LEAVING ARIZONA HEADED HOME

we left this morning about 9:30. We are headed for Gallup, NM. Everything is going along fine, until we see brake lights up ahead on Highway 40. We spent 2 hours in a makeshift parking lot. The culprits were road construction taking it down to 1 lane and a semi on fire. Wow did that thing burn, the cab was totally gone and even the trailer was really damaged. Then we are going along and the cruise shuts OFF and I have no gas, so I pull over and restart it, WHEW!!!!! About an hour later it shuts down again so repeat the process and Thank God it worked again. We fill the tank up with high octane Shell gas and settled in the Gallup Laquinta for the night. Our plan is to keep it 3/4full and see if we can get it home before we have it repaired.

3/26/12

Every Monday I have been doing Shopping Therapy at my most favorite place BEALL'S OUTLET. This is my last Monday to indulge ! ! ! I got Kylie a pair of jeans and a way too cute jean skirt. Along with many other "items". Too fun. Too thing they don't have a store anywhere close to where we live. An absolutely beautiful day. High 70's, sunny and a nice breeze.

HOOVER DAMN AND LAS VEGAS TRIP

Mike and I headed out to The Hoover Damn this morning. It is mind boggling to imagine how anyone can even think of building something like that let alone actually bring it to fruition!!!!

Then we went over to Las Vegas to go to the APPLE store in The Forum Shops. My nieces and nephew and their spouses were visiting Vegas and staying at the Flamingo so we stopped by and visited with them by the pool. I just love to see them whenever I can, which is NOT ENOUGH. Emilee had a video on her IPHONE of Lillian and Ella walking, too cute!!!! She says they are laughing all of the time. They don't even weigh 20 pounds.

So on to the APPLE store. What a great time. It is like going to a family reunion everyone is connected by their love of their APPLE products!!!!! There was a guy there from Costa Rica buying 2 4s IPHONES. One for himself and one for his girlfriend. The IPADS were the main attraction. It was great to see so many people in there and buying not just looking!!!!!!

3/16/12

Really moving slow today……82 degrees and beautiful AGAIN. Judy checked the
house today and said it looks like we survived the electrical outage ok. She said it
is to be 70+ degrees in Lovells and to get warmer for the next week.
CRAZY WEATHER

GRAND CANYON 3/14/12

We headed to THE GRAND CANYON this morning, about a 3.5 hour trip. We
stayed at the Yavapai Lodge. We parked there and took busses everywhere. We got off the bus and walked to the "rim". On the way we were asking each other "where is it" and then BAM it is in your face and ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING. What an AWESOME SIGHT. It was a true religious experience. There are really no words to do it justice. We had
dinner at the El Tovar Lodge right on the edge of the “rim”. What a wonderful day!

3/8/12

We went to breakfast at Hash Browns a go go at the Imperial Palace. It was a
great breakfast and huge quantities. Mike is still totally bummed out about losing
the money so when we went back to the Mirage to check out he put $20 into a
Wheel of Fortune machine and make $250.00. So we left quickly while the going
was good

3/7/12 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

We went to Vegas and the drive over was absolutely beautiful going over the
mountain. But we weren’t too impressed with the slot machines. I put in $40 with
absolutely no returns so I went off the The Fabric Boutique, man did I have fun
there ! ! ! ! I blew $200 but it was definitely worth it. I walked in and all fabric was
30% off and all tools 20% off, how could I refuse, hahahahahah. We stayed at the
Mirage and we went to dinner with Becky, Chris, Doug, Ava, Fran, Paul and Beth.
They sang happy birthday and it was a fun time. We went to see Terry Fador and
that was WONDERFUL….We met up with Becky at New York New York and
played some blackjack with Becky’s help and won back some of the money Mike
put into slot machines

3/5/12

I took the car in to get the oil changed and they told me that the rear brake cylinder
is leaking. The quoted price was $ 318. I called Mike and he told me to bring it
home. I saw a repair place on the way back and we went there. He told us it was
the rear axle seal. So he replaced that for $215. Oh well

3/4/12

We are going to Oatland today. It is an old mining town with mules roaming at will
and sound interesting. It is 60 degrees at 7 am so should be an awesome day.. It
was great fun. The mules are crazy just roaming around and if you buy a bag of
feed they are your best friends until it is gone. The bank robbery re-enactment was fun and it was an absolutely gorgeous day.

3/3/12

I actually did some sewing today. Jenny got in the dog bag and ate 2 of Jesse’s heartworm, so far the only problem is the little thing is pooping more, what a crazy
critter. We went to Laughlin NM and Mike won $ 176.00 on his first $5.00. I just
lost and lost about $15.00 total. Way to boring and a really sad environment for
me, but Mike had a great time and he won so that is great. Lovells got 14 more
inches of snow last night. Ron doesn’t have power so we probably don’t either so
good bye plants and maybe water pipes. Sure is beautiful here 76 and still windy
but not as bad.

DAY 6 OF OUR TRIP WEST 3/1/12

We are actually going to arrive at our destination of Bullhead City, Arizona. We traveled through wind big time. The house is "tired" but the setting is absolutely wonderful. Right on the Colorado River and mountains all around us. We have a gazebo by the river for dining and 2 docks on the river for laying in the sun. Too bad it is windy and cool so far.