Beaver Creek July 29, 2009

Amy, Jenny and Carol went to Beaver Creek to cool off. What a fantastic day! After working a few hours, Carol picked up the girls and we headed for the creek. Had a great spot near the water and shade. We explored the area both upstream and down. Thoroughly cooled off, we headed back to Flagstaff, picked up gramps and went for pizza! Life is Good.

Lowell Observatory

Monday night we all went to Lowell Observatory (http://www.lowell.edu/) to see the stars. A great program where Amy and Owen moved to the music. Went outside where we all managed to see the moon between cloud cover. What a gorgeous site - craters and all! Jenny posed by the meteorite.

Spaghetti Dinner

Jenny drove up to see us on Sunday and is staying for the week. Amy came over Sunday night and will be here for the week also. She brought her new parrot, Peaches. The girls made spaghetti dinner with hot spicy sausage. Yummy!

Lake Powell AZ and Utah

Family from N.J. and Tennessee visited for a week and we went to Lake Powell (http://www.powellguide.com/) on Beth and Tom's houseboat. Had a fantastic time. Since I bought a new Pentax Optio W60 digital waterproof camera (www.pentaximaging.com/digital) I decided to leave my SLR digital camera at home. Amy was so excited about the waterproof camera she tested it out in the sink! Amy also wakeboarded and Drew caught a fish. He also speared one with his bow and arrow! Enjoy the pictures and make any comments you would like or ask a question. We all had a great time. Thanks for visiting Bonnie, Dennis and Chris and Katie and Tim!

Independence Day Parade

Enjoyed our small town parade on the 4th. Here are a few pictures of the highlights. The Transmission Man goes green is one of Owen's friends as is Dave Rozema our county attorney.

Grand Canyon River Trip June 2009

What a fantastic trip. Six nights and seven days on the river. Started off at Lees Ferry AZ. The first rapid was Badger rapid where we got stuck between two rocks (or a rock and a hard place). The back end of the boat was stuck and we were there for four hours. With 17 people, all the gear, etc. we could have flipped. The captain got on her emergency telephone and they were going to send a rescue helicopter to get us out one by one. Before that, two rangers arrived in their boats. The water was coming over into the boat. I wasn't too upset as I have lived with cancer for ten years. The rangers were telling us if we fell in they would send ropes to get us out. We shoved and shook the boat and finally got out and went on our way. The rest of the trip was too exciting to go into detail. Give me a call if you want a full story!

Walnut Canyon

Today is Father's Day and Owen is off on his week long river rafting trip. Look for his blog post next week with pictures. After dropping him off at the pick up point, I proceeded to Walnut Canyon (www.nps.gov/Waca) where I took two hikes! Admission to all national parks during the third weekend in June, July and August is free to encourage more people to check out the national parks.