LHC Paddle Boarding (Tuesday, August 16th, 2016)

Monday's are calm days in Lake Havasu City in the summer time. Everyone has gone back to work, and the lake is tranquil and serene.  So we all decided that it would be a great day to do some paddle boarding.  

We drove over to Steve's brother's house and picked up the paddle boards, and then headed to a quiet little state park called Cattail Cove, which is about half way down the lake on the Arizona side.  

As we were pulling into the park, there was a group of four desert big horn sheep standing in the shade of a tree so we stopped to take a closer look.  There was a large male and three females.

We told some of the other people in the park about them, so they wouldn't miss out, and then headed down to the lake.  We all took turns on the paddle boards, just enjoying the day.

Then it was time for some paddle board yoga.  Not as easy as you might think!

For lunch we brought some leftovers.  One of the things we love about being in the desert is that you can lay your lunch out about 30 minutes before you want to eat it and it will be piping hot when your ready.  And today didn't disappoint us!  Leftover fajitas! Yum!

Then is was Steve's and my turn on the paddle boards.

As we ended our day at Cattail Cove, we looked up from the parking lot and noticed the desert big horns laying in the shade of the rocks.  

 We ended our day at Shogun restaurant, which has a great happy hour.  32 ounce beers for $2.75 and 1/2 price appetizers.  We each had a beer and shared some spicy garlic edamame, which was really good.  Then we went into the hibachi grill to watch them cook up some yummy salmon and chicken for us.  This was a great way to end a perfect trip with two amazing people.

Our drive home through Moab. Utah would not have been complete without a visit to our favorite restaurant, Quesadilla Mobilla!  A discovery we made when visiting Moab with our oldest daughter and her husband last summer.

The Gym, The Beach and Some Octane (Thursday, September 17th, 2015)

We headed back to the gym this morning for a cycling class. Steve loves cycling, and I really don’t, so it was interesting! I made it through class, and never crashed once so that’s saying something, even though it was just a stationary bike! I can’t say that I enjoyed it, but I did get a good workout, which I guess is why we go in the first place. Steve was a powerhouse and was totally in his element.

After class we decided to head back to the beach where we spent the day yesterday. We made some turkey rollups for lunch, loaded up the paddle boards (Thanks to Steve's bother and sister-in-law for the loan) and headed for our little beach. We spent the entire afternoon on our little beach, just relaxing, paddle boarding and enjoying retirement. 

We're trying out paddle boarding.  Steve mastered it pretty quickly

Trying a little paddle board yoga.  Boy did I have a big crash!  But we don't have to show everything!

We really enjoyed the paddle boarding.  I can definitely see us doing this again!

At about 5:00 we packed up and headed home for showers so that we could make it to our friends one-year anniversary for her restaurant, and a tasting party for their private label wine “Octane”.
The Octane Wine Garage opened last September when we were here in Havasu so we had fun getting to know the owner and some of the staff.  This was our first chance to visit it this year, so the event was really fun.

The Octane Wine Garage has a beautiful outdoor patio and brought in a great band for the event.