11 November 2014
Finally we are in an area with warm weather. We now live in
Bullhead City, AZ. Following Holly and Jon’s wedding we drove to Bullhead City,
AZ in a major snow storm all the way from south Provo to Mesquite, NV. Now that
we are settled we have had a wonderful time in a relaxed environment taking
advantage of being out of doors.
The weather in Idaho and all of northern US has gone
“South”. Arctic air and heavy snow
filled the states all across the US and even down into the south. Idaho had
snow and record low temperatures. We struggled with temperatures in the mid
60s.
Dawn and I visited the Mariners only a few days after
arriving in Arizona. It was so nice to be with the little ones again (Burton
and Roxy). Roxy is going to be a movie star, she reminds me of Natalie Wood.
Adam and I were able to take time to go shooting with his friends. We also
visited Monica at ASU and were introduced to her team members in the chemistry
and biology department. The west campus is modern and convenient for Monica to
work out before class. She also rides her bike to work each day.
Each day we walk the neighborhood and go to the Mad Dog gym
for exercise. Woody, Julia, Dawn and I golf frequently at Chaparral and River
View golf course. We have joined the Tri State gun club and have access to the
range south of Bullhead City. We have
our mountain bikes here and rode to Davis dam. Not without troubles, since we
ran over the weeds along the side of the road and filled our tires with “goat head”
stickers and have had to patch all our tires.
The climax of this month was the Carnival Victory cruise
with family members. I have planned for over a year to take our kids and
grandkids on a cruise to the Bahamas. They came…the Russells and the
Kurowskis….. Julia, Val, Dawn, Ben, Sage, Holly, Jon, Brock, Ella, Robyn,
Wayne, Kesler, Indy, Adam, Monica, Brian, Makayla, Orion, Elinore, Aubrey,
Steph, Jared and finally Tanis.
We flew to Miami and rented a car and drove to Key Largo
hoping to scuba Pennekamp reserve. However, the weather was bad so we stayed in
at the Ocean Point Suites with the Russell family and spent time together. We
visited Isla Morada Sea Base Boy Scout Camp. Ben and I had been there 25 years
ago with our scout troop. We also fed the Tarpons at Robbies resort . Then on
our way to the Everglades we stopped at Safari Edventure and the little kids
loved the animals.
The trip to the everglades was great. We boarded an air boat
and toured the water grass of the everglades. We saw birds, alligators and
turtles. Lunch at Everglades Safari was filled with excitement at we all tried
the alligator bits.
Then on Monday the 24th we boarded the Victory.
All showed up and got on board uneventfully. Once underway I had fun sliding down the open water slide
with Ella, Sage and Indy. The cruise was a new experience for most of our
family. Each night we got together for dinner at the Atlantic dining room. The
stops at Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay and Nassau were such fun. Dawn and I had 4
scuba dives (2 at Grand Turk and 2 at Nassau). I am of the opinion all had a
great time. It is so wonderful to be with family members and especially the
grand
kids.
Right now we are experiencing cloudy rainy weather in
Arizona due to the major storm which have come across California. There was
much needed rain in the west.
Holly and Jon's wedding
Monica's work at ASU
Lake Havasue
London Bride in Lake Havasue
Gnarly Marley's Key Largo
Robbies Resort Ben and Sage
Feeding the Tarpons
Key Largo with the Laus
Boy Scout Sea Base Camp
Safari Edventure
Indy and Sage with the kangaroo
The wolf pack
Sage likes the wolves
Air boat ride in the Everglades
Sage has new pet
Too Much Fun on the water slide
Tender to Half Moon Cay w Steph
Too Much Fun!
Nassau adventure
Shooting with Adam in Glendale
Shooting with Woody at Tri State
Car in for repairs
