Lakes, Food and Fun - Fall Wrap Up

We had a lovely day out with our friends Faye and Bob.  We enjoyed crepes and coffee at our favorite place in Cave Creek and then carried on to Bartlett Lake.  We have never seen the water this high up. 

There has been more rain in the last few months than in the last year. 

 

And here's Faye and Bob posing for the camera.   

 

Our wee car, running like a top and great on gas.   You can see how busy things were (not!) that day.  There were lots of cars and boats there but not as many as there on weekends. 

 

 

 Along with the rain comes the washout. They had started the road cleanup but there was still a lot to do in some places.

We had so much fun at the sushi place for diner one night - all those dishes going by on the conveyor it's hard to choose just a few!!  The charge is based on the color of the plate. 

 

 In our tours we also came across some interesting items. This is a neat wind object - looks easy to make. 

 These are objects made from old metal parts.

We saw our friends off to the airport and had a few days on our own at the condo.  We did the usual housework and cleaning, just like home.  Also got to enjoy some crepes again and discovered a new cafe to check out on our next visit.  It's like a grotto and includes a consignment store with some neat stuff for sale but all of it was very large.  Check out this bed frame and the cafe.

We are safely home now and adjusting to the cooler weather.  It was a great trip and we really enjoyed ourselves.  We are really looking forward to going again at Christmas. 

Cheers and thanks for reading my blog!!

Lynn

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We are back in Phoenix and having a lovely time with our friends Faye and Bob.  The last time we were all here together a couple of years ago we enjoyed a mani-pedi session so we had to go again.   Our first full day here started off with our treat. Poor Bob is very senstive feet but he undures it and this time even had a manicure with a buff!! So cute.  Here's our day.

It's been very hot here (yay!!) and we have enjoyed a bit of time at the pool already.  There is always a lot to do here and yesterday the annual event Cruise on Central car show downtown was on so we headed there.  Some amazing cars but we only lasted a couple of hours because the heat off the pavement was so intense and it was over 100F (that's like 38C for the young un's) so we had to call it earlier than planned.  We saw one person very ill with the heat....some people who should know better since they live here, don't take the proper precautions.  Black clothing and jeans are just too hot.  And you have to hydrate and hydrate!!  Here's some of the pictures.

 Bob checking out the cars.  This paint job and upholstery was amazing.  It looks like it should be in an Austin Powers movie.

 Pink Mustang.

 Vroom!  Neat paint job.

 This lowrider was amazing and then I saw the sticker on the window.  Check it out.

 Unique Bug with matching trailer.

 Love this truck!!  Maybe it's the color. 

 This one was so funny....did you notice the foot hanging out of the door?

 Check out the matching surf board on the roof.

Today was shopping day for Faye and I and we did really well.  Some incredible deals and great selections.  We filled the trunk with shopping bags.  Craig was out for the day on his motorcyle with friends and Bob had a relaxing day reading and watching movies.   We did some chicken on the BBQ and had a nice meal.  It was perfect day for everyone!!