Busy Day For Us All

  Quartzsite, Arizona, United States
Monday, January 12, 2009

Today started early for us because of signing up for a "Ring Toss" competition. Although, I did sleep until 7:15 am. That is a first for this whole vacation! The RV was pretty warm this morning and I thought we had had a warm night. NOT! We both forgot to turn off the heater! Morgan and Annie enjoyed a warm sleep for the first time in too many days.

Dale ran off to coffee and donuts at 8. I ambled over around 9 to get ready to toss those rings. The air was very cool, so I dressed in layers and ended up taking most of them off. God blessed us with a very warm day and hardly any wind. Yahoo! I got a cup of tea and a donut (shhhhhhh!) while they set up the game. Dale told me to lose so we wouldn't have to spend all day doing this. We won the first game against Kathy and Terry. Dale threw two 5 pointers on top of each other, plus more points to win the game. The second game we won with ease! Now to the play offs.

Dale at the ring toss

Oh brother, did he say to lose! We were neck and neck with our opponents. They pulled ahead, leaving one of their washers right next to the 5 pointer hole. On my last washer to throw (I missed the holes with the first two) I took aim and shoved their washer into the hole, making them the first to make 21 points. They were brand new members to the Escapees and our chapter. Had to make them feel good! They went on to the finals and lost out to two guys. Now what was up with that. Every other team was male/female and two males win. We didn't get too hot under the collar about this fau pax (???) to not cause trouble. We didn't want to get these women roaring!

Walk in the Desert

Our loss left the window open to a walk with the dog. We took out over the desert, no one place our aim. Dale took his GSP in case we got lost. We only went 1/2 mile until we had to turn around to head back for lunch. So we got a mile in. Lunch was tri-tip sandwiches and chips.

Morgan getting brushed out

After lunch, we took off for town to get Morgan a bath and clip, ice cream (which turned out to be a mega cone), walked around tents we hadn't made it to, got some gas for the generator and then to meet our friends, Jack and Carol who came in from home. We then went off to dinner with Kathy and Terry and ended the day sitting around the campfire. Our rally ends in the morning.

Dale waiting on Morgan