After visiting the Wickenburg Sportsmen’s Club on Saturday, we drove down a road along the east bank of the Hassayampa River This view shows Vulture Peak in the distance and the river in the foreground. The town is in between the two landmarks. Click on the image to enlarge.
We prepared our Tex-Mex chicken chili verde in the crockpot today. We served it with cornbread muffins and our favorite adult beverages. 🙂 Click on the image to enlarge.
Desert Graveyards, because of the arid climate, seldom resemble the lawn-covered ones elsewhere. This is the graveyard in Congress, Arizona where there are many very old graves. It was interesting visiting this place today as we ventured off the pavement. Next time, there is a ghost town near this place we want to visit. Click on the thumbnail image to view the full-sized panorama.
A week after Bob’s Concealed Weapons Permit arrived, mine showed up in the mailbox at the house. Funny, because Bob’s was delivered to the PO Box. Both of the applications we sent to the Department of Public Safety listed the PO Box as the mailing address. My permit took 45 days to get here but still well ahead of the 75 days expected.
Anyhow, we’re both now able to carry our guns in the other 32 states that recognize the Arizona permit. I feel a vacation coming. 😉
This is Beethoven (whom we call “Bay Bay”) atop the spa cover. He likes to jump up there to watch the desert critters in the wash next to our house. He sees quail, cottontails, squirrels and jackrabbits. He barks at them and acts like he wants to jump through the screen enclosure to run after them.
Image – Bay Bay at his lookout – click to enlarge
Jumping up on the roughly three foot high spa cover is no problem for him. He uses the steps to get up but I’m sure that he could jump on top without them. Our bed is about the same height and he has no problem jumping up there with us when we retire for the evening.
Earlier this week we used the spa and were out drying off when we let the little dogs come out on the patio. Bay Bay decided he would jump up to see what critters were out there and did a splashdown right in the middle of the spa. I quickly fetched him out and had him in a towel within a few seconds. Poor little guy.
I thought that he would be reluctant to jump on the spa cover after the water incident, but he was back at his usual lookout post later the same day. We will now wait until the cover is on before letting him out on the patio from now on. 😉
Bear and Cabela visited the groomer today for trims and baths. In the meantime, we took Bay Bay to the dog park. We all enjoyed the visit, especially Bay Bay. And just look at those gorgeous mountains and blue skies in the background. Click on the image to enlarge.
