Federal Holiday

Sunday: well since we are volunteers for the federal government we get MLK b-day off… so we stayed an extra day at the AVI casino. went bird watching in the am



then off to the pool for some rest..  a little time at the fitness center before heading down to dinner at the Italian restaurant for a wonderful meal.
All in All a great 3 day weekend.
Monday: well time to get back to reality..  but before we do..  a round of golf then some chores.  time to take this very slow virused computer into the shop… was able to pick it up Friday afternoon.
Tuesday is trash pick up day but first we have to attend a safety meeting…  love meetings..  pretty uneventful trash day, but we did put a crock pot of beef stroganoff..  and it was very very good.
Wednesday was working in the maintenance yard, well we were all on clean up duty.  put stuff away, swept etc… looks a lot better
Thursday is our day off as we will work on Friday so off to Quartzsite Az we go. 
a quick  stop at Parker Dam. the highest dam in the USA at 320 feet.

as we were driving my cell phone rang…  a call from Wisconsin…  a call from our security guy!  the furnace is not working…  what the heck.  he got the furnace guy out there within the hour and got it fixed, no problem… 
off to Quartzsite:


this town has a lot of RV campgrounds and BLM land where people park their RV’s.  it is a hopping town during Jan-Mar then back to a population of about 800.  Lots of stuff for sale and lots of gems and rocks.  it began as a gem and rock show but has morphed into a couple month long flea market and party.

we did not stay too long as it was a one way 100 mile trip. but before we left we made a brief stop at the

next stop in Lake Havasu city for a bite to eat and get the growler filled. and a great view of the London Bridge.

we don’t usually drive after dark but we did.. no problems, no burros on the roads.
Friday is another work day.. they have archery day for a local school so we acted as escorts. I had the 8th grade (7 kids) and Eric had 7 grade (4 kids). 

the little ones came later, we took them on a nature hike.

it was a fun day, but it is not our style.  we would prefer to pick up trash..  just saying.  this was our first non sunny day!
glad to get our computer back.  especially since we do not get “local” TV so no local weather.