I was just looking over our blog to see where I had left off and oh, my gosh! Everything seems to be backwards, not sure how that happened, but, guess you all will figure out how it goes. It is now 2012, so Happy New Year to all of you out there, may this new year be better than last year.

But, it seems our blog is still stuck in last year, so maybe I can help out by updating it so you can all see what we've been up to since we left you last. We have been very busy, so I better get started!

At Gila Bend Family Camp

It was HOT in Glia Bend in late October....

It was finally time to split from Jack & Jeanne, they, on to their own adventures and us, heading towards Yuma for the winter. We did briefly stop for a few days in Gila Bend to reconnect with some Navy friends. They are staying at the famcamp at the Luke AFB annex right outside Gila Bend, he is working at the paper plant nearby. Yes, amazing as it sounds, they make paper towels, napkins and toilet paper from pulp flown in from various sources, a lot of it from South America. We had a lot of catching up to do, because I hadn't seen them since we left Delaware in 1990, Ron had visited with them more recently.

It had been beautiful weather in Deming, but, we were at 4300 ft and heading down to less than 1000, so it was bound to be warmer and it was. I was glad we were in a full hookup so we could run our air conditioner. We had a great time with them, we even headed down to Ajo one of the days to look around and have lunch. All too soon, it was time to leave once again and head west.

We got to Yuma about a week before Halloween and once again, stayed in the driveway of our friends, Gene & Kathy. Jenny, a fellow Boomer, who owns a lot nearby, found out we were back in town, so she decided to go ahead and throw a Halloween birthday party for me & our friend, Debbie. We were both born right on Halloween.

At Dan & Jenny's Halloween Bash

There were quite a few Boomers in Yuma already and it was nice and warm during the days, still. We had all sorts of characters who came to help us celebrate our big day. There was Rhonda, who was a real character, as you'll see, a ghoul showed up, two cute little pumpkins and an angel, a gypsy/belly dancer, a witch, (she didn't really look that scary at all), a couple of tourists, (man, they are everywhere, ya know?, although what there is to see in Yuma, I don't know)....two pirates, (now how did they get here...maybe they came in on the Colorado River, ya think?), and a few other folks who were apparently too shy to dress up. A great time was had by all, after all, when you get a bunch of Boomers together, we can't help but have fun. We even had a birthday cake complete with candles which we got to blow out.

Debbie & me, the birthday girls, we are GOOD witches!