OK; felt entirely too lethargic today so still in TUS.
Up early in am, then to ranch a day later than planned. Will probably come back to Tucson and be here for the New Year.
Love to all, stay warm, DAD
Monday, December 27, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Test
OK; this is a test, see if you get notified of a recent blog posted by me. Let me know??
Hope your Christmas was a great one!! Love DAD/UR
Plans for the Future!
Travel/ranch plans for the Future:
12/24-12/25 : To Scottsdale to spend Christmas Eve/Day with Inger, Ash, Paul,
and Jeff, not to mention the Grand-kids!
12/26/12/27 : Sara and John visit in Tucson!
12/27-12/31 : To Ranch and the cold weather and the (hopefully) little snow and
fireplaces etc.
The New Year : work in Tucson, 2 weeks, the week of the 3rd and the 17th.
The next adventure trip will be to Kansas, vist my mom, see some cousins. Will
either drive or take the Bonanza, the week of the 22nd.
We leave for a couple of weeks for San Diego and the Cruise ship Azamara Line for Fort Lauderdale via the Panama Canal!
These are the immediate plans, more to come later.
12/24-12/25 : To Scottsdale to spend Christmas Eve/Day with Inger, Ash, Paul,
and Jeff, not to mention the Grand-kids!
12/26/12/27 : Sara and John visit in Tucson!
12/27-12/31 : To Ranch and the cold weather and the (hopefully) little snow and
fireplaces etc.
The New Year : work in Tucson, 2 weeks, the week of the 3rd and the 17th.
The next adventure trip will be to Kansas, vist my mom, see some cousins. Will
either drive or take the Bonanza, the week of the 22nd.
We leave for a couple of weeks for San Diego and the Cruise ship Azamara Line for Fort Lauderdale via the Panama Canal!
These are the immediate plans, more to come later.
Friday, December 10, 2010
NFR travel
Once again, the annual trip to the NFR in Las Vegas! Always a fun time, this time w Judy and Nick Montalto. This time we are staying at the HGVC on the top of the strip, so we are a bit away from the main casinos. We had a nice flight up in Droughtbuster and brought a friend/tennis player/ex navy pilot Ken McGlamery with us. He's visiting another friend up here so we won't see him.
We've done the HGVC update and done the Sands Convent center cowboy Christmas, and had a nice dinner last night w Charros friend and good guy Don Reeves. He's an ex roper of all things, a good guy. Tonight we head down to Cesear's for a dinner somewhere, then off to see a show of dubious reputation....Tomorrow night we are going to see Boccelli in concert at the MGM Grand. Always a fun time, but haven't seemed to do much Western stuff yet this time! Bummer. The rodeo awaits! Love to all, DAD
We've done the HGVC update and done the Sands Convent center cowboy Christmas, and had a nice dinner last night w Charros friend and good guy Don Reeves. He's an ex roper of all things, a good guy. Tonight we head down to Cesear's for a dinner somewhere, then off to see a show of dubious reputation....Tomorrow night we are going to see Boccelli in concert at the MGM Grand. Always a fun time, but haven't seemed to do much Western stuff yet this time! Bummer. The rodeo awaits! Love to all, DAD
Monday, December 6, 2010
UpComing Stuff
Now, I'll post some travel info for anyone interested..
Today in Tucson, and I'm going to sight in the ol' Muzzleloader for a deer hunt down by Ft Huachuca. But before then,
Pot luck supper tonight;
Get ready for Vegas and the Nat'l Finals Rodeo, and hunting trip Tues/Wed.
Wednesday night get to go to Basket ball game w Judy Flynn!
Thursday am early flight w Bonanza to Las Vegas. Henderson, actually, then the free shuttle into the strip. We will stay at the Hilton Grand Vacation Club at the top of the strip this time. It's Cowboy Christmas in Vegas, w the Montalto's and Don and Ginny Reeves. Reeves is a Charros rider and an ex roper; even he made it to the NFR in his day.
Fly back Sunday am, Susan does a wellness presentation at a friend's house, we both maight get time to visit the neighbors who are having an open house, and then I leave for the deer camp. I plan to be back Thursday pm at the latest since we are having our own open house for a couple of hours..then it's the week-end and I go back to work the week of the 22nd. And that's it..we'll see how much actually works out..
Today in Tucson, and I'm going to sight in the ol' Muzzleloader for a deer hunt down by Ft Huachuca. But before then,
Pot luck supper tonight;
Get ready for Vegas and the Nat'l Finals Rodeo, and hunting trip Tues/Wed.
Wednesday night get to go to Basket ball game w Judy Flynn!
Thursday am early flight w Bonanza to Las Vegas. Henderson, actually, then the free shuttle into the strip. We will stay at the Hilton Grand Vacation Club at the top of the strip this time. It's Cowboy Christmas in Vegas, w the Montalto's and Don and Ginny Reeves. Reeves is a Charros rider and an ex roper; even he made it to the NFR in his day.
Fly back Sunday am, Susan does a wellness presentation at a friend's house, we both maight get time to visit the neighbors who are having an open house, and then I leave for the deer camp. I plan to be back Thursday pm at the latest since we are having our own open house for a couple of hours..then it's the week-end and I go back to work the week of the 22nd. And that's it..we'll see how much actually works out..
Ranch stuff/happenings:
Just got back down from Elk Ridge Saturday night. Went up Wed am early, had a nice early lunch @ La Paloma Mexican restaurant in Solomon (outside Safford), and made it all up ok w Autie. Was cold when we got there but the rest of the week was beautiful and nice temps.
Did the usual cow repair/fence eval stuff. Didn't get any more racoons so maybe we are free for a while. Barn Cat will like that part of the equation. More food.
Had the Chipman's over for dinner one night, a delicious antelope roast!! And we visited Derrick's one night for supper as well.
We went out and found a beautiful Christmas tree, cut it down, lugged it into the pick up, and then took it back to the barn. We went w the Derricks' and they bought one too. We hauled it up w the block and tackle, trimmed it some, and we hauled it down to Tucson Sat late afternoon. It's real pretty, maybe the best we've had for several years! And now, no kids to come play around it!! Oh well, life goes on.
++ Our next visit up will be the 26th of December for a week, then we come home for a New Year's Party here in Tucson +++. We Love Visitors! See travel plans as well...
Love, Dad
Did the usual cow repair/fence eval stuff. Didn't get any more racoons so maybe we are free for a while. Barn Cat will like that part of the equation. More food.
Had the Chipman's over for dinner one night, a delicious antelope roast!! And we visited Derrick's one night for supper as well.
We went out and found a beautiful Christmas tree, cut it down, lugged it into the pick up, and then took it back to the barn. We went w the Derricks' and they bought one too. We hauled it up w the block and tackle, trimmed it some, and we hauled it down to Tucson Sat late afternoon. It's real pretty, maybe the best we've had for several years! And now, no kids to come play around it!! Oh well, life goes on.
++ Our next visit up will be the 26th of December for a week, then we come home for a New Year's Party here in Tucson +++. We Love Visitors! See travel plans as well...
Love, Dad
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Visit to the Ranch:
OK, forgot about this for a while; taking a little break since return from the trip I guess:
Anyway, this is the 2nd visit to the ranch to check on the cattle, run the horses a bit, and tend to the barn. Last visit w Rich Flynn got to sneak over to Silver Creek a bit for a good day of fishing! Caught some nice fish but the Droid X got over-exposed to the moisture over there I guess and it went totally dead. After some discussion, I got a new one. That's all.
Came up here again d-r-i-v-i-n-g, my nemesis, to bring up the Subaru, my least partial car. Came up this time for some general R & R, and to bring the horses down so I exchanged the Subaru for the diesel and we'll take off tomorrow am early, providing I can capture the horses..
Did some more racoon control: that makes 5 in the last few weeks. No wonder Barn Cat has been so agitated; more than usual, that is.
It's cold finally; low 20's in the am, but up to low 50's during the day. Yesterday had the first snow flurries of the season, but didn't stick.
Tomorrow is Ash' and Paul's wedding anniversary: Congrats to them! Also, Susan turns 54.
So, it's me and Autie, and home we go tomorrow. Have a Christmas Tree permit, and the next time we're up will be around the 1st of Dec, just after Thanksgiving week-end.
Love to all, Come Visit! Dad
Anyway, this is the 2nd visit to the ranch to check on the cattle, run the horses a bit, and tend to the barn. Last visit w Rich Flynn got to sneak over to Silver Creek a bit for a good day of fishing! Caught some nice fish but the Droid X got over-exposed to the moisture over there I guess and it went totally dead. After some discussion, I got a new one. That's all.
Came up here again d-r-i-v-i-n-g, my nemesis, to bring up the Subaru, my least partial car. Came up this time for some general R & R, and to bring the horses down so I exchanged the Subaru for the diesel and we'll take off tomorrow am early, providing I can capture the horses..
Did some more racoon control: that makes 5 in the last few weeks. No wonder Barn Cat has been so agitated; more than usual, that is.
It's cold finally; low 20's in the am, but up to low 50's during the day. Yesterday had the first snow flurries of the season, but didn't stick.
Tomorrow is Ash' and Paul's wedding anniversary: Congrats to them! Also, Susan turns 54.
So, it's me and Autie, and home we go tomorrow. Have a Christmas Tree permit, and the next time we're up will be around the 1st of Dec, just after Thanksgiving week-end.
Love to all, Come Visit! Dad
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