Sun Feb 27. 2011

 

John has been in Colorado picking up tax paperwork etc. He will be back this afternoon.  It rained yesterday so I sewed a new jacket out of fleece that Judy had given me.

the detail is a pupfish zipper pull

It snowed right above us. Glad to be below the snow.

Top left after the rain. The wildflowers are getting ready to burst out. Snow lines and a cool cloud

And the finished basket. People on Facebook think it looks like a cupcake. . .

Feb 24 2011 Lake Mead

 

We are still parked at Lake Mead.  It is beautiful here, and cheap.  We did some bike riding, I finished my latest basket- a sewing basket for me.  John started work on the taxes and did not have all his paperwork.  He flew back to Colorado for a few days to find it and take care of a few things. I am now doing things he did not want to do  that I did. Last night I went for a dinner cruise on a paddle boat called the Desert Princess on Lake Mead. Tonight I went back to the strip and saw the Cirque Du Soleil show  ‘Ka’. It was awesome.

Photos clockwise from the left top: coyotes we saw biking,  the marina near the campground, John and the last three are the full moon over the lake.

clockwise from the left again: evening light, sail boats on the lake, John riding into the first tunnel of five on the railroad trail. It took equipment to Hoover dam when they were building it, John in another tunnel and the Lake from above.

A picture of the basket almost done, I will have to get one of it done, the lake on a really calm day when the water was glass, John holding the sun, and some cool clouds

The top two are of cell towers disguised as palm tree, see if you can guess which one it is in the second picture. Then the Desert Princess dinner cruise , Hoover dam at night from the boat-with part of the boat in it  and me on the deck.

I don’t have photos from Ka, they won’t let you bring in a camera, but it was so incredible photos would not do it justice.

Black Canyon Feb 15, 2011

We boated Black Canyon today. The put in is right below Hoover Damn. Since it is so close to the the damn we had to get a permit from homeland security and had to be escorted down. We rented lake kayaks since it is a long flat run. There are 4 hot springs by the river. Our friend from Tecopa, Cynthia came along. It was actually her idea to run this. We had to meet at the screech of dawn- 715 am. They picked us up at the take out at 3 pm. Warm sunny day. Beautiful trip. Little bit of head wind, and a long paddle. Next time we will do it as a 3 day 2 night trip and take our time.

These are what John got me for Valentines day. What a sweetie.

The top row is the damn with the new driving bridge, a hot spring with a waterfall into it

2nd row: same hot spring, lone pine waterfall and John and Cynthia on the river

3rd row:the sharks attacking me, Cynthia and then John hiking and climbing up Boy Scout canyon to the hot springs

4th Row: boy scout canyon, Cynthia in the sea cave, and George the duck, he followed up down

5th row: Arizona hot spring canyon, and both of the man made pools. It was heavenly

6th row: Cynthia by the canyon wall and Cynthia out side looking in  the Emerald cave

7th row: Cynthia, clouds and the Divas

8th row: Me climbing a rope to boy scout springs and me climbing a ladder to Arizona Hot springs pools