Tuesday, February 12, 2019

A JEEP RIDE FOR PHEEBS AND I THIS MORNING WITH GORGEOUS SCENERY ALL ROUND

Luckily no wind this morning because it felt like the coldest morning we have had this winter so far.  I think we were in the low 40's with a predicted high today of 66F under clear blue sunny skies.
ANY MORNING WALK IN THE GREAT SOUTHWEST IS A BEAUTIFUL WALK

THE REMAINS OF A LARGE TAMARISK TREE




A BIG OLD CHOCOLATE COLORED MOUNTAIN ON THE HORIZON??

NOPE, JUST A BIG PILE OF DIRT AT THE OTHER END OF A GRAVEL PIT WE WERE WALKING IN NEAR OUR RIG


AFTER HEAVY RAINS HEAVY EQUIPMENT IS OFTEN NEEDED TO FIX THE ROADS

DIFFERENT LOOKING DUMP TRUCKS IN THESE HERE PARTS
Both Pheebs and I were really needing to get ourselves out for a Jeep ride this morning so with Kelly deciding to defrost the fridge us guys was out the door and gone on down the road in a big cloud of gravely desert dust.  Decided to follow a bouncy road leading in the direction of the Trigo Mountains east of us.  
'CIBOLA PIT ROAD' HEADING EAST TOWARDS THE TRIGO MOUNTAINS







Oh how I love being out dragging along slow on these lonesome desert roads taking in all the magnificent scenery stopping here and there for a photo or two.  We don't venture into any rough spots like we sometimes used to do and I'm Okay with that.  Bouncing around inside the Jeep like a ping pong ball doesn't seem to hold the same appeal for me anymore like it once did not that long ago.  It's gotta be that damn age thing again!!
AFTER ABOUT THREE MILES CIBOLA PIT ROAD ENDED AT A LARGE UNUSED GRAVEL PIT

NOT MANY SAGUAROS IN THE AREA BUT WE DID SPOT THIS ONE

AN ATV TRAIL AMBLES THROUGH THE DESERT

THE JEEP CAN BE SEEN UPPER LEFT




The road ended at the base of the Trigo Mountains in an old rather large gravel pit after 3 or 4 miles.  The landscape swept upwards a bit and we were able to get out for a walk around and enjoy the views.  This is a rugged land and it is that very ruggedness that has always appealed to me so much.  Everywhere one looks the landscape changes and just keeps on changing.  Mountains, valleys, hills, and plain's go on forever.  For me there is nothing to bore my impatient eyes.  Each bend in the road pulls me further along, each mountain range beckons me to come and say hello.  One day soon this wondrous land here in the Southwest will not be accessible for me anymore and I will be very sad.  However, I am so fortunate to have taken an interest in photography years ago enabling me to at least amass thousands upon thousands of reasonably decent photos of our travels.  I will have my memories.
THAT FAR HILL HAS REALLY BEEN DUG INTO



A BURRO PATH

THOUGHT I HEARD SOME 'HE-HAW'- BURRO SOUNDS DOWN THERE IN THOSE TREES

NOT SURE WHO OR WHAT LIVES OVER THERE IN THOSE HOLES

We're about due to tend to our fresh, gray, and black tanks so we'll be making a move shortly.  We'll combine that with a few other necessary things that have come up and whether we return to our spot here in the Cibola Wildlife Refuge or not remains to be seen.  Because we like the quietness and lack of people here I think we will but maybe not before dropping around to a few other favorite spots in the area first.  We'll see.  It all has to do with how we're feeling at the time.  And I emphasize 'we' not just me as sometimes I'm sure it is perceived with me being the sole author of the blog:))
WE HAD TO KEEP A WARY EYE OUT FOR RUMBLING GRAVEL TRUCKS TODAY

PHEEBS AND I CROSSED THE COLORADO RIVER IN OUR TRAVELS TODAY AND IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY HERE FACING SOUTH YOU CAN SEE PICACHO PEAK WHICH IS ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE AND YUMA....PICACHO PEAK IS ON THE HORIZON AT UPPER LEFT AND LOOKS LIKE A TALL DOUBLE PEAK 

DRIVING ON TOP OF A BERM ALONG AN IRRIGATION CANAL

RE-CROSSING THE COLORADO FROM WEST TO EAST
Have noticed the past few days our daylight is slowly lengthening which is always a 'feeling good' sign we are slowly but surely making it through another Winter season on our way to Spring.  
GROANER'S CORNER:)) A TEST FOR 'OLDER' KIDS.  THE ANSWERS WILL BE ON THE TIP OF YOUR TONGUE,BUT YOU JUST CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER THE CORRECT ANSWER. DON'T LOOK BELOW FOR THE ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE TRIED IT OUT.

01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man?Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind?________________.
02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 196 allwatched them on The ____ _________Show.
03. 'Get your kicks, __ _______ _______.'
04. 'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________.'
05. 'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________.'
06. After the Twist, The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we 'danced' under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the '_____________.'
07. Nestle's makes the very best . .. . ._______________.'
08. Satchmo was America 's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us.
His name was _________________.
09. What takes a lickingand keeps on ticking? _______________.
10. Red Skeleton's hobo character was named __________________and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '___________ ' _______________.
11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________.
12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ____________ & _______________.
13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.' This was a tribute to ___________________.
14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the ___________ ____________.
16. Remember LS/MFT _____ _____/_____ _____ _____?
17. Hey Kids! What time is it? It's _____ ______ _____!
18. Who knows what secrets lie in the hearts of men? The _____ Knows!
19. There was a song that came out in the 60's that was “a grave yard smash”. It's name was the ______ ______!
20. Alka Seltzer used a “boy with a tablet on his head” as it's Logo/Representative. What was the boy's name?


01. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
02. The Ed Sullivan Show
03. On Route 66
04.To protect the innocent.
05. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
06. The limbo
07. Chocolate
08. Louis Armstrong
09. The Timex watch
10. Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'
11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. Sputnik
15. Hoola-hoop
16. Lucky Strike/Means Fine Tobacco
17. Howdy Doody Time
18. Shadow
19. Monster Mash
20. Speedy

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8 comments:

  1. Wonderful photos. So peaceful and quiet. I can see why you enjoy it there.

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  2. Wonderful photos of the desert flowers. Feel like I could just reach out and touch them. Thank you for sharing your lovely photos.

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  3. Good test, it brought back a lot of memories for me. I knew all but one of them and when I looked at the answer, I realized I should have known it, too. I was born on Valentine's Day back in 1943 so those questions did bring back a lot of memories.

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  4. You do take great pictures and they will bring back memories for years to come. I do not think you are ready to be put out to pasture yet, but it will happen someday. Enjoyed your travels tonight. We are in for more rain here on the coast.

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  5. What a wonderful area to explore and the quiet morning walks always fun, Gt5e things done and carrot on down the road again.

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  6. Al
    Your making me feel old. I got 19 out of 20.

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  7. Lots of beauty in the desert, and you have captured a sampling of what's out there this time of the year. One correction if I may...Unless there are two Picacho Peaks, your link is for Picacho Peak State Park, the only one we know of , which is way further east of the Colorado River over on the other side of Casa Grande heading towards Tucson.

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  8. Love to see the desert in bloom. It always amazed me seeing the brown and greys turn into soft green with colourful spots. Lots of memories, when I look at your photos. Mine are gone, burned up in external hard disk that I plugged in with the wrong cable. Pouf!

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