Thanksgiving Day was really warm, in the 80’s. I went to the pool, had an enjoyable time. The pool is a natural hot spring and the temperature of the water is kept at 92 degrees! And the spa is 102 degrees. It is located about 60 feet from our door. It’s wonderful!
We really had some excitement! Someone noticed a large bee being carried along by several hundred ants! At a closer look, it seems that the ants had removed the bee’s right legs and also the wings. However the bee was still alive. When he tried to get away, he fell to one side, and then the ants would pick him up and keep carrying him to their cave which was a large crack in the cement. They moved about 2” an hour! Pretty exciting!
Bob was feeling lost on Thanksgiving Day because he did not have a turkey to tend to. He vowed that if we were on the west coast at Thanksgiving, we would come home so he could BBQ a turkey! The dinner at the club house was nice. Bob had an accident with the wine cork. Seems he was trying to remove the cork and something slipped and he has two sore fingers! Left a blister and blood all over the sheets.
We have signed up for another month here. So we will be here until the middle of January. We have met friends. Brenda and Jerry are from British Columbia. Brenda and I meet at 9:30AM for a 2 hour walk. We then spend an hour or two at the pool and spa. Then some lunch, do some errands, site seeing, or resting then guess what! It is time for “Happy Hour.” No matter how warm it is during the day, when the sun sets, around 4:15PM it gets really cold. The days are so short and time is going so fast. Boo Hoo! Brenda and Jerry left to go on to Yuma AZ. Hopefully we will meet again!
We will be spending Christmas here in the park. Decorations are going up and we like it here. This gypsy life style really appeals to us. It was fun to debate our options on where to go next. Then we both realized we really liked it here and the weather is better than anywhere around at this time. So we will stay!
We have had a very good and also a very sad year. This year in February our RV has taken us to the Desert Hot Springs area, to Tuscon, Lake Havasu, and Sedona AZ. After making the decision about our future??? We crunched the numbers, arranged, gave away, stored all of our belongings and in June we hit the road “Full Time!” It has been a good move for us.
We toured Zion National Park in Utah, enjoyed visiting my Dad and Vena in Provo, then on to Colorado.
In July, we got a very sad call. My favorite and only brother Terry passed away very suddenly of a pulmonary embolism. Terry loved his family, playing golf and he had told us all, he did not want to get old. He had just turned 68 and was getting ready to play his weekly golf game with good friends, he passed away very suddenly. Bob also lost 2 of his Uncles this year.
We went to Clancy MT to Terry & Diane’s home on the mountain top for a week. We then came back down to Colorado. Spent a week in our daughter’s driveway in Lafayette. Then on to Glenwood Springs, Colorado Springs, Ouray. Saw Colorado Monument Park, went to the top of Pikes Peak and spent a week next to a creek in Clear Creek close to Leadville, elevation almost 10,000 above sea level. Then on to New Mexico and Texas to see Rob & Leticia and eventually to Florida.
Another phone call in September about Uncle Bev turned us around and back to the Bay Area. So we are now still in CA, but in the warm part! WE will keep you informed of our travels.
To all of you, have a very Merry Christmas and a very good and healthy New Year!
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