Check this section for updated comments, personal opinion, web pictures, and recent family events.
Come back often, I update it frequently...scroll down to see the log entries back to the first of the year
(to see last years comments, click HERE).
April 1: Spring Training
Mary and I spent a 4 day weekend in the Phoenix area to watch Spring Training Baseball games. We have been going every year and this time we actually went 2 separate weekends (we made a couple of games 2 weeks ago).
Take a look a the pictures of the weekend in the 'Digital Photo' album....
March 26: Zion National Park
Mary and I drove the RV up to Utah to spend the weekend at Zion National Park. We met up with Ross & Lori Anderson and had a great weekend there. We hiked a bit on Saturday and saw some awesome sites in the park.
Take a look a the pictures of the weekend in the 'Digital Photo' album....
March 20: Where's the time gone???
My mom reminded me that it's been awhile since I've updated the web site so here it is... I've been busy doing some work in California for my old company, tidying up my finances so that I can really retire within the next 6 months! It's not a bad gig, I work 8 hours a day (couple of weeks on...couple of weeks off).
We had a very interesting end to our winter, which was very non-eventful. Just 3 days before the official 'first day of spring' we received 1-2 inches of snow (depends on where you were) in Kingman. Take a look a the pictures I took during the day in the 'Our Home' album or click HERE...
100 Years Old
Arizona is celebrating it's Centennial anniversary on 2/14/12. To commemorate this anniversary, they held a motorcycle rally from Mesa to the capitol in Phoenix on 2/11/12. Needless to say, I had to be a part of this event.
I rode to Mesa with a group from the Rt. 66 Riders club and took part in the Rally. It was a very long day (360 miles round trip) but it was worth it. Take a look a the pictures and videos I took during the day in the 'Digital Photo Album'...
Atoms to Desert...
Mary and I took a trip up to the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas last month, just before another trip to California. I've been wanting to go for a while and when Groupon posted half priced tickets, I couldn't resist. Lots of memories there, based on my experience decades ago in the Nuclear Navy and at the training facility in upstate New York.
We also took a day trip recently to Quartzsite, Arizona. This place is a pickers dream, all sorts of swap meet type setups (probably takes 2 days to see it all) and this weekend there was a car show. We wanted to stay the night but I still haven't received the title for my trailer so this turned into a day trip.
Yep, pictures of the trips are in the 'Digital Photo Album'...
Trip to Portland, Oregon
I purchased a Keystone Outback Kargoroo (Toy Hauler/Travel Trailer) from Adventure Trading RV in Portland, Oregon. Why Portland? The price was really good, there is no sales tax in Oregon, so the trip was paid for...all I had to do was take the time to get there and pick up the trailer.
So, during the week of Jan. 8 I fueled up the truck and headed north. It was definitely worth the trip, the people at Adventure Trading RV were excellent, the trip was uneventful, and the trailer is everything we wanted! I logged 2200 miles round trip and actually got to stay in the trailer on the way back (overnight in Sparks, Nevada). Yep, pictures of the trip are in the 'Digital Photo Album'...
Happy New Year 2012!
The new year is here and 2011 is gone, not a bad year by my estimation:
- I Retired from PG&E (30+ years)
- Mary & I moved to Kingman, Az
- We spent lots of time with our Granddaughter, Madelyn
So now the New Year is here, remember to live life like it's the only one you have.
To get around adversity try these rules:
- Don't Try to Change People
- Learn to Tolerate
- Appreciate What you Have
- Put Distance Between You and Any Exceptions to Rules 1-3
Happy New Year!
