JUST A WALK IN THE PARK

Bella in her favorite place, telling me she wants to go out.
"our" street in Desert Gold RV Park. Our truck always stands out just a bit.

Looking down from my walk up the Koeble trail. Again...our truck stands out in a sea of white RVs.

Hidden amongst the rocks on the high trail are tiny stuffed toys, placed there by our friend Denny. It's a source of enjoyment for children and adults, finding the hiding places.

Love the alien!

My old friend "Chuck" (Chuckwalla) is still sunning in his favorite spot, right where we left him in 2010

This lovely old Saquaro in the park is home and safety to many birds.

This amazing desert flower garden is a joint effort of park residents. It is positively breathtaking!

Closeup of the sturdy drought resistant desert daisies

Another desert flower

You can see the rocky ridge of the koebel trail behind the garden

BACK IN THE DESERT AGAIN!

Looking down on the quads and the trail we came up

steep rock wall in a mining area

lunch in the box canyon

cool ancient fire pit, still in use!

I managed to find a few tiny flowers

about the size of my baby fingernail

Paul creates his own petrogliphs....(not) LOL

My view from the side of the hill where the petrogliphs are. Knee is working well!

Wish I could read them!

Incredibly cool!

any guesses as to what they mean?

a horned critter of some sort

no idea?????

Scorpions under a waterfall?

Poor Denny. He turned 64 and his teeth rotted out all in the same day. heehee

Garey Cosentino in his sexy Tequila Gold RZR

Garey, Joanne, and Frank (our esteemed leader)

Denny and Pat (our Canadian friend)

Can you guess which RZR belongs to Pat?

A grinning Pat and a serious Frank

Look at that beautiful long desert trail Gaylen loves his RZR in the desert

WICKENBURG AZ GOLD RUSH DAYS PARADE

This huge parade had over 1100 horses! A wonderful old west theme.

Lots of men were riding the horses...unlike at home. Loved the mountain man theme!



Look Ma no hands, what a nice horse!

Lots of ladies of questionable morality!

Garey Cosentino gets a garter from one of the "ladies."

dirt bike fun

This rock climbing truck has seen some action

LOTS of well behaved horses

Paul got TWO garters from the ladies of the night!

Pretty creative entries. Loved this appy mini horse.

dozens of old and classic cars

helicopter for Paul

Beautiful palomino, my favorite

sign on the side said: don't let your teeth go to pot...an ad for a dentist! lol

how do they get on and off?

a Schweitzer in the sky overhead

This guy accidently dropped the reins and the horses drifted calmly onto the side of the road!

Obviously some natural horsemanship out here, these horses pushed the ball the lenght of the parade!

Sheriff Arpaio in person.

Loved this gorgeous RZR

What a paintjob

Bella enjoyed being with us all day, and even got used to the noise of the parade.