Monday, Sunset...Sunday, Sunrise & Happy Hour with Friends...Saturday, RC Planes in the Sky

Monday, February 20, 2023

A quiet beautiful day in the desert and the weather co-operated. We were able to sit outside  for a Coffee Hour this morning under a wonderfully blue sky filled with sunshine and it felt good. Later we came together for Happy Hour and again we were under a blue sky and sunshine. We probably did not solve all of the world's problems but I do know we had a good time chatting away. Conversation is never a struggle with good friends.

The sun slipping  

down

behind the Dome Rock Mountains

Looking out to the Southwest I could see touches
of pink on the clouds.

It was a good day in our little corner of the world.

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Up early this morning we were on our way to Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Parker, AZ by 7:15AM. The pictures below were taken out the passenger window of the "Little Black Limo" as we made our way North on AZ-95. I mention this because there will be some blurring in these pictures. 

Just turning onto US-95 and the Sleeping Indian
is still sleeping.

For most of the ride we only saw patches

 of light on the edges of the dark clouds.

One quick spot of bright light. Even though the
the picture is quite blurry I decided to include it.

Is Snoopy running in the clouds today?

Then I could see rays of light shining

down through the openings in the clouds.

Just a few miles before we reached our destination

the sun popped above the clouds.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Parker, AZ

Bottom Picture is the Altar.
The picture above on the left is Our Lady of Guadalupe
and on the right the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Four of the stain glass windows. The two below are not on the
outside of the building. 

After Mass we stopped at the Crossroads restaurant for breakfast and noticed several people we had attended Mass with. We had not had breakfast here in a couple of years and interestingly nothing inside had changed. The wait was not long, the service excellent, and the food was good. We would stop again.

After breakfast we stopped at a car wash and Tom took at
least a couple layers of dust off of the Jeep. Not a lot to do
inside while he was spraying away so I took pictures.
Top left. he thought he was being cute aiming the hose my way.

After the Jeep was washed we headed over to Safeway for a few groceries then across the street for a curbside order at Walmart before heading home. Arriving home we put our groceries away then it was time to head outside to wait for some friends/guests for Happy Hour. Deb, Riley, Doug, Tom, and I enjoy a Happy Hour just about every evening together and today we had four more people join the group. Cheryl and Dave arrived first followed shortly by Patsy and Bill. The conversation was lively and the time flew by; it always does when we are having fun. All to soon they were on their way home but not before we made plans to get together later in the week for a visit to Silly Al's. A nice outing to look forward to.

Going Left starting with Deb in the front left of the picture.

Deb, Dave, Doug, Bill, Tom, Cheryl, Patsy, and Riley

Like the beginning of this morning's sunrise tonight's
sunset was behind the clouds.

There was a little bit of pink on the edges

of some of the clouds as the last of the light left the day.

It was a day we enjoyed from the moment we got up until we went to bed. First a nice morning ride to Parker as the sun came up. Then later in the day time spent with friends and that always makes for a good day.

Saturday, February 18, 2023

I had received a message earlier in the week from Patsy, Chillin' with Patsy about an Air Show being put on by the Quartzsite Desert Flyers this weekend. Bill, her husband, On Our Way is the president of the group and would be the MC for today's show. So we, Tom and I along with Doug and Yuma, decided to take a ride over to watch. It was fun and interesting to see these planes in flight and hear about them plus a little history of this group. 

The pictures below are what I was able to capture as they flew by. I really do not know anything about these planes so I cannot add any real captions.  If you are interested in seeing them a little better/larger click on the picture and it should open larger in a new window.

Middle left is a picture Tom took of Bill on the run.

This one was fun to watch

as it left a trail of smoke behind.

In this shot it looked like the plane was just hanging there.

Cannot really see the plane but can tell by the smoke
he did several twist and turns as it came down.

This is the one flying and then landing in the three pictures below.

We enjoyed our time at the field watching the various planes taking off, flying, and landing. If we are in the Quartzsite Area next year we would certainly take the time to go and watch again. 

After leaving there we made a quick stop on Kuehn street to walk around and check out some of the venders that are still there. After that we went and had a late lunch at the Mountain Quail Restaurant. 

Back in time for Happy Hour we enjoyed a couple of hours sitting our and chatting with our neighbors, Deb and Doug. This is always a nice way to end our day. 

It truly was a good day.

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