Old and new updates from 2012 and 2013 begins

Well it's been a while as usual.  We finished 2012 out with Jonas turning 4, and we celebrated with Chef Mickey in Disney.  He got his first taste of Disney and toured it as Jake The Neverland Pirate.  I will try to load some pics but I am on the IPad and not real savvy with blogging on it.  We had a great time watching the kids get loved on by Mickey, Minnie, Donald and all the rest of the famous characters.   Later in November we went to Daytona for 5 days and relaxed at Ocean Walk.  Brad wasn't able to go but everyone else came.  The first year I had a three bedroom and it was so nice for everyone to have a good bed instead of the sofa bed.  It was windy out most of the time but that was ok with us, we ate out at our favorite places, Aunt Catfish's, Boondocks and we tried a new place we like but can't think of the name right now.

Winter is winding down and I am glad!!

Well here it is March and time to start counting the days until Spring is officially here.  Thank You LORD for the seasons but I do NOT like winter.  I don't like to be cold.   We won't have much of a flower show this year I'm afraid because it was so warm early on they budded out and then we had a hard freeze and killed the buds.  I have gotten to where I don't anticipate the azaleas blooming because I get disappointed so often.

I'll try to catch up some on my life events.   We returned from our out west trip safely and I was glad to see my kids and grand kids again.  We always love our vacations but of course I love to get home also and get back to a routine.  We made another trip in October to Sapphire Valley, NC., we drove the truck and pulled our bikes in the trailer.   We were able to ride the area for a couple of days and found another favorite restaurant.

On the road and it's HOT

Not sure what I have forgotten to cover on our trip but I'll recap when I get to my computer and have my pictures. We are making our way back home
Traveling as much as possible in the scorching heat. We stop early so we can cool off. The AC feels heavenly when we get to our room.

Up up and away

While in Pagosa Springs I was able to check off another adventure that I've always wanted to do. Go up in a hot air balloon. We saw them land right behind our condo and I knew I was going to make my reservations.. We went up on Sunday morning and I admit I was a little nervous at first but the balloon pilot kept us interested in different historic sites so before long I was enjoying the ride. I only had one concern, that my hairspray was going to catch on fire from the heat of the flame heating the air balloon. But it didn't and he ride was amazing. We also helped fold the balloon up again and put it all back up. Quite an adventure..

Moab Utah feels like home

We left Pagosa Springs Monday morning headed for Moab. We includes our friends, Skip and Cheryl. It was cool so we had to wear jackets and warm gear. We rode up through Silverton, Ouray then we ate lunch in Ridgeway at True Grit Cafe. We also rode through Telluride, somewhere I've been wanting to see and we never took the time before because of weather problems or something. We rode through several mountain passes along the route then when we got near Moab it got sizzling hot so we had to shed our jackets.

Pagosa

While in PS for 4 days we rode a few scenic highways in the area. Highway 149 out of South Fork took us through mountainous territory with several high mountain passes. We had lunch at Poker Alice Restaurant. We traveled through Gunnison and we came back by way of highway 114 and 112 back to 160, back across Wolfe Creek Pass. We had rain and cold for part of the journey.

Pagosa Springs

Rode to Chama one day and ate at the High Country Restaurant. Took a route back through an Indian Reservation, pretty country through there.