Wednesday, August 5, 2009

How 'bout them Cowgirls...


Despite my daydreams of being a cowgirl that title really has nothing to do with me or what I'm doing except that I am in...

(This is my grandma's purse)

the Wild West visiting my wonderful grandparents for a week.
.
They live in the honest-to-goodness desert: sand, saguaro cactus, cholla (pronounced "choy-uh") cactus, all manner of other cactus, bunnies, quail, javalinas (wild desert pigs), coyotes and a high yesterday of 111 degrees. I love the desert, even in August!
.
I've been tagging along with Grandpa on his 6 am two-mile walk. This is not stroll, folks; we were pushing a 15-minute mile pace. Don't think that sounds fast? Go outside and try it, and then let me know what you think. And then turn 79 and tell me what you think. He is in better shape than I am!


Here's a bit of what we see on our walk...


And a bit of our dinner last night...




And here's Aflac.




He earns his keep bobbing around the pool dispensing chlorine to keep the water nice and sparkling clean. He was up for a performance review, so we went for a post-dinner dip to conduct research. He's doing a great job.

Yes, I could get used to life in the desert. Except they did tell me the power was out for 20 hours a few weeks ago...so as long as I had a generator on hand to keep the AC running, I could get used to life in the desert.

3 comments:

Nana Time said...

For a minute I couldn't think What Grandparents.....I knew the Bobo's (I love that name) had moved on to heaven....but you do have another set....the original FO'-Bers.

I know they are so enjoying you being there. Is Hubs there too?

Ashli said...

How fun! I am scared you are gonna move out west and lose your east coast roots. Please don't! What are you cooking up these days?
YOu always make me drool with your recipes.
BTW, do you read Confessions of a Pioneer Woman? You have GOT to go to her site. Really. Please...

Ashli said...

Hey Kimberly, the cool thing about the dragon is that it was made entirely out of Legos, my son was amazed!
I am glad to know not to visit Christian unannounced!

:)