PLANE

Paul fell in love with this nifty little plane that landed in the little airfield here in Brenda.

A DESERT WALK WITH THE BELLES

I was psyched to find this butterfly out in the desert. It is a "Vanessa Annabella" which is our Bella's registered name! Bella has found a new perch (throne) on the back of the couch from which she surveys her kingdom.

The Belles have learned not to sniff the prickly plants out here!

We have the most wonderful time taking long off leash walks in the desert.

Even Breezey loves walking in the desert! (for a while, anyway)

"Old Mother Hubbard" A/K/A Anniebelle still keeps up with the best of us. We often walk to the foothills of the pretty mountains in the background.

THE STONE CABIN

Looks like Moe has a new pet

Mary visits Moe, who has acquired a wife and new baby since last year's visit.

Paul checks out the geocache, lots of new interesting stuff.

I think their old pet died......

Moe with his new wife and baby

The stone cabin

Interesting sign on the way

FIREWORKS IN HAVASU

Ground displays

High in the sky pyrotechnics

A heart for Valentine's Day

We spent a couple days in Havasu Lake City to attend a pyrotechnics display there. It was great, just like Independence day once again. Havasu always seems to have something going on. We also attended a carnival, classic car show and big swap meet. (giant yard sale sorta)

Paul took the great fireworks shots.

RAINBOW IN BLACK ROCK

We got our reward after the rainy weather here in Arizona: one of the most beautiful rainbows I have ever seen! A full arch across the wide western sky. (I didn't have a wide angle lens on at the time, unfortunately)

RC PLANES

Paul took pix this morning of Dave Henley flying his Remote Controlled plane. Dave's flying expertise is amazing! He has many thousands of hours flying his plane, and it proves: practice makes perfect!

PAUL CONQUERS EAGLE EYE

He made it! On his fourth try to find an access area to climb to "Eagle Eye" , a 12-15' diameter hole in a high rock face. There is no path to the "eye", it was a steep, rocky climb with some impressive drop offs. He kept his eye open for dangers (like snakes) since he saw several lizards scurrying about.

He couldn't see the "eye" as he climbed, and came out on a precipice about 65' ABOVE the "eye.". He had to go down and find a new route, which meant changing sides. He finally succeeded. The hike up took over an hour, quite a climb. However, the trip back down seemed more strenuous. In all, it took a little over 2 hours to make the round trip. While at the top, he found a bottled geocache and added his photo card to the treasure.

We spent an hour in the hot tub tonight!

While Paul was climbing, I stayed below as several sightseers visiting the area. We made some interesting new aquaintances and plan on visiting them soon.