Our New House Is Ready

For all of you who didn't know, we bought a second home in Sun City West, Arizona. It was to be more of a winter home, but now that we have Ed's mom, we will be there probably as long as she is alive. That is unless we can let her stay with her other son next summer to give us a break.
The house is right down the street from my parents which makes it really nice to visit and have someone to play scrabble with. My Mom and Jack have gone above and beyond with getting our house ready for us.
First, we needed furniture for every room. They went to estate sales and estate sale stores looking for everything from pots and pans to bedroom sets. They also oversaw the installation of Pergo flooring and cermanic tile, and then cleaned up the workers mess. We also had the inside painted.
Jack worked on the outside, trimming numerous hedges, palm trees and getting rid of unwanted cactus.
I went to see the house this week and couldn't believe how incredible it looked. I'm so happy with it that I can't wait to move in! Well, that's all for now. Love to all, Vicki and Ed

View From Peterson Point

My First 4 Wheeler Ride

We actually had some fun this week-sort of. I've never been on a four-wheeler before and Ed kept telling me that I would love it, so I finally gave in. Bob and Kim, our bosses have ATVs and said we could use them. There are over 3000 miles of off road trails that are accessible from our campground, so how could I resist! The trail was called Casto Canyon and Peterson Point. It goes right through Red Canyon and some incredible scenery. I did good until the trail got rough, then I thought I was going to roll over. I did some squealing and gritted my teeth and made it. I thought I was going to have a heart attack I was so scared! I was so busy watching the trail that I didn't get to see much scenery, but what I saw was breathtaking! I'm glad I did it but I don't have a driving passion to do it again. Well, that's all for now. I don't think anyone reads this anymore, so I'm doing this as a journal as well as keeping anyone whose looking at this informed that I'm still alive and doing well. Bye for now, Vicki & Ed

Are They Really All The Same?

Our Summer in Panguitch, Utah

I want to apologize for taking so long to post this blog. Our lives has been full of adjustments and keeping Mary happy, (Ed's mom). We told her if she didn't want to stay that we would take her back to Bullhead City. So now we have satellite TV and a computer with a big screen so she can play Yatzee and Solitaire and do email. As you can see in the picture, we have our car now because diesel was using up a big percent of our income.
We've taken a couple of little rides on the motorcycle and a few drives to get away, but nothing like last year. The weather has been great, with highs in the upper 80's and lows around 50. I went to the balloon rally and took pictures. Ed says they look the same as last year. All in all, though, we are all doing well. The house that we bought in Sun City, Arizona, is coming along beautifully with the majority of the work and shopping being done by my Mom and Jack. When it gets done I'll do a blog on it with some pictures. So that's it for now. Everyone know that we think about all our family and friends often and miss you. Take care, Vicki and Ed

Change in plans

Hi everyone! You know when they say "if it can go wrong, it will!" Well, we've had a BIG change of plans. Ed's moms' roommate moved out a couple of weeks ago. He expected to buy Mary's (Ed's mom) mobile home and Ed's brother Norm didn't want to sell. Ed, Norm and Mary are all on the title. Norm just recently found out that he was on it and he wants it for a winter retirement home. So Jerry got mad and moved out without warning. Needless to say, our whole life has been turned upside down.

What makes it even more interesting is we are getting ready to buy a house in SunCity West, AZ. The closing is May 13th and then we all go to Panguitch, Utah. We already committed ourselves to work at the KOA there, so Mary is going to be with us. If she doesn't like it or can't handle it, Ed will bring her back to Bullhead City and stay with her. I will stay up there and work and come down to visit.

As you can see from the picture we also have a dog in our lives now. This is Bentley, and he's Mary's dog. I take him for walks and he wants to be petted all the time (typical dog!)

That's it for now-thank God! Take care everyone, Vicki & Ed

Death Valley National Park

We are finally taking a vacation! Sounds funny for retired people. We have got a month before our next KOA job in Panguitch, Utah. Our first stop is Death Valley for a little warmth. The temperature was around 90 degrees and 60 at night. It was great! Also, alot less wind! We saw alot of stuff and some unique scenery. It's a worthwhile place to see, but not in the summer. In the year 1913 was the highest recorded temp-134 degrees, also in the same year the coldest temp for there-15 degrees and this year was also the wettest-4.54 inches of precipitation. we did miss some things because alot of the special things are on dirt roads and we were on the motorcycle with the little trailer doing some true camping. On to the nextstop.