Sista's Get Away

This is one of the best places we have eaten tacos at. The apple soda is so good too.
It took us a while to find this hidden eatery and it would have been good to be able to communicate in Spanish.
We are into avocados and chips and salsa! Yum!!

Venna brought us new pj's. I was trying to set my camera timer and get back to the pix. I never did make it and then my camera fell off the TV onto the tiled floor so I quit trying and was happy to have my camera still working even though I now have to hold down the lens cover and take 1 picture at a time.

Ensenada's carnival parade. We danced along with the crowd--and what a crowd!

Sunny beach and moist warm air. LaRee is showing off her seashells.

Sisters---On our way!! Susan's tooth is better now--see the swollen face?

BYU Hawaii VS Red Storm

Tonight a bunch of the Segler Family went to Carl Jr's to enjoy flame broiled hamburgers at 6p.m. Some of the gang didn't show so we ate without them.

We joined up at the Dixie College/Burns Arena to watch a competitive game between the Red Storm and BYU (do they have another name?)
Hawaii's #33 is Rick & Susan's daughter Shauna's husband --- Jermaine Odjegba.
Shauna, these pictures are for you.
The Sawyer's are a Panguitch basketball family.

The Hawaiians won the game and are the conference champs

The players took turns cutting down the game net.

BYU is dressed in Red and Dixie in white.
They were both energetic and fun to watch.
The ref's ran a tight calling game.

I think the girls are crazy to sit so close to the playing floor.
They are like the matadors to temp the bulls
and they had some near wipe outs.

The program said that Jermaine is 6'7"

Costco Muffins & Popcorn

While Chuck and I were at Costco I was hungry and so all the food looked good. It was too late in the day to eat the samples in lieu of dinner. I took a look at the muffins and found that the bakery has added a new variety. Raisin Bran! I can report that they are very good and I'm sure they are healthy too. All that fiber and nutrition---they must be. We've eaten muffins for breakfast all week and the only one left is a poppy seed.
Next time I might get the package with only bran muffins and then the chocolate ones won't be calling out to me.

I used the Costco coupon to try this box of popcorn. The bag popped clear full, which is better than the other bags I have been popping for the grandkids lately. Microwave popcorn tends to get old quickly and doesn't pop as well as when fresh.
I got the 94% fat free so that I wouldn't put on a pound every time I had some. My report is that it's also 94% less tasty than good home popped or a buttered movie tub. 28 bags to go.

What is your taste test report?

The Pocket

I forgot to put the pix of the pocket in the last post--it was long enough anyway.
This is the dam that was built to catch and hold water for cattle. The Whitney's must have built a pocket (water catchment) and then it was improved (some people say the original worked better) upon when the CCC projects were being done. It is built of cut stone (goodness knows there is no shortage of that in the area)and mortar/cement.
There is a spigot at the bottom of the dam.

I climbed to the top and found that the steps were built for long legs. Each riser was so tall that I really had to stretch to get myself up. It would have been easier if Pronsie hadn't been in my arms. When we got to the top step, I sat down and took a picture---then I looked down and saw how high I was and decided not to walk on the top or play around getting down.
Just look at Pronsies ear sticking out--it was scary!

This is the view right off the road. Lee and Drew are on top seeing what's on the other side.

Whitney Pockets/Gold Butte

There are so many place to see and explore that are not very far away. Chuck has been with the scouts and friends to these interesting places, but I never had until last weekend. We turned off at the Bunkerville exit and traveled about an hour off the freeway.

We found this camp spot at the end of the paved road. Isn't it gorgeous?

Our handsome guide showing us the petroglyphs

One of many petroglyphs

What a sky! It was supposed to rain on us--but sprinkled only a little.
A view of Lake Mead is in this photo.

An old mine--I won't tell you if anyone went in exploring, but Linda and Lee and Drew and I didn't. The large rocks are a soft granite. I told Chuck I would like him to cut me some countertop out of it.

Big rock everywhere--looks like a medieval movie could be filmed there

Lake Mead picture stop.
We saw a large herd of wild burros. I wanted to bring a little one home.

Let us know if you want to go next time we go down a road like this.

We've got to get our grandkids down to play on these rocks!
They could really fill their pockets.

Craft Project

I brought work home to do last night because it seems that I can't get it all done in a day sometimes. Some weeks I work and some weeks I play. This week Ryan and Chani took their little family to Anaheim so I went to work every day---That's a switch lately.
After supper Chuck and I put these little gate drive transformers on styro. Today I packaged them and sent them on a Fed Ex plane ride to Tyco in Massachusetts They go in some kind of safety products, like alarms. Chuck designed these little HL-8356's about 25 years ago and they are still a good selling item to go in power supplies.
This is the kind of craft projects that I have done for years. Holly actually made all of these parts. 1000 pcs. She has been busy !
This week we have shipped various inductors and transformers around the US, Shanghai China and South Korea. Business has slowed down, but we haven't been out of work. We count our blessings.

Hoover Dam

On the way home from Arizona we unhooked a trailer and left our rigs at Railroad Pass. We then pretended to be tourists and drove to Hoover Dam. Since our last trip (before 9/11) many changes have been made.
Take a look at the new bridge being constructed to span the Colorado River. It will be a breath taking ride when the project is finished.
There is a new copper colored restaurant and parking garage (with a $7.00 fee) terraced on the side of a hill. We could n0t park there because we had an empty gas can in the back--security said so. It was a great day for a long walk from the free parking on the other side of the dam. So glad we went! Sunshine and getting out and about is so good for the body and soul.

Grandma Geneva Segler

I thought about Grandma Segler yesterday as it was her birthday, February 9th. Before we said prayers last night I told Chuck that the date was a fun one--02/09/2009. He said 2/09/1909?
I said no, 2009. Then it hit me--Grandma was born 02/09/1908. It was her 101st birthday!
Walter and Geneva lived their lives in La Verkin. I loved them so!
We should be very good to our grandparents--we don't have them forever in this life---maybe if we're nice, we'll have them forever again.

Yuma

We drove from Quartzsite to Yuma (The lettuce capital of the USA) and checked into an RV park for a couple of nights. We splurged to be hooked up to electricity, sewer and water.

Laron and Linda took the prize for taking up the most parking spaces.

Hope our new Walmart will be landscaped this nicely.

Each RV parking pad had a little orange tree. Ours was loaded.
For part of our $45 a night we each picked one.

I thought the boys were ingenious in loading 2 Rhinos into 1 truck w/trailer.
It was 20 miles and $25 for each vehicle to enjoy the sand dunes.

The US border fence and patrol. Laron was asking if they know Jed Hirschi.
The guard told us about the activity over the fence and onto the freeway.
Linda reads her book every time the Rhino stops.

Did you know that a Rhino can climb a tree?

The dunes went on for miles and on both sides of the freeway.

The dunes are full of big bowls and tall steep hills that you could get stuck or lost in.

This is a picture of my riding buddy--he even let me drive for a while.
He says that I am so lucky---and I am!

Old Enough to Enjoy Quartzsite

We finagled an invitation to be in a trailer-toting caravan group of friends to sunny Quartzsite, Arizona. We spent the Martin L King long weekend dry camped on BLM land outside of town. We had so much fun that we want to go again next year.

We spent Thursday night at Vidal Jctn at the Nevada/ California/Arizona border.
Friday morning we followed Karl until he saw a mile marker that he liked --then we turned off the highway; claimed our desert campsite; circled the trailers and set up. Leveling a trailer sure is easier than setting up a tent.
It wasn't long before we set out for town to see the sampling of seller's wares.

The weather was in the 70's.
We sat around the campfire every night and visited.
We had suppers and some other meals together and everyone pitched in with great food.
Now I'm struggling to get that newly gained 6 pounds off. Why is it possible to gain
6 pounds in 10 days and 2 weeks of dieting awards only a 2 pound loss???

Sunday after church-- relaxing after 2 days of heavy playing and shopping.

My 60th birthday! I entered a new decade. Watch out! It may happen to you someday.

We did not see the whole array of booths, but we walked miles and saw oodles.

After I saw Laron in his new hat, I took Chuck along to get one shaped for him.

We found that there really is Quartz there--Chuck picked up several pieces off the ground around the campsite.
On Monday morning 9 couples left for home. Chuck & I and Laron & Linda stayed spent the rest of the week in Quartzsite, Yuma and Havasu City.