We've Settled in the Sunshine May 2020

 

Our last “at home concert” of the season……
Folks are heading out….

Our neighbor, Joe Frederickson.  What a character!

I guess we have been bitten by the “Wanderlust Bug”
We are missing the traveling lifestyle…..  so we bought a
“Tiny” little travel trailer.  

Just big enough to take out for a few days at a time…
We love it!

Now we can have our home in Yuma and our “Tiny” trailer too!

The sun always shines in Yuma!

Mothers Day flowers !   So beautiful!

A visit from Mike & Sheri Rand from Indio (on their way to Texas)
I got my dog fix….. such darling little Westies!

Jerry & Jenifer, Pat & Rollie, Mike & I and Sheri & Mike Rand
all out for Pat’s Birthday.  What a fun evening.

Our first trip out with “Tiny” (the trailer).
We went to Rio Bend RV in El Centro, California.

What a nice park….. We had a great time!
The pool was WONDERFUL !!!

Our “Winter Season” comes to a close……Summer is on it’s way!

We've Settled in the Sunshine Mike & Janet April 2021

 The work on our house is done!  I love it!

Before

After

Before

After

Before…notice the flat walls with the vertical strips of wood?

After… all taped and textured…… strips of wood gone!
through out the house.

The spring flowers are beautiful!

We had an Easter parade at Country Roads…
Pat & Rollie were in it!!!

Mike and Rollie put up this gazebo in the back….
Great for shade!

Occasional concerts in the evenings…
We drive our golf carts, park
and listen!

The evenings are beautiful….
Very resorty!

We have been lucky enough to be able to watch
Colby’s high school baseball games
livestreamed on our TV.

.We spent a Sunday afternoon at the Silver Spur Rodeo in Yuma.
What fun…. We loved it!

A great visit from “Indio” friends.
Kim & Alice Hanson, Rick & Gina Murphy along with
Greg & Rose Nelson.

Fun lunch at the Chili Pepper restaurant.

Another really great evening outdoor concert.
Good tunes.

The evening sunsets are outstanding!

"We've settled in the Sunshine" Mike & Janet March 2021

 

  

We started March with our “Home Renovation Project”
We had to move out for over three weeks to make space for the workers.

What a mess……. Will it ever look good?

Mike led a group of Jeepers on the Arizona Peace Trail.
731 miles of off-roading.  He had a blast.

When Country Roads had a St Patricks Day Golf Cart parade, we had
a great view from our rental home.

The final Jeep run of the season was an interesting day.

This is a wide-open bathroom…… hummmm.  Not for me.

We came across an open pit gravel mine.  It was huge !!

We came across a beautiful cactus in bloom

Pat, Rollie, Mike and I drove up to Lake Havasu City
and stayed with Chuck and Eva.

Our reason for the trip to Lake Havasu was for Chuck’s installation
as the Exalted Ruler for the Lake Havasu Elks lodge # 2399

This was a huge accomplishment for Chuck…. We were so proud to be there.
What a night.

Pat, Mike and Chuck.

The next day, Eva organized a luncheon of many Elk ladies. (and family-Pat & I))
We had lunch at the Blue Chair Restaurant.
Fabulous…… and just look at that incredible view. 

 Now for a great convertible ride home.
Lake Havasu is about 2 ½ hours north of Yuma.

Can’t wait to see what’s been happening with our house!!

 

February 2021

We started the month with a celebration
For Mikes Birthday and our first Covid 19 vaccinations.

Mike, his cousin, Gloria, his sister, Pat and Pat’s husband Rollie,
friends Jerry and Jennifer Nation along with Gloria’s fella, Len.
We had a fun evening.

Mike enjoyed a “devilish drink”

I, on the other hand, was a perfect angel  😊

Who ever heard of an Ocotillo that needed a bra?

My two newest Kitchen toys… an air fryer and at long last….a Kitchen Aid Mixer
Love them both so much!

While on a Country Roads Jeep run, one of the drivers,
while out taking a picture, suddenly dropped dead.
It was very traumatic.  To commemorate Bob’s life, the group returned and planted a cross.

A neighborhood get together…
This was to celebrate Phyllis’ 87^th birthday. 

We also took a great “topless” run with Pat & Rollie.
Our latest was to Calexico, California population 40, 000
(just across the border from Mexicali, Mexico) population 1.3 million