Emerald Cove Women Ride the Colorado River

Debbie gave seven of us women from the campground a ride on her beautiful pontoon boat Friday. 

The powerful boat was fast as we raced up to the Parker Dam area. Soon the twins, Pam and Fran, were fishing the visors out of the river as the breeze took the visors right off Rose and Janice. Or did the red one belong to Evelyn? Anyway, we women had to hold on to our hats.

We slowed down to sunbathe and enjoy floating on the water. Since we were hungry, we stopped at the Roadrunner for lunch. The food was so good and so plentiful that I didn’t need any dinner.

  

Later we rode through the waves to the other end of the navigable river to the Indian Dam past the casino. Now I have heard of walking on water but sitting on it is something different.  Evelyn admitted that she was sitting on a huge rock.

We noticed a stranded boat so Debbie turned to check on it.  The men asked that we give a ride to one of the men so he could fetch another boat and tow them in.  Debbie cheerfully gave him a ride to the dock of his campground.

  

   
 We had so much fun that we will miss each other’s company when we leave this campground after Easter.

Can you imagine what would happen if the pontoon boat sank and all aboard were lost?  Well, the River of Life Church at the Cove would only have Linda, Patricia, Opal and Frank as surviving this year’s church leadership.  Happy Jack, who keeps all of us laughing, was Captain Jack as he gave us a ride on his boat down the Colorado River on Saturday.

 

Sunday we went to Opal and Frank’s RV for pie. It’s impossible for me to describe the pies made by Frank and Opal but you can see they were apple, coconut cream, chocolate, lemon meringue, and a cream cheese with strawberries, blueberries and black berries.  Of course we had to sample several pies to determine which was best but I don’t know if a conclusion was ever reached. 

 

  

  

Frank said that he would give me the recipes.  Do you think that if I practice I will be able to make his flaky pie crust by the time I’m eighty-three years old?

25 th Wedding Anniversary

The eight live red roses were for our eight children. 

We celebrated the occasion with our friends on the day of our anniversary, March 7.

Left to right in the back row are Frank, Opal, Terry, Jack, and Bill.  In the front row are Darlene, Bev, and Pat.

The full moon over the London Bridge wasn’t very bright at 6:30 pm but we could see it more clearly after dark. 

Our 25^th Wedding Anniversary was celebrated with
chocolate,custard filled sheet-cake with butter cream
roses served to the church family after services on Sunday.

We had this view from the window table at Shugrues
restaurant in Lake Havasu City. 

Mardi Gras in Quartzsite

Who is the masked person at the Art Show- Mardi Gras Masquerade in Quartzsite, AZ.? It was I. As an author, I was invited to sell my RV Chuckles books at the event on Saturday, February 25.

There were three sections to the costume contest, 1. Jesters, 2. Authors and Artists 3. The public. The photo of Luse and Daniel who are Indians or Native Americans doesn’t show their beautiful moccasins. I asked ten -year -old Aria if she was Cinderella. She answered, “ I’m usually Aurora but you can call me Cinderella because I’m always losing my shoes.”

Aria’s mother, Angela and father, Aaron were entertainers who played the guitar and sang. I even sang for my supper. The song was “This Land is My Land”. The food was fresh vegetables and dip, cookies, and cheese and crackers with gallons of ice-cold lemonade.

My friend, Paul Winer, also played Boogie Woogie on the piano as part of the entertainment.

The weather was hot so I didn’t wear my velvet cloak for very long. Debbie, who is both a poet and an artist, drank a lot of water. Several of my author friends were also present.

Several displays of art were excellent but my favorites were the leopard and polar bears painted by Elizabeth Lauder. She kindly gave me permission to photograph her with her art. You can see these paintings on stone at her studio in Prospectors Panorama on Kuehn Rd. in Quartzsite.

Old Town Wickenburg

We accompanied Opal, Frank and Zorro to Old Town Wickenburg yesterday. The Old Town area has been restored to its old grandeur with shops or restaurants in the restored buildings. Our first stop was at the Santa Fe Depot, which is the Visitor’s Center and the Chamber of Commerce.

Terry is standing by engine No. 761. Opal had a conversation with the recording of the teacher who had just arrived by train to Wickenburg to teach the youngsters who were almost her own age and size. Frank is walking with Zorro in the shade of the tall palm and mesquite trees.

The old buildings are enhanced with statuary that is so realistic that Terry jumped a foot in the air when he saw the rattlesnake.

The Hassayampa Building was originally called the Vernetta hotel and was owned by a black woman named Elizabeth Smith. The church is the St. Anthony of Pudu Catholic Church. The red brick schoolhouse is called the Garcia School.

Terry and Frank are reading the poem “Thanks for the Rain” that is depicted in the statuary.

The bust is of Henry Wickenburg who discovered the nearby Vulture Mine where over 30 million dollars of gold have been mined.

Another advantage of being in the old section of town is the size and true magnificence of mature trees and cacti. Prisoners kicked in or dug out of adobe buildings so prisoners were chained to this mesquite tree instead of in a town jail. Today, this tree is over 200 years old.

The dancer statutes were in front of the 1937 Mexican/ American restaurant where we had a very good lunch before returning home to our RV.

If you want to see the people in the background of these photos, double click on the lower left side of the photos to enlarge the pictures.