HIKERS FLYING IN ARIZONA

Five hikers from Canyon Vistas RV park headed to the Eloy Airport on January 30, 2012

to

JUMP OUT OF A PLANE

Here we have

Bob...Joe...Bob...Dan...Jerry

all giving the

'thumbs up' sign!!

This group was going over their moves before they headed to the plane

We did not see them once they were up

This is a little area where they practice as well

Let's check the wind

Bob getting set up

Jerry's tandem man getting him ready

 Bob L's turn for his interivew

and

 Tandem lady buckling him up

Dan being asked if he was nervous

Joe's friend Ken saying.......

GOOD LUCK

No Ken

You can't say that to Joe!!!!!

 Bob L's wife getting a last photo

Patty said to her husband

Oh....give me a quick kiss!!

They are suited and ready to go

Let's get this show on the road

Five guys

Their tandem buddies

and

'Single' jumpers

The plane the plane

Going up to 13,000 feet

They will pull the shutes at 5,000 feet

The single fellows go first

The plane circles around

and

tandems go next

First one out of the plane

Bob

Dan

Jerry

Joe is calling

DIANNE

Ha...........he looks like he is sleeping

or

 passed out????

Whoa...put on the brakes Bob L

Check out the look on Bob's face

Oh boy!!!!!!!!

Dan's coming over for a high 5

HERE THEY COME

GOOD JOB BOYS

Well......I have three out of five wives here

Friends

Frank and Curt

WHAT'S NEXT ON THE BUCKET LIST???

SUNDAY JANUARY 22, 2012

Sunday morning I decided to do a blog
'on the day'

Each morning when I get up I first of all turn the computer on then have my morning coffee sitting at the desk

This morning was no exception even though we were going out for breakfast

This is my view!

8:45 a.m.

It was our turn to drive

We picked up our friends Ken and Devonna

at their home in Montessa

Off to the 'Cafe' we went for breakfast

Joe and I suggested the Cafe

since it was close to our RV park

We left the Cafe at 9:40 in order to get to church before 10 o'clock

St. George's

When we drove down the street towards the side street where the church is located there were many many cars ahead of us all going to the same place

Hmmmmm.....

We should have left the Cafe earlier

Snowbirds were flocking to the church

We ended up sitting way way at the back of the church

Actually we were not even in the church but sitting in 'an ante room'

where we could still see the altar if we strained

There was a screen at the side of the room where we could watch the Mass if so desired

There must have been well over 1200 people who attended the Mass

Ask me if we will get there earlier next week?????

You bet!!

The first Western dance class started at 1 p.m.

I took my camera to the class

Ken and Devonna attended the class

The ball room was packed with western dancers

Our instructors Kathy and Jim were on the stage so everyone could see what the next step would be

The students!!!!!

We were having a great time

counting five six seven eight!

We dance each Sunday afternoon for an hour

We have now moved up to the next level

Yeah for us!!!!!!!!

HA

These boots were made for dancing!!

After dancing we went over to the Superstition Mountain Lost Dutchman Museum where they had a native celebration that took place over the weekend

We had a lovely chat with this fine lady

The Ocotilla is starting to turn green

If I were a bird I would find another place to sit other than on a Saguara cactus

However

Their home may be inside this cactus

Do you see the photo of Ronald Reagan???Many  many western movies were filmed in Arizona

These photos are displayed inside the Apacheland Movie Ranch Barn

Inside the movie barn

Here is the Elvis Memorial Chapel

These two buildings are the sole survivors of the two fires which devasted Apacheland in 1969 and 2004.......both the chapel and the barn were donated to the museum

The structures were taken down board-by-board and nail-by-nail to be reconstructed later on the grounds of the Superstition Mountain Museum

The chapel figured prominently in the movie Charro

Back home again

Interesting.......

We have had very few spectacular sunsets this season

The evening sky was painted in beautiful colours of pink blue and yellow

This was a wonderous sight I thought

P.S.

Come January the RV park fills up with coaches and 5th wheels

It is very hard to get a good WIFI signal

It has taken three days for me to 'brouse' photos for the blog

Normally I am a patient girl

but when this happens I turn into a wild woman

ha-ha

So..........

the blogs may be far and few between now and the time we leave the park the middle of March

I'm not forgetting you

I'm just trying to keep my sanity!!!!!!