It was not a good night. The big wind hit us again just after midnight & kept up it's relentless howl all night. We had to put both slides in because of the noise & threat of having the slide awnings ripped off. The little Motormouse was scared of all the noisy rocking back & forth so snuggled under the covers as close as she could get. Don't know how many times I was awakened but it seemed like a looooong night. We have been told that March is a very bad month for high winds here in southeastern Arizona:((
It was nice to see clear skies this morning as the sun slipped up & over the Swisshelm mountains. The warming rays felt comforting coming through the motorhome windows & what a relief if was not to feel that relentless battering wind. Slipped over & took the rocks off the chickens, gave the rooster a pep talk, & we were off like a herd of turtles in a cloud of heifer dust on a brand new day.
We had discussed heading over east of Douglas to the Texas John Slaughter ranch to-day but as the morning progressed we felt it was probably better to just hang around the ranch & try to get the energy levels back up to speed after last night's wind fiasco. I spent most of the morning & early afternoon reading & snoozing. Read 4 paragraphs & wake up a half hour later. Read some more, wake up some more just seemed to be the order of the day. Kelly was in better shape buzzing around doing this & that & taking care of Deerpark Lodge business on the phone.
Around 2 we walked over to the ranch house & popped a DVD into the big TV. La Vie En Rose starring Marion Cotillard is a powerful movie about the extraordinary life of French singer, Edith Piaf. The DVD jacket describes the movie as, "She came from the streets of Paris & survived using the only gift she had...her voice." Seems like we have been having our share of real tear jerker movies lately.
Realized as the sun was going down that I hadn't taken any photos for the blog so slipped out beside the rig where I had seen some blossoms earlier on a few fruit trees. Apple blossoms I think. Thought it make a nice touch of early spring for our weather weary friends & family back home.
Sure hope the winds don't return in the night......................!!!!
No photos for the web album to-night.
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It was not a good night. The big wind hit us again just after midnight & kept up it's relentless howl all night. We had to put both slides in because of the noise & threat of having the slide awnings ripped off. The little Motormouse was scared of all the noisy rocking back & forth so snuggled under the covers as close as she could get. Don't know how many times I was awakened but it seemed like a looooong night. We have been told that March is a very bad month for high winds here in southeastern Arizona:(( 
It was nice to see clear skies this morning as the sun slipped up & over the Swisshelm mountains. The warming rays felt comforting coming through the motorhome windows & what a relief if was not to feel that relentless battering wind. Slipped over & took the rocks off the chickens, gave the rooster a pep talk, & we were off like a herd of turtles in a cloud of heifer dust on a brand new day. 
We had discussed heading over east of Douglas to the Texas John Slaughter ranch to-day but as the morning progressed we felt it was probably better to just hang around the ranch & try to get the energy levels back up to speed after last night's wind fiasco. I spent most of the morning & early afternoon reading & snoozing. Read 4 paragraphs & wake up a half hour later. Read some more, wake up some more just seemed to be the order of the day. Kelly was in better shape buzzing around doing this & that & taking care of Deerpark Lodge business on the phone. 
Around 2 we walked over to the ranch house & popped a DVD into the big TV. La Vie En Rose starring Marion Cotillard is a powerful movie about the extraordinary life of French singer, Edith Piaf. The DVD jacket describes the movie as, "She came from the streets of Paris & survived using the only gift she had...her voice." Seems like we have been having our share of real tear jerker movies lately. 
Realized as the sun was going down that I hadn't taken any photos for the blog so slipped out beside the rig where I had seen some blossoms earlier on a few fruit trees. Apple blossoms I think. Thought it make a nice touch of early spring for our weather weary friends & family back home.
Sure hope the winds don't return in the night......................!!!! 
No photos for the web album to-night. 
OUR PHOTO ALBUMS http://picasaweb.google.com/stargeezerguy/ 
Ah, thanks for the hope of spring! With another "winter storm warning" starting at 1pm today and snow on the way, it's nice to know spring is coming!!
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If you ask real nicely Al, maybe that rooster will give you a nice feather to stick in the band on your old cowboy hat.
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