OFF ROADING WITH JERRY AND DEB

The other day we were invited along with our new friends, Jerry and Deb, to share their hobby…Off Roading in their Toy.  They have a 1974 Toyota Fj40 that is all decked out for some serious off roading!!!!

We had a blast.  Deb took out the back window and we had a spectacular view of where we came from.  Ha Ha.

Check out where we were:



The Toy parked by a registered mining claim.



Yes, this is a road we traversed!

You never know what you will find in the desert.

Moe's Cabin

The inside of Moe's cabin.

The metal grate is to keep out claim jumpers!
and so noone will fall in and kill themselves.



This is a cabin for a claim owned by Indian Joe.



People in the desert have a sense of humor.

See that iddy bitty road a head of the Toyoto?
We went down that road.
Keep your arms and feet in side of the car at all times!!!

So many roads to travel.

Yet another road to go down!!!!
It was awesome!!!

Safe Travels and Stay Healthy,

Jim and Barb Denning

MOON BEAMS AND RAINBOWS

As you have seen by most of the pictures we post, the sky here is just so blue and the sun shines a lot of the time.

Every once in a while we are treated to some pretty neat sights.

It had rained a bit one day and Jim caught this picture of a rainbow.

It went from one horizon to..

the other!!

 

And it got brighter.



One morning he caught this picture of the moon just before it set. (This is not our camper or truck).

Moon over Quartzsite!!!

Safe Travel and Stay Healthy,

Barb and Jim Denning

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012

Wishing all of our family and friends a Happy New Year for 2012!!!!

We had another Desert neighborhood get together to ring in the New Year.  This get together was a bit different than all the others though.  Some of us got wasted (me)!!!!  And still couldn’t make it until midnight, while some did tough it out and managed to stay up and see the New Year in at Midnight.

Jim became the designated driver for the party….he drove everyone that was drunk home in the Golf Cart.

Jim is pointing out Jupiter

Good group!

Safe Travels and Stay Healthy,
Jim & Barb

CHRISTMAS IN THE DESERT

Christmas time this year was a bit different for us….we are in the desert away from family.  However, we did get to see the grandchildren open their presents on Christmas day.  Cassie had set us up on Skype and we were able to be there that way.  Just a note: Kids get up awfully early on Christmas morning, there is a two hour time difference between Ohio and Arizona.  So we got up at 3:30AM to get the computer fired up so we could be there on time.  Isn’t technology great?

Christmas is Christmas and it wouldn’t be Christmas with out the Christmas lights.  Here are a few that we found in the area:

Lights in a neighbor hood in Quartzsite.

Then there is the fellow that goes all out!!

This display was in a shed and was a little village.
The owner had 3-D glass to use and the lights turned into
Santa Faces or Snow flakes.

This is part of the village in the shed.

This is the lights Jim put up on our trailer.

There are other main events that happen around Christmas for us, Jim and my anniversary and my birthday.  This year we celebrated each one separately with our new desert family.

We went to Grubstake house for our anniversary with Pat and Nick, and Jerry and Deb.  Jim and Jerry ordered the seafood sampler platters; needless to say they were stuffed puppies when they were done with that:

Pat, Deb and Jerry on the right.
Me, Jim and Nick on the Left.
It was nice to celebrate our Anniversary with new friends.

Seafood platter for 50, Jim ate it all by his self.

We had a bit of a sworay for my birthday.  We had to postpone if from the 23^rd to the 27^th.  It was very windy and cold on the 23^rd.  We had a great turn out on the 27^th.

Part of the group!

Getting ready for the bon fire!

Of course there was lots of FOOD!!!!

 

Safe Travels and Stay Healthy

Barb & Jim Denning

TAMALE FESTIVAL- DOWN YUMA WAY.

On December 17^th we took trip down to Somerton, AZ, just south of Yuma, AZ for the 5^th annual Tamale Festival.  They expected 20,000 to attend and I think they were all in the same spot I wanted to be in also.

There was also entertainment for the day.

There were a variety of different tamales to try; standard- beef and chicken, a favorite - corn, specialties- green chilies w/cheese, as well as sweet tamales in pineapple, coconut, and apple caramel, just to name a few.  It was best to see which vendors were steaming their tamales on site, as they were fresher, than from the ice chest.

Safe Travels and Stay Healthy,

Jim and Barb

IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE YA ARE.....

Cassie and I play a game, of "this is what I see today".  Shes sent me this on 12 9 11.

 

well, hello 6 months of shitty weather!



Medina, Ohio.  December 9, 2011


and I sent this back to her......

Sunrise in the Desert at Quartzsite, AZ
(Same day)

And where would you rather be???????


Life is a Journey... Enjoy it!!

Jim and Barb

TRIP TO LONDON BRIDGE

We took a day trip to Lake Havasu City, AZ on Dec 8^th.  We shared the day again with Jerry and Deb.  It was Jerry’s birthday this time.  It was his turn to pick the restaurant.

The main tourist attractions in Lake Havasu City are the London Bridge and the Lake.  It was a bit to cool to take a boat ride so we walked across the London Bridge, had lunch in a London style pub (we had fish and chips) and returned to the other side where our truck was parked.  Other area things we did, we visited the local Lowes store, a furniture store and of course Jim had to go to a grocery store.   I really think the sight seeing trip to London Bridge was just an excuse to go shopping.

You know the little song "London Bridge is falling down, falling down".  It really was falling down, it was sinking at the rate of an inch every eight years.  By 1924 the east side of the bridge was 3 to 4 inches lower than the west side.  In 1967, the Common Council of the city of London placed the bridge on the market.

On April 18, 1968, Robert McCulloch purchased the bridge for $2,460,000. Contrary to popular belief, McCulloch was not under the impression that he was purchasing the Tower Bridge.  Each block of the bridge was disassembled and meticulously number to be later reassembled in Lake Havasu City and rededicated on October 10, 1971.  Total cost of the bridge, relocation and reassembly of the bridge was $5.1 million.

The Sign to the London Bridge.

The Fountain at the entrance of the English Village

Side A

Side B

The  Bridge was quite unique

They put plaques up to let you know the name of the bridge.

View of the Bridge from the Pub were we ate Lunch

The scenery is so neat here.  And the best part the sky is always so blue.

Jim thought this was neat.

Moon over the desert mountains.

Life is a Journey… Enjoy it.

Jim and Barb