Here's Some Pics I Recently Took...............

Took the rainbow this afternoon..............other pics are from
Glamis when we visited on Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Whoops, sorry about the size. New computer and I'm having some problems with resizing the pics.........eventually I'll figure it out (hopefully). These pictures were taken last Sunday when we were geocaching after breakfast. This is the end of the trail where we found the last cache of the day and of course we had to stand around the shoot the bull. We were about 40 or so miles north of Yuma.

Monday And Here We Sit...................

with nothing to do! Well, nothing immediately comes to mind, except we gotta head out to the Proving Grounds where I had the Post Exchange place an order for me. It's in. Too bad I didn't know that yesterday as we passed right by...........twice. After SWAG breakfast several carloads of us headed North to pick up a string of fairly new caches. I think we picked up 32 before we headed for home. Boy, was I ever beat......had to get up early for breakfast and since I never go to bed before midnight I didn't get much sleep. Got home and crashed for about 40 minutes after we got back. Managed to survive the rest of the day.

We're still trying to learn more about Becky's new GPSr and also trying to learn the new GSAK program. So I sat at the computer yesterday afternoon for far too long trying to figure it out on how to log our newly found caches and then get them deleted from the computer. Finally gave it up and called the "JJ GSAK Help Line". He's our local GPSR/GSAK resident garu. Took my computer and stuff over to his house and he got us straightened out............that is until next time, if I don't use the new stuff more frequently I'm sure that I will have forgotten how to go about using GSAK and the Oregon gpsr. At $85.00 per hour for help.......this could get expensive!

I finally remembered to take a few pictures yesterday; but, haven't downloaded them yet. If they are decent I'll post some later.

Nice and warm for the weekend and last night we some rain......woke up a few times and heard it pattering on the M/H roof. A littler cooler today and right now it's 61 at 1230. Guess we can't complain too much. Later. W&B

Warmed Up A Bit Today............

and I think it made it to about 68. Sun shining and sure felt good to be out and about. Had my eye appointment today and although I have cataracts the doc ses they have a long way to go before he would consider surgery. He said my double vision is caused by weakness of the eye muscles I need to focus. Ran me through some eye exercises that I should do 2-3 times a day, said to use eye drops and then have things checked out in two months. If my ability to focus hasn't shown any improvement then I should consider a change of my glasses to a lens that would help my right eye to focus. Just wait and see..........no surgery sounds good to me.

Stopped by the outdoor market place and boy was that place ever deserted.........no customers and lots of unfilled spaces for venders. Even the food venders haven't shown up...........used to be able to walk down the food strip and have lots of choices.........no more. Saw a friend who was baby sitting a vendor booth, he said he had made one sale all day long. Not my idea of a way to spend 4 days.............that's a loooooong weekend to give up.

Stopped by Wally World and made our way home. Didn't even look for a cache today. W&B

Taking It Easy For...............

the last few days......picking up a few caches here and there, still searching for the best biscuits and gravy (tried the Golf Course again this morning...........gravy better than the last time); but, still searching.

Took a little drive to Mittry Lake yesterday and boy has that place changed since the last time we were out there.

Got an appointment with the eye doc tomorrow morning and it'll be interesting to see what he has to say about cataracts. Been having problems with double vision in right eye and had glasses changed last April.............doc said then "you'll know when it's time to take care of the cataracts"...........I think it's time...............particularly before hussein screws up medicare any more.

Still remains kinda chilly; but, latest weather report ses it might start warming up a bit........at least it'll be on the upper side of 65 through the weekend. That's about it, except the old casino bruised me up pretty good today. W&B

Out Caching Today With the "A Team"..............

consisting of Crzoldy, JJ, Limegreen and myself. Moving too fast to take any pictures so there ain't none for this post. We had breakfast at our favorite "Choke and Puke" in Ligurta and then headed to the desert south of Wellton, AZ. I think we picked up about 58 caches for the day.

Just kicking back now while the temperature drops to near Artic freezing levels. It might hit as low as 38 tonight!!!!!!!!!! Got two electric heaters, one still in the cubby hole so might have to run out there and get it set up for tonight.

Yesterday I made the mistake of allowing Becky to be in charge and we ended up going to the movie Jack and Jill. It turned out to not be as horrible as I expected and it even had a few good laughs. Other then that the story line didn't have much value. We were close to the casino so I made the mistake of being in charge after the movie and gave my red brothers most of my weekly allowance. Too broke to stop for dinner so we came home and I feasted on leftovers............just finished the last of the leftovers tonight. One little old pot roast lasted three meals.

Hope we get out of this cold spell..............need to get out and run the RZR; but, been a bit chilly for that. Hope everyone stays warm. Later. W&B

Just Ate Dinner At..................

the Yuma Rotary Kaumann Sausage fest..............under coercion. We stopped at JJ's Office after we had breakfast at the Mad Chef and he "reminded" us of the sausage fest..............a fund raiser for the Rotary. He's one of the cooks and has been doing so for 25 or so years. So we put it on our "maybe" list. We got our shopping done so headed that way about 1600. Stopped by the Bar B Que area and had a sample sausage fresh off the grill. A tad spicy but pretty good so we went in, bought some raffle tickets and had dinner. The "fixins" took a bit of the spicy edge off for me..............all in all very good. They were also drawing a very nice crowd when we left.

Been trying to stay warm the last few days...........temps in the lower to mid 60s!!! Horrors! Got all of our running around done today, got haircut and made $7.00 contribution to my "red brothers" and that was about it.

Finally got the cable internet installed on Wednesday and my new computer arrived Wednesday evening via UPS. Got router hooked up and now we're both surfing at "high speed"................what a difference. Now I gotta learn Windows 7; but, new computer is great..............like dying and going to Heaven..........shudda got a new computer a year ago.

Not much going on tomorrow; but, we're going caching with JJ and Leon on Sunday after breakfast at Ligurta. Someone placed about 60 new caches so that'll keep us busy for awhile.

That's about if for us...............we'll try to stay warm the next few days and hope everyone else does too. W&B

Warm Day Today.......Probably In 70s...........

and only a gentle breeze blowing. My kind of "almost" winter weather. Not doing too much the last couple of days, Sunday was a bit windy so after breakfast at Ligurta we headed back home and spent most of the day indoors. Monday a bit better so we did venture out.

Keep hearing a "clunk" when Jeep shifts gear.........intermittent; but, it was driving me nuts so took it into a transmission shop and left it overnight. Today they checked it over and told me everything was OK...........didn't need to change/flush trans fluid and electronics checked out so guess we'll just drive the crap out of it. The Man said that Jeep transmissions are well built and they seldom have major problems. Maybe I'm just paranoid and the old hearing aid makes those clunks seem much louder.

Becky said she wanted to visit Wally World on the way home so I buzzed home in the RZR and she finally pulled in a couple of hours later. "Shopping" is what she calls it so I'm happy we weren't in the same vehicle. She did bring some grub home and Pepsi for me so guess it all works out.

Still waiting for the cable people to arrive and they are scheduled to be here sometime tomorrow so guess we'll have to wait around for them.........I know they can't install the system 'cause a line still hasn't been ran from curbside to our electrical box..........this is what stopped the last "install". Maybe they'll do it all at once????????? Well, all for now. W&B

Drove Up To Glamis Today.............

to pick up some 2011 Glamis Thanksgiving sweatshirts. Dang, they were nearly sold out; but, we managed to find a couple that filled the bill. Expensive sweatshirts.......$90.00 for an annual pass to the dunes (hope to use it a lot more before we leave Yuma), half a tank of gas and $52.00 + tax for the shirts. Always pisses me off when they charge sales tax..........no receipt, cash sale so I'm sure it goes into the vendors pocket. Oh well..........

Becky took a bunch of pictures which she will probably post on her Blog.......I snapped a few and here they are. Never did see any scantily clad Glamis Babes; but, did see some "not to bad lookers". Guess the "Old Days" of glamorous babes and nudity are long gone! Bummer.

Drove around a bit; but, didn't spend a lot of time there. Wind was picking up and sand started to blow so we headed back to Yuma kinda early. On the way back we turned on the GPSr and saw that we could do some geocaching on the way back. I think we picked up 19 or 20 of the easier ones........the ones we didn't have to walk more than a couple of hundred feet from the road. Anyway, we quit before the road did, headed back to the highway and had a late lunch/early dinner at the Mad Greek restaurant. They usually have pretty good soup and Saturday is beef barley soup........it's normally very good; but, in this batch I was constantly asking.........."WHERE'S THE BEEF???" Told the waitress it wasn't up to par and she said she'd tell the cook. I'll give them another chance before I write off the beef barley soup.

Yesterday, we finally ventured out on Black Friday........I was kinda looking for a new laptop...........still too crowded even in the afternoon so we didn't spend much time shopping. After we got home I started browsing the internet and ended up ordering a new laptop from Toshiba. My old one is between 4-5 years old so it was about time and it's given me some pretty good service.

The guy arrived to install cable internet; but, couldn't get it done on Friday. The lot required a cable to be run from the box to our electric box so another crew will come in next week to install that..........then maybe we'll have cable internet in another 10 days or so. I'm sure it will be worth the wait...........this Sprint air card kinda sucks in this area. Just barely better than nothing.

That's about it for now. W&B

Turkey Day Over...........

so here's wishing everyone had their fill of turkey, dressing, smushed taters, gravy, etc. etc. I know we did.........except Becky who couldn't scoff up on the dressing because of her gluten free style of eating. Not to worry, I polished off enough for both of us.

This year we headed out to Josh and Megans, JJ & Chars kids. A bunch of people from both sides of the family showed up and Becky and I were the "token" snowbirds. More food than you could ever imagine............two turkeys, ham and someone even brought a prime rib......plus all the traditional goodies. Everything was delish and I thought the prime rib was outstanding! Becky pigged out on that and licked her platter clean.

We ate outdoors as the weather was most agreeable..........until the sun started to drop below the house line, then it began cooling down pretty quickly. We weren't too far from the Cocopah casino as Josh and Megan live South of Yuma in the countryside so we said our thank you's and goodbye and made the mistake of visiting Cocopah.

Someday I'll learn to stop gambling when I'm ahead...........no matter how little the amount is.........well maybe. Anyway, we made our contribution and came on home. Gotta set the alarm for midnight so we can join in on the Midnight Madness at the local emporiums............yeah right. I told Becky she could join in the festivities; but, don't wake me.

No shopping for me.........might venture out later as I'm in the market for a new laptop. Have the cable company coming tomorrow so we can get hooked up to cable internet. That outta be nice as our old air card from Sprint really slows down in Yuma. Last year they let me put the air card on vacation while we were down here so that will offset the cost of cable. And, don't have to sign a contract.....just month to month hookup.

Have been doing a little bit of caching with JJ on Sundays. Last Sunday we headed to Californy and picked up about 115 or so caches. My old left knee paid the price on Monday and Tuesday; but, doing OK now. JJ and another friend left after Turkey Time for Las Vegas where they'll spend the night and then on to Rachel, Nevada where they'll spend 2 1/2 days or so hunting down the 1500 + caches on the ET Highway. They said I could go along and just "drive"..........even that wasn't enough to tempt me. Temps expected to range from 30s to low 50s.........that ain't for me!

Other than caching we've been eating out, "shopping", took in a couple of movies; but, we haven't gotten hooked on BINGO...........yet. Later if anything happens. Expect temps to jump up into low 80s after the upcoming weekend. W&B

We're Officially Here................

'cause I got my "53rd Lane" geocache planted, published and already been found. Thought I might have a semi-nasty one this time; but, guess these cachers are tuned into my methods. Was published about 1530 and found about 1830 in the dark.

Finally got RZR off the trailer yesterday, cleaned up, gassed up and we're ready to hit the trails..........tomorrow morning as a matter of fact. Had dinner with JJ and Char last night at the Outback and made plans for breakfast tomorrow morning and then we'll take the RZRs out to hunt down some caches in the Foothills areas. People have been planting a few more than usual this summer it seems so we'll try to hunt down a few that JJ hasn't already found.

Watched the space station fly over this evening..........have seen it before; but, this time it was in view for about 6 minutes and was nice and bright. Thanks to John, one of the 53rd Lane seekers, who gave us a heads up on the space station fly over.

It's cooled down, rain and thunder last night and that made Becky happy to hear the thunder. I thought we journeyed South to avoid that crap! Oh well, the desert needed the rain..........it might green up a bit now..........always like to see a "green" desert.

More later..........hopefully I'll take a few pictures. W&B

Arrived in Yuma Yesterday Afternoon............

.....it was HOT, DAMN HOT yesterday; but, cooled down today.........plus windy. Haven't checked temps; but, believe it never got outta 80s today......which was nice.

We got up late and finally started our travels about 1100. First stop, Sam's Club, where we renewed membership and picked up a few goodies. Filled up with gas, gas price was $3.27 a gallon at Sam's Club, haven't seen it that low in quite awhile. Next we headed to the Marine Base to renew our Bombing Range Passes, stopped at exchange for a haircut, visited snack bar and then drove home, via the RV store where we picked up some stuff to hook up the M/H to sewer line. Now just kicking back and enjoying cooler temperatures.

"JJ" stored my little enclosed trailer for me and said he would drop it off later this week. I can then unload RZR, gas cans, tool box, sand tires, etc. etc. and store then in enclosed trailer. No one else on the lot............and there's a "For Sale" sign on it. Guess the little old lady from Michigan is tired of dealing with her lots and wants to move herself to an RV Park. Less hassle for a little old granny lady who is older than me!

That's about it...........we arrived safe and sound, although a little lighter in the wallet from our Laughlin excusion. So it goes. Later. W&B

Almost Ready To Head South..........

.....about 99% loaded so just gotta throw in the last minute stuff and we pull outta here tomorrow. Won't get very far the next two days.........98 miles to Woodland. Becky and Rhonda have scheduled Thursday as a Mother/Daughter Day.........the last one cost me some $$$s; but, they are on their own for this one. I'll probably head out to the Cache Creek Casino for awhile and lose all my gas money. Lucky plastic is still working so we should make it to Yuma by Nov 1.

Stops at Lost Hills, Barstow and probably 2 days in Laughlin. Taking I-5 South and then crossing over and heading East at Bakerfield so we'll miss Reno and Las Vegas. Doesn't break my heart at all!

That's about it.........will let all know when/if we arrive in Yuma. Later. W&B