A Fun Filled Sunday with Friends and Surprise Neighbours

Quail Ridge RV Park

On Sunday, Apr. 2^nd, I first woke up and was confused when I looked out the window and didn't see Rich and Jonnies 5th wheel. 😌 We (Bill mostly) had a bit of a rough start after yesterday’s fiasco. He didn’t sleep well at all, catching about 4 hours of sleep – maybe. He woke up worried about whether he’d locked the truck when we left yesterday and since he couldn’t recall, I suggested he call Danny. Danny is the fellow who gave us his personal cell number with ‘if you need anything, call me and I’ll do what I can’.

Gibbs and I walk around the park
to see what's new
the fountain and pergola is new

Okay, we needed to get in touch so Bill sent him a text at 7:15 am. He was obviously up and responded immediately that he would drive to the dealership and make sure Black Beauty was vaulted up. 😊 Within 20 minutes, he responded that all was taken care of. What a nice guy. Bill rested easy for the remainder of the day and after our morning routine of breakfast,  I took Gibbs for a walk.

The dog park is new so Gibbs
had to sniff and approve every corner

There is a dog park here now, and there wasn’t the last time we were here, so we visited and so did Trace and his ‘Dad’. Gibbs let him know who was the boss and to keep his distance from his butt and his Mama. It was too cute, both were friendly pups. 

Back home, I had my shower and at 11:30, Deb and Tom pulled up out front for the drive to Tombstone. We so appreciate them and putting everything else behind us, we had a really fun time.

Tombstone
Love the wooden sidewalks
and the costumes of the townspeople

Interesting sights and signs

A new statue and plaque of the founder
of the city

We walked the strip, I found a pair of really cute earrings and a dream catcher charm before we walked into Big Nose Kate’s Saloon for lunch. It has been a while since we’ve been here, but when Suzie suggested I have a Reuben for her and George ♥, I opted to have a Calzone instead. I knew I’d have leftovers but it was delicious. Bill and I each had a Sarsaparilla. 😊

since it was 12 noon, we decided
to see how busy Kate's was and it was
pretty good timing, we got a table almost right away

We had to walk off lunch so we all walked up and down, in and out of a few ‘dreaming-type’ stores with many lovely ‘we don’t have room for it’ things. We did agree on picked up our own baby cacti and vowed to try hard keeping them alive! We had a great time, lots of laughs and made sure to get one of Deb’s popular selfies together. I can never get them right but she can!

More history
and an announcer for the 
next shootout

Brenda and Randy - this picture is for you two
We walked into this lovely store and Bill and I
both agreed that you would love it!

Back home to Gibbs for a short time before we walked over to their site with our chairs and a cooler bag. No hard liquor for us today, we had no sorrows to drown on this Sunday. Deb and Riley had arrived while we were all gone and with all of us together for Happy Hour, the laughter never stopped. Our cheeks are sore from laughing so hard. Oh, the stories! It was great fun and we returned home by 6.

I took Gibbs for a walk around our end of the park and when I returned home, I heard “Pat?” It was Diane and her husband from Pilot Knob RV park, parked right beside us! What a coincidence that is. We missed seeing them this winter so we caught up on how things are in that park. Since she was one of the ladies I learned to play Ladies Poker Pool from, I told her about starting up a new one. 😊 She was thrilled.

More signs
Interesting to learn that there is a boondocking
campspot right in Tombstone - $10/night

If you can find this lovely old
courthouse, drive behind it to the lot

We’ll see them tomorrow before we all leave (I’m being positive here) on Tuesday for our next destination. Weather permitting, of course. We didn’t think we’d need supper tonight but I did warm up the last of my calzone and Bill made a sandwich. We were feeling a bit of a nosh and now was the time to satisfy it. 

I found a pair of earrings and dream catcher charm bracelet (or zipper pull)
Plus Bill found this little cactus to be nutured

After turning the dishwasher on, I sat with my blog and Bill sat with his book. He’s desperately trying to hold his book up to read but is failing badly. He’s tired from his rough night’s sleep. ♥

Today was a beautiful day
reaching 79F/26C
I missed seeing the sun drop because we were busy
chatting with our neighbours

Happy Hour was fun
Just look at Bill's smile! ♥♥

This has been a truly great day with our 4 friends. We will be adding extra prayers tonight since all of us are having issues with our vehicles right now. Hopefully, tomorrow will give us all the answers we are looking for.

My supper was delicious and I had room for it all!
Good night!

Thank you for stopping by.

Laundry Day, More Flying in the Calm, Fish Fry Next Door = Longest Happy Hour Ever!

Winterhaven, CA

It was a strange night for me. LOL. I was in bed by 9:30 and woke up at one point on Saturday, Dec. 28^th feeling restless. I pushed the duvet down and peered at the bright clock numbers and read 7:15. Huh! Weird that I’d slept right through and yet still felt tired. With no rush today to do anything, I rolled towards the window and dropped off again. What felt like 30 minutes later, I woke again and looked at the clock. Now it was 3:50 am! ????

Bill and I took our walk at 8 and the sun was up and brilliant

Completely puzzled, at least it explained why I was still tired. It took me a while to drop off again but we both woke around the real 7 o’clock. My goodness, that was weird. Bill had his coffee and then we scooted out for a walk. The morning was a cool 42F/5C but the sun was brilliant, the sky blue and the winds reading a big fat 0. Lovely morning. We did our mile and a half before returning to the Suite. Bill loved the calmness of the day and had charged batteries last night for his plane.

While flying his plane, Bill handed Ken the controls

Not a clear picture but these were all taken from the window of the Suite

Our Suite is parked about 200' away from where he flew

 Off he went, to the field beside us and walking past Ken, Dave and Tom, the boys saw him and soon joined him.  I made my tea and sat at my laptop. Hmm, instead of sitting here drinking it, I should load the truck with our laundry. I had sorted it into 4 loads (!) as soon as I got up. I hopped in Black Beauty and first got change from Kathy in the office. Asking about Joe, I got the best news ever as they were both back working, Joe helping serve their biscuit and gravy breakfast. Yay!

A nice landing again

I loaded 2 washers and then when it was so quiet, filled a 3^rd. Sssh, only supposed to use 2 at a time. With no one around, I took my chances of getting a hand slapped. There were 2 thermoses’ in a Free box and you know me, can’t pass up a good deal. I brought them home. My mind wasn’t totally with it, I guess, as I forgot the soap pods so had to come back to get some before I could start any machine. Bill had returned from flying when I got back to finish my tea.

Looks like a minor adjustment before the next flight

 After moving things to the dryers, I went to work on the puzzle next door. Bill came on cue to help fold the clothes and we brought them back in the truck. 

There is a FREE box in the laundromat and these cups were just
waiting for us - in A-1 condition too!

It was time for lunch so I fried up the remaining tenderloin with scrambled eggs and took care of our hunger. When dishes were done, he sat to read and probably snooze so I walked back to the puzzle room. 

A different pork and eggs, yummy

I was on a roll putting pieces in. Walking up, I met Ken who was also going that way so we met there. We worked away for a couple of hours before heading back together.

Now doesn't this look like a fun puzzle?
What you can't see are all the dog breed names scattered throughout
in teeny print

This is what it was like when I arrived

This is what it was like when we were ready to leave
We did good!
The further we get, the harder it is to leave

Jo-Anne and Bob invited everyone to a Walleye fish and chip fry at their place so the rest of us are pitching in. We’ve eaten so much food lately that I didn’t need to ad another veggie. I’ll take my Christmas cake with brown sugar sauce for a dessert. We noticed the rest of the gang start to arrive next door around 3:00 – 3:30 so I thought I’d better get my act in gear and made the sauce on the stove.

Ken frying the potatoes and Bob frying the walleye
A real tailgate party going on out here!

Next door, around 4 the tailgate guys began frying the fish and homemade fries while the girls sat inside and got started on the alcohol. Well, some of us. Jo-Anne was busy with the food as they brought in plate after plate. She had the oven going to keep it all warm until everything was ready. Besides the fish and fries there was coleslaw, macaroni salad and broccoli/cauliflower cheese casserole. Yummy! We weren’t going to leave there hungry tonight.

Inside, Jo-Anne put them on a platter and kept them warm in the oven

And the rest of us ladies, supervised

Time to eat! I should have taken the picture from the other end

I wasn't a pig although I did have 2 helpings of fish, casserole and cole slaw

At an appropriate time, I came home and steamed the cake/pudding and reheated the sauce before taking it over. Jo-Anne and Cheryl had lots of dessert squares too. 

Dessert - oh my!

Higgins was a sweet host too
He took turns sitting with the ladies

I don’t recall laughing that much in a very long time so it was long overdue for all of us to just let it all out and enjoy ourselves. Sadly, Dave and Cheryl are pulling out tomorrow and I don’t know that we’re quite ready to let them go. We’ve been having too much fun getting to know them. I sure hope we can re-connect later this winter.

Dave was on cleanup, apparently 

The rest of the cleanup crew

And the good times rolled

 Bob and Dave did the dishes up and more alcohol was consumed during the process. Even by those of us just watching. It wasn’t until 8:30 that the party broke up. Longest Happy Hour in history. The unfortunate thing is that all of us have lost our AT&T connections. Also Roam Mobility is out of whack so if anyone back home is texting, they’re not getting through. We had no data so we all have many things to ‘Google’ in the morning. What a fun night.

We didn't have a connection to the social world but everyone
used our phones for pictures

When we got home, Bill sat and finished his book. I sat and finished writing my blog and downloaded pictures.  I’m very glad I had started it earlier today. I won’t be publishing it tonight without wifi anyway. I hope you have enjoyed your day.

It was a wonderful evening together
Good night!

Thank you for stopping by!