A Day to Be Enjoyed and An Addition to Our Memory Book

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

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. 

I just love how colorful they are!

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. 

The Reason for the Season.
I do love Nativity Scenes and have several.

This figurine has been part of our Christmas decorations
for a lot of years. It is one of my favorite.

The Christmas Ball on the right is new this year.
It was a gift from Deb and Riley, Deb's sister makes them,
and she had this one made for us. It is just perfect for in the
Stinger "B". Thank you, Deb and Riley!

A few Santa's from our collection.

Upper left: from our daughter, it has all our grandchildren's names
on it. I actually keep that one up all year. The cactus is also new
since we started RVing.

Upper left: I added this little tree this year. I did go to ceramic
class back in the day and do have the large one in storage.

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. 

 I decided it looked just right with my outside décor
on the table. So for now it has a home...🥰 

Sunset on December 26th

The Cargo Muchacho Mountains with the last 
of the sunlight hitting their peaks.

The last full moon of 2024
The "Cold Moon"

A Step Back in Time For Our Memory Book

A Ride in the Desert near Welton, Arizona

First a short mention about the the third and fourth day of our Twelve Days before Christmas Celebration. Friday, December 15, 2023 Third Day

On the third day, December 15th we had cheese and wine
in the Igloo. Deb and Riley put out a nice spread of cheese
and crackers. It was fun tasting the different cheeses and the
red and white wine.  

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.

The end of the light on the Cargo Muchacho

as the sun left our day.

Then we did have a little light orangish/pinkish afterglow. 

Sunday, December 17, 2023 (Our fifth day before Christmas)

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. 

Tom and I started our morning with Mass at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Yuma then we headed over to Welton to join the rest of the gang. 

Coming out the east side of Telegraph Pass. 

After a short hello we were off. Deb and Ken are with Jerry
in Elva's Jeep and Tom and I followed in our Jeep. 
Going through two short tunnels. 

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. 

 

Following the dust, I mean Elva's Jeep...lol,  ahead

we were headed to the Naked Date Restaurant.
You can rent a tent and spend the night in between the rows
of date trees. 

We stopped for lunch.

Afterwards, following the dust ahead again, we were off on 
the day's adventure.

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. 

I have no idea what the white glare is in the bottom right picture.

Checking out some tanks in the wash for water.

Do you see the face in the bottom right picture?

Stopping back at Elva and Jerry's to say thank you to Elva
for the use of her Jeep and lending us Jerry as a tour guide
for the afternoon ride. We had a wonderful time.

Life is good and we are enjoying our time parked out here in the desert off of Ogilby Road.

We are glad you stopped by!

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