Watching the Sunrise, Bill and Ron Sightsee, Pat Makes Dessert

When I woke up on Monday, Mar. 19^th it was 7:15 and I moved at the same time Clemson wanted out. That worked out perfectly! There were clouds to the east, covering what would have been our sunrise but the outside temperature was 56F so I knew it would be a nice morning. That was confirmed with Clemson’s outdoor jaunt. I came back in, brushed my sleep-mussed hair and with just a t-shirt and hoody went for my walk.

Clemson went back to bed with his Daddy for a bit. As I approached the back of the park area, close to the lake I could see that I was in for a bit of a show. The brilliance of the sun was sharpening the edges of the clouds making for a gorgeous picture. 

as you can tell, I couldn't decide which picture to post

I slowed up my walk and kept a constant eye on the horizon at the same time trying to capture the blue heron. I’ve seen one on each of my last 3 walks.

He stood still for me

With just my phone camera on me, I fiddle with the 4.1 zoom max and back down to the 1.1 trying to get the best shot. They are all good so I’ll have to choose once I download them. So, the sky was blue when I walked but soon after returning to the Suite, clouds rolled in from the north. It was going to be that kind of a day. The winds were already close to the maximum of 10 mph so the 64F we’re expecting may not feel like it.

But then I got too close

Seems like we are on the fast track for Police cruisers and EMT’s as we’ve had at least one set go by every day for the last 3 or 4. Ron and I were discussing their frequency the other day. It still isn’t a lot to us. When Bill and I lived in London, On, population of 380,000, it was almost on the hour you heard sirens of some kind. This is peanuts, just chatter fodder really (something to talk about).

And the sunrise still captivated me along every step of my walk

So, Bill was just coming out of the shower when I returned and we then had our tea and coffee together. Catching up on our friends posts we discussed his plans. 

I loved this picture through the branches with the reflection on the water

Yesterday, he asked Ron if he’d like to go to the Darryl Starbird’s Car Museum, just down the road. Ron was very excited to go as he knew Loree wouldn’t be into it and I had no desire to go a second time. Bill loves it and I read that Darryl has a couple of new additions, created for his Car Show in Tulsa last month.

Bill caught Ron taking a picture at the museum
They had a ball today

At 10 they were off with Ron driving. I was expecting Bill to drive so it took a couple of minutes before I realized Black Beauty was still sitting here. I had it in my mind to make the dessert I talked about last night while Bill was away. With the outdoors not proving to be a sunny day, that is what I like to do.

I set about getting things out after I got cleaned up myself. Today it would be a Peanut Butter & Chocolate Glazed Pie. It’s a recipe on the p.b. jar and I’ve made it a couple of times before with success. I may share it with our friends if they like that kind of thing. 😊 Now that is cooling in the fridge, I made myself a second tea and cleaned up the dishes.

I think mine looks fancier but aside from that
It tasted GREAT!

I like the vantage point we have here in our site. It is a clear view to the front gate but far enough away that we aren’t caught in the hubbub too much. We’re seeing more and more small trailers and more travel trailers here than large coaches and large fifth wheels. Interesting. Also, other than Ron and Loree we seem to be the only Canadians here. I just saw to units pull in, check in, drive to the back forty and now they both just checked ‘out’ and left. Weird and curious.

And the field of purple flowers is expanding

About 1 o’clock Ron and Bill drove up out front and my sweetie hopped out of the truck. It seems as though they had a great time and a nice ‘self-tour’ through the museum. Bill told Donna, Darry’s wife, that we were there in Oct. 2016 and that we have a picture of me with her. She kindly sent home a ‘hello’ for me. I’m glad Bill got the chance to go again and I’m sure much more fun going with Ron than me.

Speaking of fun, these are a couple of pictures from Bill's drone yesterday
Our site is front row - you can see Black Beauty

It wasn’t too long after he come in and made a sandwich that Clem indicated he needed to go out. I checked the thermometer to see what I’d need to wear and it had dropped to 47F, 10 degrees in an hour! With my hoody up, we walked around the first block before I basically forced ‘Mr. Sniff Everything’ back to the Suite. Brrr! 

I love this one of the back of the park

With the chill out there, I was happy I had turned the electric fireplace on earlier. I settled into my chair and got sucked into David Baldacci’s The Winner.

My supper with spaghetti squash under the sauce

At 5:30 it was time to start supper. I browned ground beef, baked 1/8^th of my spaghetti squash, cooked spaghetti and baked 3 bread sticks. That was supper and it was nice to cook inside on such a cool, windy evening. It tasted great and guess what? We left room for Peanut Butter Pie too. After dishes, I plucked away at my post while we watched Murdoch Mysteries season finale and then The Voice.

This has been a fun day even though I didn’t get into much. Bill enjoyed his time this morning with Ron and after one more cool day, we know we’ll get some more outside weather. Tomorrow is the first day of Spring so does that mean these geese are heading for Ontario? I hope you’ve enjoyed your day too.

Flying northeast

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Pretty Morning Sky, Water Top Up, Soup! Paul Winer Matinee with Friends - Oops! A No Show.

Last night it felt cool inside the Suite even though the temperature was still 67F. It was a cooling 49F outside so Bill turned the Blue Flame heater on to take the chill off. We knew it was going to drop overnight to mid to high 30’s. At 9:30 Bill let Clem out for his last piddle and they were going to bed. I figured I may as well go too and took my book up to the bedroom.

Turns out we both were able to read a few chapters before giving in to the droopy eyes. I think it was close to 10:30 when the lights went out. We slept well and didn’t budge until 7:10 this morning. It was certainly easier to get out from under the warm covers when the Suite registered 66F. Right Clemmy? He was the last to pull himself out, by the way.

We made our tea and coffee after I slipped outside into the cold 38F to snap a couple of pictures of that gorgeous sunrise. Thank you, God! Keep ‘em coming! Since we had a full water bladder in the back of Black Beauty, we decided to take advantage of a nice hot shower this morning. Realizing that it means our gray tank will fill quicker, we are hopeful that we’ll still be fine watching our water output.

Bill then topped up our fresh water tank. I took some of the tips from my fellow bloggers/readers and added some chicken Bovril that I had in the cupboard. I had forgotten I had it and wouldn’t have thought of it anyway! Duh! Now, the soup won’t taste watered down while trying to add liquid. I love that posting a blog can be so helpful. I don’t mind admitting when I don’t understand or know how to do something.

Gorgeous Monday
Thank you very much!

I had found a nice striped body suit (ladies, remember these? Like a short onsie) at a second-hand store somewhere. I haven’t seen one for sale for a long time and I always liked them. Especially when I was skinny, but now they are really nice with leggings. So, for $3 I bought it. I didn’t realize until I got it home that there is no way to undo it at the crotch. Hmm, you see my dilemma?

this one kind of looks like it is alive (?)

I can fix that! So, this morning I did the lazy man’s sewing job. I took the stitches out and hand stitched the edges (roughly) so they wouldn’t fray. I was going to sew snaps to each end but then I found some adhesive back plastic snaps in my sewing kit. This might work! So, it will depend on how well the adhesive sticks to the material. I’ll try it for a while and if it doesn’t stay on, then I’ll resort to the snap fasteners. That was an easy project and took me all of 30 minutes from start to finish.

Bill finished with the water and then went out to assist Tom with attaching his new sunshade. How many friends does it take to install a sunshade? There is no limit because when you are rv’ers, everyone makes time to be available and lend a hand. Unless you are packing and hooking up or unhooking and setting up, (when we say ‘please don’t interrupt us’) we all help each other. 

Then we had my soup for lunch. All I can say is: 'DELICIOUS!' Bill really liked it too! Bonus.

Something about chicken noodle soup requires me to make a peanut butter
open faced sandwich

Bill and Tom get the sun shade out

Tom, Bill on the ladder, George

George says there have been lineups at the rv dump station since 7 am this morning. I imagine it is pretty steady before the shut down at 11. I needed to go for a walk and see for myself. Bill was finishing up helping our neighbor so he said he’d walk with me. It wasn’t as far as I was going to go but we were limited a bit on time today. We walked to the dumpsters and they were indeed being emptied. It was a process, they needed a couple of trucks and front-end loaders to clean it all up, twice!

So, if you remember the picture from Sunday with multiple bags on the ground
in front of the dumpsters - this is an improvement

Then 2 hours later.........

this lady scoots around with her dogs but hey! she gets around on her own

It turned into a nice day although still no warmer than 60F. When we got back, we rested for a bit, I finished Pop Goes the Weasel. Wow, a page turner! Bill layed down for about 30 minutes with Clemson and I got cleaned up and I wrote a bit on this post. When he got up we headed into Quartzsite to the Senior Centre on N. Mountain Road. Paul Winer, the local bookstore owner, was performing a 2 pm matinee.

Looking forward to a nice afternoon

Paul had 2 scheduled matinees, Sunday and Monday
this notice was posted Sunday

Tom and Deb rode with us and we followed George and Suzie. Oh-oh! There was a sign on the door that said the show was cancelled, Paul had the flu! Refunds were available at the Reader’s Oasis Book Store but we were offered a free show (donations only) by his 3 band members. This sounded good, we were all dressed to go somewhere so went inside. It was quite chilly in the room but all 6 of us sat on the metal chairs and enjoyed the first set.

It isn't a clear picture but I can honestly say, this is the first Tuba solo
I've ever witnessed

We left during their first break mainly because we were so cold in there. I thought a senior centre would be plenty warm! We drove directly to the book store and got our $20 back before driving back to La Posa South. It was interesting to see a couple of rv’s dumping and a few getting water. Hmm, so much for shutting services off at 11 am. I guess they didn’t mean that, and that is a good thing for everyone here.

Happy Hour!
George, Suzie, Jean, my chair, Bill, Pam, Skip, Tom and Deb
Clemson is hiding between Pam and Skip

Since it was 3:20 when we got home, the Happy Hour bells were chiming (in our heads) and we took our chairs over to George and Suzie’s site. I took a hot tea trying to get the chill out of my bones from the cool Centre. Bill shakes his head at me, as he didn’t find it cold at all. Naturally, my hot-blooded man! It wasn’t long before Skip and Jean drove up with Skip’s sister, Pam. How nice they could join us.

Bill grabbed a couple of our bagged chairs, encouraging them to stick around rather than just say hi and leave. It is nice to see Skip and Jean again after first meeting them at Pilot Knob at Christmas and also to meet a new rv’er. Pam is the proud owner of a Class B Pleasureway and is making this trip, on her own, for the first time in the southwest. This has got to be exciting and somewhat adventurous for her. Kudos, Pam!

By 5, we were cooling down and began the departure from the Yates’ depot. We said our goodbyes and see ya down the road toodle-oohs. Bill lit the Weber Q and I moved inside to prepare a large potato, our steak, asparagus, corn and mushrooms. Sounds like a feast and man, it was!! 

With a glass of wine, we shared the food with a dab of sour cream, chives and bacon bits. Food for a king and queen.

We cleaned up the dishes right away so we could relax and enjoy our wine and the rest of the evening. I have to choose another book so will probably move on to another one that Bill has read. This means moving them on out of the Suite sooner. This time David Baldacci’s Total Control. I snapped a couple of pictures of the setting sun and the beautiful pink mountains to the east. What a gorgeous world we live in.

Stunning

 I have thoroughly enjoyed this day and I hope you have made the very best of yours.

I loved the way the sun just dabbled on these mountains to the south
That is Palm Canyon back there at the right end of the ridge
One day, we are going there!

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Portrait Sunrise, Laundromat, Brunch, Success in Bill’s Search, New Blogger Friend

It was 6 am on Sunday, Jan. 14^th when Clemson had to go out so Bill got up with him, turned the Blue Flame on and then returned. At 6:30 it was my turn for a nature call and I crawled back into bed too. At 7, I realized that I wasn’t going back to sleep so got up, turned the hot water heater on and read blogs and comments for 20 minutes.

Stunning sunrise

What a beautiful sky! Even the moon was hanging around

By that time, the water was hot and I hopped in the shower. Hopped. Hmm, not sure why I always say that because the last thing we do is ‘hop’. Anyway, I left the bathroom door open to the hallway so Bill would remain in the dark, in bed, and the heat from downstairs would seep up to where I needed it. It worked well, by the time I wiped the walls and doors down and stepped out, I was warmed up enough.

On our way into town, the sun has risen

We had a mission this morning so without stopping to make tea and coffee, we brushed our teeth with our new-fangled brushes and loaded the dirty clothes into the truck. Arriving at 8 am found lots of vehicles in the lot of the Laundromat/Restaurant but we had lots of washers and dryers to choose from. We only needed two. Bill helped load the soap and clothes in before leaving me with my book.

Cute sign that tells it like it is!

Lots of machines to choose from
This place is always bustling with patrons and staff keeping it clean

 He had better luck this morning, once K & B and Burly’s Tools opened to the public, than we did yesterday. 

First off and most importantly it wasn’t so crowded and he was able to find a decent spot to park without walking ½ mile. He met me back shortly after I’d transferred from washers to dryers so we had about 15 minutes to wait before everything was dried.

The restaurant is at the front of the Laundromat

I went to the restaurant while Bill loaded Black Beauty and we were soon sharing a table with a young man I’ll refer to as Big Mike. He was alone, his dining partner was his cell phone, but it meant we would all eat sooner by sharing. No worries, not a peep out of him until he finished ahead of us and thanked us for allowing him to sit at our table.

You can plan your menu choice while waiting for
your clothes to dry

I dug in before snapping a picture
It was so good and lots of it

We drove home and noticed by that time, 10:30 the downtown was a-bustling again. The clouds had moved in to cover the sky but at least they were wispy and allowed the sun to heat up. I’m glad I was up at 7 as I was able to capture some of the panoramic sky to the east as the sun made her appearance. 

These were my 7 am snapshots

We put our clothes away, taking turns in the closet and Bill opened the packages that he found today. A man with his tools, toys and little cases of ‘things’ is a happy man. That makes me, also, a happy woman as I know it means he has what he needs to fix things around the place.

Taking pictures like this proved to me that my camera lens is still not clean
I've had to spot touch about 8 or 10 dust spots

My conclusion: take shots with NO sky until i can get it professionally cleaned
this road we walk and drive on is like a cobblestone street in places

This fellow lives in Regina, Saskatchewan, if I remember correctly

These people have a nice location in the middle of the saguaros

I like the baby growths on these arms
This picture I left untouched so you could see the dust specks I have to remove
Grrrr!

The skin is slowly peeling away with its thorny spines

 I missed my walk this morning, but Bill got some of his at the shops. He walks fast and covers a lot of ground so I need to get moving. I put my runners on and headed down the roadway to see what I could find. I took the time again, to clean my camera lens, to try and get what I missed the other day so took my Canon for a test run. I’m not counting on success with that, but don’t want to put it away until I know for sure.

this part of the saguaro skin had fallen off

While I was gone, Bill took the water bladder up to the water taps for filling. He had it back at the Suite and emptying water into our tank before I even returned. He said there was no one there so it was quick. He had 45 gallons of fresh potable water but we didn’t need it all. We weren’t desperate for water at all, but because we have friends coming to stay with us on Tuesday for a few days, we wanted things topped up and other things empty.

I love this, 3 fingers up
must be Triple A O K

We sat and read for a while and around 2:00 it was my turn to retire inside for a nap. Well, that didn’t quite work, too many outside noises, not to mention any names! 

Little grumpy pants is giving me attitude
"You went for a walk without me?"

Anyway, I rested and after Bill and Clemson joined me (and managed to drop off pretty quickly) I got up and went back out with my book.

At 3 o’clock, or soon after, we took our chairs, a tea for me, a Coke for Bill, Clemson and a table over to George and Suzie’s site. Their turn to host and soon enough Tom and Deb joined us. It was a nice surprise to see Nancy Kissack from Kissack Adventures drive up and also join us for Happy Hour. None of us had met before but again through blogspot and our blogs, we felt we were familiar with each other.

The other day, Deb from Celebrating the Dance
gave us a couple of dish clothes that she crocheted
Thanks Deb!

It was a very nice time and Happy Hour turned into one of those 2 ½ hour Happy Times. Saying goodbye until we meet again, we exchanged info about our blogs and went on our way. I took Clemson for our late afternoon run down to the corner and back but still didn’t add much to my step total for the W.W. challenge.

Right from my empty chair:
Nancy, Suzie, George, Bill, Tom, Deb and Clemson

While sitting at Happy Hour, I noticed this sun dog to the northwest

Bill lit the barbecue and began grilling our pork chops and his corn. I steamed asparagus and made a salad for Bill inside. Mine was a large butt chop and I knew I wouldn’t need anything else on my plate. As it was, he had to help me finish it!

We cleaned up dishes and now the only decision to make is what pictures I want to download into my blog and what kind of pie we’ll have for dessert. Nice to have choices in life. Warning! Sunset overload.

Clemson and I captured these photos while on our walk/run

This has been a good day with a little bit of everything. I hope you have enjoyed yours too!

I couldn't decide on a favourite or two, could you?
good night!

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