Mom and Dad are in Town (Tuesday, March 27th - Friday, March 30st)

My parents arrived at about 1:00 Tuesday afternoon, so we got them settled in, and then it was time for RZR rides.  It was windy today, so all of the dust would blow away nicely, making it perfect for a few short rides. 

Steve took my dad out first and enjoyed some sights above Havasu.

Then it was my mom's turn.  Steve took it easy on her and gave her a ride that he hoped she would enjoy.

When the RZR riding was over, we started getting text messages from friends to meet up for Tuesday tacos and beer at Legendz, one of our local restaurants, so we told them that my parents were in town and that we join them, but we'd do our own table so it wouldn't get too crowded.  

Brian and Kathy, Cheryl and Tim and Linda and Alan had the corner booth, so we took the booth right next to them.  It worked out perfectly.

It gave us a chance to talk to everyone, and still have time with my parents.

It was a great first day with my parents!  Looking forward to more time with them!

On Wednesday, Steve and I got up and went to the gym so my parents could have a nice relaxing morning at the house, but when we returned, we found out that my mom was really feeling sick.  She has had a really rough winter this year, sick on and off for last few months, but they came down because they thought she was feeling better.  

Unfortunately, one day of illness turned into multiple days, so most of their visit was spent just hanging around the house.  We were able to get them out on the back porch to enjoy the sunshine and beautiful weather, but that was about it.  

When we got back from the gym on Friday morning, mom was feeling a little bit better.  She wanted to visit our 99 Cent store, because of all the great produce we get there, so we took her down there to walk around and then we were going to give them an island tour in the car.  After we finished the 99 Cent store tour, mom was feeling bad again, so we took her back to the house and we gave a quick island tour to dad.  He was amazed at how much the island had changed since the last time they were here.

At the end of our island tour we stopped by The Heat to take in the views for a few minutes, then headed back to the house to check on mom.  

We had some lunch and sat around for awhile longer, then they packed up and were on their way back home.  It certainly wasn't the trip that we had all hoped for, but it was nice to spend some time with them.  We hope that mom gets to feeling better soon!

Enjoying the Town (Saturday, February 10th, 2018)

Sometimes we get so busy with life and golf and RZR riding..... that we forget to just enjoy this beautiful little town we live in.  So this morning we decided to take our coffee down to the Bridge Water Channel and walk while we drank it.  This time of year, the town is full of seasonal visitors from Canada and the northern states and the channel was full of them too. 

We walked along, just enjoying the sights, but as we got near the bridge, there were tents set up all along the channel, and they all had tables of remote control boats.  We stopped to talk to some of the guys, and they said that there were having a boat race today.  



So we waited around for a few minutes to see some of the action.  A lot of people brought their chairs down to the channel to watch the event, but we just sat on the wall.  The little boats are pretty fast and kind of fun to watch.  

They had yellow buoys out for the race course, but they also had the channel closed to boats on both ends of the race course while the boats were racing.

The kids in the boat would go out and pick up the "rubble" of any of the boats that crashed after each race.

All the spectators.

When we had seen enough of the boat races, we continued on our walk.  This is the view from the London Bridge looking back over the channel.

We really love this little town and all it has to to offer. The weather this time of year is perfect and we just love being out in it.

December Gardening Update (Thursday, December 15th, 2017)

I planted by self watering garden about 2 months ago, some with nursery plants and some with seed.  I really had no idea how to do winter gardening, but wanted to give it a try.

This is my chives and lemon grass.  I ordered the lemon grass off the internet and was supposed to get two small bare root plants, but they ended up sending me three, which was great!  And they are all doing well!

My jalapenos are also doing well, but you can see that the cilantro that was next to the jalapenos croaked while we were away over Thanksgiving.  They were from seed and needed more water than the rest of the plants.

The kale is doing well.

And two varieties of tomatoes.  This one is a normal patio tomato.

This one was called a goliath, but is also a variety of patio tomato.  The shadows make it hard to see, but there are a lot of small green tomatoes on this one.

Even though the soil I used said that it had enough nutrients for 6 months, I have had to start fertilizing.  My plants were starving for nutrition, but they are doing much better now.  I'm still loving my winter garden.  It is a lot of fun and brings some "green" into our lives.

Fantastic Golfing Weather (Wednesday, December 14th, 2017)

It's hard to believe that it's December 14th!  The weather is gorgeous and so is the golf course.

This is one of those things that we just still can't believe about living in Arizona.  The winter weather is great....so far this year!

Sunset RZR Ride (Saturday, December 9th, 2017)

Steve and I took a nice leisurely RZR ride today, up north of the city, and then down around beyond Bison Road.  We wanted to spend a little bit of time to really understand the GPS that we have, so we laid multiple tracks and really got to know it in a situation where we didn't need it.  We are really happy with it.

When we got home, we took the time to put together some food that we would be taking for dinner tonight and then headed out to our friends house for a sunset RZR ride and dinner.

As soon as everyone was there we headed up into the desert.

After dinner we all headed back to Tim and Cheryl's for a yummy steak dinner and a back yard camp fire.  What a great night with really good friends!

Boat Parade of Lights (Friday, December 1st, 2017)

Tonight we participated in one of the great Christmas traditions put on by Lake Havasu City, the Boat Parade of Lights.  We met our friends at the channel at about 4:30, where they had a spot all set up, complete with a fire pit.  Thank you Alan and Linda!  We spent some time at our house yesterday cutting up some old pallets we had that we would use tonight for fire wood.  It was the perfect night for watching Christmas lights with nice warm temps and no wind.  In fact, when we arrived, we were all in T-shirts with no jackets.

The boat parade didn't start until 6:30, but this is one of the town favorites, so we had to get here a little early to get a good spot.

The first boat to come through was the fire department with it's bright lights and water guns.



Followed by so many other great boats.  This one had Santa's sleigh on the front and a helicopter on the back.

This one had the London Bridge on it!

Some were advertising for their business, like this boat from Double D's, a restaurant in Golden Shores.

Snoopy made an appearance.

And there was a deck boat dressed up like a sail boat.

A minion made an appearance.

Tiny Toot comes every year, and does lots of circles out in the channel.

The Nautical Inn did a little advertising.

As did Sunset Cruises.

And Arizona State Parks.

The Sailboats came through last.  They are too tall to go under the London Bridge, so they circled around for a bit before making the return journey back.

And finally, the star of the show!  Santa!

The London Bridge becomes a very magical place on this special night!

As the night came to a close, we sat a little longer and enjoyed our fire as it slowly burned down to glowing embers.

To make the night even more perfect, a boat with a live band and a boat of carolers came through.

It was a magical night with perfect weather and good friends, to help us usher in Christmas to Lake Havasu City.