All Work and No Play

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

And, we certainly have decided not to work all the time.  Guess what we did over Memorial Day weekend.  We had another family outing and another chance to get a family photo of all ten of us together.

We started out in clean clothes and on clean machines
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All four ATVs were loaded up on the trailer and two trucks.  We were on our way.

As clean as the machines started out, there was no way they were going to stay that way.

We did discover riding in the mud was one heck of a lot of fun

Bradley Trails is a very popular place to ride ATVs.  There are miles and miles of trails.

Kids really don’t ever grow up.  It was mud puddle after mud puddle.

The mud just got deeper.

The machines got muddier.

Polaris -- Before

Polaris -- After

Eventually the fun ended and the cleaning had to begin.  It was very difficult getting all that mud off the clothes and the machines …. even with a good pressure washer.




We had a great time and we scored another great family get together.  Riding the ATVs in Arizona is definitely so much different than it is riding in the Pacific NW.


‘Tis life on the road.

Making Memories in “Q” with Our RV Group

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.

Carol is a professional photographer.  We are so very lucky to have her as part of our group.  Other groups take pictures in the desert and the result is shadows and fuzzy focus. Being the professional she is, we ended up with a very professional photo even considering the group she had to work with.  Thank you, Carol!

She took the big group picture several days ago and I started to post it then except we had more folks arrive.  I was hoping we’d be able to get another photo of the others and post it at the same time.  Well, it didn’t really happen.

 

We had some pretty strong winds and folks' calendars got pretty full.  It was hard to schedule the photo while there was still light on the desert.  Before we knew it others were leaving.  In other words, it just didn't work out.  Maybe the idea of the camera scared them off. 

I wanted a photo of everyone who had shared our campfire this year with us.  So, with camera in hand, that was the goal even though timing wasn't right and shadows were everywhere.  At least I got the picture and here they are.  

Well, we didn’t get them all.  Bea and Peter snuck out before we got them in the group picture but here's a picture of the two of them that was posted previously.

That’s the post for today and 'tis just life on the road.

Yesterday's "Another Flat on the Way to the Big Tent" Post 

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