This week we picked up Hogan's ashes from the vet. He needs to be interned by the campfire and John has already picked out the spot. He will be forever warm and I know he would love that!!
It is also time for a Walmart and Sam's Club run so that is going to take a day in town.
Ray heads into Phoenix on Wednesday for his annual checkup and that too will take another day of this week. Man, before we know it, this week will be gone.
The birds have already finished off the bird block I purchased so another one will have to be put out and I need 50 more pounds of carrots for my little piggies!! With all this running around we have to do, I am just not sure where Kay and I are going to find the time to haul more rock to finish off the yard!! Work, work, work!!
Lorne and Marilyn are arriving some time this month and that will be nice to see them again for a few days before they fly off to Mexico for a month or so.
Also, I heard from friends in Utah and they are planning a road trip down here in early March so it would truly be nice if we had all the yard work done before anyone arrived!!
It could happen!! LOL
Kay's two cats are getting braver everyday. Mogli, the male cat is way more adventurous than his sister Corinna and has been over here checking out the yard on several occasions. He must know that Hogan is no longer around and has decided that he needs to watch over this area as well. Kay called me into their house the other day to show me Mogli's treasure - a dead mouse!! He had it displayed proudly on the bedroom rug for her to see!! Well, at least we know that he is a mouser!!
Kay and I have been busy making bison jerky and once again, this year we are phenomenal!! Man, that is awesome stuff!!
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| Our "fire in the sky" sunset |
We took the day off on Saturday and headed out to the trails. Time for some R&R and with the football games scheduled for Sunday, we just might take the whole weekend off!! Wow, Kay's and my sore, aching muscles just may have time to recover!!
We decided to scoot across the highway, down the first wash and over to Constellation Road. From there we would decide which way to go. John brought his new pistol along and both Kay and John decided to stop and shoot the hell out of a beer can! With that out of their systems, we carried on down the trails. We have not been on this trail since last year and it could sure use a good trimming as there were several evil barbs and thorns around waiting to grab what ever chunk of flesh they could. I received a few "welcome" backs from them!!
We scooted around the many trails that surround Constellation Road and decided to start heading for home. Kay and I were in Henrietta, and climbed this rather unruly trail and half way up, Kay felt a "drop" in the rear end, looked out to see what hole we had hit and said "holy Shit, we just lost a wheel"!! "WHAT", I responded!! Well, there we were, headed up the trail with our rear left tire on the ground beside us!! Now this just can not be good!! Somehow, we had lost two lug nuts and had sheared off the last two studs. This was not going to be something we could fix on the trail.
Nothing much for Kay and I to do at this point except wait for John (who was ahead of us) to come back and rescue us!! We cracked a beverage, found a suitable rock and sat down wondering all the while.....now how the hell had we managed to loose the wheel????
John returned and after a bit of deliberation, we packed what we could into Kermit, hide what we couldn't and all three of us climbed into Kermit for the ride back to Constellation Road. Now three of us in a machine built for two was an adventure in itself but we managed to make it and contacted both Ray (to see if he could get us parts for the repair today as it is Sunday tomorrow) and Mitch (so that he could come and pick one of us up for the ride back to the house). Mitch arrived in short time and unfortunately Ray was unable to get any parts for the repair. Henrietta would be spending the night in the desert all by herself!! Maybe two nights if we are unable to get parts on Sunday.
With everyone safe and sound back home (well except for Henrietta), John started a fire and we concluded the evening exchanging tales of today's adventure.
Being Saturday, it was steak night and once again..... it was yummy. Life is Good!!
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| Heading out on our ride |
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| Ya, I'm packing |
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| Awesome views |
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| Everything has spikes |
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| We called it Big Dick |
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| Kay checking out the view |
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| The girls drove the wheels off it |
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| The yard work is getting done |
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| Hogan came home this week |
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