The New Year

The trip to Chandler on December 30 was uneventful and the weather gorgeous. We went to the Elephant Bar for lunch, and I got to open a late Christmas present from Tammy and Bob which was a velour stylish warm-up outfit with matching earrings. I wore it for New Year's Eve. On Saturday on the way to Scotsdale to visit Jim and Alice, we stopped at the Fashion Mall that had free garage parking. The Z something store was fun. If I were still into decorating, I would gotten these glass flowers.

This guy doesn't need to be walked or fed and he was so-o soft.

Jim, Tammy's boss from year's ago, and Alice's home was beautiful. They had friends visiting from Las Cruces, so we had a lot of fun swapping travel stories. That evening, Tammy had made a 7 o'clock reservation at Carrabas, but when we got there, it was so noisy, that we opted for some goodies and drinks to be consumed in Bob's room. We made it to where they drop the ball in Times. Tammy was a big help walking the dogs and loading up the next morning. The saguaro cactus west of Stansfield were some that I always wanted to get a picture of.

I made a trip to Niland, CA and the Slabs by the Salton Sea, and to bring my friend Bernie her mail. She had been boondocking in her Scamp since Christmas.

Before you enter the area is a world-famous man-made mountain that I just had to get a picture of.

Yesterday I went to the Bikers' Beer and Burger Bash at the Palms RV Resort. They had a good band from Prescott, and we all had a good time. This was Norma and Quinten's idea, and as you can tell by the pictures: a damn good one.

In the first picture, Norma is negotiating the poolside on her way back from the bar. Here she and Quinten are chowing; I think she's saying, "Yea, the sun is shining." It was unusually cloudy and cool.

This is the group complete with jackets to keep warm. Good friends, beer, and burgers. What more could you ask for? Probably pictures of the bikes that I didn't take.