Still waiting for the paradeFianally the parade begins, this band marched in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena,
CA
This is one of the floats
This is the second half of the above float

OUR FISHING STORY...and we are stickin to it!!!

Here we are 4 hopefulls- Looking for the Big One- We left the boat dock at 8 am for a 3 hour tour, hmm where have I heard that phrase before? It was just the four of us on the boat . Looking back I think other passengers cancelled because of the weather. When we hit the open sea the swells were pretty bad the boat was rocking and heaving and what did we find in the water.....The Captian notices there is a boat adrift no one around, there was a sailboat up ahead, it could have been his dingy he may have lost it due to the conditions of the sea. We stop and haul the boat in our boat with the help of both Johns. I was trying to hold on for dear life and was not thinking about taking pictures it was kind of comical trying to get that boat in ours between the size of the boat and our boat rocking wildly. Luckily know fell overboard!! If you click on the picture it will enlarge it and you can tell how rough the sea was.Fianlly the boat is aboard- and we wonder is this the Big Catch of the Day!!! This boat is a fold a boat. It held up pretty well considering the conditions of the Sea. All tho I would not have wanted to be in this boat. The only person who knew how to fold this boat was John C- after the boat was folded and stowed away- we took off looking for fish. We didn't have too much luck in the open water, I think due to the swells, we even had a hard time getting the anchor to catch.Our Captain did manage to find a cove for us to fish in and we all caught plenty of fish. We caught Perch, Sea Bass, Triger Fish, Macrel. John R caught the first fish, John C caught the last fish of the day, and Betsy caught two fish at a time. I caught a couple, but, I got very sea sick. By the time we finished fishing and found the cove for Lunch my stomach settled down.
After about 3 hours of fishing we stopped and the Captian and his first mate took all the fish we caught and cooked us up some wonderful fish tacos......
We had a great trip with great friends!!

Out & About in San Carlos, Mexico

Leaving downtown Hermisillo- Mexico Hwy 15 heading into San Carlos

We have arrived and now we are ready to head out to explore the area. The weather has been great so far, we arrived it was in the low 90's this morning mid 80's.

We have spent a wonderful week here in Kino Bay (we will be back)
Asta La Vista Bahia Kino.
Next stop San Carlos!!!

These are the sights around Kino Bay I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed the scenery. We ended the day watching the sunset and drinking margaritas at Jorges on the beach- What a life......

Hermisillo, Sonora, Mexico

Hermisillo is known for its Sonora Beef and CarneAsada

We went looking for the best CarneAsada, I think we may have found it
Look at the size of the torillias

This is the beach behind our campground.

Some of the best tortillias come from this little shop

Our Superbowl Party. We bought some shrimp, scallops and sea bass and grilled them up and ate them with fresh tortillas and some cervesa!!!

Our morning beach walk not a sole on the beach
but us......







Murphy was checking out the water








We passed this beach house this morning on our walk
I just loved all the bright colors

Kino Bay RV Park

We arrived in Kino Bay this afternoon. We are very happy with the campground we chose. The drive in was great the roads were much better than I had expected and the scenery was just wonderful. We spent about an hour at KM 21 getting all our papers in order, then we were on our way. We did run into some fog early this morning, but after the fog cleared it was clear sailing.

Jorges on the Beach

I told you we would be in town just in time for happy hour

John & Betsy Crawford and us.

Our Mexico Adventure Begins

and no adventure begins without a trip to Walmart to stock up. We are leaving early tomorrow morning and should be in Kino Bay just in time for Happy Hour.....

Adios

Boomers in Q at an Almost Willie Concert

and he could almost sing like Willie. We had a great Texas BBQ dinner then enjoyed a little music. What a great afternoon we had.

Bottom Row; Frank & Gretchen Knapp, Willie, Cathy Oppie Top Row; John Crawford, us, Betsy Crawford, Frank & Gretchen, and Cecil Oppie.

Newmar Rally Quartzsite 2007
This little piggy did not make it to market- He was dinner tonight.... YUMMO
We really enjoyed our first Newmar rally there were about 300 Newmar RVs. The entertainment at night was fantastic, the meals were caterd and very tasty, we met some wonderful folks and joined the fulltimers chapter.
Next stop BOOMERVILLE....

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I hope your holidays were great!!! We finished up with Christmas Trees we had a lot of fun working this season. We are now in Yuma out in the middle of the desert with our Boomer friends for the New Years, had a festive New Years Eve celebration complete with fireworks- Thanks to Boomer friends Barry & Jan. Normally the weather here is great, but, today we are in the middle of a dust storm- maybe tomorrow will bring calmer winds and then we start to clean up all the dust, just in time for another dust storm- We are heading into Mexico Bahia Kino on February 1st for a month. When we come out of Mexico we are heading to Las Vegas for NASCAR were we will be working for a week in the RV lot!!!! What a life!!!

Well here we are in Pleasanton Ca at our christmas tree lot. The lot is now decorated and we are ready to go. John is having a great time learning how to flock a tree. For those of you who are unfamilar with flocking - You spray white stuff that resembles snow onto the trees- people go crazy for it. I am not sure if its a California thing or not. John and I would like to wish all of you a very joyous HOLIDAY and a Happy New Year. 2007 will take us to Mexico, and the Indy 500 race- Stay tuned......

Notice the trees on the ground the wind is not our friend- we will have the trees back on their feet again just in time for the wind to return- ahh the joys of the christmas

John has achieved the title of Master Flocker

Moving these flockers can be a real pain- By the way that is my Son who came to work for us this season

Bring on the customers we are ready

Open and ready for business

Our lot before the trees arrived

Our finished projects- Looks like a candy cane to me....

The two Johns painting candy canes

Cathy & Betsy painting candy canes for our lots

We are back in California for the holidays. We spent Halloween with my son and his family. It had been quite awhile since I went out with small children trick or treating- we had so much fun. Jeffery came away with a ton of candy, my first thought was glad I don't have to pay dental bills- Then I quickly relized- that thought made me feel so old- its halloween - let them eat chocolate!!! This Christmas season we are going to be managing a christmas tree lot in Pleasanton CA . This will be our 4th year doing this type of work and we really enjoy it, the families and most people are in great moods besides it is a really fun job- I will try to get some pictures posted of our tree lot. Until then stay safe and healthy.....

This is my sons house in Modesto CA all decorated for the trick or treaters.

This is my 4 month old grandson, the cutest lilttle scarcrow, with his mother ( Stephanie my daughter in law)

Isn't this a scary face, this is my 6 year old grandson