tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45060844202932556612024-03-12T23:35:57.915-07:00Grandma Susan's Blog SpotHummingbirds on the MountainSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00149370319672974708noreply@blogger.comBlogger237125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506084420293255661.post-36308859842826157022016-05-22T20:10:00.005-07:002016-05-22T20:10:42.925-07:00My Mountain Home<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;">I love waking up in our little home (trailer) here in the
mountains of Idaho. It is soooo
beautiful and peaceful. Every morning we
wake up to the music of birds chirping in the trees just outside of our
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<span style="font-size: large;">I open the blinds by my bed and can look out and see the
mother bird making a nest in the cute red and silver wooden old-fashioned trailer birdhouse that I got down
in Quartzsite this last winter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At first I was worried that she would go find another house
because she kept picking up long skinny sticks – about seven inches long! – and
trying to push them thru the little opening.
I even broke up a bunch of small twigs and tossed them on the ground
under the trailer and told her to try these!
She ignored me! Finally though
she figured it out. The pile of twigs I
offered are still lying on the ground but I see her going in and out with twigs
of her own that she pulls and pushes until she finally gets them into her new
little house. If you look closely you can see the beginnings of a nest inside the trailer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Looking at her markings I
am thinking that she is the mate of the Lazuli bunting that is constantly
feeding at my nearby birdfeeder. We also
have stellar jays, chickadees, mourning doves, quail, mountain bluebirds,
grosbeaks and so on and so on. I saw a
beautiful yellow and black bird fly thru the trees this morning and I wasn’t sure
if it was a meadow lark or a grosbeak or what.
It seemed smaller than either bird and I haven’t heard a meadow lark sing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can also see the squirrel feeder hanging on the fence by
another tree from my window - we have a cute little squirrel that has returned
from last year. I call him Mini. Mini loves the pieces of corn that I have
mixed in to the feed but does NOT like the black sunflower seeds. We have a new squirrel this year – almost
twice the size of Mini. Mini sends Old
Yeller running when Mini is hungry! I
call this big one Old Yeller because his fur has a definite yellow cast to
it. However, when I got home and got on good
internet, I tried to figure out the different breeds. There is a perfect picture of Old Yeller
calling it a red squirrel(!), but the information says there is only ONE tree
breed of tree squirrels in Idaho and that is the red squirrel. I know for a fact that mini (and many of his
brothers and sisters) lives in the big pinion pines all over our mountain …so
that would make THEM red squirrels too…but mini looks so different than Old
Yeller. <i>I don’t know!!! </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, Old Yeller throws all of the corn out onto the
ground! He does NOT like the corn. Oh
well, when the Steller jays come around they certainly like the corn so it
doesn’t stay on the ground long! Then
they fly up to the feeder and go after whatever is available there. They aren’t
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is a definite hierarchy as to who is ‘top dog’ at the
feeder. The little buntings like to fly right inside of the feeder, and we often see quail fly up and perch on the porch and enjoy a treat...that is, until the Stellar Jays chase them off. Then Old Yeller will come along and
chase the Steller Jays away and take over the feeder. but then here comes Mini
a-yelling and a-chattering and Old Yeller takes off in a flash and then Mini is
king of the roost. It’s hilarious to watch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Every day we are getting more and more hummingbirds here on
the mountain. (I call them mini-pigs with wings!) I have seven hummingbird
feeders out and by mid summer I will be filling them two or three times a week! </span><span style="font-size: large;"> We have a little feeder right on our window by
our kitchen table, and many times we are entertained as we eat, watching these
beautiful creatures fly up to the feeder and eat. We see mostly broad tailed hummingbirds and
a few calliope and Rufus hummers also.
They are so beautiful. It’s
always fun to sit and watch them fight over the feeders. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I will be out sitting on the deck and all of
a sudden I feel like I’ve been dive bombed as one male hummer is chasing
another male hummer away from the feeders and right past my ear! It’s also fun to watch as this same tough guy
sits on a tree branch three feet away from one of the feeders just waiting for
another hummingbird to DARE come near its feeder! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I’ve been working hard in my hillside garden this spring and
its looking beautiful. The different
ground covers that I’ve planted in the past are filling in many of the areas
that need it and I’ve got my pots and containers,
all filled with colorful annual plants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I still have my two sections - right in front of the trailer
is more organized and planned and the rest of the area is more natural – lots
of wild strawberries and other native plants. I repainted my metal rooster and hen that I bought in Mexico a couple of years ago and set them out on the natural hillside. </span></div>
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I did plant some dahlia seeds in one area this spring and I hope they
will grow and add color this summer. The
beautiful yucca plants at the far end of the hillside that Del and Susan
planted some years ago were damaged with this years’ rains as it washed piles
of sand down on top of them. I dug out
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<span style="font-size: large;">The area along the fence on the other side of the trailer is
filled with brightly colored pots full of colorful fake flowers, birdfeeders
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have one more small flower garden that I have been
fighting with for several years as it was always full of roots no matter how
much I dug it out. Finally this year I
dug EVERY bit of dirt out four inches deep and laid down visqueen and then
refilled it with GOOD dirt and planted it with flowers and bishops weed. I’ll enjoy the color of the flowers this
summer but I’m looking forward to having the whole area fill up with the
bishops weed in the next year or two. It
will then look good without a lot of work or expense. Ed 'installed' my black fence for me!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A neighbor on the mountain gave me some cherry tomato
plants and I got them transplanted in-between the rain storms
that hit the last couple of days we were up on the mountain. Now we will be able to enjoy yummy cherry tomatoes later
on this summer. (If the wild turkeys don't eat them first!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last but not least is my turtle that I also bought in Mexico about 4 years ago. Each year I re-paint him and then spray him down with lots of clear polyurethane spray paint to seal it against water damage. </span></div>
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Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00149370319672974708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506084420293255661.post-80191488522687404702014-01-04T20:36:00.003-08:002014-01-08T18:49:14.375-08:00Our first week of 2014<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Actually I will start this blog with the last few days of 2013. We left home on Saturday, December 28 and headed South to Cedar City, Utah. We left behind the ice and snow that had plagued us for several weeks. It was actually 19 degree F when we pulled out of our driveway on Saturday morning and South.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We made it to Cedar City about 3:30 PM to spend the night with a college roommate from almost too long ago to remember! <3 Linda and Don welcomed us with open arms and we visited with each other way into the late hours. A delicious dinner and breakfast the next morning made us feel very spoiled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunday found us at an old school buddy's home in St George for a couple of hours and then on the Veyo to visit a sweet Aunt of mine. Both Richard and then Aunt Annette made us feel very welcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We loved the warm 45 degrees in Beaver, then Cedar and then St George. (We hope the palm trees survive the cold winter that they have suffered through in St George this year.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Monday morning we got on the road by 8 am Nevada time. We pulled into Quartzsite about 3:20 that afternoon - to 65 degrees!! That is why we go to Arizona every winter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We got a ROYAL WELCOME from all of our friends that were already down here. We enjoyed a lovely campfire at Ed and Jo's that night with Del and Susan and Patty and Gary from our camp up in Idaho showing up at the campfire also!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tuesday nite was the New Year's Eve party. We had spent the day setting up camp, laying out the carpets and staking them down. Rearranging the inside of the trailer. The party was fun and at 10 pm we watched the ball drop in New York City at which time the music was turned off and the TV turned off and we started cleaning up because out here in the desert on BLM land we are not allowed to have generators and sound systems going after 10pm. We got back to the trailer and took a couple of pictures - one of me that turned out great and one of Ed that was very blurry!!! Then we hit the sack as it had been a very busy day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">New Years Day itself was rather quiet - Ed and I got the tent set up...it sits behind the trailer and we store the stuff we are not using in it. Boxes that hold lights, extra food, the warm clothes we use for four wheeling on cooler days etc. Ed and Jo invited us to go out to dinner at the Grubsteak (they have wonderful wonderful fish). Edward had invited Larry and Kitty and Lee all over for a campfire that evening while I had accepted the dinner invitation so we went to eat at five and Larry and Kitty and Lee AND Ed and Jo all showed up for a campfire about 7. The skies were clear, there was no wind, the weather was warm and the friendship was wonderful around that campfire!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday was a quieter day - Ed went to help some friends empty their black and gray water from their trailer and go dump it while I scrubbed and cleaned the trailer. I vacuumed and mopped and waxed the floors, washed the windows and simply scrubbed and cleaned corners of the trailer that I hadn't felt like cleaning in September and October when I should have! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This morning I woke up just wanting to laze the day away. We have been awfully busy all week. But as I looked at my overflowing kitchen I decided I needed to have Ed and Jo from Washington State over for dinner tonight so as to help with all the leftovers. We had a great time - Our friend Ed wasn't sure he even wanted to TRY the elk as he had never eaten elk before and thought it would be like venison. He kept calling it beef before he tasted it. He LOVED it. Then after the dishes were done and dried and put away we headed over to their trailer for a continuation of our conversation around the fire. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Right now, Edward is watching TV and I am typing on the computer. Tomorrow we will go to church in the morning. This is our life in the desert....friends, four wheeling, firesides, and eating! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Monday morning I hopped in Razr and with our dirty clothes and headed into Quartzsite to do laundry. First I stopped at Gem World - my favorite place in town to buy beads!! Dangerous store. Here are a few necklaces that I have already made from the beads I bought on Monday:</span><br />
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Our closest neighbors, Ed and Jo across the way and Brian and Wanda way off to the right</div>
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I want to replace my Formica countertops with granite. I was
told a year ago that it would be about $1000 to do all of it. I want to replace my Formica countertops
with granite. I was told a year ago
that it would be about for me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I do want granite – I am not sure right now what colors – I
think I would rather have something like river white or a lighter color
although I won’t rule out black altogether.
I have light toned cabinets and I am planning on redoing my floors in
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Anyway - My kitchen area is somewhat small – so you might be
able to give me a better price on a ‘leftover’ piece of granite. The main counter runs a total of 10’10”. This measurement includes the one inch thick
backsplash---giving me a one inch overhang.
The counter is 25” deep except for the corner area which is a total of
38” deep. On the other side of the stove
there is a small area that is 25” deep and only 15” wide.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have attached pictures of the countertops. I would also like to replace my sink with
either a good quality stainless steel or good quality porcelain (not the fake
stuff) in off white with one large and one small sink.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00149370319672974708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506084420293255661.post-55989166669287436892013-04-07T20:57:00.001-07:002013-04-07T20:57:11.335-07:00Panama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Because they don't have the new canal finished our cruise ship was too big to be able to transverse the canal. Our Cruise left the port at Fort Lauderdale and returned to the same port. We were on the Atlantic Ocean for the full cruise. </div>
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However, the morning of Valentines Day we were up and off the ship at 7am (yes...for you doubters, <b><i><u>I</u></i></b> did get up in time to shower, dress, get my makeup and hair fixed, have a full Breakfast and then head down to exit the ship by 7 am (That's FIVE AM to you Utahns!!!)</div>
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They loaded us on busses (I think there were 14 busloads of people heading out to go through the Panama canal from our ship that morning!) and off we went to the opposite side of Panama - the Pacific Ocean!!!!</div>
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We learned an awfully lot about Panama on the hour long drive across country - especially about how much Panama received from the United States when we turned our whole system over to Panama itself. We offloaded at a beautiful little boat dock area with lots and lots of sailboats moored and got onto some large ferries.</div>
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This is one street downtown Colon.</div>
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They drove us to a pretty little bay where they loaded us up on some ferry boats. It was amazing how many little 'islands' were created with the dirt dug out of the canal area. Some 283 million tons!! <br />
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This is the pilot that they brought out to our ferry to pilot us through the canal. After waiting around for an hour we were so excited to see him clambor on board Every boat/ferry/ship that goes through the canal has to have an authorized panama canal pilot guide them through.<br />
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That's Panama City in the distance<br />
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One of several big bridges we went under. The large equipment on the right is a large dredging machine to help keep the canal cleared out<br />
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After another hour or two we are finally heading up to the canal<br />
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Heading in!<br />
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To think this was FINISHED IN 1914!<br />
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Our ferries seem so small even though each one carried about 200 people!<br />
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tying us down (I guess in case the huge doors opened when the shouldn't and they don't want us being washed away!)<br />
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Looking back at our side of the ferry. Thank heavens we weren't up on top - eight hours of sun would have had us broiled!<br />
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Heading into the second part of the first lock. On the Pacific side of the canal there are two locks but the first one has two sections. The two locks raise the ships up a total of 85 feet. Sea Level is sea level - so the Atlantic and Pacific are at the same level. However the tides in the Pacific Ocean are up to 20 feet higher. The French started building the canal first and were trying to duplicate what they did in building the Suez Canal - just a BIG ditch. In come the American's and their engineer's come up with the lock system! Voila!<br />
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These cement walls are almost 110 years old.<br />
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another gorgeous bridge!<br />
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Huge cables holding it up<br />
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They are building a new canal to the West of this one...so larger ships can go through the locks. I am so glad we went through this one...it was fascinating!<br />
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gates - it takes 1.8 minutes for these gates to totally close. Once they are closed it only takes 8 minutes to raise or lower the level of the water so the gates can open again...12 minutes total!<br />
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Noriega's prison. Didn't look real high security! We also got to see a brief flash of the Panama Temple - I saw a flash of white and said "look Ed"....He took a FAST picture and lo and behold, when we opened the pictures up on our computer and zoomed in - you could just barely see the angel moroni on the top!<br />
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old cement walls!!! After we went through the second lock we entered into a big lake - we were about half way through the whole canal...a good 8 hours after we got on the ferry. they unloaded us at a small town on the canal. It would have taken another 3-4 hours to go all the way through the canal and we got back to our ship about an hour after it was supposed to leave as it was. It was a long long day but definitely worth it - check that one off of my bucket list!<br />
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We arrived in Costa Rice on Wednesday February 13 - Ed and I had signed up for a Bus, Boat and Train Tour. We had a little time so we wandered around a little outdoor market set up at the port and were really excited about the items for sale. They were by and large all made in country - not the same old same old stuff out of China. We wandered around for about an hour - it was hot and humid - got us a soft drink and then took our purchases back to the ship and ate a quick lunch on board and then we got on a bus and headed out of Limon into the countryside. Our tour guide spoke really good English and gave us lots of info about Costa Rica itself. It sounds like the average monthly wage is about $850 plus health insurance and housing!! They have to pay for the electricity and it sounds like that limits how much they spend on tv, computer etc.</div>
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It was a Del Monte plantation and very very interesting. Did you know that the banana tree is not a tree but a plant. It takes about 9 months to grow a bunch of bananas - from 175 to 200 bananas in each bunch. The put a blue plastic bag over each bunch to protect the bags, with pesticides to keep out bugs when they are just a little teensy bunch. </div>
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Once the plant grows the bunch of bananas it dies!! However prior to that it sends up several shoots around the base so one of them is ready to take over and grow more bananas!<br />
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You can see the bunches of bananas growing inside the blue bags. They go around and put different color ribbons on the bunches to tell them easily when they are getting close to being ready to process<br />
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If you look closely at this picture you can see a man PULLING about 200 bunches of bananas into the plant for processing. The workers chop the bunches of mature bananas off the plant and place the bunch on a guyline - this guy has straps either around his waist or over his shoulders and he literally PULLS all these bananas into the plant.<br />
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Here they are cutting the blue bags off of each bag and then cutting bunches off bananas of the bundles and put on a conveyor belt to take it into the open air plant<br />
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Here ladies are sorting the bunches into 4 grades - 1 and 2 are shipped over seas, 3 is sold in country and the 4th grade is used for feed for pigs and such. It was fascinating to see it all. Later on in the day they fed us fresh pineapple, coconut, watermelon and banana, all cash crops for Costa Rica. They told us that the majority of the pineapple goes to HAWAII! We found out that fresh bananas have so much more flavor than store bought!! Kind of like tomatoes out of our garden.<br />
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After the tour of the plantation we got back in the bus and headed to a river where we got on a boat like the one you see here. Then we spent about an hour and a half going up and down a river looking for all sorts of wildlife.<br />
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First thing we got to see was a Cayman!! For those of you who know as much as we did, a Cayman is a small crocodile. You can see him through the branches here.</div>
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Some of the birds we saw was a baby heron (did you know they are white for the first year), a snow egret, plus several others.<br />
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We saw this cute lizard plus some green iguanas.<br />
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Just pretty scenery along the river.<br />
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This green lizard is a Jesus lizard- it walks along the water (really - we got to see it move)<br />
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If you look closely at this tree in the center of the picture you will see seven little bats sticking to the tree - sleepy time. We also got to see a sloth, and a several monkeys from the river. Then we came back to shore and ate that nummy fresh fruit and got back on the bus to head to the train for the third part of our tour. We figured that the train ride would be really interesting and was sure that was a normal mode of travel in country. HAH!<br />
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Okay - I don't think this picture shows how much rust there was on the train, nor does it show how it was welded back together. Evidently, this train company went out of business in the 70's and it sat and rusted and fell totally apart for 30 years until finally a tour company figured they could make some money offering a bus, boat and train tour. So they literally welded the roof back on and a floor back in. The covered the insides of the train with wood paneling and added plexiglass in the windows.<br />
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You can see how lovely the windows were - who knows if they actually closed or not!!! The wood was the original wood though! :-) The tracks were covered with grass - and the engine sounded like it was going to break down any minute but it moved!! So again - we were off across the country through the jungles of Costa Rica. All of a sudden the train stopped although they didn't shut down the engines...and they said "Can you hear that?". There was a horrible LOUD roar, through the jungles. I thought - Costa Rica doesn't have lions but that is exactly what it sounded like. We thought what in the world and finally they pulled forward enough so that we could see the monkey making the noise....It was a male howler monkey - we could see the three female monkeys in another tree that he was trying to impress. Howlers in the wild - fantastic! We then traveled another couple miles and they stopped and let us watch about seven spider monkeys traveling through the tops of the trees. So fun. Several moving through the canopy of the jungles and then there was a mama and a baby monkey with the baby monkey playing all up and down the tree around mama.<br />
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We had a wonderful day - we got to see the big city of Limon, the jungles of Costa Rica, homes out in the country, lots of animals and birds and we got to eat fresh delicious fruits freshly picked. We noticed that EVERY home large and small had iron bars on every window and even concertina wire on all the fences. Interesting country - great day</div>
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Here are some of the ruins of Tulum</div>
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Ed and I overlooking the gorgeous beach below Tulum</div>
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Tulum was an educational center for the Mayans</div>
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We should have climbed down and enjoyed the beach here but by this time we had walked over three miles and my feet were killing me and we knew we had at least a mile back where we HOPED we could catch a shuttle. So we admired from afar</div>
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Lots of friendly iguanas - amazing how they change color re their surroundings.</div>
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This was shortly after we left Fort Lauderdale - the sunset was gorgeous with the city in the distance </div>
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As we left port there were still three of eight cruise ships to follow - below is the final spit of 'land' jutting out into the ocean </div>
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We have all heard about the Mayan calendar for the last few years - This is the REAL Mayan calendar!! The one the media has been showing us is actually the Aztec calendar!!</div>
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The entrance through the rock wall built by the Mayans around their city<br />
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I guess you could say we are a little bit taller now a days!</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Kitty made us a wonderful breakfast and by 9 am we were on
the road. We stopped at the Wall mart
in Hurricane to deposit some checks
(America First was closed but I was able to make my deposit through the ATM)
and then we raced to Quartzsite. Mad
dash although I should have stopped and done some grocery shopping while I was
there but we had 400 miles to go and we wanted to get there by 4 pm.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">The drive was without problems. We just kept moving with a fuel stop at the
Indian Reservation and again at Searchlight for lunch. Then straight on through to Quartzsite. The BLM kiosk at La Posa South was closed due
to the Veterans Day holiday and so we kept on driving…didn’t even take time to
dump at the sewer station and fill up on water but kept on trucking and pulled
up at the tent at 4:02. Walked into
Happy Hour to the warmest welcome ever.
There had to have been at least 18 couples that gave us big hugs and welcomed us ‘home’. Dear friends – so good to see them again. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">We only stayed for about 10-15 minutes and then drove over
to the spot we wanted to camp on this year.
That gave us about an hour of good light to get unhooked and set up – Ed
worked on the outside and I worked on the inside. At least enough to make it look like home
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<span style="color: blue;">Tuesday November 13</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Called Emma and sang happy birthday to her on the answering
machine. Got up this morning and had a quick
breakfast – Ed got to work setting up the tent we brought. He put it up behind the trailer – it is our
storage tent and it works marvelously.
Five months worth of stuff needed to survive in the desert comfortably
without tripping over it constantly in the trailer. YAY! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Wednesday November 14</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">We were supposed to go on a good long atv ride today but
realized we still had lots to do to set up camp. Ed needed to get fresh water and dump the
gray and black water. I needed to figure
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<i><span style="color: blue;">This is a picture of one of the four barrels Ed has to cart fresh water back to the trailer so I have plenty of water in the trailer - he has a couple of white barrels that he uses for black and grey water to pump out of the trailer to the sewage dump about one mile from our trailer.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">So I fixed a good breakfast and cleaned the trailer –
vacuumed, made the bed, got myself ready to go to town with Ed and waited. Finally I realized that he wasn’t going to be
ready to leave for a couple of hours and so I simply hopped in the Razr ad took
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<span style="color: blue;">I had a great time – I think it was the first time in two
weeks that I was on my own and didn’t have to juggle my schedule to fit someone
else’s. I loved it. Very few of the open air markets are open yet
but more and more stores are ‘hardbacked’ and open at least nine months of the
year. I stopped at several of my bead
stores looking for nice glass pearls for a necklace I am making. Didn’t find them but found some inexpensive
ones that I could practice with. Then I
hit the grocery store and cringed at the prices. I had forgotten how expensive they are. Plus there is a 10% tax on everything! Next week we will go to Parker or Blythe and
stock up at the Kmart or Wal-Mart. Tax
is still there though! On the way back
to the trailer I thought I would swing down Kuhn street and see if I could see
Ed’s truck at the tool shop. It wasn’t
there but my favorite sunglass kiosk was.
I have bought at least two pair of sunglasses from this lady every year
for the past eight years! I lose them or
break them so I keep going back to her.
We had a fun chat about where she spends her summers and then I headed
back out to camp. As I pulled into
Laposa South camping area Ed was just pulling up to the BLM kiosk to pay our
fee for camping here for the next five months. I am soooo glad I didn’t wait for him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">As it was I had time to put everything away and head over to
the tent for ladies craft hour. I
worked on Kristanne's necklace and its going to be gorgeous. There were about ten ladies all sitting
around doing different crafts. We had a
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<span style="color: blue;">Busy day today.
Simple breakfast and I cleaned up in the trailer and packed a good lunch
while Ed worked on the flag holder on the back of the razr. It is supposed to be 81 degrees today but it
sure doesn’t look or feel it outside.
Ed dressed in shorts and sandals with his lightweight jacket – I wore
long pants and layered with sweater and warm coat and gloves…glad I did. It only got up to 67 which would have felt
great if the sun was shining – instead we had thick clouds and cool breeze all
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<span style="color: blue;">We went with Ed and Jo ad Bob and Maureen to the Indian
Lands – there was a canyon we wanted to four wheel into that we had seen last
year. It wasn’t to be though – due to
several VERY heavy rains this fall everywhere we tried to go was washed out and
we ended up simply heading back to camp about 4 hours later- and it took two
hours to get back. Long fun day with
good friends. It was certainly not a
loss as we had a great time four wheeling and some of the terrain Jo lead us
over was …well I was just thankful I wasn’t driving. Up steep hills, down steeper ones – along
ridgelines – over VERY rocky terrain. We
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and I took a nice shower and nap and headed to Silly Al’s for pizza with about
16 ladies – we had a fun time laughing and sharing stories with each
other. Good food, great companions. When we got through eating we were heading
towards the door and ended up sitting back down for another hour and a half to
listen to karaoke – several of the ladies joined in and they sang
beautifully. I just might join them at
the Karaoke practice sessions on Tuesdays and see if I can learn some songs! Me!!!</span></div>
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I spent the morning painting pendants – set up a table
outside so I could enjoy the sun.
Lovely day. Ed is busy moving
rocks around to create a ‘yard’. Read
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<span style="color: blue;">I decided I needed to run into town today to see if I could
find someplace to salvage my nails before they start to fall off. I only found one salon – it was closed and
there was no answer on their phone so I give up. No fill job for them. I will have to let them fall off and replace
the whole set when I get home for Christmas.
Spent a little time in town looking for chains to hang my pendants from
but not a lot of luck there unless I want gold or silver chain …the prices of
those make me shudder!</span><br />
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now that I can’t work at the kitchen table in the trailer – at least not sit on
the bench seat and work – the bench is too low and that is what has been
causing difficulties with my right arm.
It had it tied up in knots within minutes! If I bring in my tall chair then I sit at a
different angle and that works better.</span><br />
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I found a head band and wired a huge sparkly green flower to it and then
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Ed even let me sprinkle some silver glitter in HIS hair!!! We both washed it out after the party but we
have been glittering for days now! The
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<span style="color: blue;">It seemed good to be back to our Quartzsite Branch. We walked in 20 minutes early and the choir
was singing like they always are. The
high councilman that spoke mentioned that the last time he spoke in the branch
there were only 28 people in attendance…No one is here in the summer!! The chapel was almost full (the choir stayed
in the choir seats for the whole meeting as they sang midway through the
meeting but they saved their seats in the chapel so they would have some place
to sit during Sunday School so it seemed just partly full) plus the cultural
hall was almost full. By January they
will be going to two full sessions each Sunday and every nook and cranny will
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sister that taught the lesson did a marvelous job of including ALL of us in the
lesson which would be very difficult.
They are hoping that next week a new missionary prep class will be starting. PeRFECT!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Relief Society is also held In the chapel for now. They’ve already outgrown the RS room. When they first go to two sessions then it
will move back into the RS room until it again outgrows it at which time it
will be like a fifth Sunday every week – combined Priesthood and Relief Society
in the chapel and cultural hall. Picked
up our mail after church and the first weekly packet from Scott and Lisa was
there with the last weeks’ mail. That
will work till we go home for Christmas and at that time we will have all our
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<span style="color: blue;">Its hard to see in this picture - but the whole valley is full of Saguarro cactuses. The desert definitely has a beauty of its own.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">On the way back we stopped and searched for crystals - I found a tiny one - about 1/2 inch long and 1/4 inch wide ...I am thinking of making a necklace with it. Very simple but pretty.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Still enjoying the warm weather - it got up to 78 here. After breakfast Ed went with several of the guys to Blythe to get stacks of old pallets to burn at the community fires they have most evenings. While he was gone I stripped the beds and remade them, scrubbed the bathroom and kitchen down, mopped and vacuumed the floors. By the time he got back at 12 it was looking so nice. While here with just the two of us we only use one bench of the table benches. Right now the other is still folded up against the window but Ed will take it totally out and store it in the tent. This gives us more room in the trailer - Ed spends a lot of the evenings sitting on the 'living room' bench watching tv or reading and it seemed like I was constantly crawling across him to get something out of the back. Finally I decided that if I simply turn the table sideways when we aren't eating that gives us plenty of room for me to get past his long legs and knees.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">After Ed got back we headed over to Parker - almost an hours drive (it takes 15 minutes to drive out to the main highway at 15 miles an hour!) to go see Twilight - Breaking Dawn. I loved it. Ed sat through it with me though he claims he didn't enjoy it - it was so much better than the others - really well done. Then we hit Wal Mart and stocked up on groceries and headed back to the trailer - it was dark by the time we got home and I cooked a pizza for dinner.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Today I headed into town to do laundry - I got the four loads of wash going and then rushed over to the Family Dollar store. I am in charge of table decorations for tomorrow's dinner (45 of us) sit down in the big tent for turkey and all the trimmings. I had found some orange and yellow and green tablecloths and some cute napkins at wal mart but nothing else. I bought some floral foam to use with some of my fall silk flowers that I have out in front of the house but I really didn't want to cut them up. Family Dollar store had some cute things that I am going to use - I will post a picture of it tomorrow when I get the whole thing set up. I went back and tossed the clothes in the dryer, at some lunch and then folded it all and headed back out to camp. Got there just in time to grab some stuff and head over to the ladies craft hour. Made a pretty necklace visited with everyone. Went back over with Ed at four with my bottle of water and made final plans for tomorrow. At 5 when happy hour was over we all pitched in and set the tables and chairs up so it is ready for Ginger and I to go over at ten in the morning and wash everything off (dust is everywhere) and set things up. I get to cook a big pot of potatoes and mash them for the dinner plus I am supplying the olives. We will eat at 2. Happy Thanksgiving every one!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">This is our cute solar lamp that we bought in Beaver at ALCO - It glows almost all night!! Next to it you can see the cute solar snail I bought with part of my Christmas gift card $$ at Tai Pan Trading - thanks Jamie!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">So you can see - we are keeping busy. Lots of friends, lots of fun! </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"> By the time I got around to taking a picture of all the tables they were full of people so I took a picture of my table...with Ed's coke can next to the decor. I had green, yellow and orange tablecloths with a cute napkin and a darling little green and autumn leaf candle holder with an owl sitting at the top of the leaf - then I placed mini candles on each leaf and we lit them. It made the tent look nice and festive.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I made this necklace at craft day yesterday so I could wear it with my outfit today. Watch for better pictures to come. I snapped this while it sat on the kitchen table. The earrings are large pearls glued onto posts. Ed thought I looked pretty. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">I missed my whole family so very much today. I don't think I will spend another Thanksgiving so far away from my beloved children. At least until they all have grandkids and families of their own to be totally involved in. I had a wonderful day with lots of friends. They invited Ed to say Grace which meant much to me as it shows they realize that we are God fearing and God loving people. I called this Kecia this evening (in response to her call to me that I missed) and found that Kecia and Mauri and Dirk and families all got together for a nice Thanksgiving dinner at Mauri Sue's. I am so glad. Shawn and Kris - Dirk - Mauri and Ira- Kelly and Jamie - Kecia and Glenn ...I love you all. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Thursday we had planned to go to the beach again as it was so quiet, gorgeous sandy beaches and we simply didn't want to drive anywhere today...however - the weatherman changed our minds. We woke up to heavy clouds, no sunshine in sight so we decided to head up to Astoria. Ed had mentioned the night before that he might want to take me there to the job corps center so when it was too cool to enjoy the out of doors I hopped in the truck with him no realizing that it would take us 11 hours to get back AND I would be in and out of the truck all day - no sweater or jacket!! I did wear my walking shoes thank heavens. We didn't even stop at the job corps. I think Ed realized they wouldn't know who he was anymore!! </span></div>
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The drive was green and beautiful as all of Washington has been so far.</div>
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I fell in love with these gorgeous flowers - it's hemlock!!! Gee, do you just grind it up and put it in the salad of the person you want to get rid of?? Hah!! Good thing I love Ed, cause this grows like a weed all over this state! It is still pretty though!<br />
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We went to Ft Stevens, North West of Astoria and found the ocean. We got out and wandered around for a while, nice sandy beaches.<br />
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There was a neat shipwreck skeleton on the beach. I have no idea how old it is - it is however, steel not wood.<br />
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What is it about waves that are so mesmerizing? As you can see, the clouds are heavy overcast - cool, windy, but still beautiful<br />
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Fort Clatsop is the fort that Lewis and Clark built to spend the winter...they had come down the Columbia River and checked out all the different possible wintering sites and finally chose this area (instead of Cape Disappointment farther North) due to the availability of game - elk, deer etc. They said the first day they arrived they (the 30 members of the whole team) went out and shot 18 elk mainly for the hides so they could replace the ripped, falling apart deerskins they had been living in for the past months and months. They had lots of protein to keep them alive that winter but very little else. But they survived and headed back to St Louis leaving Fort Clatsop in March of 1806<br />
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There was a couple of fascinating talks - one was a couple of ladies dressed in deerskin showing how to tan and brain and stretch the hides making them pliable. Then we went into the fort itself and a fellow was sharing the history of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Boy, he knew his facts well. It was so interesting hearing him talk about how excited they were when they were able to buy 300 pounds of whale blubber from the Indians to add to their diet. He talked about how tired they got of just elk and deer meat and how they would carve off pieces of whale blubber to chew on. YUMM for sure!! This fellow here gave a real cute fun explanation of how their rifles worked - how to load, aim and fire them. He talked about the different guns carried by both Lewis and Clark - and how thankful they were for both types.<br />
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This is a gun turret at Fort Stevens - the only other spot on the continental US that has ever been attacked (other than 9-11) by an enemy. During WWII a Japanese sub fired on this fort (that had been in existence since the civil war!)...the commander of the fort held fire and after a while the sub went away after deciding that the fort was no longer in existence. The guns would come up and over the edge of the wall and fire huge cannons 8 inches or bigger and then return down into the hole in the ground so they were completely hidden from anyone at sea. This fort was about a mile or two from the ocean! The cannons could heft those cannonballs upwards of 10-20 miles away!<br />
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This is the view of the 'whole' fort...it held two huge guns and amazing storage rooms for the ammo.<br />
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We went across this bridge from Astoria to the island that held both Clatsop and Stevens.<br />
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Here is a little better view of the gorgeous murals up and down the tower.<br />
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The view from above down to the parking lot<br />
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Another view of the parking lot ---that's our truck in the middle. It was a grey and wet day and we didn't get back to Sauvie Island until 9 pm that night but we had a great time and learned lots!!Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00149370319672974708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506084420293255661.post-10436869622212653742012-07-27T21:20:00.005-07:002012-07-27T21:20:41.312-07:00Across Oregon<br />
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Not knowing when it would be in we gave up on it and decided to wait until we get back to Boise after our trip through Oregon, Washington, top of Idaho, Montana and back through Idaho and then finally home to Utah. I decided to post a blog with a few daily pictures.</div>
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On our way - the weather is gorgeous...not a cloud in sight!</div>
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The first night we went to Emigrant Springs State Park in Oregon - halfway between Le Grande and Pendleton. It was in the mountains and just simply beautiful</div>
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Oregon has some beautiful state parks...hundreds of them!! Most for day use but many for overnight camping too. The are<br />
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There is actually a freeway behind these trees. At first we were concerned that it would be noisy and keep us awake at night but we slept right through it all.<br />
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This is Ed hooking up the truck to the trailer the next morning. The picnic table in front of the trailer is where we ate dinner that evening. I was going to serve breakfast out there too but it was a bit too cool. So we ate in the trailer. This state park was halfway between LeGrande and Pendleton Oregon....we drove into Pendleton to do some sightseeing. Evidently in the late 1800's the chinese community dug tunnels under the city to make delivery of laundry and such easier! A whole underground city developed - a grocery store and restaurant...even an ice cream parlor (taking advantage of the cooler air underground for keeping the ice cream freezers cooler!) However, it was closed on Tuesdays!! Bummer !<br />
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This is where we stayed Tuesday evening. Ainsworth State Park...along the Columbia River Gorge area (about 50 miles East of Portland). This is the view behind our trailer (and of the trailer next door)<br />
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I love how the trees are green all over in this country. Moss doesn't just grow on the North side!<br />
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We left Ainsworth State Park about 8:30 in the morning and headed on into Portland and beyond to a lovely little island in the middle of the Columbia River called Sauvie Island. We got the full tour of the Island as my Google Navigator on my cell phone took us the wrong way TWICE!!! The island is literally covered with small farms growing flowers and plants and berries and fruit. Almost every house has a sign in the front yard saying they have fresh dairy or flowers or blueberries or homemade lace for sale. This is the Columbia River (with a boat right in the middle of the picture)...I was trying to get a picture of Mt St Helen's. Its there, but you will have to double click the picture to see it.<br />
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This was a big barge that went up the river while we were enjoying the beach. It was one of several that went by and would create big waves after it went by. I thought it looked like it might be fun for body surfing and waded out into the river to try it but the water was tooooo cold. I said forget IT!! Note please the beautiful blue sky...that is the only blue sky we have seen since Wednesday!! It did clear up this afternoon (about 4:45) but was rainy and cool all day long till then. Jo says that tomorrow will likely be the same! Oregon/Washington weather!<br />
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We headed to Cold Springs Trout Farm to have a fun family time. Ed and I and Makae met Mauri who had Adriana, Jerod, Joshua, Caleb and also Cade and Ethan, and Kecia, Jace, Emma and Leah. Adrie really didn't want to fish so she carried Leah around and helped her enjoy the fish from a distance. Meanwhile all of the other kids grabbed a fishing pole and bucket and headed over to the pool of fish. What a fun time!!! The only complaint to be had is that they had to QUIT fishing because we couldn't afford to catch any more! <br />
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10 of my 16 grandkids...far left is Makae, Ethan, Cade, Caleb, Jerod, Grandpa Ed, Josh, daughter Mauri, JACE, Emma, Leah and Adrie and daughter Kecia. We missed the other cousins - Dirk wasn't able to bring his boys up like planned and Brayden wasn't feeling well so Jamie stayed home with him and Taylie and Hudson.<br />
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Here is Kecia helping Emma catch a fish - she got quite discouraged before she actually (with mama's help) caught a fish!<br />
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Adriana with miss Leah Rose ...<br />
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Emma caught her fish and then wasn't sure she wanted to get near it!<br />
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We finally got her to hold the line when it quit splashing water on her - I can imagine what she would have done if she had had to put the worm on the hook!!<br />
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Here Emma is at the bowery where grandpa Ed cooked the fish and we had a yummy lunch. She thought that the fish was pretty tasty.<br />
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We made some good memories today though. Cold Springs Trout Farm offers a chance to come and fish WITHOUT having to buy a license, bring our own gear, or bait our hooks. They charge you per the size of fish that you catch with the average price being about $4.50 per fish. That includes gutting, cleaning and filleting the fish for you!!! We brought charcoal briquets and lemon juice to cook them with. We had forgetten the salt and pepper so they loaned us a large jar of seasoning salt and we had also forgotten plates, silverware or napkins (we were brought our lunches - didn't really plan on eating the fish there until Cade and Ethan showed up without lunches)...anyway, I took the aluminum foil that we brought to cook the fish on and created out own plates!! And we ate the fish with our fingers!! MEMORIES!!</div>
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Cade, Ethan, Jerod, and I think Caleb and Josh all had fun catching the fish with their bare hands!! <br />
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This is a definite redo in the future. Next time we will come more prepared but I don't think we could have any MORE fun than we had today!<br />
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I had the chance to have a couple of my grand daughters come stay with me for three days and two .nights. We had so much fun. I knew that four year old Emma would be tickled pink to come spend a couple of days but I really was afraid that Leah would be very unhappy to see mama Kecia and daddy Glenn leave..I dreaded bedtime because I just knew that she would be inconsolable . Surprisingly enough she was all smiles and didn't mind in the least when her mom and dad left. We got out the toys and started a two day party. Grandma Susan had bought their favorite foods, black berries, goldfish, string cheese, and gogurt. 'We had a ball. Miss Leah wanted to follow sister down the stairs every time Emma headed down. At first I blocked off the stairs so she couldn't get through but about the time I needed to run downstairs to grab another mini chair for the kids table and had to climb THRU the block I said, uh uhh. Knowing that Glenn was really afraid of Leah falling down the stairs I quickly helped Leah realize that she didn't go down the stairs without holding onto my hand. Not only did the girls mind me without question, they ate anything I fed them and they slept for a good 12 hours every night. During the day I was worn to a frazzle trying to keep up with Miss Leah. She doesn't stop! As fast as I cleaned up toys and stuff, she was pulling something else out. Once they woke up I had NO time for me...no bath, no nap, no cleaning! The first night it took Leah two hours to settle down and go to sleep. She took an hour and a half nap the next day but she usually had a 3 hour nap at home. Thinking I had 3 hours for a bath and a nap I spent 45 minutes mopping the floor and picking up toys when she went down for her nap. I barely had time for a nice soak and ended up with a quick nap when she woke up WAYYYY to early. At that point, grandma got smart. The girls and I headed outside and played in the swimming pool and with Great grandpa's clown for over two hours. Then we headed back in the house, changed clothes and went to visit Great grandpa Merritt. After that I took them to Arctic Circle for supper and let them play for another hour and a half on the climbing stairs and slippery slides. They had a ball. It got up to 90 degrees in that play area though and so I finally called it quits. Let me tell you, THEY slept the second night. In fact Leah went to bed at 7 pm and didn't wake up until 8 am the next morning! Emma is fantastic - she wakes up earlier than Leah but gets up quietly and finds something to entertain herself without making any noise. Good training mom! When Kecia and Glenn got back on Saturday they slipped quietly in the house to surprise Emma - and they got the surprise when "Emma took one look at them and burst into tears, saying "I don't want to go home". We had had too much fun - we even put some 100 piece puzzles together. Emma is so full of love and so full of joy - </div>
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The first day I had this set up on a more level area and had about 5 inches of water in the pool. The second day we had to put more water back in the pool and the main hose was hooked up to the clown head so we moved the pool right over by the fence so the front yard hose could stretch and fill the pool. Leah quickly realized that by stepping on the side of the pool she had easy access in and out - trouble was it made easy access for the water to run out too!<br />
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This 30 year old clown head belonged to my dad and as we went through the house and picked out things we wanted I grabbed this clown head as I had years and years of memories of my kids and then my grandkids playing with this fun water toy every 4th of July in grandpa's back yard.<br />
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It didn't take Emma very long to figure out how to make it work right<br />
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Just a cute girl! Miss Leah and her fun grin<br />
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The clown hat - get the water pressure going just right and the hat balances on the stream of water<br />
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Emma loved it - Leah didn't want to get sprayed. She preferred the pool<br />
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After Emma and got this 100 piece puzzle put together I told her we needed a picture of her with it before we put it back in the box<br />
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All in all - we had a great time. Leah has decided that grandma is as fun to be around as mama - I had a great time. I was ready to go soak in the hot tub by the time Saturday was over. Thanks again Kecia and Glenn for letting me enjoy your girlsSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00149370319672974708noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506084420293255661.post-68824861302949576042012-05-15T20:37:00.002-07:002012-05-19T21:07:57.380-07:00A life time of collecting!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Quail Jill made at Monte Vista in about 1966</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">mom painted and fired this years ago - probably mid 70'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cute french onion soup bowls (4)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Chili or soup mugs (4)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mend it kit</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">glass pie plates (3)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">replacement lamp bulb</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">set of steak knives</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">four cup measuring cup</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Freedom is not Free" mug</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">sewing supplies</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">light up pouporri jar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">food that has not expired (:-D)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">storage candle</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fall topper for jar candles</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">nutcracker bowl and crackers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">cheese slicer</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">sugar jar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">cold heat soldering gun</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">smaller level (battery operated)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">set of three crystal salt shakers </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">nicer 100 foot measuring tape</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">glass pitcher</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">nesting sieves</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">half gallon vinegar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">tupperware pie mat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">waffle maker</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fogger</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">mom's recipe boxes</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">caliper in nice wooden box</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">floodlight</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1932 music book</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Norman Rockwell's History of Scouting</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Reader's Digest "How In the World?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Clan of the Cave Bear, Valley of Horses, Plains of Passage and Shelters of Stone - first four books of Jean Auel's series</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Decades of the 20th Century</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Osmands</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take Care of Yourself</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Book 4 of Jerry Borrowman's WWII seried</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Self Esteem for Latter Day Saint Women by Anita Stanfield</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Wings of Faith</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just to Illustrate by LeGrand Richards</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LDS Stories of Faith and Courage , Amos Wright (LDS books for young people) The Faith of our Pioneer Fathers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">God's Greatest Gift by Theodore M Burton (temples)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Volume 6 & 8 of the Work and the Glory</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Book 1 and 2 of The Kingdom and the Crown</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hallowed Journey - cassette tape dramatization</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The First 2000 Years by Cleon Skousen</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why I believe (various authors)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Howard W Hunter</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Celestial Pursuit - LDS trivia game</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Restored Church (used as seminary book YEARS ago)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">More bird books</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">study guides for D&C, Book of Mormon, Old Testament and the Apostles</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Christmas Box</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Christmas Box Miracle</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Easter Egg with bunny (two of them, I couldn't reach them by the time I took this picture and my knee was too tired to climb up on a chair...the other Egg is right to the left of this one)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Glass box</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know I said that there wouldn't be anymore but that last blog was so long and mostly full of boring stuff...this is much more fun</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Christmas stocking (new)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Saints at War...whoever gave this to dad...its yours</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> No doubt about it...by Shari Dew</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> History and stories of Millard County...Leamington!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> LaVell Edwards...airing it out</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> God's Greatest Gift</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Complete set of gorgeous stoneware (service for 14?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Tupperware Bowl - LARGE</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Boxed set of Christmas Cards w/envelopes</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Another Set of Christmas Cards</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Third Set of Christmas Cards</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Set of two cute marshmellow mugs</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mom's silver plate utinsels</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Lighted Easter Village</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Bird house</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> gold ornaments</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> cute ceramic Christmas scene</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Christmas large candle holder</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> 4 candle wooden Christmas scene (German)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Christmas tree angel</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Mom's handmade Christmas Tree skirt</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Halloween Ghostee</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I went up to dad's house again today and sprayed weeds all over the whole yard. Hopefully we can do in some of those nice big healthy dandelions that dad's neighbors are cussing. While I was there I dug deeper into the shed outside and found some more 'treasures'. Ladies, this is a group of pictures that your husbands will probably get more excited about than you will! But keep scrolling because next I went inside and took more pictures of stuff from inside drawers and cupboards and found some treasures</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember - list anything and everything that you might be able to use....whatever doesn't get chosen will probably be set out for a BIG estate (garage) sale</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> metal sprayer</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> watering can</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> snail and slug mix</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> charcoal lighter fluid</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> shampoo and conditioner</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">clothes steamer</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> lights</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> ceramic jewelry box made by mom</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> dad's jewelry box</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> hand held steam machine</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> mini sleigh </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">sunscreen</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> deep muscle pain relief</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wonder if this is a collectors item</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I know this is....who knows what merchurochrome is???</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> nails</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">metal drawers full of stuff</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">more stuff </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> two rolls of fabric to stop weeds from growing up through</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Plastic carpet tred</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Almost done.....I still need to go through Christmas stuff, Easter stuff and Halloween stuff. </span><span style="font-size: large;">There is a shovel and a snow shovel....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> orange/brown velvet love seat</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> more books</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Davis Surgical Center Bear (would Harley like this?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Computer chair #2</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> There are TWO floor mats for computer chairs</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Stacking plastic bins</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> two fold up stadium seats (metal)</span></div>
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mini slow cooker<br />
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metal/glass cart<br />
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slide projector<br />
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book case (hanging from ceiling)<br />
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RR crossing sign<br />
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mops, dusters, broom and (holder)<br />
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easy chair #1<br />
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2 metal trains<br />
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easy chair #3<br />
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Bingo game<br />
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decorative lamp<br />
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livingroom table<br />
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games anyone?<br />
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Ski rocket (blow up)<br />
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snowmobile helmet<br />
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small stereo cabinet<br />
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small overnight case<br />
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Here's blog #2...read the instructions in GRANDPA MERRITTS HOUSE - OUTSIDE (in bold, below)<br />
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...AGAIN please let me know of anything you may want ... don't feel like you are being selfish or piggish...what isn't chosen goes to Deseret Industries or in the trash. IF you want to look at something close up, call me and I will meet you at the house. <br />
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<b style="font-size: x-large;"><i> Instead of trying to pick a day for every one to meet at the house, with everyone's busy schedules, and distance, etc., we decided it would be more fair for us to post the pictures of stuff online and let YOU choose what you might be interested in. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE choose anything and everything you might like. Then let me know....</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>If several of you want ONE particular item we will draw for it. If you get one large item, and there is another large item you are interested in, let me know that too. We will 'share the wealth' among all...as equally as we can. Probably once we get all the items listed, and spoken for, then Jeff, Kelly, Susan and Bruce will all get together and pull the names out of the hat for you grandkids. If YOUR kids want something, then list it among the things that you want...greats come after grands....</i></b></span></div>
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ceramic cannister set </div>
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mini cupcake tin</div>
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large rectangular rubbermaid storage bin</div>
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cardboard shoe divider (sorry Amee, it only holds 12 pairs of shoes :-) </div>
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TV (works well), stereo, tv stand, </div>
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small touch lamp</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are cleaning out Grandpa's house getting it ready to sell. This is a difficult blog to write ...and probably a difficult one to read. Kelly, Jeff, Bruce and I met up at Dad's house a couple of weeks ago and kind of picked out what stuff we wanted. So now, we are giving the grandkids a chance to say WHAT they want. <b><i> Instead of trying to pick a day for every one to meet at the house, with everyone's busy schedules, and distance, etc., we decided it would be more fair for us to post the pictures of stuff online and let YOU choose what you might be interested in. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE choose anything and everything you might like. Then let me know....</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>If several of you want ONE particular item we will draw for it. If you get one large item, and there is another large item you are interested in, let me know that too. We will 'share the wealth' among all...as equally as we can. Probably once we get all the items listed, and spoken for, then Jeff, Kelly, Susan and Bruce will all get together and pull the names out of the hat for you grandkids. If YOUR kids want something, then list it among the things that you want...greats come after grands....</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope this sounds fair to you. I went up to the house today and started taking pictures...the batteries on my camera went dead after I took the outside pictures and most of the main floor. So I will take pictures of the basement stuff and post them another day. I will also divide this post into two ... upstairs items and outside items. So keep checking back until I say we have posted pictures of everything. Some pictures will have several items in them. They don't/won't go as a group....individual choices.</span></div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00149370319672974708noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506084420293255661.post-18005613483491564782012-04-09T19:02:00.000-07:002012-04-09T19:10:13.096-07:00Uncle Evan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had the opportunity to fly with Ed to Austin Texas on Monday April 2, 2012 to attend the funeral of my beloved uncle, Evan Nielson. It was interesting as I was one of the few people attending that knew him as Evan, rather than Niel. I guess he was given the nickname Niel in the service years ago and it stuck with him. When I mentioned to one of the people at the viewing that I was Uncle Evan's niece she gave me the weirdest look, like maybe I was at the wrong funeral!<br />
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We had originally ordered our plane tickets from Phoenix to Austin (with a layover in SLC!) because we were down in Arizona when Evan passed away. When Dora called me and told me the dates were changed due to scheduling the military honors burial at Ft Sam Houston we decided to pack up all of our stuff and drive back to Utah first, so we called Delta to find out how much it would cost us to change our tickets. Delta was very helpful - they waived the 72 hour limit on frequent flyer tickets and they waived the $100 apiece for changing flights since it was a funeral. The lady at Delta helped Ed reschedule the flight on the correct date and flew us out of SLC. When we got to the airport however, we found that she had mistakenly routed us into San Antonio!! That meant instead of arriving in Austin at 5:30 for a 15 minute drive to the mortuary for the viewing, we landed in San Antonio - an hour and 15 minutes away from the mortuary at 5:30. So we rushed up the freeway, stopped at a Dairy Queen to get a bite to eat and get online to figure out how to get to the mortuary. We arrived about 20 minutes before the viewing was over. It worked out but it did put a crimp in our plans.</div>
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So after I gave Dora a big hug and met her kids - I walked up to see Evan. It didn't look much like him - he had lost a lot of weight and also the puffiness that had been prevalent due to the meds he had been on. </div>
Ed and I had been in Austin less than a year ago and got to see and visit with Evan then, right after he had been put in the rehab.<br />
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I saw this tall handsome guy walk into the chapel and someone said "that's Tom, there!" I wouldn't have known him because the only other time I ever met him was at Daniel's wedding a few years ago and he has lost a whole lot of weight since then - I think he must look like his mom Aunt Jean more than the Nielson side. Tom took me out to the foyer where his wife and kids were and also Shannon and her husband and kids were. </div>
As I say somewhere else in this blog - Shannon looks like a Nielson. :-) We both have the square jaw and crooked smile - however I felt like a giant towering over her. But she was warm and welcoming and both Tom and Shannon seemed to happy to see me again. I felt the love even though we are all practically strangers. <br />
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Daniel is married and lives in Provo UT. He has two darling daughters (his wife and girls couldn't make it to the funeral but as cute as Dan is I am SURE the girls have to be adorable!) Dan talked at the funeral and did a marvelous job.<br />
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Tyler and Whitney are also students at BYU - they are living back at home in Round Rock, Texas which is just north of Austin with their parents this summer. Thomas and Carolyn have been scouting for jobs in Utah this last few weeks. Tom is a lawyer in Round Rock and would like to transfer to the Utah Valley Area to be closer to their children.<br />
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After the funeral the Relief Society put on a wonderful luncheon for the whole family. The funeral was at 10 am so that we would have plenty of time to eat and then drive the hour and 20 minutes to the Ft Sam Houston National Cemetery. The family was informed that the military services were to begin at 2:30 pm with or without us. They have the cemetery very solidly scheduled due to the many requests for military honors. Ed took a video of the whole service, plus I video'd the presenting of the flag as I was standing behind Dora and Ed was out to the side. Ed has inserted my video into his and it takes about 11 minutes to watch. I am going to TRY to download it to my blog....we will see what happens.<br />
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The cemetery would only allow the family to bring three bouquets. The beautiful spray that we had done and delivered was given to family or friends after the viewing was over - in fact I don't know who got it. It was done in red white and blue ...red and white carnations and a beautiful blue thistle (I think they were spray painted). It was moved out of the viewing area before Ed got a chance to take a picture. I wish I had realized this was what they were going to do with the flowers and I would have ordered a nice plant that someone could have treasured for years. The metal 'table' in the foreground is where the casket was placed for the burial services. We sat on nice benches under a gazebo while the honor guard did their thing. Besides the flowers, we were able to give Dora $200 in cash to help her with expenses. I had found a beautiful card and written everyone's name on it that donated. She was very appreciative. I hope you won't feel badly that I told her we didn't expect individual thank you cards for everything. I know it meant alot to her that Evan's family 'back home' showed such love and appreciation for them both.<br />
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I was impressed with Ken. He is comfortable to be around and yet very proffesional at that same time. He spoke about Evan being a real dad to him for so many years as his real father had died when he was young. <br />
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Both of Dora's children were choice people. Brenda was so very friendly and we shared our lunch table with them and you could feel the warmth of her personality flow through the conversation. Her daughter Cassie was a major part of Evan and Dora's life in the late 70's, early 80's....many was the time that Evan would hop in the car to go get Cassie after school. They also watched Brenda's granddaughter Elizabeth who is now about nine years old. She was a pretty little thing that loved her Grandpa Niel so very much. Both girls will miss him very very much.<br />
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It was so fun getting to know these new cousins - people I had heard about for a long time but rarely got to meet. When we were living in Texas in 2001/02 we almost got to meet Tom and his family several times but then something would come up and things would fall through. I have a great love in my heart for these two already.</div>
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<br /></div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00149370319672974708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506084420293255661.post-61667092977213172612012-02-22T19:35:00.001-08:002012-02-22T19:35:22.807-08:00A Day in the Life of a Desert RatIt is supposed to be 74 here tomorrow - another beautiful day in the desert. Ed is going out with friends four wheeling while I take myself to the doctor...its hard being 600 miles away from your own doctor. I will be glad when I am finally on Medicare in May so I can go to any doctor anywhere and not have to call HAFB for permission. Anyway, I have a boil on my right shoulder that has gotten bigger and uglier and more painful every day for the last week. I am going to try to get in to the medical clinic here in Quartzsite tomorrow - if its not overcrowded (or if it is even open on Wednesdays!) If I can't then I will drive 30 miles to Parker to the hospital that has an insta-care facility in its ER. <br />
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I didn't think I would ever be so excited to have someone put a big needle in my shoulder and cut me open with a knife but there you go. <br />
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My knee is at a standstill. I still have full range of motion with it but I can't walk more than 20 steps without using my crutches. I have a small brace that I wear a lot of the time...if I am not going to be going anywhere I will take the brace off and let the knee rest...and the ankle swelling because of the brace, go down. I am so thankful I have my jewelry....it keeps me busy when I can't go out walking every day. <br />
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The days are pretty lazy. We get up about 8:30 or 9...Ed will usually get up a little earlier and turn on the catalytic heater so the temp is warmer in the trailer. We eat breakfast and I wash the few dishes and set them to dry in the drainer. A couple of times a week I clean the toilet and sinks, vacuum the rugs in the trailer and sweep the floor. Making my bed is the only thing I do every single day. One day a week we usually go into Quartzsite and do laundry - a couple days a week we go on nice long 60-70 mile ATV rides with friends. By the time we get back in the Razor my knee feels pretty shook up but I just ice it and take some Arthritis Acetaminophen and I feel good enough to fix dinner.<br />
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About 10:30 you can find me laying on the chaise lounge outside. As soon as the temp gets up to 55 outside I go. Ed has built a wind break along the Northwest/West side of the trailer so you can sit outside and enjoy the sun without the cool wind hitting you. Most days the wind is only about 5-10 mph but that can feel cool at 55 degrees. Now with the wind break we actually can only sit outside for maybe 45 minutes before we get HOT. So its back in the trailer and that's when I work on my jewelry. Then and in the middle of the night when my knee gets to aching (and my shoulder too). Then I quietly get out of bed, shut the little cloth door to the bedroom, get out a warm robe (we turn the temp down to 60 at night to save on propane) and make pretties. <br />
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There are several ladies out here who make jewelry daily too so we have lots of ideas to share around. I am hoping that I can be back out here in the desert by 1 pm tomorrow as that is our weekly Wedn craft day....sometimes someone teaches us something new, sometimes I have taught a class also. Sometimes we all bring our own projects and work on them together---knitting, crocheting, quilting, beadwork, beading, cutting t shirts to make darling blouses. I got busy tonight while watching the news on TV and laid out the beads I need for my turquoise pair of foot bracelets. We are having a dinner and party for Marty Gras Saturday night at the tent and I brought along my Halloween costume with the long turquoise sari to wear. I don't know if the guys are dressing in costume for Mardi Gras but most of the ladies are. The days that we aren't out on an ATV ride, or off to Parker or Blythe for fun then we meet at the tent at 4 pm for happy hour with our soda's or water. Ed fell in love with Diet Coke with Lime in it and was drinking three or four of them every day. So its back to Sams Club Cola for him. I have found that I
can almost enjoy the new diet coke with Splenda...the diet flavor isn't quite
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I do miss the walks...if I want to go over to visit neighbors (our
trailers are pretty spread out) I have to crutch it or hop in the Razor. When
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doctor and figure out first of all WHAT I did to my knee and then next, how do
I fix it. I elevate it, I use my crutches and brace regularly, and I ice
pack it. and it healed to a certain point and STOPPED! However I took an ibuprofen last night because I was aching all over and when I woke up this morning both my shoulder and my knee felt better. The doctor wants me to continue taking ibuprofen for the next few days to keep the swelling down in my boil area. YAY!!<span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Before we get to Jane's jewelry though, here are my creations to match her blouses... lavender and creme<br />
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This necklace was created for this wild and zany shirt<br />
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Finally now we get to Jane's jewelry that I repaired or added to:<br />
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This necklace was made up of blue tones only - thin square capiz shells...you can see the blue still there but I added a round shell to each link made up of the same capiz shells but of all different colors. I kind of rainbowed them from the middle out. <br />
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I am waiting for an order of additional round capiz stones in hot pink to add that color to the mix as Jane has a blouse that has designs of blue, hot pink, yellow and green that we are trying to match. I changed the closure from a lobster claw to a magnet closure for easier on and off. I also added shells to the matching earrings<br />
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I loved this necklace - it is worn collar style...right up close around the neck. It had a pale peach colored ribbon that connected the flowers to the lobster claw closure at the back of the neck. The ribbon was dirty and frayed so I removed the ribbon and added a double row of brass toned chain that now closes with a toggle.<br />
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The necklace didn't have any earrings to match so I made a pair with pearls and crystals the same colors as the flowers around the neck. Because the necklace is so 'busy' I made the earrings simple, although I did add some more lightweight chain to dangle at the bottom. Note the design of the ear wire itself. I loved these when I found them. I wish I had bought more of them!<br />
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Jane bought this necklace down in Florida but decided later she didn't like it - it didn't have enough pizzazz, so I added the dichroic glass pendant with matching earrings. <br />
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This next necklace I created myself for a blouse that she just got and needed to find jewelry to match it. The blouse is a very pale lavender with cream lace...</div>
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Its been a fun and busy week. We have been enjoying increasingly warmer weather ...it was 80 degrees here today!! I think yesterday was just as warm but we spent the day four wheeling and were shaded by the roof of our razor all day. I can't sleep right now so I am up on my computer at 1:30 am listening to the coyotes howl!! Seriously!</div>
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Let's see - last Friday we drove to Blythe, California, with Ed and Jo who are from Longview, Washington. We found a fun produce stand and bought all sorts of fresh lemons and tangelos, lettuce and tomatoes, pistaschio's and dates! Then we went to KMart and to Albertsons....much better prices than here in Quartzsite. Blythe is just 28 miles from Quartzsite.</div>
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Sunday we drove to Dave and Rhea's winter home in Yuma to watch the Super Bowl. Betty and Don were there too and we had a fun time - Rhea had been cooking all day long I think and Betty brought some yummies and so did I. (I took a small basket of dates and cut them in half, removing the pit, and then spread cream cheese on them and topped them with a half of a walnut. Delish!! We got the idea from the samples at the produce stand in Blythe. I normally don't care for dates but combined with the cream cheese and nuts they were great. So we visited and ate and visited and ate...the guys watched the ball game while we visited some more. I was/am still gimping so they babied me along but I helped out where I could. Finally about 9:30 pm Ed and I left and drove over to the Homewood Suites where we had a room reserved....and wonderful, wonderful, they had a BATH TUB!!! After weeks of just showers I was able to soak to my hearts content and it sure felt good on my sore knee.</div>
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Monday morning we found a store about a mile away that rented wheelchairs and got one for $15 for the day and went to Mexico for the day. We met Rhea and Betty and Donnie for lunch and had a fun time looking at all the stuff for sale. Bought a few things, not too much. Most snowbirds go for the dentists or eyeglasses or prescriptions. It seems like they have the same merchandise for sale year after year and most of it comes from China...not Mexico!</div>
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Back to Quartzsite that evening and then we hopped up the next day and headed into town to do our laundry. Ed carried all the bags of dirty clothes in for me and then he went looking for stuff to build a wind break (for those days that are warm except for the cold north wind) and I crutched around filling the washers with clothes and soap and bleach...then on to the dryers....it seemed like it took all day but we finally got home with clean clothes, towels, sheets etc</div>
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Wednesday was crafts day for me and Ed kept busy with odd jobs all day long. Thursday we met our group of 4 wheelin friends at the guard station coming into LaPosa South campground where we stay with our rigs loaded onto trucks and trailers and headed East on Interstate 10 about 30 miles away. That was at 8:30 in the morning so we were all well bundled to keep warm because it was still in the 50's when we got the bikes unloaded and headed down the trails. I should say all of us were well bundled except for Edward who was in his short sleeved shirt and knee length jeans! I got cold just looking at him!</div>
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We went back into the KOFA Wildlife Refuge and saw some gorgeous country. Here we are heading up a hill with Jo on her Polaris right in front of us.<br />
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Lots of thorny trees, bushes and Rocks....that is what we see everywhere we look around here in this Desert of Western Arizona.<br />
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I took several pictures trying to get the three or four machines all in a line going up this hill but the sun was right in my face and I couldn't get a good shot...so again, just Jo.<br />
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I thought this escarpment was interesting - also the fact that it continued on in front of us across the road made it even more so!<br />
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One of our stops at an old cabin built in the 30's - one of the few cabins built with wood in this area from long ago. Most were built with the easiest materials at hand...which would be ROCKS. There were 10 rigs with 12 people in our group.<br />
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Kathy and Carolyn - getting ready to go check out the cabin.<br />
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We got to see lots and lots of Saguerros, Palo Verde trees, Yucca plants, paddle cacti, Teddy bear choya, plus a few yellow flowers and lavender flowers! By the time the day was over we had taken off the coats and hats and gloves and sweatshirts and were down to jeans and t shirts - nice weather for four wheeling in February. We traveled a total of 70 miles on bikes over some really rough but beautiful terrain. It was 5:30 pm by the time we got back to our trailers. My poor knee was just aching from all the jouncing it got over those rough roads....and that was from JUST sitting in our side by side. I wouldn't have been able to go if I had been driving my own ATV.<br />
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This was last months trip - you can see we were bundled.<br />
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The Ocatilla have blossomed and now their fresh new leaves make them look so pretty - they are still covered with thorns though.<br />
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I took these pictures from my 'front porch'....I wanted to get the skyline all lit up just as the sun is going down. This is the view looking East.<br />
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This is the view looking West....it is beautiful<br />
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This is our yard. As you can see, Ed has spent a lot of time laying out the driveway (hence the rock lines) and it lights up at night with our solar lamps. You can see Ed and Jo's trailer ---they are are nearest neighbors to the South of us. <br />
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...this is the 'wash' next to our trailer...I just hung a hummingbird feeder in that middle tree yesterday as the hummers are starting to show up. <br />
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Just another view....you can see that we are well spread out here but we get together with our neighbors almost every day with different activities at the group Tent (BIG) ...dances, parties, TV, movies, karaoke, crafts, etc.<br />
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Anyway - that was the pictures (plus some) of Thursday's big ATV ride - we left our trailer at 8 am and got back home at 6 pm, so it made for a long day. I figured that I probably redamaged my knee with all the bouncing and jouncing but my knee felt better the next day than it has in a long time!!<br />
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Friday morning we got up, ate breakfast and headed in to town to the 'QIA for their local swap meet and Ed set up his two generators that he is trying to sell plus his motorbike he wants to sell. I added some necklaces and watches. There are so many people here making jewelry that it is really hard to sell any necklace sets but the watches were popular. I sold four of them. Ed didn't sell anything. <br />
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Ed went over to K&B tools to get what stuff he needed to build us a five foot tall windbreak to go in front of our trailer while I went after groceries and the mail. We met back up and headed back to the trailer about 2 pm - it was so warm in our trailer we immediately had to open all the windows and vents and the big back door to make it livable. <br />
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Today was a relaxing day - reading, making a new necklace, visiting with friends and then going over to the big tent tonight to see War Horse. Goooooood movie!! We thoroughly loved it both of us -- I cried the whole last 30 minutes of the movie. <br />
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<br />Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00149370319672974708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506084420293255661.post-83129556557888522682012-01-24T03:22:00.000-08:002012-01-24T04:21:26.522-08:00FriendsI truly expected that our stay down here in Quartzsite would be quite relaxing and somewhat boring. I knew for a fact that I would be chafing at the bit to get home and play with grandkids and visit with kids and friends. Plus my visits with dad would be far and few between.<div><br /></div><div>Not boring...no!! In fact I told Ed yesterday that we needed a couple of QUIET days with nothing and no one but us .</div><div><br /></div><div>We got back to Quartzsite on Friday the 6th of January, and yes, Saturday we did veg, except for going over to the tent for our daily gab fest at 4. Sunday was church and Monday and Tuesday were all day ATV rides. Wed I went to our ladies craft meeting at the tent where my good friend Patty from Bear Mtn taught us how to make bird feeders/solar lamps out of clear glass jars, bowls, ashtrays, etc. Mine turned out cute.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then we headed over to New River, AZ to visit with Ken and Jane that evening where we stayed until Saturday. Home Saturday and we went to church on Sunday again. Monday ATV ride and then I hurt my knee Monday night. All day Tuesday in Parker at the ER/instacare facility at the hospital where I got x-rayed and examined and finally issued big knee brace and crutches. Wednesday was a quieter day ...didn't go to craft day. Thursday was the beginning of the WinterFest activities - it was a fun weekend with a Wild Wild West theme. We started it off with a poker run ...there were 27 of us on ATV's following the trail that Ed and I and Patty and Gary and Robert and Melvina had laid out on the Monday I was injured. We had hung blue and white streamers from the bushes and trees to mark the trail. Everyone started at the tent, signed in, paid their $5 fee and drew their first card. About 8 miles into the trail (mostly across the desert and through some beautiful washes) we stopped at the first station and drew a second card. Another 8 miles we ended up in the mountains West and South of Quartzsite at Deer Run - a fun spot on a popular trail, where we drew our third card. By this point I had a 2, a 5 and a 3. Your dad had a pair of 10's and one other card. Back on the trail again down the mountain and over to one of the old stone mountains that dot the area (original pioneer dwellings....built with rocks and mud as there was no wood around) now falling down...for card #4. I got an 8,,,your dad got a queen. Then the last leg of the trip was back through the washes and across highway 95 to La Posa South campground and back to the tent for card #5. Ed's hand ended with the pair of tens. I picked up a seven. We were actually a little bit excited about my hand because there were two prizes, one for the best hand and one for the worst (and lowest) hand. I had a chance at winning the lousy hand!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Friday we had a weiner roast as a group and then a sock hop that night (no I didn't get to dance, not with my knee!! But at least I could hobble without the brace and the crutches.) Everyone brought munchies to share and we had some fantastic old 50's and 60's music...and the winners of the poker run were announced...and yes!! I WON!! for having the worst hand in the group </div><div>;-P But hey, I won fifty bucks!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday morning we all met for biscuits and gravy for breakfast. We carried our own hot chocolate as the other choices were coffee or tea. At 1 in the afternoon one of our neighbors gave a good basic class on how to protect and clean up your computer. We actually had 29 people show up at the tent with computer, hot spots, cords, and plugs---I was afraid we'd blow the generator but it held up just fine. </div><div><br /></div><div>At 6:30 that evening was Casino night where we all paid five bucks for a handful of monopoly money and spent the evening having fun. I played poker bingo which is fun and easy and there were about 7 other ladies that played the whole evening with us. I won three hands and lost lots more. There was a costume contest for the best "western" dress and some of them had really gone to a lot of effort and made some beautiful dresses. We had cowboys and indians and dance hall girls. Next year I will do better costume wise but with a bum leg so I couldn't go shopping at the local salvation army store and no sewing machine to make something with, so we simply wore normal clothes. </div><div><br /></div><div>After the games at 9 pm we took our winnings (and whatever was left of our losings) and spent the next hour in the middle of an auction for all sorts of fun stuff that was donated for the cause. I donated a pair of my feathery earrings, a couple of necklaces, a couple of watches and a pair of foot bracelets (more on that later). We had a great fun time with that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sunday morning we went back over to the tent for another hot breakfast of eggs and sausage and potatoes - delicious. Then Ed and I went back to the trailer and got ready for church and headed in for a wonderful Sacrament Meeting. Ed watched football games all day Sunday while I waded through 25 pages of paperwork on dad's VA application while writing up an email to send to Kelly and Jeff telling them what to do with it when they got it! After I finished that I pulled out the ward history and added the last three items (that we had been waiting a week for !) and emailed it to Ed so he could print it out for me so that we could mail it today too. Except Ed's mouse and mousepad has been going out and it died totally and he couldn't print anything out. So I punted - I emailed our counselor in our ward bishopric and also the stake historian and told them I was emailing them the written part of the history and mailing them the pictures and would they please put them all together when they got them. That worked.</div><div><br /></div><div>So Monday, today we left our trailer at 11:00 am to head into town - generally a 15 minute trip but with the big show opening up this weekend the traffic was backed up the full three miles from Quartzsite to the entrance to our campground. So we crept into town and went to the post office - the line was impossibly long and I refused to wait the two hours it would have taken to get up to the window to buy the envelopes and have them weighed. Instead we drove down the street to the grocery store where we bought three manila envelopes and I put the VA paperwork on the grocery scale to find out how much it weighed and put my own stamps on everything and took it back to the post office and dropped it off. That only took us an hour and 45 minutes !!! The traffic is crazy in this one horse town right now.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then we met up with Kitty and Larry who are spending tonight with us and then heading on North. We have Chuck and Donna from Bear Mtn who are staying Thursday and Friday with us before they head back to Idaho. At happy hour tonight Dave and Joyce said when things slow down with our schedule they want to take us out to dinner and Larry and Kathy invited us over for some games one night next week....we still want to go over past Brenda to find where Donny and Betty are living so we can visit with them....and Susan and Dell still want us to go down to visit with them in Mesa!</div><div><br /></div><div>Ed and Jo are already making plans for the four of us to do some major sightseeing this summer in Washington where they live and then down to Bear Mtn for a few days and then to the mtns of Northern and Southern Utah......</div><div><br /></div><div>we are supposed to be bored!! Things are simply getting busier and busier although we have to say we ARE HAVING FUN!!! </div><div><br /></div>Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00149370319672974708noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506084420293255661.post-18342966817610533642012-01-12T22:44:00.000-08:002012-01-12T22:44:21.569-08:00<br />
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Thursday January 5, 2012 -picked up dad and went to visit
the lawyer, Eric Barnes. He is an Elder
Care Lawyer and I was very impressed with his manner and knowledge. He is going to help us set up dad’s trust
from a revocable trust to an irrevocable trust so that we can apply for VA
benefits for dad and still able to sell the house when in order to continue to keep
dad in the assisted living. </div>
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After taking dad back to his apartment Ed and I headed South
towards Quartzsite. We stopped for the night in Mesquite. My cousin Brenda got us a really good deal on
a lovely room for the night at the Eureka and then to top it off she took us
out to dinner !! Talk about service
with a smile. Bob and Maysen joined
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Friday - We woke up at 6:48 am (Nevada time) and got up and
got rolling so we made it to Quartzsite about 3 pm. Our little trailer was sitting there safe and
sound just waiting for us. Everyone at
the circle welcomed us back.</div>
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Saturday we could have gotten up and gone back into town for
the QIA (Quartzsite Improvement Association) monthly craft sale and booked a
table for five bucks but we didn’t – we just begged. It got up to 75 degrees – no wind….gorgeous
day. We laid out on the chaise lounges
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Sunday – Church – always feel so young among that
crowd!! It’s great. Then we went on a fun ATV ride with a bunch
of other people that afternoon. There
were a total of 12 rigs – about 16 people altogether. Fun but we had a cool wind blowing from the
north so we stayed bundled up the whole ride.
I got out to hike to the top of a little knoll and somehow walked
through a bunch of teddy bear cholla and had stickers all over my shoes. Even sticking into my feet. Ed had to drive the four wheeler to the top
of the hill to pick me up as I couldn’t walk.
I climbed into the razor and spent the next 30 minutes pulling needles
out of my shoes and socks (plus the three Ed pulled out of my feet…OW!)</div>
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Monday – went into town to wander through the open air shops
in Tyson Wells. I wasn’t going to buy
anything except a set of new sheets (I took my others home before Christmas and
washed them and forgot to bring them back)
Well – of course these guys are all getting ready for the rock and
mineral show so they all have rock beads ….cheap. I had to buy a few here and a few there and
I’ve noted where I want to go back to.
Too much fun.</div>
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Tuesday – another ATV ride – this time we hopped in the
truck with Ed and Jo and my Ed and Patty and Gary came along too and we went to
the Brenda Valley just to the East of Quartzsite about 13 miles. Gorgeous ride
– pretty country…so much more interesting than just the hills and desert and
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Wednesday – our weekly ladies craft group got together and
we made the glass birdfeeders like we bought in Idaho last summer. I made a cute one but instead of a birdfeeder
we put a solar lamp in it so it will be a night light. Now I need to go to the garage sales and swap
meets and find some cheap crystal plates, ashtrays, sherbet bowls etc. to make
some more. I think I am going to show
Jeff and see if he wants to make and sell them at his farmers markets that he
goes to. I don’t think we will stay home
long enough this summer to do it ourselves. After the class was over we hopped in the truck and drove
East to Phoenix and then North up to New River to meet up with Ken and
Jane. We will be staying here for three
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We may not be resting but we are sure having lots and lots
of fun!</div>
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Thursday January 12…We are staying with Ken and Jane in
their RV…we headed out after breakfast to see the trail that Jane and Ken have
been working on here at their RV park.
Jane is one of the most creative people I have ever made and she had
come up with so many cute ideas for the walking trail. In fact, they park their trailer here at no
charge in exchange for the work they are doing on the trail. She has made dinosaur island, and frog hollow
is in the plans. There are pixies and
gnomes and alligator’s and bigfoots all along the trail. It will take them several years to get it all
done. I hurt my knee walking about a
week ago just before I headed down South – pulled a muscle and have been very
thankful for the hot spot heating pad Mauri gave me for Christmas as it fits under
my knee at the bend just perfectly. It
has really been bothering me the last few days and after our hike completely
around the RV park I barely limped back to the trailer. I have tried to keep it elevated. Tomorrow I am going to try cold on it as the heat
that really helped the first part of the week isn’t helping it know.</div>
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We went into Cave Creek, AZ for lunch at a fun Mexican
restaurant and then walked through a fun store called the City Dump!! It has all sorts of yard and house art – it was
fun to walk through it but it didn’t help my knee any. We headed back to the trailer for naps and reading and then
this evening we watched Jeff Foxworthy and his group…hilarious. Finished off the evening with lots of
visiting and then a trip over to the hot tub.
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