Catching Up

It's been six months since I've recorded anything on this Blog. Where has the time gone? Let's see if I can remember the highlights. We left North Ranch in June and headed for Joey's and Beth's in Ogden. The boys fished and golfed while Sara and I made a baby blanket. We enjoyed the hot springs in Honeyville twice, once with Joey, Beth, Jason, Sara, and us. The next time we took Jason and Sara. It was a great day. In August we traded our Tacoma in for a Ford Escape. Then we had Charlie's put a tow package on it.

That done we headed for Dan's in Cedar City. While in Cedar Willard golfed with his old golfing buddies, we worked on the fence and barn at Dan's. We also had our Alfa recarpted. I had a lovely lunch with teacher friends, Linda and Mona.

We got back to North Ranch around October, when the weather is ideal. It was great getting back into our life here at the Ranch.

On Oct. 26 we moved on to Parker, AZ for the Fall Alfa Rally for a week. It was a great Rally. We got to know some new people, visited the Desert Bar, Bobby Dee's Diner, The Casino for dinner, road trip to Parker Dam, and a Platoon Boat trip on the Colorado River.

We then moved on over to the Chapter 32 Escapees Rally in Laughlin, NV. We entertained with our music, played games, visited with RV friends, visited a gold mine in Oatman, AZ, visited a World War II Museum, had a pedicure.
 
We moved back to North Ranch on November 6th. We caught up on our physicals, donated blood, resumed line dancing and beading, golfing, and gold prospecting. We had Thanksgiving Dinner here at North Ranch with about 200 of our RV friends.

December was another busy month with baking, candy making, meetings, and more Dr. Apts. We had Christmas Dinner here at North Ranch, too. On New Year's Eve Willard and Charlie were the DJs at our Dance. We celebrate New Year's at NY time. When it is 12:00 in NY and 10:00 here at North Ranch we bring the New Year in with music and lots of hugs. We were home by 11:00 so I could watch New Year's Celebrations on TV.

On Jan. 3 I had a tumor removed from my lower leg. I had to stay put for about 2 weeks with my leg elevated. And on January 17 we moved over to Quartzsite for the Escapees Happy Hour where we entertained a group of about 300 with our music on the 18th (My Birthday). We went with a big group of SKPS (Special Kind of People) to Silly Al's where we ate Pizza and listed to Karaoke. Willard sang one song. It was a fun evening.

On Thursday we moved over to the Annual Alfa Rally at La Posa North. On Friday we went to Algodonos, Mexico to have some dental work done and get some meds. That took most of the day. Back at Quartzsite we joined in at the Rally. We had a Hobo Stew Dinner and sat around the campfire and visited. I have to admit it was awfully cold when the sun went down. The next day we went to Parker and goofed around and got back to the Rally in time for Happy Hour. It was cold and windy and I wasn't feeling very well.  On Monday we visited the RV Show and toured the flea markets. We went to Quail Mountain Restaurant for Chicken Fried Steak dinner. It was still cold and windy and cloudy. It rained some.

I was still not feeling very well, so we decided to go back to North Ranch for me to recoup. This is a sample of our weekly schedule: (1)Sunday is Church in a.m. and Ice Cream Social in late afternoon, (2) line dancing on Mon. Wed. and Fri.(3) Beading on Tues. & Friday, (4) Golf on Tues. and Fri., (5) Breakfast at the Club House on Sat., (6) Jam session on Thurs, meetings, dinners, and, of course, Dr. Apts. Now to do Taxes.......it never ends.