Installment #2 - Retirement Trip

2-17-06

Went to see copper mines (no longer in operation) on Wednesday far off the main road in the desert. Butch and I went deep inside the mine (Tony went a short distance, and Mary didn’t even step foot into the mine) and finally found an outlet with a metal ladder (picture attached). It would not stand my weight, so we decided not to try climbing out and went back the same way we had come in. When we got outside, we wandered around until Butch found the opening that we would have liked to climb out of. Saw a cabin way back there in the desert that someone had had a lot of fun decorating with things such as a noose, woman sleeping in a bed, one guy buried outside with boots sticking up (picture attached)….think you had to be there to appreciate all that was there.
Went to Yuma on Thursday – huge flea markets that are open beginning Thursdays and through the week-end. Major walking back and forth, up and down to see everything….so many things we saw that we have never seen for sale anywhere else. One picture attached is where they were selling sunglasses etc. for animals. Could be that we don’t get out enough, but would like to think that this market in Arizona is just different. Bought another rolling backpack which will hold more – we call it K-9 because Tony says I am pulling a "dog".
Saw wild horses on the way back from Yuma.
Cut my hair today in the small motorhome bathroom – that was an interesting experience…now know I need a hand mirror to see the back…one more thing to add to the list for next time.
Also took Tony along to the laundromat – he has never been in a laundromat. While I was talking on the phone, he decided that the dryer softener sheets should go in the washer during the rinse cycle!! Guess he never heard of dryer softener sheets either.
Today went on a trip towards Bouse – to see petroglyphics made by Indians years ago – seemed to be a waste of time. Got a little exercise walking back into the desert, got ice cream in Bouse to counteract the exercise.
Plan to go to Oatman tomorrow (an old Western town with gunfights in the street), then on to drive on the old Route 66 and then end up back in Lake Havasu for the pyrotechnic display.