Survived Weekend......................

as we went to breakfast at the local choke and puke and then off to the hinterlands for some geocaching with JJ, Larry, B and myself. Nice day so we drove the RZRs. Things were going pretty good until we got into stickers, thorns, palm frones and a bunch of other stuff that will leave you bleeding. Some caches we didn't find; but, would have to be a real masochist to go back and look again............not worth the effort.

Weather really getting nice, supposed to be in the mid 70s the rest of the week. Will be perfect if the wind doesn't start blowing.

Got a doctor appointment tomorrow to get an infusion. Been taking an injection for the past 24 months for osteoporosis.............lot of improvement in bone density; but, still need a little assist so the Doc recommending an annual infusion of some kind of stuff. Guess they place it directly in the vein and it should take about 20 minutes or so. At least it's only once a year. Get that done tomorrow and then take the RZR into the shop for its 50 hour/1000 mile maintenance check up. Some minor things to check out and should be good for another 1000 miles.

Nothing planned the rest of the week, just playing it by ear. Before we know it our Yuma Geocaching Event will be rolling around on Feb 18.............lots of stuff to do before then so things will be picking up before we know it. We got our 101 caches planted, submitted and reviewed so they'll be good to go when event time rolls around.

Took in a movie on Saturday.........I can't even tell you the name of it........another hour and a half that I'll never recover. Must have been a decent movie as I don't think I went to sleep and Becky said I even "laughed" a couple of times so figure it was "OK". Made a couple of casino runs, lost on Saturday and recoved about half of my losses today. My Red Brothers still owe me.

Stay warm. W&B

Quick Update................

since we haven't been doing much except sleeping and eating........SOS, just a different day.

Sunday a group of us went out and placed 101 geocaches for the upcoming February event. Gotta go back since we placed a couple of them too close together. How did that happen you ask.........well we were in three different vehicles in wide open desert and our paths crossed since we weren't in visual contact all the time. Not a big problem to move two of them. Other than a doctor appointment and a couple of runs to the casino not much more going on here. A "heat wave" coming in and we should be in the lower 80s for the next few days. Might even have to crank up the old A/C if this trend continues!

When to an IPhone class held by Sprint last night...............picked up some info but left early since I didn't want to go into overload on my poor brain. Downloaded some info specific to my IPhone so believe that will help my plodding along with it. So far think the extra $99 is worth the upgrade.

Our friends, Frank and Suzannah, got into Yuma a day or so ago so we're going out to visit them this afternoon.........as a matter of fact we'll be leaving shortly so will wrap this up. Stay warm if you're in that part of the country. W&B

Not Much Happening Lately..............

just eat, sleep, win some lose some at casino, picking up a geocache now and then and generally kicking back. Going out in the desert again tomorrow; but, don't know if it will be a RZR day or not. Depends on the wind.............it was really blowing today and we had a haze towards the west all day today. Looked like the wind was really kicking up over Californy way in the sand dunes. Lottsa dust blowing around here today too.

Got a nasty surprise today..........been paying for "insurance" on my phone. Tried to get a new one and was told by insurance company that I had to pay $100 deductible. Asked them what the hell have I been paying insurance for? Tuff nuggies they said..........still $100 for a replacement phone..........the same as the one I had and I would probably get a refurbished phone. I said screw that and went down to the Sprint office............a hundred dollars later I now have an Iphone (without any insurance). I guess if you use the insurance in the first few months it would be worth it. Live and learn.

Anyway I gotta go through a new learning curve with Iphone. I need a kid to teach me!!

Well, that's it, just letting everyone know that we're still alive. W&B

A Short Update...............

Check "B"s Blog for some pictures she took while we were browsing around the Barry Goldwater Range. Had our Sunday Breakfast and went caching after. Nice turn out for the breakfast and we managed to collect a good bankroll to be used for our February Yuma Event.

Desert starting to "green up" after rains and even though it was kinda cool and windy we enjoyed getting the RZRs out to tear up the desert trails. Not gotta get out and wash the poor RZR up.........pretty dusty out there when you're following a maniac driver.

Yesterday we turned in monies collected, lost $14.00 at the casino, visited some friends in another RV Park, took a "shortcut" home through the desert and bounced the Jeep all over the road. Last time we took this cow path we were in the RZR and could motor along at 35-40 mph..........in the Jeep we were chugging along at 15-25. Quite a difference in the suspension.

Still a bit of a breeze today; but, nice and sunny so it outta be another great day in the Southwest. Still shirt sleeve weather for the info of all your Northerners. Later. W&B

Been A Slow Week..............

but the weather has been great! "B" got a wild hair and cleaned up the M/H on Monday...........I felt bad about watching her so I left...............no, I didn't really. Instead I spified up the inside of the Jeep. Had the M/H washed and waxed on Tuesday...........you can't beat the price to have it done in Yuma. Should be good until we leave than all I gotta do is have it washed again to get the dust off.

We did go see a movie......Mission Impossible on Wednesday and took two doggie bags for our extra popcorn. Thursday was "do laundry" day and in between we managed to find a cache here and there. Out to breakfast kinda early this morning and dropped by the Mad Chef in Yuma's Old Town and then some caching on the West Side. Ended up meeting Robert & Char and Larry & Audrey for dinner at the newly reopened Fun Factory. Food was OK; but, the service was lacking. We might give them another try.

Don't know what's in store for tomorrow...........the old casino has been whipping my butt; but, Becky has picked up some extra change on our last two visits. I figure she did OK when we get in the car and it takes 20 minutes or so to count and recount her monies. ..............big breakfast on Sunday with the Yuma Caching Group and then probably to the Bombing Range afterward. Later....W&B

Started the New Year With ..............

a Geocaching run to the mountains about 75 miles N of the home abode. Becky, Larry, Robert and I spent most of the days trudging around the desert. We came upon this huge pile of "snow" and "B" snapped a few pics. Didn't think you'd ever see snow in this part of Arizona; but, hey, it is January and we were high in the mountains. Here's a link to the Kofa Mine area where we visited and will give some more info to anyone interested in where we spent part of our day. We didn't hike into the mine area itself. The cache we found was located at the cemetary.

http://www.apcrp.org/KOFA/KOFA_CEM._MASTdoc.htm

Nice day with friends; but, my knee paid the price and about 0100 I bounded out of bed with leg cramps. All in all, a small price to pay for a "fun in the sun" day. Think it reached about 75 on New Years Day.

Sticking close to home today and might feel up to more geocaching tomorrow...........people put out about 40 new ones for the beginning of 2012.

Hope everyone is enjoying a great start to 2012..........we are. W&B

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

.........and all that stuff to everyone. Been getting my days and nights mixed up lately so I'll probably be awake when the New Year rolls in tonight. Nothing planned, as usual, did too much partying in years past............maybe I can drive into the desert and empty a clip into the air as a means of celebration. Only time will tell.

Weather has decided to be nice toward the end of the year and we've been enjoying 70s the last few days, maybe even up to 75 today. Attended an Open House held by friends Jim and Linda yesterday. A very nice group showed up to offer congratulations and tour their new pad. I had a double order of ice cream and cake and since we had the RZR "B" and I opted to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine by driving off into the desert. We had no plan in mind; but, of course you have to carry your GPSr where ever you travel. If was getting a little late to hit the Bombing Range so we opted to tour the trails NE of where we stay. Quite a few caches tucked back in the hills that we haven't found so started looking for some and we managed to get skunked on three "Old Guy" caches before we found the first one. Other than the one cache we found all I did was leave some blood on the thorns and branches of gnarly old trees.

Came home when the sun was setting, grabbed some supper and settled back to watch reruns on the tube.

Nothing planned for today except try to stay awake to bring in the New Year. W&B

Three Days After Christmas..............

and not much happening...........except we got a "Heat Spell" coming up. Supposed to reach 73/74 this weekend. My kind of weather!

We headed to Robert and Char's for Christmas Dinner; but, we had to make a geocaching stop before dinner. Becky forgot the general rule of caching that is to "look for an obvious hiding place" before trusting your GPSr. She started off following the arrow so I let her go while I walked over to the "obvious" place to secure the cache. Signed log and we were on our way to dinner.

Small group for dinner consisting of McNeece family, kids and grandkids and a few other friends. Turkey, ham and all the fixins and we overate as usual. It was a nice quite afternoon and when the sun started to dip below the horizon we hopped in the RZR and headed homeward. Nearly froze our buns off on the way home.

Monday was "kinda" a shopping day, mall not too crowded and we hit a couple of stores but Becky couldn't find anything that grabbed her. On the other hand, we stopped at Harbor Freight and I picked up a bunch of good "deals". Grabbed a cache he had previously not found and kicked back the rest of the day.

Yesterday we had to head for the Commissary to pick up some Orville Reddenbach Poppycock...........we tried a can on our last visit and both of us pigged out on the stuff. We figured it'd be on sale after Christmas and it was marked down to half price.............I think we picked up a dozen cans. Not much else going on except we're enjoying the warmer weather............almost had to turn on the A/C today! All for now. W&B

A Little Warmer Today So..............

we hopped in the RZR and headed for the Goldwater Bombing Range. We thought it'd be much greener because of the rains and it was. Too bad it's not the time of the year for blooms to start bursting out.........they will later. We only drove about 18 miles on the Range; but, that was enough to take a few pics. Sure beats fighting the last minute shoppers at the mall. Really quite on the range today.........we only met one jeep in our travels.

The two pictures at top were taken when we were geocaching a week ago. This is the old defunct motel that's located off the freeway in California west of Yuma. There was a cache stashed in the back of the motel that B managed to find.

We've been taken it easy due to the cooler weather and I think we managed to take in a couple of movies in the last week or so...............only go to the movies for the popcorn. You buy a big bag and get a refill..........we eat one and fill our bag on the way out to take home. It generally lasts a couple of days and stays fresh in a ziplock. We had a good laugh when we left the theater...........two old folks walked past us carrying their popcorn in a couple of ziplock bags too.

All of our Christmas shopping is done..........we didn't buy anything for anyone so it didn't take long. This is in keeping with the theme of "It's better to receive then to give!"

Christmas dinner at JJ and Char's tomorrow afternoon. They fill up the house every year with family and friends and Becky and I are their "token" snowbirds. Should be another great Christmas Dinner.

All for now............here's wishing everyone a very "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year". W&B

Still Freezing...............

as daytime temps remaining about 63-64 for the high and dipping into 40s at night. Got electric heater running so we'll be OK in the short term.

Didn't make it down to the Tamale Festival on Saturday so Becky will have to do without..........or maybe someone will drive by hocking home made tamales. We usually have some sellers stopping by but haven't seen any so far this year. Of course it might help if we spent a little more time here during the day.

We've been picking up a cache here and there and spent most of Sunday in California near Holtville's desert area. I think we ended up with 60 or so finds. That's a lot of climbing in and out of the car and we were both dead tired when we got home. Something to eat, hot showers and then we both crashed early last night.

Made our first trip into the Goldwater Bombing Range today as several new caches were placed a couple of miles South of us. Recent rains are really helping to green up the desert. Will give it a little more time and then go picture taking.

Finally got some neighbors late this afternoon as Nate and Phyllis showed up. Medical problems slowed down their "leave home" date...........when you get "ancient" the old doctor appointments sure have an influence on what and where you do things! We met several friends in the desert today and after standing around and shooting the bull for a while one of the guys said "I gotta go, knees bothering me". We all jumped in our cars and left.

Not much planned for this week......except making a laundry run. Later. W&B

Drove Up To The Corner...........

to view the Lights Parade of ATVs, dune buggys, etc. Unfortunately my pictures just didn't turn out due to low light and speed of vehicles. I tried; but, these are the only ones that look like something. Two more days of these guys and if I can figure something out I might try again.

Some of the rigs were decorated quite nicely............others had a "few" lights. Heck I could through some lights on the RZR tomorrow and join them. Wouldn't take much.

B gave me hell for shouting out "HAPPY HOLIDAYS' in response to their "Merry Christmas"..........geez I had to do something to make it interesting. I finally ended up with "Mele Kalikimaka"..........which I presume was nicer than Happy Holidays. Oh well..........W&B

Just Trying To Stay Warm................

the past few days...........Yuma finding it difficult to break 65 and nights are really getting cold........dipping down into the 40s! Horrors.

We'll try to survive. Haven't been doing too much, just making our regular rounds.......commissary, mall, gas station and picking up a few caches when ever we get close to one. Our friends, Jim and Linda, have been in a RV park for the past several years and the other day we get an email inviting us to stop by their new house! Seems they found one for sale, made an offer and the owner quickly got together with them for a price they could agree on. Really nice with lots of room and the owner included all the furniture in the deal! Not much for them to do except move their clothes from the M/H.

Tomorrow is "Tamale Festival" in Sommerton, a little town south of Yuma. Since Becky is hot into tamales we might head that way..........or she can if she looks for someone to go with her. You go to one "festival" and you've been to them all.....at least in my humble opinion.

I think 3 nights of the local Holiday Lights parade starts this evening in the Foothills. Every year ATVs, Dune Buggys, Golf Carts, etc. etc. owners guzzy up their vehicles and parade around the Foothills with a Police excort and lights flashing for several hours. I kinda thought about putting lights on the RZR; but, haven't been able to find the right people with information. Guess we'll just watch them again this year.

That's about it for us this week. W&B