More Sun to Enjoy

 This week we spent another couple of hours driving to our new stop - Lake Havasu City, AZ.  It's been several years since we have spent much time here so decided it was time.

Early in the week, with fabulous weather, we decided that it would be a great day for a boat ride.  There is a casino across the lake and there is a ferry that shuttles folks back and forth.  There is our transportation for a boat ride.  We normally do not go into casinos as we feel that is much like tossing our coins away; however, they did offer $15 if you registered.  That we did and bonus - with our free $30, we had lunch, paid for our ride over, and even had a couple of dollars left over for a tip for the ferry crew.

  As we were waiting for the ferry, there was a coyote on the other side of the marina, watching us!

One thing about Lake Havasu City is their events - there is always something going on.  This week there were a couple of shows so we attended one - a tribute to Toby Keith.  The crowd definitely was not a younger crowd but they still had a lot of energy.  It was a good evening of entertainment.  Many women came in ready to commemorate this signature song - Red Solo Cup".

As always, I love the way people make changes and/or adjustments to work for them.  Sometimes it's for the comfort of their pets,

Love the doggie door out the slide

This cat can go and enjoy the ourdoors.

and sometimes it's for the convenience for themselves.

One way to get a good view without leaving home!

 This weekend is the big annual pyrotechnics show which showcases fireworks of all kinds and calibre and is certainly quite spectacular.  Last night started with a drone show that showcased the USA 250 years.  Some of the displays are amazing.

This show is on all weekend so there will be more to come!  That means we will spend the evening sitting up on hilltops for the best views.  Until next week, I hope you all take care!!!

North, South, and More

 This past week we went from north to south and turned around again.  Each year we fly home for a week when we visit our family, do some personal things, and then head back south.  We repeated that process this past week flying back to Palm Springs this past Wednesday.  Although the trip seems to be tiring, this past trip was likely one of the best, and less stressful, than most.  Our times were good, flights were mostly on time, and everything worked out great.  Since our grand daughter was able to drive us before school, we got to the airport in plenty of time.  We found an interesting aviation display made entirely of lego.

Since we got back to Palm Springs around supper time, the first thing we did was find something to eat.  And as per usual it was the usual "what do you want to eat", " I don't care, what would you like", and so on.  We decided on In N Out Burger for no specific reason.  The burgers were fine, the cost reasonable, but never have we seen such a crowd at a fast food restaurant.  The drive through  has about 12 cars in line, inside there was another line-up with 2 cashiers, and the kitchen was full of workers.  The parking lot was absolutely full whereas the other similar places nearby had 3 or 4 cars in the lot.   

People often ask us how long we are down fore.  Many, many years ago when we were young, we went on a trip with friends.  Our plan was to drive south until either half our time, or half our money was gone.  That is much the same again this year and we are at that point so it is time to start heading north.  We sadly said good-bye to our friends and headed out of town.  Unfortunately, Gene couldn't be in the picture but someone had to be behind the camera!

It's been a while since we have visited Quartzsite, AZ so we decided to see what has changed.  Well, not much but as usual, one comes across some interesting things.

There were quite a few people around but some vendors had already left, and a number of them were packing up to leave shortly.  It is after the RV show but there sure aren't many that are sticking around.  But there was no traffic on the roads either.  There is a new Terrible's service station in town.  In behind it is a Tesla charging station which is huge - it has 82 chargers.  That is in addition to the 33 chargers across and down the street.

The weather back home has moderated which makes everyone feel that perhaps spring is around the corner.  I hope everyone has a great week, and I'll be back next week!