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The Dog Park


Today, we took the dogs to the Wickenburg dog park. It was a beautiful high desert day with a few thin wispy clouds, a little breeze and temperatures in the mid sixties.

Video – At The Dog Park
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The dogs love to explore the park. Bay Bay and Cabela run around sniffing just about everything. Bear walks around, but she is old (14 years now) and slow. The outing is good for her.

We try and take them to the park every week, but sometimes our busy retirement schedule keeps that from happening. 😉 I guess we’ll just have to make the time since they enjoy the park so much.

January 9, 2013 by Arizona Critters Leisure Retirement

End of Spa Season

End of Spa Season

We just got out of the Spa, probably for the last time of our “second spring.” The forecast is for fall temperatures to actually hit here tomorrow and this weekend. We’ve had highs in the mid 80’s and that is going to drop to the 50’s and 60’s.

Tomorrow, we’ll drain the spa and “winterize” it by pumping out the excess water in the pipes in case of freezing temperatures. The pipes could burst in a hard freeze. We need to do the same thing in the travel trailer.

November 8, 2012 by Arizona Leisure Retirement

Range Day

We went to the range today and finally got to shoot our new AR15. We took turns shooting five rounds at the target on our new target stand (target-stand.jpg). In the video to the right, Verna sends one of her five-round volleys downrange.

We set the target stand about 25 yards downrange to try out our new toy. The rifle is pretty accurate and we both got several rounds near the center of the target on our first tries.

We also shot about fifty rounds of 9mm with the S&W 908s pistol and fifty rounds of .45 ACP with “Fat Man,” the Glock 30 subcompact pistol. I moved the target stand closer to about 7 yards.

The target stand worked just fine. Now that we have it, we will be going to the range more. We badly needed the target practice today and it felt good to get back into shooting.

October 5, 2012 by Firearms Leisure Retirement

A Desert Ranch House

A Desert Ranch House

We saw a very old desert ranch house while we were about six miles north of SR 74 on Castle Hot Springs Road. It looks all artsy-fartsy when rendered in sepia. Click on the image to enlarge.

September 20, 2012 by Leisure Photography

RV Tandem Wheel Cover

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I installed the wheel covers on the left side of the trailer yesterday. I found a bungee cord in the trailer box of goodies that is just about perfect for holding the inboard side of the cover together. I will order another one of the covers for the right wheels later before we take the trailer on the road. Meanwhile, the wheels on the sunny side of the trailer are protected from UV. Click on the image to enlarge.

June 9, 2012 by Leisure Retirement Vacation

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