Ridge Coffee Cake? Happy Hour

 Park Place RV Park

On Wednesday, Jan. 28th it was once more after 7 when I came downstairs. Walking at 8 was not even a consideration this morning. It was a chilly start, only 37F/2C.

Good morning!

Bill left for the field.  Gibbs and I sat together while I had a cup of tea and half a grapefruit. At 8:30, we went for his walk. I wasn't dressed appropriately enough and rushed him around more than usual. 

This is probably the most we saw
of the blue sky all day and it didn't last.
It was 9 am.

He said hello to Sue before we came in to the warmth of the Suite. I had coffee and Rhubarb coffeecake with 10 others.  It was my Ridge rhubarb made into a delicious treat.  

From scratch, Sue made
a yummy Rhubarb coffee cake,

After lunch Bill went to run a few errands.  Propane, diesel, bank and a truck run to clear the exhaust.  I did more quilling, made another greeting card and started on some bookmarks. 

For an upcoming birthday,
turned out better than
I thought.

At 3 we went outside to our gazebo for Happy Hour with friends Ken, Kim, Dave, Joan, Tom and Deb. Gibbs joined us too. 🤗 There was a lot of conversation, a few pictures and much laughter.  

Happy Hour L to R
Tom, Ken, Dave, Joan, Deb, Kim, Pat.
Fun single digit names, right? 😂

Gibbs was the best boy
and won Joan's heart.

By 5: 20 we broke it up and said goodbye. It was time as Bill's and my feet were feeling cold. The sun never did make an appearance today and with a breeze, we were lucky to reach the forecasted 68F/18C.

The tacos were very good.
I didn't have sour cream so
yogourt worked just fine.

We had tacos for supper and a cookie for dessert. They are quite tasty. I watched a couple of episodes of The Wall for a change while I worked on my blog. 

Too many clouds for
a sunset tonight so...
here's a little sunshine.
Good night!

This has been a great day. Thank you for popping by 

A Quiet Sunday and First Happy Hour!

Park Place RV Resort

On Sunday, Nov. 2nd we all slept in again. No change of time here in Arizona, meaning we are only 2 hours earlier than home time now. I was awake at 6 and Gibbs and Bill woke up at 6:30. That's a switch!

Good morning!

I tooked the last load of laundry over to the clubhouse. This would finish up that chore for the week. Bill went to Jim's and picked up the speaker boxes and took them to the field. 

Bill's plane rests under the Suite

We have been killing these
critters since we left home.
Where are they hiding?

While he was there, I finished laundry and after he returned, I went to work on the puzzle.

While I worked on the puzzle,
Angie worked on her Diamond Art.
This is what I hope Pat gets interested in.

We had lunch together and he still had more organizing to do with his airplanes. I got lost in paper quilling for an hour or so and it felt great. At 2:30, we'd packed a cooler with drinks and we drove out to Roadrunner blm, outside of the town.

My little set up where the sofabed
used to be. Yay!

Tom and Deb arrived on Friday and have a nice little spot out in the desert. 

Top picture is looking down Keuhn St.
It will look a whole lot different in
just a month.
Bottom pictures is looking out from
Tom and Deb's spot in the desert.

It was great to see them, as always, and we had a wonderful 2 1/2 hour visit before Bill and I returned home to Gibbs. The little guy was happy to see us and greeted us with 'Goat' in his mouth. 💕

This is a 14 day campground
but currently, the camp host is not on duty.

For supper, we had air fried shrimp and deep fried fries. Sounds greasy but it was not. It was delicious and besides, we love the fat content! 😀 After clean up we watched a movie together. It was Christmas themed but different than most so I watched too.

Cheers!
Our first Happy Hour of 2025.
Still making memories.

It was a great day, still in the low 90's/30's. Our laundry is done and tomorrow we'll meet the managers for our first 'meeting'. 

As we were leaving Roadrunner BLM
this sky caught my attention

Yummy supper.

I hope your day was just as nice.

And so it begins - again.
good night!

Thank you for the visit.

Getting Active, Beautiful Day!

 Yuma Lakes RV Resort

On Tuesday, Mar. 18th, I woke up feeling better than the previous day. All good news! Without making too much of a fuss about it, or getting too excited, I went about my day and made my tea and had cereal and banana. When my tea was finished, I took Gibbs for a walk around the front (east) end of the park. What a gorgeous day! We will be about 7 degrees cooler today than Monday but with sunny skies, that equals perfect!

Good morning!

Our love bug squeezes up in behind
Daddy this time.

Shortly after 9, Bill and I took our coffee over to the north hill where the bocce ball courts are set up. We joined others, totaling 10 of us, and played 5 games. There is a bit of variation of the game but nothing that discouraged us at all. It was just different until we got used to it. Ken had also joined us and although I think it was only 2 games that I won, Bill won 3 of his.😀 It's all for fun and that is exactly what we had. We keep saying that we need to set up a court on the Ridge but have yet to follow through on that.

It was a fun morning.
Tomorrow is shuffleboard!

Back home, Bill started working on a blog and I sat outside before taking myself for a walk. I wanted to check out the clubhouse again and see the pool. I was pleased to see a puzzle on the go although, I wasn't pleased with HOW it was being done. You know me, border first, border first, border first! Oh well, they had worked on the easy parts first so I had to do the border before settling in. It didn't take long and I was back home for lunch with Bill. I don't think this 500-pc. puzzle will take long.

Top picture made me grit my teeth. 😅
Bottom right is how I left it at noon.

I finished the soup and had a lettuce and cheese sandwich alongside. Bill dozed after lunch, as did Gibbs, and then at 2 I walked to the pool. Bill wasn't sure if he was going with me but decided against it. He isn't one for sitting poolside so stayed and worked on his blog. You can check it out here. I was alone at the pool until the last 40 minutes when an older gentleman came in and did his 30 minute water exercises. One lady who walked by said it was like my own personal yard. I wish!! 😂

This Aloe Vera plant is lovely!

It felt wonderful, the sun, the water and the hour and a half I spent. The park has replaced all the old hard plastic loungers with zero gravity chairs so I stretched out in one and totally relaxed. Maybe that was my downfall later but I enjoyed it while I was there. When I returned, Bill and I joined Ken and Kim at their site and had another entertaining Happy Hour. 

It's a great pool and hot tub
Bottom picture, the horses are out again!
I love this creativity each time we come here.

At 6, I came back and started supper. Tonight is spaghetti with peppers, onions and mushrooms in the sauce and it was delicious. The leftovers are always nice too. ❤️ We cleaned up the pots and I settled in to finish my blog while watching some NCIS reruns until Doc came on at 9 DMT. Today has been a wonderful day, reaching 76F/25C, with some winds to boot. It felt quite perfect to me. I hope you experienced some warmer days where you are, even if only temporary.

Yummy!
Good night!

Thank you for popping by.

A Gray Day Brightened Up

Park Place RV Park

On Friday, Mar. 14th I woke up at 6:45, rolled over and found Gibbs stretched out beside me sound asleep. Usually, as soon as I move the tiniest bit, he is right there ready to 'pounce'. Well, not really pounce, but ready to at least give me hugs and kisses. 💕 I rolled over and had completed a couple of my stretches before he even noticed. The second surprising thing was how good I felt, right from the get-go. No pain whatsoever! Ssssh.

Good morning!

I got up and made the bed before joining Bill downstairs. It was another chilly morning so Bill turned the furnace on to warm the Suite and mainly the floors. We've packed the Blue Flame heater away so had the extra blanket pulled up last night. I slept incredibly well! We had our cereal and hot drinks together before I harnessed up the little bum and off we went. Wow! Was that wind ever cold. Not chilly, cold! I needed my hood up and the hoody zipped right up to my neck. It was a south wind so I was surprised it wasn't warmer. The 41F/8C didn't help either.

the colours are better in person
but I'm just winging it with what I have on hand.

This morning, I worked on my cross stitch and gee, I guess not much else. I did call our Mexican dentist to confirm our appointments and to change the nature of mine. What they had me down for, I decided not to have done. No big deal - but I did not want another 'deep-cleaning' this trip. We go on Monday, early in the morning. I still need a cleaning and an extraction (yikes!) so it's still a visit. We also need to pick up more of my shingles pills, that will be the hilight. 😀

For lunch, we had bacon and eggs and then we went right back to what we were doing earlier. I did not feel the need or desire to go to work on the puzzle today. The weather was not even conducive to being outdoors for very long. If it wasn't raining, it was just too darn windy. Not as bad as yesterday but under the cloudy skies, not a comfortable outdoor Arizona day at all. So we stayed inside.

Another hot lunch

It was really nice to welcome Ken and Kim for an indoor Happy Hour today. We all wanted to discuss the whole 'Canadian border crossing' requirements and put some of our (Bill's and mine mostly) panic to rest. The 2 1/2 hour discussion did just that. We feel so much better. With rumours flying around plus helpful tips from outside avenues, we now feel we know what to expect and how to handle it all. Thank you, guys, that was a great visit. Plus, it gave me an excuse to use up the last of my pina colada mix - with whiskey! Yummy! 

I don't often credit my own photography ability
BUT
after Kim being away for a week, I think I captured
a really sweet picture here. 💗

For supper, we had fish and chips (broccoli for me), and it was perfectly cooked. Sometimes, the timing is off for one item or the other. We both are responsible for part of this meal and today we did good! 

Easy Friday night supper
It was good!

After cleanup, I managed a couple of pictures of the sunset out our window but didn't bother running out. Gibbs was such a good little guy today, not bothering our guests tooo much. 💖 He just loves everybody!

This is the best I could get from the window.

We watched some tv and during the evening I relished how well I felt ALL day. Have I finally beaten this sciatica 'thing'? Maybe not completely, but each day I notice such improvements. If it hadn't been so cold this morning, I would have gone for the big walk. I'm so grateful. We only reached a high of 54F/12C but expect a big jump tomorrow in our temperature. Yes! We were almost equal to Priceville's high by mid day. I'm sure it felt great for them. I still say it was a great day, turned from a gray one to a bright spot this afternoon with our company.

Does anyone recognize this place?
We have a month for this to disappear.
Good night!

Thank you for your visit!

 

Laundry, A Bit of Pack Up, Happy Hour in the Desert

Park Place RV Park 

On Sunday, Mar. 9th I woke up feeling pretty fair at 6:30. Gibbs and I stretched a bit on the bed and then we got up to help sort laundry. It was 7 when we walked the clothes over to start laundry. First ones, as usual. 😀 Bill had a calm day for flying and wanted to get one more flight in, if possible. I transferred the clothes and sat to work on the puzzle for a bit while waiting for the dryer to finish.

Good morning!
Another benefit from getting out
at 7 am.

Everything was folded and back home by 9:30. I finished with my blocking techniques on the floor and felt wonderful! I took Gibbs for his walk. What a lovely morning! A blue sky with nary a cloud in sight. The temperature was going to improve today and I could already feel heat coming on. 💕 Gibbs wanted to sit outside when we returned so crawled into his bed in the gazebo and I sat in the folding chair in the sun. This chair is the most comfortable, hard as opposed to the softer lawn chairs. 

No wind at all this morning.

Finished

We sat out there until Bill returned at 11:30 and there was not a peep from Gibbs until Black Beauty rounded the corner. He was so excited! 😂 We had our lunch and I left my boys to have their snooze and walked over to finish the puzzle. It was an easy one but I enjoyed it a lot. Our time here is diminishing but maybe I can squeeze one more puzzle in before we depart. 

I do miss seeing the beautiful saguaros
so going to Roadrunner blm gives me my fix.

Ken, Bill, Tom, Deb
Cheers!

We were going to join our friends, Ken, Tom and Deb at Roadrunner BLM for Happy Hour so after taking Gibbs for his walk, we gave him his treat to look after the house and left before 3. The day did get hotter, as forecasted, so we were happy sitting in the shade of Stinger B's awning and shade screen. We had a nice visit and a few beverages until shortly after 5. We'd planned a simple supper, knowing we could be late. Grilled cheese sandwiches, mine with keto bread and sliced onion. It was tasty and filling. 

Yes, the Indian is still sleeping.
A Paramotor glides over our site back home.

Tasty and quick

when I held my phone up to the west
facing window to get the sunset,
this was the result!
awesome!!

We reached 80F/27C before it began dropping off. Tonight we'll be watching The Floor and whatever we get into before bedtime. It has been a great Sunday! By the way, Arizona does not practice Daylight Savings Time, hasn't since 1968, so while others are adjusting their manual time pieces, we only take note that we are now 3 hours different than our home province of Ontario. 

Ready for something adorable?
I've been watching the bald eagle nest LIVE
at Big BearValley.
Good night!

Thank you for taking the time to see what we're up to.

Yacht Club, Rainbow Acres, Happy Hour

Park Place RV Park

On Friday, Feb. 7^th I knew before I got out of bed that I was not going to walk this morning. Just as a precaution or preventative medicine, I guess. 😊 I made my tea when I came downstairs and sat with Gibbs while Bill got ready to go to the field. He doubted there would be any flying done; the temperature was nice at 60F/16C but the winds were a little high.

Good morning!
I take no credit for these pictures.
Bill slipped out and took them for me
before I even came downstairs. 💖💖

As it turned out, he was right, no one flew. He spent time with a pilot friend, helping him set up 3 planes, and said he’d be home by noon. I took Gibbs for a walk around the park perimeter and he decided on the longer route. That was okay, as it was better to walk a bit rather than none. I felt pretty good when I made my bp coffee and walked over to work on the puzzle.

It was a mixture of clouds and clear sky today.
The winds, as you can see by the 'telltale' flag,
were picking up.

I was a bit surprised to see 2 other ladies working on it when I walked in. One from the park behind us, she was there with her sister, a guest in this park. I don’t mind at all, I just sat down and carried on where I was working with them. 😊

At noon, I left the one sister to it and came home to have lunch with Bill. He surprised me and suggested we go out for lunch since we had running around up town. Our first thought was Mountain Quail Café but it was overloaded with people. We had a second choice and were happy to pull into an empty parking lot at the Yacht Club. They opened at 12 noon and it was 12:05.

At The Yacht Club, our waiter, Matt, was very
pleasant and told us the club is open for 2 months only.

We had the 2-pc. fish and chips special for lunch, knowing that it was to be our supper as well. I meant to order onion rings as a substitute but we placed our order quickly and I forgot! Bill was sweet enough to run after him later to see if I could substitute but it was too late so he ordered me a side dish anyway. ♥ Needless to say, everything tasted great and I brought home a piece of fish and some rings.

Some of our favourite homes at
Rainbow Acres.
Not all of them are this nice, nor are they all sticks and bricks.
Lots of rvs on purchased lots too.

With a quick stop at the Surplus store (for lack of a better name) I walked out with 6 Janet E’s books. They were $2 each. I’m slowly getting through the stories of Stephanie Plum. Next, we took a drive to Rainbow Acres, a residential RV-type neighbourhood to the west of I-95 and south of Main Street. It was a day of yard sales in the ‘park’ but we weren’t there to shop. We just drove around and admired some of the homes in this large community.

The drive to and from Rainbow Acres
took us back into the desert.
It is very pretty.

The white fluffy clouds add to the pictures,
I think. 

We left there and, on the way, home we made a quick stop at Coyote Fresh for a couple of necessary food items. With just an hour and a half to spare, I walked to the puzzle to contribute, on my own this time. 

I believe this will easily be finished in the morning,
but I can't take credit for all of it this time. 

At 3, we drove out to Roadrunner to have Happy Hour with Ken, Kim, Duncan & Patty. K & K were moving on tomorrow so this was our last visit for a few weeks.

It was nice to see our friends again.

The drive home from Roadrunner,
I like how this cloud is hovering right over the mountain.
The shadow turns the mountain black.

We were back home just after 5 and I took Gibbs around the park. The ache I felt in my leg after sitting in the lawn chair for 2 hours dissipated as we walked. 😊 Bill and I decided we weren’t hungry for anything other than snacks tonight so had some potato chips with cheddar cheese. We watched the newest episode of NCIS:Sydney and then I watched Fire Country live as well. This has been a great day. We reached a high of 77F/25C and it did stay windy most of the day.

Good night!

Thank you for stopping by.