Time with Lola

Lola and I went to Central Park today.  Just not "the" Central Park you might be thinking.

The first time she went down this slide she was holding on to the bar above and just plopped down and I believe it surprised her because it surely surprised me.  But have no fear!  She got over that immediately.

It was a lovely playground made by the city near us.  We enjoyed visiting.  This was our first time since the day started out so cool (77 degrees).  We plan on making this visit many more times in the future since cooler weather is coming with the fall.

I am busy planning and working on our backyard for my youngest daughter's wedding.  We, at least, are going to be able to put our money in our own landscaping.  We're building a pavilion for the ceremony and later will use it for grilling and a hot tub.  I am excited about that.

The week after her wedding she and her husband will be honeymooning and we will watch Lola.

But the following week we are leaving with our RV for a short trip to Arkansas four-wheeling.  That will be a welcome relaxation from all the wedding plans.  Then on to planning our oldest daughter's spring wedding.  This time it will be held at a mansion.

Arkansas Fall 2010 Moccasin Gap Trails

We rode at night with a full moon above

Our four wheelers are in love

My love

self photo non gratus

This our group shot.  We set my camera's 10 second timer and Mark (the one
leaning down ran from quite a distance through rocks and water to get there)

Close up of our Scorpions

Here is the first attempt at running to make the shot.  Mark runs every morning.

Camping

Our trip to Dover, Arkansas was successful. We used our Chalet Alpine rv for the first time. We stayed four nights without too many problems. Since this was our first trip we had to get used to the camper. Hauling it was no problem, we were able to haul it and the four-wheeler trailer hooked together with our Toyota Tundra. We could run 70 and 75 miles ph easily. The first and second night our furnace came on and several times we would hear a beeping sound. My husband finally figured out the 12v wire needed to be hooked up so the spark igniter could work properly. The freezer worked great. Things were so cold in the refrig part that the milk partially froze. I had to turn it down. All our meat stayed frozen solid in the freezer. We didn't try out the shower because the campground had a shower and bathroom to use. Our air bed was great but we have decided to get a regular mattress because we will never use the table under the bed. We'll just dedicate that space to the bed full time. We had our flat-screen tv and dvd player that we bought for the rv. We got an off-air antenna that worked great picking up 9 channels with HD even. The only thing I cooked this time was waffles for breakfast. We ate a packed lunch every day out in the woods on the trails. Every evening after trail-riding we would get cleaned up and go into Russelville and find new places to dine. The weather was beautiful. It was pretty cool every morning and would warm up to about 60 degrees. We did not get rained on except the first night and that was while we were sleeping. We rode the Moccasin Gap trails every day. There were four couples all together. Two couples stayed in cabins and two of us stayed in RV's or toy haulers. It was a great trip.

Wordless Wednesday-Home Away From Home

2005 Chalet Alpine

Home away from home

Hauling toys. Headed for Arkansas Mountains.

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Here is my Honda with new paddle tires

We're taking a break in the shade.

By the light of the moon

Top of the dune

Night riders

Flying high

Father and son

See the orange moon?

Our trip to Little Sahara turned out great. We had a decent little three bedroom house to stay and I made Ree's rib eye steak recipe with onion/blue cheese sauce. I grilled hamburgers the next day. We had pancakes for breakfast one morning and the next morning we went to a cafe for their buffet filled with good selections. I had to do a little extra cleaning on the bathroom but the super cold air conditioning made up for it.

My husband and son and I rode all day and night. We were able to ride from the house to the dunes on our four-wheelers. On the way home we stopped in Enid and ate at El Chicos.

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that my husband rolled his four-wheeler on Saturday night and I rolled my four-wheeler on Saturday. Boy, was that an experience! Both of us were fine, just surprised, but we were wearing our helmets. And on sand it is a soft landing. I actually just slipped off mine and it rolled over on top of me and then one more time before landing on its tires. I was in the middle of it where your leg is and there is just enough room for clearance. I remember thinking as it was on top of me that I hope it goes on over. And it did. My son came to my rescue immediately. I was trying to go up a really tall dune and decided at the last minute that I wasn't going to make it so I did the wrong thing- I turned sideways. Something you don't want to do at the top of a soft backside of a dune unless you are going fast and are turning on purpose and I suppose a lot more experienced at driving than me. I fell off and it turned over on me. It all happened quickly but it seemed longer. The four-wheeler didn't turn over immediately, it just hung there for a second and then it was on top of me for a second and then back off and on its wheels. I actually didn't mind the experience, of course mostly because I wasn't hurt but I don't want to do it again. Now anywhere else besides sand this would be much more dangerous.

All's well that ends well.

Little Sahara Dunes

We are heading to Little Sahara dunes for the Labor Day

week-end. We've got to try out our new Honda TRX 450.

It's a little hotter than our Honda Ranchers. You have to

shift it with a clutch. I haven't even tried it out yet. My son

or my husband will be driving it. I'll stick with my Rancher

and my new paddle tires. We're going to stay in a house we've

rented. I hope the house is clean and spider free! The last house

we stayed at had fiddlebacks. One house we reserved was so bad

we had to decline and stay at the fiddleback house. The house

we didn't stay at was a nightmare on Park Avenue. The banker's

daughter's house from 1904. It was the most run down house

I have ever seen. The wind was blowing in from every window

and it was 104 degrees outside with one window unit (swamp cooler).

It had an upstairs that you could not go in to but you could see the wind

blowing the curtains above the living room ceiling. It was very creepy.

It had a locked door to the stairs and a window that someone had broken

beside the stairs. The broken place was covered with a tapestry and

the breeze was blowing it too. I wondered if there was some homeless

person up there. We didn't stay around long enough to find out.

Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?

Well, Colorado, I'm telling you now!
Our vehicle above traveling on the Million Dollar Highway.
O Beautiful, for spacious skies! For purple mountains majesties!
We met a shepherd and his 2,300 sheep and three dogs along the way.
The above is where we stopped to decide if we needed to turn around before the

going got any rougher. Just so happened I backed into a bear cave. Don't know

if she was at home!
The abandoned silver and gold mines of Colorado. There's gold in them hills!
Untrailering for the day!
We ate our lunch every day on the mountain. Nothing ever tasted so good!
Relaxing after a long drive. The wildflowers were in bloom everywhere! I love you, Colorado. I can't wait to return.

Mobile

Mobile in the Palisades of Cimarron Canyon, New Mexico from Junebug57 on Vimeo.

This is the reason I didn't take a photo of the Palisades. I was videoing it. I did not even realize that I had captured it on video.

We're Back!

From the best trip ever to Colorado! Details to follow...

Wordless Wednesday-Four-wheeling

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The Scorpions Go To Ouray

From the last trip to Arkansas

Our group: the Scorpions

I love these people!

Four-wheeling is a blast!

Just look at this scenery where we

will be. I am in awe.

The temperature today is 64 F in Ouray.

Oklahoma temp. today is 104 F.

This is Ouray, Colorado.

Take a Little Trip with Me

Woolaroc

Still a beautiful and fun place to visit.
Navajo Fire Dance

What are you looking at?

Making use of a timer

I used to sit on these lions 

when I was little.

It was the most beautiful and sunny day we have had

in weeks.  So we took a little trip to Woolaroc.  It's very 

near our home and such a wonderful place with 

lots of animals to see.  

Wordless Wednesday-View From the Top

Gloss Mountain

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Wordless Wednesday-Dunes

This little orange buggy is ours.  That's my husband and son in it.
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They are pulling a dune slowly.  

Moi.

I am standing on top of my four-wheeler for this video. You really don't get a good grasp of how tall these dunes are until you are there. They are from 80 to 100 feet tall.  We're at the top of a dune and those four-wheelers are at the top of another dune.  The dune drops off just on the other side of the orange buggy.  We rode the tops of many dunes.  It is marvelous fun!

Little Sahara

We will be headed to Little Sahara this week-end to play with our new dune buggy.  Our son will be going with us.  We've got a house located right next to the dunes rented.  We can ride right from the house to the dunes.  It is really fun to ride at night with twinkle lights on top.

I made the little black vinyl top for the buggy.  It snaps on and off.  It will be a great help with the sun.  
We'll be taking one of our four-wheelers too.  

Here's a short clip of Little Sahara:

And here is a trail video of four-wheelers: