Men's Softball Champs

The Hurricane Valley championship games were tonight. This is a picture of the winning team.

A great game to watch! Just enough gore and excitement to keep us cheering back and forth.
1st and 2nd place teams were both fun to see use their physical strengths and teamwork.

Kolby took a hard hit to the head before the game. Look at his left temple. Jarvis rolled his ankle, Nathan saved a run and left his leg skin on second base and jammed his thumb stopping a heavy hitter's grounder. There were probably more injuries that I didn't see.

All for the love of the game-----just look at those smiles.

Chuck and I were huddled on the bleachers trying to keep warm in tonight's cool turned weather.
I'm going to start carrying blankets in the trunk again. It felt so funny leaving the house with shoes and socks and jackets. Some people were wrapped in sleeping bags and other paraphernalia.

There's Gold in Them There Hills!

Quakie leaves scattered on the ground look like beautiful gold coins.
Chuck and I got up early Saturday morning to travel North on I15 about 62 miles to see some back country.

We enjoyed breakfast breakfast at the Parowan Cafe (it's like stepping back in time) with Don and Teresa, Steve and Susan, Venna and Ken, Newell and Kristina and Jacob and Ellie. They were fun riding buddies. We took an all day trip from Parowan, over the mountain to Panguitch Lake, down through Paragoona and back to Parowan.

Yankee Meadows Lake

Ken/Ven On the drive to Panguitch Lake
I pushed the cancel box at the wrong time and lost the rest of this post.
It's long enough anyway. I did it twice so I'm going to bed before I have to completely start over.

Road Trip

Thursday Chuck and I headed for his Lund hideout.
We took a futon and hung drapes.

Next work project will be counter tops and sink and stove.

After watering trees and chasing off a coyote,
we took the dirt road to Cedar then up Highway 14 to the cabin

This is a sampling of how the leaves are putting on a show right now over Cedar Mountain.

This is where the deer and antelope roam in herds. Antelope were in Lund too, but they were one by one.

When we woke up this morning we named about 3 things we could do. We chose going to Panguitch and we were glad we did.
Susan's flowerbed in Panguitch--flowers love it there

We went to see Garret's new house and took a good pix of his old truck.

2 week old Lainey Sue and her Granny. She's being blessed this Sunday.

I could get used to this .GOV stuff .
Another set of fine days.

Hope you have some too! XOXO

Dice VS Valium

When life gets hectic and stress mounts up, it's good to let your hair down and shake it up with friends. BUNKO at Chani's tonight was a good time. She had Cafe Rio type salads ready for us.
It was a lucky night for me. I brought the Bunko prize home.

Meridy won this cute magnetic board for Most Wins

Zach's Rook Hand

We have a Rook challenge at our house. Chuck and I used to be able to get a higher score than the kids. Now we've mentored 6 other couples that like to whomp us!
The green 13 might look like it weakens his hand, but Shella had the green 14.

Slowpoke

Remember the Arthur Godfrey rendition of the song Slowpoke? Remember Arthur Godfrey?
I do---and that really dates me.
I've been a real slowpoke finishing my cowpoke post.
Scanning the digital library of our July RV UT.NV.GOV. trip has been fun today. Photos set such good memories into our minds.

We used our passports

2 of the 6 RV's we followed--rolling along--
the Eagle trailer was just a wanna be.

We made it to Calgary! Stayed in an RV park and rode the shuttle to town.

One of these cowboys is Cody Wright

The view from the stadium window

My tired cowboy

Lake Moraine

Karl & Terrie

Scenery like this caused me to take over 700 photos

Visitor's Welcome---Look at all of the 4 legged afternoon nappers

He thought the view would be be better from the roof

Dinner in Cranbrook.
Lee & Klea, Dan & Melody, Laron & Linda, Karl & Terrie, Chuck & Cheryl.
Carol & Howard had just turned back for home.
Good Friends! Love you all.

The Canadian--US Border shaved into the mountain side
We camped in Idaho, Montana, and Canada.
Experienced Banff, Jasper/Whistler & Watertown Lakes Canadian Nat'l Parks.
Drove through gorgeous farmlands and countrysides in the US.
Just short of 2 weeks we headed for home.

UT.NV.GOV.RV.____? We're working on that.
(Utah Nevada Geezers On Vacation -- Recreating in some sort of Vehicle )

RV Trip

Fort Hall, Idaho
Family Home Evening with great friends.
6 couples met Monday morning at 7 am for the first day of 13.
Laron & Linda
Karl & Terrie
Dan & Melody
Lee & Klea
Howard & Carol

Pot luck supper in the RV park.

It took about double time to get to Idaho because of the stops we made. We stopped in Beaver for curd cheese. Cabella's at Thanksgiving Point was exciting for the men. This is a pix of Chuck in the aquarium section. So many fresh water fish--we couldn't name them all. These are the little ones.


The next day we drove through Idaho Falls and a lot of beautiful farm country to get to Victor, Idaho, where we stayed in another RV park. We drove 24 miles to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where we rode the tram/gondola to the top of the world (eye level with the Grand Teton).
We also went to the Bar J Wrangler's Dinner and show.

Laron and Linda in the tram.

Yep, we're having fun traveling the rural highways and the freeways, seeing the beautiful summer scenery in a caravan. I'll post again when I get a few minutes and the internet at the same time. I'd better get the corn off the stove and head down for another pot luck supper.
We spent today in Banff. Can you believe it?
We're trying to come up with a name for us. Any ideas? Not just for this group of 6 couples, but for anyone that wants to tag along too.