfOKu6EawrTTJjyqHhdBK1dDstbt3KMXjEwhwkNGIcP2Ayi72tMZW3ouy1-69fqJdHEqM5eGuUMsKZiBX7SDTUWakkJ4dc/w400-h309/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">We are glad you stopped by!</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">If you have time to leave a comment we would enjoy hearing from you. </span></b></div></b></div>Tom and Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564285175697134395noreply@blogger.com14