Company Leaves, Slow, Hot Day

The Ridge

On Tuesday, May 31^st Bill was up for work at 6:30 and I got up with Gibbs around 7:30. Duncan and Patty were already in motion, getting packed up with the last items and hooking up. I made my tea and went out to join them. Before Bill left, he was able to suggest that they dump tanks on their way out so they took care of that. Bill left at 7:55 and they were pulling out of the lane at 8:00.

A few pictures from my walk on Sunday morning

If you've never seen turtle egg shells
This is your lucky day - ha ha
They are actually kind of rubbery

Wouldn't it be great if we could all 
camouflage like this?
He thinks I can't see him, I'm sure

Gibbs and I were alone again. It was a great visit and we look forward to the next time they are in the area. It was late for us to walk, since it was hot already, but Gibbs and I went down the lane, North Line and went a way down Baptist Church Road to the north. 😊 We came back inside and I played my morning Wordle games, I think. LOL. I dusted the main furniture in the Suite and then we went out again.

Our company pulls out right on their scheduled time

I love how the lane has grown in and greened up
We do have to keep an eye on it so it doesn't
overgrow too much for the big rigs coming and going

You can't see the Suite up there with the lush
greenery

I put him on his leash and went up to the garden to check my seedlings. Well, they sure aren’t growing none too fast so I gave them some water and hoed the weeds. 

I'm not holding my breath on these producing much

Spraying the canola

The farmer was spraying the Winter Canola in the field behind us and I can’t get over how big those machines are! 

Since it was so hot and we had a working water pump now, I added some to Gibbs’ little pool and he played in that for a while. How easy that was with the hose!!

It was so easy to get water today
I turned the tap with the hose connected

This is fun, Mom!

For lunch, I had one of my loaded wraps and went out to the puzzle with Gibbs. It was the coolest place to be with both windows letting the breeze in. 

Lunch

I got a lot done but it truly is the hardest one I’ve done in a long while. 😊 I’m enjoying the challenge though, don’t get me wrong! 

Gibbs gets silly after getting out of the pool

I can't ignore him even with this challenge in front of me!
He's so cute!

Bill drove in around 4 so that was nice. He’ll be further away tomorrow so his hours will be later considering travel time.

Gibbs often disappears over the edge and all you
hear is grass rustling
He comes back up within a minute

Supper was leftovers. Spaghetti for me and some corn and dressing for Bill with a couple of hotdogs. We do what we have to and I like spaghetti anytime. With a couple of texts today, we have the go ahead to plan our Canada Day dinner with Bill’s family. Yay! We really enjoy that ‘party day’ so just need to pray for decent weather. I chatted with Duncan about turtles and canola late afternoon and they were set up at their destination.

I'm tempted to pick up another one of 
these assorted planters, they are beautiful!

'I found where Gibbs' chewed piece went

Don't you chew that rope!

Who me?
He stops dead in his tracks and waits
until I look the other way

He is very intrigued by these little ladies

My supper and it was way too much
I ate a lot of it and the meatballs

After loading the dishwasher Bill made his lunch and then had his shower. We have a bladder almost full of water to put in our tank so I can drive the truck to work tomorrow. Let’s hope most of it will fit or it may go into the pool! 😊 It has been a very hot day, 28C/84F and yet will be cooling back to more normal temperatures. At least it shouldn’t get as chilly as it has been and that’s good.

Bill's supper

We went back outside after supper and Bill went to the Hangar and I went to the puzzle. 

This Mrs. was digging a hole to lay
just outside the Bunky

But then, after a 2" deep hole, she changed 
her mind for some reason

it had cooled down out there so I made great strides
tonight in the puzzle 

This has been a really nice peaceful day. Tomorrow will be somewhat different but that’s okay. I forgot some pictures were still on my camera from Sunday so have included some here.

Good night!

Thank you for stopping in.

 

Friends Say Goodbye, We Know How to Par-Tay!

The Ridge

It was nice to be able to lounge in bed a little longer on Saturday, Aug. 8^th. No cleaning or work of any kind to get up for. When we did get up, I slipped on a hoody and went for my 2-mile walk. It was a beautiful morning, no breeze and only 12C/55F which is perfect when it’s sunny. I enjoyed the walk, nothing exciting to see but I got a good leg stretch.

I wasn't alone - the sunshine accompanied me

The beckoning tree on North Line

Back home, I had my tea and sat to finish my delayed posting, again. Bill called me outside at 8:30 as Marlene and Benno were packed up ready to pull out. We said our goodbyes and I got a couple of pictures of them before they pulled out. It was really nice to have them up here and we hope they return at another time. I do believe they enjoyed themselves too even though there wasn’t much going on this year. Another year, we could at least take them to our Keady market.

Goodbye Marlene and Benno!

Obviously, Benno said something funny here

After they left, Keith went with Bill to the Acreage to get a bladder of water. Kim and I sat in the half shade/half sun reading our books and chatting. When the guys returned, they went down to the Hangar and before I knew it the big red Telemaster was running again and it was touring around on the grass in the field. Yay! Progress! I knew Bill would be happy about that. It was pretty impressive so I took a short video for him and he can smile about it later.

The beauty who visited us

Keith got his drone out with the goggles
Now that was a neat 'virtual' experience!

It has its own landing pad

The afternoon zipped by and when 2:30 rolled around my sisters, Gayle and Donna plus their hubbies, John and Gerry popped over from the Acreage for Happy Hour. I had made some devilled eggs in Madame IP, cut some cheese, salami and radishes for a snack and with our drinks, I think it was appreciated. When they left around 5, we moved to the shade and it was just the 5 of us once more, like last winter.

The Telemaster takes a walk around the field

A few pictures of our Happy Hour group today
Far side, Gayle, Donna, Gerry, John

Kim, Ken, Keith, Bill

A picture from the berm (southwest)
The Richard's RV Ridge
By reservation and invitation only

At 6:30 or so, Bill grilled us cheese and bacon burgers and because we had no burger buns we had them in sausage buns. Was that ever good! The buns were fresh and I put all thoughts of carbs out of my head as I finished every bite. 

I'd do this again, it was yummy

We got the dishes done and Bill went out to get the fire going. Everyone gathered for our last fire together this month. Bill had the boys help him take the big plane apart and put it away.  At minimum, two people make it much easier getting that large fuselage into the cargo trailer – just so.

Keith brought a few fire crackers and set them off
That was cool!

We enjoyed another calm evening at the fire but for some reason, I was worn out and at 9 I was the first to say goodnight. I came inside and finished the last 3 chapters of Plum Island. It wasn’t just a good mystery; it was well-written with many, many comical things inserted into the main character. I loved it. This was a great day with friends and some of our family too.

The grand finale had Oreo hiding under their trailer
Good night!

Thank you for your visit too!

Window Shopping for Fun, Smaller Happy Hour Again, Happy Birthday

Quartzsite, AZ

On Friday, Jan. 24^th we were up together by 7 and when Bill’s coffee was finished, we went for our walk. Nothing better than watching that beautiful sun come up over those mountains. We counted 10 rv’s in line to dump with more coming so told Bob and Jo-Anne that when we returned to camp. They were packing up and leaving today and by the time we got back, they were ready to say goodbye. After hugs, I made sure to visit Higgins in the truck to get and give my hug and kiss to the little guy.

Another pretty start to the day

We knew there would be wispy clouds most of the day
but this sun was still ever present making it very warm

These saguaros in the sunlight were healthy and beautiful

I planted a couple of rocks the other day
One was picked up but this one was still here

This was a surprise to us as we didn’t know they had planned to move on until yesterday after Happy Hour. I’m under the impression that we’ll meet up again in a couple of weeks and we all wished them farewell and safe travels. Bob has family in the Palm Springs area so they’ll get a nice tour around there. Bill and I each had a bowl of oatmeal and he and Keith took turns having a shower. Then we all drove into town to do our yearly window shopping at the RV show.

Bye Higgins!

Bye guys!

We like walking through some of the motor homes and then some of the 5^th wheels. After going a few together, Keith wandered off on his own to Tyson Wells for some flea market shopping. Bill and I eventually made our way over there as well and each found an article of clothing for a really nice price. Turns out, as we found out from Ken later, the owner of that booth is selling out. That’s why the deals were so good. 😊 Works for us!

There were a few nice motor homes but this Solitude was the best
5th wheel we've seen
Front bedroom, Centre kitchen, Back raised living room
giving this huge under belly storage
No, we're not in the market!

When we left there, we made a couple of other stops. One was to get our 5-gal jug of water filled, a whole $1! Next Bill drove out to Jim Colwell’s place so I could get a few pictures of the place. Jim is who the Quartzsite flying field is named after and he and his wife have quite the amazing ‘shop’ (for lack of a better word) at their residence in the Q.

this is Jim's residence and shop on Datig Ave.
Nancy, see the quilt over the door to her shop?

Jim entertains his hobby of rc planes in a large section and his wife does the same with the other portion of the shop with her quilting. Wow! That is all I can say to go along with the few pics I took.

The quilt in process

Her sewing room

Upstairs where you really had to duck your head
his storage are
I don't know if you can see all the wings staged on the right
and fusilages' nose down in a rack in the centre
but there was no shortage of plane parts up here

From there we drove home. I felt whooped and hungry so when we got home, rather than having bacon and eggs, Bill made himself a peanut butter and cheese bun and I made up another taco with all my own fixings. It was filling along with my coffee. 

Bill and Jim poke through a couple of new kits
that were purchased from an auction estate

Look up

Look way up
This is a personal collection

 There weren’t enough dishes to worry about so Bill went out to help Keith work on one of his planes. He’d had a problem with it in yesterday morning’s flight. Next thing I knew, they were loading it up to go back to the ‘shop’ where Jim has an open repair shop, with all the tools and materials, for any club member. Both Keith and Bill have paid the $10 yearly fee to join.

The still bustling town of Quartzsite and the mountain
can be seen over the tent tops
The Big Tent is on the far left, all the rest
are Tyson Wells' vendors

Back at camp, Bill and Keith worked on Keith's plane
before taking it into town

I was quite content here at home and had no responsibility to anyone other than myself. Ken and Kim had just returned before they left so I wouldn’t be here alone. Not that that would have been a problem in daylight. At night, it would be a different story. I got so engrossed in my book outside in the sun that I may very well finish it tonight. It is such an enjoyable read! Kim joined me with her book but we ended up chatting for most of the time.

My lunch taco and cottage cheese

When Ken, Tom and Deb walked over with their chairs, one of the smallest H.H.’s in a while took place. The party broke up before 5 and with Big Red not between us and the western sky, both Kim and I had sun on our patios until it dropped below the mountain. 

Kim and Ken

Bill texted at 5 to say they were on their way home but I had no cause to move until they returned. Supper was just burgers so he lit the Weber closer to 6. I was happy for Keith that he was able to get things back up and running.

Deb and Tom

And soon the small group departed

I made up a salad for our supper (you know, the open bag deal) and had my burger without a bun and also ate my leftover dog from yesterday’s lunch. It was a tasty supper and whether we needed it or not, we each had a dish of Caramel pecan ice cream. Yum, it has been a while. 

I had a clear view of the sun dropping without moving at all

Burger, dog and salad

Dessert

I’ll have to walk extra tomorrow to pay for it! Many rv’s have pulled out over the last couple of days, although in town it was still very busy. Hopefully, I will be able to post my blog tonight.

This cloud was intriguing as it went through
changes from the sunset

I took more pictures than this but you
get it :)

As I was taking pictures, someone else was doing the same
Ha ha

 I downloaded pictures and moved them into Picasa. I played my Scrabble games online and the rest of the evening is history. I hope you’ve enjoyed your day as much as I have. The weather at 73F was gorgeous!

Good night all!

One more thing about today. It is Bill's youngest sister's birthday.

Liz and her newest grandson
Happy Birthday Liz!

Thank you for dropping by!