February 2015

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY!  Another great gathering.  Pictured are Gary, Kathy, Ron, Flor, Nita, Ken, John, MJ, Ron, Wanda, Lew, Jim, Peggy, Andy and Linda.

"Larson's Fish Fiesta" gathering.  Linda and Larry Larson provided all the goodies for this gathering.  They come from Washington State and had goodies like Shrimp, Crab and Fish that they caught during the Summer - and the bonus was some Elk sausage for starters.  They also do the hunting!  We all enjoyed everything.

The girls having a little too much fun at the Larson's Fish Fiesta.  Not pictured is the empty tequila bottle that came before this one!

Every February we have a big parade in the Foothills to celebrate the founders of our community.  Back in the 1960's Hank began to develop the Foothills area East of Yuma.  Without him we would not have this wonderful place to spend our Winters!

Our "Idaho Gathering" celebrates our RV friends that come from Idaho.  We have known and traveled with these people for years!  Pictured are Arvin and Pat Spofford, Alma and Frank Marvin, and us.

The "Farrar's Chicken Feed" gathering.  Another wonderful gathering with all our friends.  This gathering was provided by Ron and Wanda Farrar - including a beautiful cake for dessert!  It is great to have such good friends!!!!

January 2015

January always brings our FMCA Western Area Rally in Indio California.  This year it was themed "Out of this World".  The parade was great as was getting to see lots of people we haven't seen in a while.

Our first gathering of 2015.  Lots of familiar faces and a couple new one's.  Pictured are Linda, Andy, Gary, Kathy, Ken, Nita, John MJ, Linda and Larry.  

December 2014

Getting ready for Christmas!  We absolutely love our outdoor living room!!!!!

More Family comes to visit - Linda's Brother Lawrence.

Another beautiful desert sunset!!!  We are blessed with many of these through out the Winter.

More Family!  This time it is a visit by Daughter Dianna and her family.  Pictured are Boyfriend Martin, Grandaughter Camille, Martin's daughter Saraya and Son MJ, Andy, Daughter Dianna and Linda.

Prime Rib is in the oven getting ready for our Christmas Gathering!

  Yum Yum!!!

Christmas Day Gathering 2014

Pictured is Linda, Andy, Ken, Nita, MJ, John, Linda and Larry ( with pups Lucy and Austin).  Our Winter Family is almost complete.

We wish all our friends and family a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Our New Year's Eve Gathering.  Of course we watched the ball drop in New York and called it a night!  A great time was had by all.  You know all the names by now, but just to remind you - Pictured are Nita, Ken, John, Larry, MJ, Linda, Lew, Andy and Linda.

November 2014

Our first gathering of the season!  It is great to be back at our Winter Home with our friends.  Pictured are John, MJ, Lew, Nita, Ken, Andy and Linda

Visit from Son AJ - it is always nice when Family comes to visit!

Getting the new car set up for towing.  If you are in Yuma and need help with stuff like this, Southwest Driveline is a great place to go.  They were very knowledgeable and efficient.  

We made the step up to the AirForce One system on the car - very easy to hookup - a lot easier than our old system.

Our second gathering of the season - more people are here this time.  We love getting together with our Friends.  This is our Thanksgiving Gathering.  Pictured are Linda, John, Ken, Nita (with Katie and Kelly), MJ (with Austin), Lew (with Nancy), Andy, Flor and Ron.

October 2014 - Catching up

We had a visit by friends Peggy and Jim Grich.

After 16 1/2 years, we finally got a new car!  2015 GMC Terrain.  White is better than the black one to attempt to keep clean - and this one with the Air Force One supplemental braking system will be much easier to tow behind the Coach.

After not posting for over 9 months to this blog, I am hoping to get it back up to date and keep it that way.  With Facebook it is so easy to keep everyone updated on our travels and adventures.  If you are on Facebook and want to be friends, please let us know.

Finally up to date and settling in!

 

 

Getting settled in - enjoying a Charger's WIN!

 

 

My new discovery - awesome Jalapeno Poppers with - what else - great Oregon Beer!

 

 

What is this?  We never see this here in the desert - well not too often.  This was about all it amounted to and everything was dry in about an hour - but it was nice while it lasted.

 

 

Yea!  Our first "guests" of this season - good friends Diane and Ray stop by on their way back to their Winter Home in San Diego.

 

 

While we were gone, a brand new Brew Pub opened.  We just had to go check it out!  Delicious Wasach Hoppin Jalapeno Cream Ale with their "the Wrecker" sandwich.  Pub Chips and large Curly Fries - absolutely yummy!  This was only half the order - it was a good thing we split the sandwich - it was enough for sure.  A combination of Brisket, Pork and smoked Sausage with Slaw - it is already on the list of things to do again and again and again.....

 

Now that this Blog is finally up to date, I have high hopes of keeping it that way.  We will see how that goes.  We had a wonderful Summer and are both looking forward to another terrific Winter here in our little piece of paradise!

 

 



September 2014

 

 

 

Return to Juniper's Reservoir - our favorite little fishing camp.  This is the beginning of our "trek" back to the Desert Southwest.

 

 

Lots of wild life to check out - even the cows are fun to watch.

 



 

Time of the year for the "round-up"!  This working cattle ranch does things the old fashioned way - on horseback!

 

 

Is this where they say "move 'em out"?  We thought that we were in the middle of their cattle drive, but the cows just went around us like we weren't there.  The Cowboys were fun to watch.

 

 

Opps!  An escapee!!!  This Cowboy had to go all the way around the resevoir to herd this runaway back into the fold.

 

 

Finally a fish!  With only two days to fish this trip, we were getting afraid of being skunked.

 

 

Fish number 2 - another Rainbow Trout.

 

 

Fish number 3 - yet another Rainbow Trout.  Things are looking up!

 

 

End of day 1 - count is Andy - 3 Rainbow Trout, Linda - ZERO!

 

Friends Diane and Ray join us for some fishing fun!

 

 

Linda finally got a fish!

 

 

Ray got a Catfish!  Was beginning to think no Cats were left - glad we were wrong.

 

 

Good friends having great times!

 

 

Another Trout for Linda!

 

And another Trout for Andy

 

 

Yada, Yada, Yada!

 

 

More Yada, Yada!  Didn't get a group picture this day, but the count was Andy = 3 Rainbow Trout, Linda = 2 Rainbow Trout, and Ray = 1 Catfish.

 

Fun and some good eating down the road.  Time to head out in the morning.  We really enjoyed spending time with Diane and Ray - just wish it had been longer!

 

 

 Back to our "overnight" site in beautiful Hawthorne Nevada - good pizza at the Old Nevada Pizza Company and a safe "free" place to park for the night.

 

 

 "Home" for the next three weeks.  Back in our great spot at the Las Vegas Thousand Trails RV park.

 

 

 We enjoyed an overnight stay by my (Linda's) Brother Lawrence.  Had a good time catching up during his short visit.

 

 

Gathering of some of our relatives while in Las Vegas.  Pictured is Cousin Clifford, Bill, Me, Toni, Andy, Cousin Carolyn, and Gloria.  Clifford and Gloria are Carolyn's parents, Bill is Carolyn's Husband, Toni is also a Cousin.  Bill and Carolyn are visiting from New York City, Clifford and Gloria are visiting from New Jersey and Toni lives in Las Vegas.

 

 

Pictures of more Cousins in Vegas.  Some visiting from Kentucky and California - and of course Jay and Lema who live in Vegas.

 

Lots of fun with family!

 

 

Home Sweet "Winter" Home!  After a long day, with a delightful stop in Lake Havasu City to visit friends, we arrived and got parked just at dark, so just pulled in on the "easy" side of the lot.  This morning the clean-up begins!  Nothing too bad, just mostly dirt.  Glad to be back in our beautiful Desert Southwest and looking forward to another wonderful Winter!