Lots going on during March

Where we parked at the Yuma County Fairgrounds for the Gypsy Journal Rally in Yuma, AZ


The 'Cactus Queen' contest at the Gypsy Journal Rally in Yuma. What a hoot!


This cracked me up as we came into the campground!


The campground at Pilot Knob, CA where we stayed after the Gypsy Journal Rally in Yuma


We never knew this is why the campground is called Pilot Knob Amazing the things you learn when you go exploring!


Someone put a lot of work into this. We found it while exploring outside Pilot Knob


Us on the Yamaha outside the Bard church


Us at the Bard Community Center in Bard, CA


Street dancer in Algodones, Mexico


Colby, the birthday boy


Vince and Dawn at Colby's birthday party


Colby and Bethany after she came home from work (she didn't attend the party at Spinnato's)


The new washer/dryer combo. The new one has several nice features the nine year old one did not have.


The old washer/dryer combo


The platform Larry made to pull the washer/dryer combo out of the bedroom


Jeanne and Ellen after our lunch together. We hadn't seen each other in 48 years!


A hot air balloon over our place in Phoenix


We started March out by going to Yuma, AZ to the Gypsy Journal Rally at the Yuma County Fairgrounds. It was the first GJR we have attended and enjoyed ourselves very much. They have many seminars and a good amount of vendors for a small Rally. The best part of the rally was we changed our insurance and saved $700 a year! We then went to Pilot Knob in Winterhaven, CA so we could go back to Algodones for Larry's teeth. We usually don't go to CA but we left the trailer in Phoenix and took the Yamaha for our transportation instead. It worked out really well and we averaged 8.25 mpg on the MH for the trip (a little over 400 miles). We rode the motorcycle 18 miles to church to see friends from OR who do the worship service in Bard, CA and had a great service, ride and then ate at the Q (buffet at the casino about a mile from the campground) since there really wasn't much of a choice. It was a bit more than we like to pay for lunch but the food was really good.

Larry had his teeth re-lined and bought two pair of glasses and I had my teeth cleaned when we went to Algodones. We enjoyed fish tacos at Johnnie's in Algodones where we usually eat when we are there. The price went up 25¢ each but that's the first price increase in four years so we can't complain too much.

When we returned to Phoenix, the washer/dryer combo started 'acting up' and since Camping World had them on sale we bought a new one. It was a real ordeal to get the old one out and the new one in. We had to take the doors off the refrigerator as well as all the doors and drawers down the hall. The only problem was the new w/d didn't fix the problem! Further investigation revealed a power issue with the coach and after diligent research, Larry tracked it down to two issues, one a loose connection. Since there was nothing wrong with the old washer/dryer combo we quickly sold it on Craig's List to try to re-coop some of our 'outgo'. The new washer/dryer washes bigger loads and drys the loads much faster than the old one so there are some pluses to the big expense.

Our second grandson, Colby turned 23 and we had a family dinner party for him at Spinnato's Pizza followed by cake and ice cream at Dawn and Vince's.

Larry had a problem with his Mac computer and we took it in to the Apple Store in Arrowhead. It is fixed now with a new logic board which, PTL, didn't cost us anything since he purchased Apple Care when he purchased the computer two years ago.

We had lunch with my growing up next door neighbor and her husband on March 30. It was the first time we had seen each other in 48 years and we had a great time reminiscing.

That night we went to a Seder put on by our Messianic Fellowship with Dawn and Vince and had a great time, met some great people, laughed a lot, ate too much, sang too much and didn't dance.