Day 3 and Home

The Ridge

On Sunday, Aug. 24th we were awake at 6 and up around 6:30. Duncan is an early riser so was already up and in the Kitchen Bunky. 

Good morning!

We had breakfast and our tea and coffee with him and then Patty joined us around 8. Bedtime is early there, so I was surprised that I slept in even that long. Of course, I never sleep the same in other beds. 

Duncan had told us that we would
get awakened by the sunrise through
our windows if we weren't up yet.
Even though we'd been up,
I had to get a picture anyway.

I caught the beautiful rising of the sun across the river, just gorgeous to watch. We were packed and in the boat, (he needs to name it!) by 9:15. The 40 minute journey across the water was cool for Patty and I, sitting on the bow, but it was quite bareable.

Their sleep Bunky is no bigger than ours 
but it has a nice porch for sitting and looking
at the river with a coffee. 💗

We said our goodbye, used the facilities at the marina and headed back at 10:15. We'd given Gibbs his Gravol pill at 7 and after getting off the boat, which he doesn't mind at all, he was totally quiet on Ptooties.🥰

We packed up our things in the
Nipissing Room

My heart is full with these
special boys.
Sitting in the Kitchen after breakfast.

I don't know how I missed this pix
from yesterday's post.
Duncan and Bill cleaned up the
supper dishes for us without even
a hint from us!

We stopped for a filling and delicious (& expensive) take out fish and chips lunch at 11:30 and then after a stop for fuel, arrived home at 3 pm. We had a wonderful weekend!

Bill's pictures

Docking to unload

Some pictures of our drive home.

This was a good meal
The fries especially!

The traffic was quite busy on the
main roads. We avoided Wasaga Beach
this time, not sure why our gps took us
that way on the way out.

We were unloaded and unpacked by 3:30 and both rested for the remainder of the day. Friends and family were notified of our safe retirement and a few zzzzz's dropped by.  😂😴

Pulling into our lane
around 3 pm.

This little guy didn't eat since Thursday
night but cleaned up his food dish when
we got home. Funny puppies.
Good night!

No need for a big supper so may just have dessert. 

Thank you for stopping by!

Yoga Poses, Sun sitting, Up, Up and Away, Last Day

La Posa South LTVA

On Wednesday, Nov. 30^th the day started off the same as our last 7 days have. We got up together a bit later though. It was almost 8 when we were making the bed. 

What felt cool when I started out,
warmed up and  I returned with my jacket undone

I got dressed and took little Lazy Leroy (oh yah, we have all kinds of names for him ♥) for his walk. It lasted less than 10 minutes and when we returned, Bill was just hopping in the shower.

Here you are witnessing the
4-legged "I've gone far enough" stance
The stick straight shadow tells it all

You've seen our front yard
this messy brush is our back yard
with a young Saguaro fighting for space and sun

I’d debated waiting to go further but since he was occupied, I decided to get my morning steps in. One of my commenters asked “Magic Circle?” after others had commented about me getting lost back in that ‘neck of the woods. So, here is an explanation, of sorts. Beyond us, further to the southwest, is a 3 ½ mile area for campers willing and wanting to live in a clothing optional campground. 😉

I hope you can read this
There are a few signs spread to the various
entrances

I prefer clothes, well, unless I’m on the Ridge – alone – or with Bill, so even though in the morning I wouldn’t come across any nudists, I have no need to enter. I found a Labyrinth of the circle but wasn’t at a good enough angle to get a picture. They have also set up a 9-hole disc golf course as well, which is pretty cool. They used to have a much smaller area but, when it was discovered how clean they kept the area, they were offered more land.

Speaking of which, La Posa South and probably most LTVA and blm land campers practice the ‘take out what you bring in’ motto. I never see garbage around here. That says a lot! 

It was a pretty morning
The mountains, some in sun and some in black shadow

This morning, some of my pictures feature yoga poses but not any that I’ve done. See if you agree when you look at my few saguaro cacti pictures that are filtered through the writing.

This has to be 
'Downward Dog'

I returned home with about 4,500 steps in and planned to get out later to at least reach my 6,000 daily step goals. This was a wonderfully hot day for our last one so I planned to spend a lot of it outdoors with my book and some of it with my sweeties. ♥ We had our drinks and breakfast together and then we went outside. Bill was in no hurry to pack things up outside as we would have a couple of hours in the morning to do that before pulling out.

Here we have a few more poses
Sky reaching pose in the back
Maybe Child's pose in the middle
Mountain pose in the front left

This pose? This is me after an hour of Yoga
The "I can't do anymore stretches!" pose 😉

He got his drone out and after charging the battery, took it up to get some pictures over our area. I like it when he does that. His pictures are at the bottom of my post.

A lazy afternoon, just what we all wanted

Gibbs was outside with me a lot of the day and around 3, we went for our afternoon stroll. That turned into a longer walk than he has made in a while. I was duly impressed! I let him walk and sniff as much as he wanted and it was Gibbs who made the decision to go indoors.

A quiet afternoon doing our own thing together

What is that, Daddy?
It's been a while since Gibbs has seen it

Since it's our last day, I'm glad Bill got his drone out

It's up there but hard to see until he brought
it down a few feet

Instead of a cup of tea, I poured myself a Diet Mountain Dew and started my post. For supper, we’re having fish and chips so Bill can put the barbecue away. It goes into the basement first so I try to plan a meal the night before travel that doesn’t require grilling. 😊 

Fries and pollock filets

For dessert, of course we had to have pumpkin cheesecake. This has been a wonderful day, reaching 68F/20C and I’ve enjoyed every bit of it.

Gibbs checking out the drone
really close

Bill had the drone take a few pictures

I finished my Kill Alex Cross book this afternoon so will move on to the next one. We’ve had a great time here in the desert, even without power, but we’re both ready for the ‘royal treatment’ of hookups. The evening was quiet, spent together, which is the best way.

This rv is across the wash (in the middle)
behind us

This is us in the front
The dark lines you see in the pictures are rocks

Us again in the front

A wider angle of the desert around us
I hope you enjoy the view as we do
Good night!

Thank you for your visit on our last day in La Posa South!

Enjoying our Last Day, Organizing my Book Lists, Still on the Windy Side

Pilot Knob LTVA

Thursday, Nov. 10^th we followed our usual routine when we have no place to be. We are getting lazy but that’s why I enjoy the walks when I can get out. After our tea and coffee, Gibbs and I went for a nice one to the east looking for new smells. It was a warm 53F/12C and the sky is clear, making for another great day out here.

Bill took these two pictures for me
a couple of days ago
when he took Gibbs out
The moon was saying goodbye

the sun was yet to make an appearance

Then I got this one when Gibbs and I went for our first
walk today

This is our last day before we move into a full hookup park and we’re looking forward to that. Neither of us were hungry enough for breakfast so waited until noon hour when we made ourselves a sandwich. 

Our footprints n the sandy desert

What a lovely morning!

Mine was in the form of a quesadilla made in the fry pan but I didn’t have a lot of ingredients to fill it the way I like. I ate half of it with sour cream and it tasted good. The rest I’ll eat tomorrow. 😊

It's a rather skimpy quesadilla
but still good enough for me!

We read our books, Bill started Web of Evil by J.A. Jance, the one I’d just finished and is making great progress. I finished my book and I loved it from beginning to end. Instead of starting in on another one right away, I decided to update my Book Lists. The one on OneNote isn’t accessible since I transferred it from a Word document, so I’m having to update both to keep on top of them.

Our little poser

I also have the Goodreads app on my phone and except for the older ones (before I had the app), it is the best source for me. The problem is that those books don’t appear in any semblance of order…………unless I’m just missing where to do that……….so it is not the quickest way to see what and when I’ve read a book. I have found it to be the best way to keep track though as I update the page #’s I’m on as I go along in the story.

It has warmed up again today to 70F/21C and although still windy, not as bad as it has been over the last couple of days. I want to wash our windows, inside especially, but will wait now until we are in the park to do it. I’m all for a lazy day again today and why not? 😊 Around 2, Gibbs and I went for another short walk and then I thought I’d try to sit out again for a bit.

Bill had to put my chairs away yesterday, or was it Tuesday when they blew over?, so since my lounge was easy to grab, I stretched out with my book. That lasted all of 30 minutes, if that, and the flies were back. The winds weren’t strong enough today to keep them at bay. ☹ I returned inside and quickly found myself lost in a James Patterson mystery. This one is Private:Vegas.

Not spectacular again, but still lovely to watch

For supper, I had Rosy air fry coated chicken thighs and we each had our own vegetable on the side. Neither of us felt we needed anything else since it has been a few of very leisurely days. The meal was delicious and after dishes, we hit the books again for a while. We have lost some of our regular channels, for some reason, but we turned on the movie The Longest Yard for something to watch. 

This has been a nice last day here out in the‘boonies’. No rush in the morning, we can’t check in until 3 at our park.

The sun left a sheen on Pilot Knob Mountain Range
after it dropped below the horizon

Thank you for the visit!