For those of you
who have asked what we’ve been doing since Thanksgiving, here’s a condensed version
of our winter.
We spent
Christmas and New Years at our lot in the Escapees Park in Benson,
Arizona. Ron sorted some material with
his homemade highbanker. He found a
couple of specs of gold, but not enough to retire on. Good thing he’s already retired.
The park had
seasonal activities including a wild gift exchange and a New Year’s Eve dance. Somebody at our table happened to catch Ron
and me out on the dance floor.
We spent several
days in Yuma, known for the massive amount of lettuce grown there each winter. It’s funny to see the green fields in a
desert landscape.
We walked over
the border to Los Algodones in Mexico, always an interesting experience.
We had some
Mexican food (or since we were there, I guess it’s just food).
But our main
purpose was to buy a stained glass window for the RV. They have hundreds to choose from, but we
settled on this one. It has a clear area
in the center so you can see who is outside and the color changes from almost
clear to pretty colorful depending on the light.
Next we hit the
annual RV event in Quartzsite. I
shamelessly stole this picture off of Facebook, but it's hysterical.
Then it was back
home for February and March. My flowers
were pretty this year. It still cracks
me up that you can grow them in the winter.
We didn’t have
as much company as we usually do, but Ron’s brother and his wife came. We have done a lot of things with them over
the years, but never took them to Goldfield.
It’s really just a tourist trap, but is kind of cute with the old
buildings . . .
And the little
train.
We took several
hikes over the winter. Here we were at
Silly Mountain with our next door neighbor.
Ron had a few
projects too. He switched out the kitchen
light that I hated . . .
For one I bought
for $5 at our community yard sale. It
was a lot of work, I know, but, hey! It
was only $5!
We had an
outside leaky faucet that required digging into the concrete block. Ron had to cut blocks to fit into the
hole. I forgot to get a final picture
after the caulking and painting, but, believe me, it was perfect.
He also made
himself a trommel to help with his gold mining.
It’s made out of a couple of five-gallon buckets. He found the directions on the internet.
I’m sure we did
other things, but if I don’t have a picture, I don’t remember. :-D
