Saturday, February 13/2010

Up early again this morning. John's birthday today so must take him out for drinks and supper. Once we got in gear John had the bike ready and decided that we would take a short scoot up the highway to the little town of Congress and have a beer at the Green Frog Bar. The wind was incredible and since we are not required to wear our helmets, chose to wear our hats instead. The wind was so strong that I had to hold my hat in my hands for fear of losing it!! Even John's wanted to fly off a couple of times and he had the windshield helping to break the wind. Stayed for one beer then headed back to Wickenburg - helmets on!!!

John decided to get chocolates for the girls at the two bars that we go to so once back home we loaded them into the bike and made the necessary deliveries. They were thrilled - who would have thought that this simple gesture would cause this much of a reaction. I had to try and convince the girls that it was John's idea and not mine!! Once the deliveries were made we returned home to get ready for the evening activity.

Because of the increased activity in and around the bars, we decided that driving was a bit risky so decided to taxicab it to the bar and that really worked out well and because we had some "insider pull", we were first in line for the cab when closing time came around. It was great and everyone had a whole lot of fun!! We have made some wonderful friends down here. Earlier during supper, one of the girls came over (Jana) and said that Ariane had called from Canada and had ordered a couple of beers for John as a Happy Birthday gift. He was thrilled!! Thank you guys - it was appreciated. The girls were impressed as well - thought it was sweet!!

Anyway, the day was great -- good food, good friends, lots of laughs.