road trips

Road trips often start around our house as unplanned, where are we going affairs, with many a surprise along the way. Last Saturday was one of those times. We had been wanting to go to the large array, where the movie "contact" took place, to see the what was there. We drove four hundred miles which is half way home and saw the large dish's while they were impressive and the visitor center informative we found much more along the way.
There is a small town called Reserve New Mexico that sits on the road to the VLA. and we arrived around Noon and of course wanted to eat. This place had two cafe's and as the saying goes the choice made all the difference in the world. We found the best Hamburger in the world a swiss Mushroom 1/2lb Hickory Smoked toasted bun that was good enough to go back for dinner to our delight.
We have been invited to go fishing a few times here, while we didn't take anybody up on the invite we had been to the "lakes" that everyone went to. While not to make lite of the water they have here those wet area's they were not "lakes" as known to the fishing world. We did in our journey a lake that was long enough and wide enough to be counted as a lake that would bring joy to any ones heart.
What surprise's we have had mountains, desert flowers, "lakes" , Cholla cactus, Yucca's and their flower's, but most of all have been the people. Those that we have met walking early morning at the track, the students and faculty at the campus during the hot dogs and More each Thursday
We will be missing these things.
See ya'll in a minute

May 2010

This last winter has been a very wet one with snow, rain, snow, rain, and always wind. It was kind of miserable for us northern Utah folks that have turned Southern New Mexico folks at least for another month.
The great thing about all the moisture is the fact that the world blooms the cactus, the Yucca's, and all kinds of desert flowers find the effort of making blossoms worth while. The trouble is the deer also like the flowers as they come up. We had forty blossoms growing on a yucca type plant though we don't know for sure what it is. We were so excited to be seeing new things, and so upset that the deer would eat them just before they would bloom, I took to chasing them around the yard, I bet that looked wild from the neighbors back yard as the deer would just run around me. Oh for a paint ball gun.
We have had our last hot dogs, and more for the college, I think we have done almost eight hundred pounds of dutch oven potato's. I think I know how to cook them how. I did enjoy the association of the different churches, the college people, and the students, that came.
We got the chance to serve at the NEW temple in Gila Valley. I have heard that 91,000 people went through on tour's that is just a wild amount considering how out of the way this place is.
This Sunday the temple will be dedicated.
The chicken is cooking and the aroma is getting serious so I better go and check. See ya'll next month.
Larry