The Ridge
On
Tuesday, Nov. 1st we moved into a new month. Or perhaps I should say
we were blown into a new month. Ha ha! Yesterday was windy until about 5 when
the winds died right off, making for a beautiful, calm evening. This morning we
didn’t get up until around 8, no early time commitment today. However, I experienced
a bit of nausea and light-headedness immediately.
Our drive into Bullhead City 
and eventually Oatman
Bill hopped in the shower and I decided to forgo mine given the way I was feeling. Bill made me a cup of tea and I sat in my recliner instead of going back to bed. I wanted to try and ignore the feeling, hoping it would dissipate. It hadn’t by 9:30 so I made a piece of toast with butter and it was within 10 minutes, that I was up and getting dressed. Yay! I had drunk enough water yesterday so it wasn’t that but no matter, it’s gone. 😉
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| It was a beautiful view |
We got
cleaned up and drove up to Oatman. It has been 3 years since our last visit and
at that time, the desert was lush enough that we didn’t see any burros. It was
sad because we’d taken Keith up who had never been there. Today, there weren’t
a lot but we saw and fed at least 8. They’re so gentle, pretty and hungry! ♥ Bill and I overdressed today as we know it is always about 8 – 10 degrees
cooler up there but this morning was an exception. 😊
A hillside of Teddy Bear Cholla 
The sign says it all
It's definitely historic
The scenery from up here was gorgeous
I can't help but wonder what this home was like in the
earliest decade of the 1900's
It looks quite large!
On the
way back home, we made a stop at Walmart so I could pick up some junk food for
us and Gibbs, namely chips and ice cream for us and puppy cookies for him. One
last stop at the post office for stamps and then homeward bound. It was just
after 1 and we were hungry by the time we arrived home. We had some lunch and
by then it had clouded over.
A little bit of carnival type play
at the Shooting gallery
We both hit what we aimed at so
that indicates how easy it was
For our friend, Judy O
who reads but couldn't be here 💖
Your place is still thriving!
I like
the pool when it is hot and sunny out not just hot so I decided to leave the
boys around 2:30 and go work on the puzzle instead. An hour later, after making
strides on this challenging puzzle, I returned home to Happy Hour at our place.
We are in the shade but it was very comfortable. We had another fun visit with
L and R and of course, Schatzi. 😊 We discussed past times, future plans and it was just
regular good friendship chatter.
One of the reasons we come to Oatman
is these beauties
These burros come and go in and out of town of their own accord
They are treated well, only fed desert plant life cubes under strict control
of the townspeople
They are very gentle
but no babies this fall for us to see
When they
walked back around to their home around 5:15, Bill lit the Weber and grilled
our sausages for supper. Inside, I fried up potatoes and nuked some pepper
squash for me and corn for him. We decided when we got home from Oatman to take
advantage of the free 50-amp power we have here and turned on both a/c units. If
you remember, we don’t need it to be cold, just comfortable so a setting of
75F/23C is perfect.
Downtown Oatman 
This was a great little visit 
Improvements on the puzzle but a long way
to go
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| Lori's delicious little pastry bites |
Supper was awesome and Lori had made some mini pastries this afternoon and sent a few inside with us for our dessert tonight. They were so tasty with some Tillamook Butter Pecan ice cream! ♥
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| Oh yeah!! |
The quail ran through twice, a few at 4:45 and a few later at 5:45. Some
must have had appointments that delayed them. 😊 This was another great day here in the heat of the desert we
love. I hope you had a great one too, wherever you landed today.
Thank you
for the visit!
Decided to take a look back
at Nov. 1st, 2018
We were on Beale St. in Memphis!!
good night!