Two weeks ish!

We had a pretty routine week.  Nothing to wild and crazy.  Still trying to find our way here and all the things that are going to be happening over the ever so popular winter months in the south.

I got a new step counter, and it does OH so much more.  It reminds me when to drink.  I can't argue with the watch, so I may become an alcoholic while here in Arizonia!!!

Giving my knitting needles a rest for a little bit and took up needle point.  I am not sure what possessed me to do this, but I am pretty good at it.  I have all these cute little animals that I am making and will put into some patchwork quilt someday.  Not sure what I will do with it but someone is always having a baby!!

Dick got this chair in 2001 from all the great people he worked with in Sussex, WI when we were moving to Maryland.  It has served him well, but it was time.  He is not adjusting well to his new one yet but like anything new....it takes time.  For now, we look like hillbillies with upholstered furniture on our campsite patio!!

We never made it to Mexico this week.  We did however make it to the wall.  What a site to see.  The first picture is from a distance and as we got closer it became more daunting.  Border patrol people everywhere.  We stopped at a park right by the wall and played frisbee for a while before being confronted by Mormons on bikes. You would have thought we would be attacked by bandits at the wall and not Mormons.  We listened politely and it became clear to them we were more interested in catching our frisbee that hearing them preach so they moved on.

 What character this tree has!! And this is me in my Marylin Monroe pose!!

We went to the 8th anniversary party at Prison Hill Brewery in town and watched the Badgers game and had some pretty decent beer and some awesome nachos!!  

 

Week 2

We went to check out a ghost town.  It is an old mining town that was abandoned I guess and turned into a museum.  We didn't go into the mine.  $75 was kind of pricy to go in a hole in the ground and we went on a mine tour last month.  Couldn't have been that much different.

It was a self-guided tour and there was a lot to see.

We have been living here freely for about a month and have not had to work at all.  That comes to an end next Monday.  We begin our kitchen duties on Monday prepping food for the grand opening on Tuesday.  Dick in a kitchen!!! This should be funny!!  Until then.....still swimming and enjoying the beautiful weather!

Not sure what this is that showed up in my picture, but it was kind of spooky cool!!

Checking it out!!

It is Wednesday and we have not done a dam thing.  Well maybe we did some stuff but not worth posting.  OK, OK I will tell you of all the not worthy stuff.  Laundry, swimming, out for pizza, walking about the park and cleaning the kitchen we will be working in.  I have also talked to everyone that we encounter and listen to their story.  Only telling ours if asked.  Man people like to talk!! Took a couple of pictures of the resort while out and about walking.  People are starting to trickle in and the park should be hopping by November 1st.  The Cafe is preparing to open, and we are ready to work a bit. 

We have been swimming almost daily.  They have 2 pools here.  The smaller stays open year-round and the larger in the rec area has just opened. I think the rec area is going to be a hopping place.  They have lots of pickle ball, shuffleboard, bocce ball, tennis, pool tables, card rooms, craft rooms, libraries, and games.  I cannot wait to see the activity schedule.  Not that we will participate in all but I am sure some.

This is the tiny library, and game room close to the small pool.   We hung out here and played cards and listened to music one day when we were bored.

Dick found us a beer fest to go to.  It was about an hour and a half away in California at a desert museum.  I guess it was their fund raiser.  Only 8 beers and some hard seltzers and some other 11 % fruity things to drink but it was still fun, and we got fed brats and kraut as well.  The ride there was pretty straight and flat, but we saw some sand dunes and pretty skies after a stormy day.  The desert museum also had lots of cacti all over the place.

I will not ever get use to watching football at 10am.  Especially when you have to go to a bar at that time to do so.  I ordered COFFEE!  This was a first for me.  I felt out of place so I got a mango habanero margarita.  Still way to early to drink!!

As we settle in, life will become more routine, and I will still post every week, but it will definitely be shorter and maybe more boring depending on the adventures we take.  Heading to Mexico on Thursday so that should be some excitement for the next post.  And surely there will be a death story there for sure.