Saturday - trip out to Castle Dome Mine Ghost Town

On Saturday morning, we joined Donna, Marie T., Bonna, Evelyn, Leo and one other couple and took our little convoy out of town heading north-east towards Quartzite.  The first 30-40 minutes was on paved road and then gravel for another 15-20 minutes.  We finally made it and paid our $10 admission fee to go into the 'museum'.  It is a collection of buildings etc. from a mining town which was big in the 1800s.  It includes wooden boardwalks, old vehicles, tools etc. throughout the town.  We took over 200 photos so I'll just pic and choose some of the best for you. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because we had to drive past the Yuma Proving Grounds for

the Armed Forces  - we took a few pictures of there too. 

 

 

 

 

Sewing Friday at the Clubhouse

Since Thursday was such a long day and I was still suffering when I got up in the morning - I decided that I would just take my laptop to the clubhouse and work on organizing my embroidery designs.  I knew that since Marie had bought her new Brother machine yesterday, I would probably be kept busy helping her to become familiar with it.  A few of the ladies wanted me to show them how I make my fabric postcards so I took some supplies and samples for that too.  Here's Marie with her new Brother Embroidery Machine. 

A few pictures from the Show 'N Tell

This is Donna's Red & White Winter Wonderland Quilt.

 

 

This is the round quilt Donna made for her kitchen table.

 

This is the Mystery Quilt from the lady who taught the class.

 

A bright quilt to be donated to a local charity.

 

Someone's finished Blue Quilt top from the Mystery Quilt class.

 

Below is an Embroidery project that Marie W. is working on.

 

 

Bus Trip to Phoenix

Thursday morning I left the house at 5:15am to meet the ladies so we could car-pool to the bus pick-up site.  There was 51 ladies piled on the big tour bus and we hit the road at 6am.  Our destination was Phoenix for the Quilting, Crafting and Sewing Festival. 

After about 90 minutes of driving, we pulled into a MacDonald's for breakfast and while eating were informed that the bus had some problems and there would be a delay.  Finally - after about 2 hours we were back on the road with hopes that the bus could be fixed in Phoenix once we got there. 

We spent about 6 hours shopping at the Festival and even took in a seminar on projects in the hoop.  The bus wasn't able to be fixed but they told us it was OK to use for our return trip to Yuma but we wouldn't have any Air-Conditioning.  We left Phoenix at 5pm and it was very HOT in the bus.  The windows don't open so we all had our overhead air vents open which didn't help too much.  We luckily had a huge cooler of bottled water in ice that we drank and ...  Oh poor Evelyn! 

Because of our delay getting to Phoenix - we stayed an extra hour and left right smack in the middle of rush hour.  Don't you just hate traffic? 

After a stop on the way for dinner - we managed to get back home to Yuma by 9pm.  It was a long day for sure.

Two very lazy days.

Because my back, hips, shoulders etc. have been really bad the last few days, I didn't go to quilting group on Monday or do much of anything else yesterday.  We did go for a drive in the afternoon and picked up an ice cream cone.  I managed to take a couple of pictures to share. 

 These are our new 'wall hugger' recliners for the RV.  I Love them!

 The two blocks for my Mystery Quilt.

 Big Cactus!

 A funky golf cart.

Big Boys and their Toys.

So - Lou and quite a few of the other old guys in this park really like to 'play' with their Remote Control cars/trucks etc.  At the south end of the resort they have 2 tracks.  One is a dirt track with lots of curves, jumps etc. and the other is a paved oval track.  Lou has been going down to the track every couple of days and is really enjoying meeting others who love their toys.  He has been to the local RC store called "Fast Eddies" a few times which is only a short drive away and has now ordered another vehicle which is a Rock Crawler.  I think it is a great thing to get him outside rather than just sitting around. I will have to go down to the track with him one day and get picks of him with his car. Here are a few pictures that he took of some of the vehicles. 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a different kind of car that I found interesting. 

Friday - stitching day at the Clubhouse.

Fridays are machine embroidery in the morning and quilting in the afternoon.  Donna had asked me to show some of the ladies how I made my fabric postcards so I gave a little demo.  I made an Easter card for Jade but I won't post a picture because I like them to be a surprise.  Here is a photo of the one Donna made. 

Here are a few more pics from the sewing ladies and a few Show 'N Tell too!  After Show 'N Tell the ladies worked on the next step of the Mystery Quilt but I decided to work on mine at home.