MY CUSHY RECLINER SWALLOWED ME UP TODAY

KELLY WATCHES PARKER ARIZONA'S OFF ROAD TRUCKS KICKING UP VOLUMES OF DESERT DUST BUT PHEEBS DOESN'T SEEM TOO INTERESTED

It was 6:30 this morning when we heard a sound like the swarming of a million bees.  Opening the windshield curtains we saw far off out into the desert flashing red lights and whitish lights weaving and bobbing on the horizon.  They were easily 2 or 3 miles away and yet with our windows closed we could hear whatever it was...….and wait a minute, something sounds very familiar here.  Engines revving and gears shifting.  Kelly remembered Parker's big off-road race today and we knew the long desert track wound itself all the way down around Bouse here before returning back to Parker.  Race begins in early afternoon so what we heard this morning must have been a whole swarm of souped-up ATV's or something running the track in Saturday's pre-dawn calm desert darkness.

EARLIER THIS MORNING I SPOTTED TWO ATV TYPE RACERS TEARING ALONG THE OFF-ROAD RACE TRACK

GREAT AREA FOR MORNING WALKS

YES WE SURE DO LOVE OUR DESERT SOLITUDE

EASY DOES IT ON THAT ROCKY GROUND

Sometimes I am just too darn comfortable to think about doing too much of anything.  This big cushy leather recliner of mine in the Motorhome has really spoiled me and it's all too easy for me to spend too much time in it's encompassing comfy embrace.  Tipped back with feet up, computer on my lap, Sirius satellite radio boombox right beside me and with gorgeous views out my side window and big windshield up front it's all too easy to almost relax myself into oblivion.  I say almost because always this nagging feeling I should either be doing something else or going somewhere.  Just my nature I guess and I suppose it has been instrumental in all the places I have been in my life and the things I have seen and done. Maybe one day I should try writing about some of those things that have never or ever will make it into my blog.  Well, maybe not.  See that's what happens when one gets to thinking too much while comfortably reposing in not only one's soft recliner but in one's own mind as well.  

HAD US A STAY AT HOME RELAXING MORNING, AFTERNOON, AND EVENING

A mainly cloudy day with a few small patches of blue sky floating by dragging warm sunsplashes behind them.  Occasionally one of those splashes would come by and spill itself into our coach through our open side door and make all the furniture giggle.  I like when that happens.  Giggling furniture I mean.  Thought about climbing up on the roof to clean the solar panels but the thought remained a thought and the dusty solar panels remained just that, dusty solar panels.  Cold pizza for breakfast.  Holy pepperonies Batman:))

Winds really picked up this afternoon clearing out some of the clouds. A fair bit of dust in the air but at least the winds were not cold.  Set up a couple binocular tri-pods and watched the off-road truck racers tearing up the desert a few miles away.  Trucks were only tiny moving specs but easy to follow with volumes of dust being kicked up into the air behind them.  With strong winds blowing the truck sounds were carried away with only a few faint engines sounds barely audible reaching us.  

ALL SET UP TO WATCH THE DESEERT RACERS A COUPLE MILES AWAY

AT LAST A DISTANT DUST CLOUD

THIS TRUCK APPEARS AS A PIN POINT OF YELLOW AT THE HEAD OF THAT DUST TRAIL

TWO OF THREE HELICOPTERS FLYING ABOVE THE RACERS PROBABLY TAKING VIDEOS FOR AREA NEWS STATIONS

A 300mm TELEPHOTO SHOT OF SPECTATORS ON A DISTANT HILLTOP WATCHING THE RACE

For a much cheaper Verizon internet plan this winter we sure are paying the consequences.  When in an area with too many people using the same Verizon tower we cheapskates get shuffled off to the end of the line where there may be a few snippets of bandwidth left after the power hungry masses have had their proverbial kick at the Verizon football.  It's a double whammy for me trying to put my blog together each day.  Not only Blogger angst but always a poor and spotty Verizon signal as well. 

Kelly did get me onto a free version of Word Press this morning but oh my the patience needed to figure out the site construction is not on my side.  I wrestled around trying to set up a basic site but even having done both Blogger and Live Writer myself years ago it was a struggle today trying to understand and fit the right pieces of the puzzle together.  And it is my own damn impatience which fights me every step of the way.

As darkness descended late this afternoon rains began around 5 o'clock and from my recliner I could still see bouncing points of bright lights way out in the desert as the off-road truck racers still weaved and bobbed their way through desert.  A hardy and dedicated bunch those fellows.

A FLEETING CLOUDRUNNER RACING ACROSS THE NORTHERN SKY

GROANER'S CORNER:(( Bumper Stickers  - I.R.S. We've got what it takes to take what you've got! 
- We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse. 
- Artificial Intelligence usually beats real stupidity. 
- Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now. 
- What is a "free" gift ? Aren't all gifts free? 
- Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot. 
- We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART? 
- Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. 
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Why did the dude only smell good on the right side? He didn't know where to buy Left Guard!

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Isaiah!
Isaiah who?
Isaiah nothing till you open this door!

Knock Knock
Who's there?
Toothy!
Toothy who?
Toothy the day after Monday!----------------
At the airport for a business trip, I settled down to wait for the boarding announcement at Gate 35. Then I heard the voice on the public address system saying, "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Delta Flight 570 will board from Gate 41."So my family picked up our luggage and carried it over to Gate 41. Not ten minutes later the public address voice told us that Flight 570 would in fact be boarding from Gate 35.So, again, we gathered our carry-on luggage and returned to the original gate. Just as we were settling down, the public address voice spoke again: "Thank you for participating in Delta's physical fitness program. 
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