A Day on the Lake

On Lake Havasu at Windsor Park
Cool rock formation down by Steamboat Cove

Derek as we headed out on the lake with

my brothers...Steve and Dan (from Washington)

It was our LUCKY day on the lake....

we saw 17 mountain sheep. It was

pretty exciting to see so many.

This little one is so cute.

This adult is pretty neat with the

curled antlers. We were ON the

boat taking pictures of these mountain

sheep.

Several of them together.

A neat site to see. We counted sheep,

they probably counted boats watching them! LOL

Steve, Dan & I hiking at Sara Park

Dan going through the "crack"
Steve coming through the "crack"

hiking through the "crack"
Hope you don't have claustrophobia
it's pretty narrow through there!




Steve going down "slide rock"

This hike takes you to the Lake

Me going down the "slide rock"

It FEELS big and long!

Steve and I at the lake

the half-way mark!

Dan and I at the lake

2 1/2 miles IN.
We ended-up getting a little

off the main trail and our hike

was about 6 miles total in the

blazing heat. We left early in the

morning but it got super HOT

and we were very ready to be

back and get more water to drink!

Family Time, Convention Time, Together Time...

Daniel and his girlfriend, Jocelyn

@ Casa Grande

Daniel & Malia (May 5, 2010)
Tom & Pam
Daniel, Malia & Derek
After Bible Study
May 5, 2010


Steve, Pam Malcolm & Dan
(Me and my three brothers.)
Steve & Dan came for Casa Grande
and Malcolm was passing through.
So nice to be together in AZ!



Malcolm and me at Casa Grande on Sunday of convention.
He was there for the one day with Heather (his daughter).




A family thing...@ Casa Grande Conv.

Me, Tom, Dan, Steve, Uncle Elvin,

Cousin Ron, Daniel & Derek






Derek & Daniel

Sunday of Casa Grande Conv.

The group picture of several of the young kids @

Casa Grande Convention 2010

Cactus, Cactus, Cactus.....in bloom!

Every street has its view...

whether it's another house, some trees,

some water...this is our view

(ours is the place with the travel trailer on the right).

Our neighbor's prickly pear cactus.

(Ours is yellow...I think this is so pretty in reds).

This is another unique looking cactus. It's so

pretty in bloom, however, the blooms only

last a week or so.

Almost look like paper flowers.

So pretty to look at but not to touch.

All our little bursts of rain have made

a dramatic affect on all the desert.

The "Desert Storm" Boat parade and Boat ride...

Kirk & Mary's new boat. Kirk and Matt came

to Havasu this week. They invited us out for

a ride today on their boat since we were down

on the channel watching the "Desert Storm" Boats

here for the races tomorrow (Saturday)...the

boats are very expensive high-powered boats

that can go close to 200 mph.

Brother, Steve

Here for Casa Grande Convention

A week ahead for a little visit first.

The channel is busy today with all

the boats in town.


Kirk's boat emblem




The London Bridge.
Lots of people on top of the
bridge watching all the boats
going underneath!





(Kirk's boat)...
Kirk, Matt, and Tom
We had a nice time on it today.





Some of the pretty boats here for the
Desert Storm Races.






Another boat...

Several helicoptors hovered overhead.

Here for the boat races!

Another racing boat...

Our friends, Richard and Mary Carlson

and my brother, Steve.

The channel with the London Bridge in the background.

"Something Old....Something New..."

The "Old" - - ME

The "New" - - My GLASSES...
What do you do when you have 5 1/2 hours to 'kill'
in Algodones, Mexico? Took my brother Steve down
on Tuesday to get some dental work done (a crown)
and they needed that much time in the lab to make it.
5 1/2 hours later I had found a new pair of glasses (2
hours in the lab to make them), Steve purchased a
leather vest, a leather cell-phone case and a leather
belt. I refuse to pay "full-price" for anything down there
and so I did the "dickering" for Steve...the Mexican man
told me "you sound like a Mexican..." I said "yes, when
it comes to this kind of thing, yes, a Mexican"...

Today, Tom and I and Steve, and friends
Richard and Mary went to the "Desert Storm"
Boat parade at the London Bridge Channel.
A gorgeous day.



Malia on her job as a cashier at Hastings.
Steve and I went down for a latte' and
a magazine and book to read.




We had rain yesterday. An unusual site for us,
but beautiful too! Its good to use your windshield
wipers occasionally!

Terry C. learned to wakeboard...

He came to Havasu for a few days since he was

in Vegas for some class for work. Derek went up

and got him on Friday and Tom will take him back

to Vegas on Monday for his trip back to Seattle.

We were all pretty impressed that he did so well for his

first time wakeboarding...I think he was up on his 4th

try...but then he actually stayed up and even went across

the wake and caught some air once...all without falling.

Way to go Terry!

"Just Because" is good enough for me...

"My Man" brought these home to me today...

Just Because....

He said they were long overdue!

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Sweet!!!!!

In-N-Out Spread...

This tickled my funnybone.

Today, I went through the drive-up window and

got myself an In-N-Out burger, fries and a cup of water.

(yes, it was splurge, but so good)

I love their spread and you can ask for

a small packet of it "on the side" and you

put it in one of those little tiny ketchup cups.

There was a new employee...I could just tell he was

new...he was sweetly doing everything they asked him to

do...a younger kid. They brought my food to me (handed

it through the window) but NOT my spread, so the kid

came to the window and I said..."I didn't get my side of

spread"...(they'd already given me my little cup for the

spread)...so, he said, "Oh, I'm sorry...just a moment..."

And as innocently as could be he handed me this WHOLE

CUP of spread...this is how much was left AFTER I had what

I wanted and AFTER I spilled some over on my fries (accidently)

I didn't have the heart to tell him. I said "oh, that's a lot"

He said...Oh, I can take some out if you want..."

I said, "Oh, no problem, this is fine"....

Oh my word....theres enough spread for

a whole army there...so now I have a bunch

of spread....for what? I don't know, but it sure is good! :-)