Fall colors have arrived!! One tree on our whole walk along the Colorado River!
I suppose this is as good as it gets for the changing of the trees. We had an amazing day walking and checking out the trails. Walked farther and went into town to have some beer and lunch on Main Street. Lots of festive fun stuff happens on this street. Lots of places to eat and check out. The theatre is down here, and we are going to check out a Pink Floyd tribute band next month.
We went to the electric light parade!! Yippy! Who doesn't love a parade?? It was pretty cool with everything all lite up. There was this really crabby guy giving me the stink eye for blocking his view. I wasn't but he just wanted the 360. Some people are just never happy!!
Decoration for the holidays is kind of tough. I have to do the throw away or give away decorations since there is no place to store stuff. I made these paper bag snowflakes that I saw online somewhere, and they turned out awesome. So very simple. I used regular size lunch bags this year and will definitely try to find smaller one's next year. They were enormous but everybody loved them.
I will not give up our cross-stitched stocking. Those will be hung by the chimney with care every year in hopes that something will magically show up in them. I used to get little notes of love and appreciation from one of our daughters but that came to an end when we ditched the kids for travel. I got a few scratch off lottery tickets from Dick and that was good enough.
I thought I would try my hand at painting, and I dragged along a couple of ladies I work with at the kitchen. I am certain that the sip part of this class was big part of the outcome of my tree. I guess I will keep it and maybe add some twinkle lights next year and give it away or set it outside. Could make a great white elephant gift too. We had fun and will most likely go again. I entered a contest and won a $25 gift card for another of these places in town, so I have no choice but to try again. Maybe I won't sip as much but that is highly unlikely!!
YUM! SUGAR!!!
Tamale Festival!!! I love Tamales!! I could have stayed there all day and ate one from every booth. There were thousands of people and at lease 30 booths. There is a date festival next month. Can't wait for that one!! These south westerners love their festivals. It is the best time of year to come to the southwest. I would imagine that nothing goes on in the heat of summer and when all the snowbirds and winter travelers head here, there is always something to do.
This is our good morning view daily! And below is Dick doing one of the many activities he gets involved with. He just loves all the stuff!! Cards, volleyball, shuffleboard, cribbage tournament & just about anything where he can talk to anyone but me!! Just kidding. He still asks me "What's for dinner"???
We took our days off to do go San Diego to visit Neice Gina and her family and go to the zoo. We rented a tiny home and stayed in Little Italy area close to many walkable things and the Ocean. It was about a 3-hour drive. The tiny house was cute but uncomfortable furniture, so we spend more time at the brewery in comfortable chairs. Just kidding about spending more time at the brewery but we did have fun at Stone Brewery and the light and outside beer garden were comfy and fun. Played trivia. Not with everyone else but if we would have, we would have won and showed up all those yuppies!
This is a pile of rocks in case you were wondering!!
Who knew this is what beer stood for!!!
The ocean front was fun with all the ships and the crazy sock monkey medusa thing! I love art in any form and there will probably always be a plant or two in my posts.
Dinner on the patio outside the tiny home. Ok it is really just the snack before dinner.
All creatures great and small and fun to watch! Didn't get any pictures of the elephants but they were so active & having so much fun together. I hate it when the animals just lay there and do nothing. All were fun to watch and hear. Lots of lions roaring and monkeys frolicking.
Mini get away came to an end with a stop at the casino for an expensive prime rib Christmas dinner. $7.77!!! You can't even buy the potato for that at the grocery store. I also won a few dollars, and we high tailed it out of there with full bellies and a full wallet.
Life is Good
