Rodeo

Calf roping, this one got away.


Bronco riding

Bull riding

Army Golden Knights

2 Paratroopers together
1 stands on the other shoulders
Their were 8, 1 did the announcing after he came down. 3 of them were from Ohio. Massilon, Cleveland, and Lima.

This was at the beginning of the rodeo. I will put pictures of the rodeo on tomorrow.

Hummingbird

Female hummingbird keeping gaurd over her nest.
She is sitting on her nest, this area is in the wash just across the road from our campground.
Another angle of the nest.
Can just barely see her.
A view from below.

I tried to get a shot of the egg she was sitting on, but I couldn't get it down low enough to be able to look thru the lens and see the egg. Just click on the picture to enlarge so you can see the bird better.

More Yuma Prison

Christa by the Colorado River.
Walls of the Yuma Prison.
Part of the prison.
Colorado River.

Narrowest part of the river, this is the Yuma Crossing, the only place safe enough to cross the river to west back in the ole west times.
The stone part of this structure was original gaurdhouse and water source.
More river.

Super Bowl Day

This is H's last jigsaw puzzle he put together, his last for a while, it ties up the table and we can't eat there.
Denise (my niece) and her husband Ron came down from Phoenix Friday to stay overnigth.
Denise and Ron.

Denise and Ron came down Friday after work. We went to downtown Yuma for the Mardi Gras, ate a little Gumbo and had sausage sandwichs (very spicy sandwich), walked around a little then went back to Moose. We played a game of marbles then just talked. They went back to Phoenix about noon on Saturday.


Then Christa arrived about 1430 from San Diego to visit for a while. We ate at Cracker Barrel because she loves them and there are none in California. She did not stay long. We went to the Yuma Territorial Prison to tour it but they were ready to close, so we just took a few pictures. She went back to CA just as it was getting dark. I worried about her driving over the mountains after dark, I talked to her later and she said the wind had been terrible, people were weaving all over the road due to wind gusts. It was great to see her again.

We went to see a local production of "Oliver" in the old Yuma Theatre. Many children it the cast, Oliver was played by an 11 year old who had a good voice just not very strong, the Artful Dodger was played by a 12 year old who is multi-talented, he dances, sings, and acts. He had a really great voice, as well as many other of the cast members. Over-all, for a small local group, I thought it was really good.

Mexico Day

The line to get out of Los Algodones and back to the states
The policia in Algodones near the exit line
Finally after a 1 3/4 hour wait we are at the border

We went back to Mexico today to get a couple things we did not have enough cash with us to get the last time. It was windy today and a little cool, I never took my jacket off. But of course the sun was out.

Hobbes was glad to see us and immediately wanted to go outside for his walk. As long as there are no diesel trucks running he will walk anywhere you want him to. He would rather sit in the sun, but it was too late when we got back. Tomorrow should be a good day for Hobbes to be out.

Birthday

Yesterday was H's birthday, 66 years old. We spent the day enjoying the sun then went out to dinner last night at Mimi's Cafe. Food was good and we brought home a Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie (a piece) but it was huge, we shared it but it was too much, H ate it.

Today the sun was out really bright again, and warm. Hobbes and I sat in the sun to read(like I have said before Hobbes is smart.) H is working on another jigsaw puzzle. Of course H and I rode bikes, too.

During the night our hook up to water must have failed(we use a splitter in order to hook up 2 hoses.) Our neighbor heard a noise about 0500, and checked, water was spraying everywhere from the hookup. He shut it off, we didn't realize it was off until H got up at 0730. No water. He loves having to do things like that early in the AM. We carry extra splitters, so no problem.