Jan 11, 2008

While Bob is outside tending the fire, I will post tonight.

I went to the post office today and there was no line. I walked in the door and immediately the girl behind the counter said,"I can help you here." That is the first time that has happened. With more and more people coming into town, I thought I would be there a long time.

Bob changed the oil in the generator and put some Sta-Bil in it. We then went and got some things in town and I walked home from there. He went out prospecting. I took a couple pictures that I will now share with you.

Picture 1 is of some carved bears a guy does with his chainsaw. He does good work.

Picture 2 is the overview of the vendors at Tyson Wells area. You can see the big tent in the background that will be busy starting the 19th of Jan.

Picture 3---What happened to this guy? He looks a little grey around the gills. Thankfully he is just a prop.

Picture 4--I found this little go cart on my way home today. Some guy walked up to me when I was taking the picture and said it is electric. Wouldn't that be fun to take out in the desert?

Jan 10, 2008

I spent the morning making Iris Folded cards. Bob headed to town, dropped the truck off for an oil change and then went to Wax carving class. He has been working on a ring and hopefully will be finished with it by the time we leave here. He still has to do some more on it before it will be ready to cast in silver.

He came home and then picked me up to go to lunch. La Casa del Rosa is where we ended up. We have had good food and service in the past, but today...different scene. They were extremely busy and we had ordered hot beef sandwiches. The meal came and the beef was so tough we couldn't chew it. Bob talked to the cashier about it and she just said "We're to busy to do anything about it." She didn't charge him for the meal.

We then headed over to Sweet Darleen's for lunch. The special was Hot beef but we passed on that. We ordered Reuben sandwiches and they were very tasty!

I don't think we will go back to La Casa...

Bob then went home and made out bills. I took the truck and cruised the vendor tents. I was looking for a portable CD player but didn't find one yet. Got some great pictures tho.

These pictures ---If you need SILVER ware, here's your table. I couldn't believe the amount of flatware. Next, If you need a good pair of used cowboy boots, here's your vendor on main street. 3rd pic,,,lots of foxes, coyotes, and any kind of wild hide you would ever want. Last picture--Now how would I get a John Deere tractor home? Anything is available here...Name it and you can find it...

Stay tuned for more pictures in the next few weeks...

Jan 9, 2008

The morning started out with a beautiful pink sunrise. I usually don't like pink but in sunrises it is great.

As I was walking thru the vendor displays in Rice Ranch today, I came upon this beautiful motorcycle. The vendor was detailing motorcycles. He was talking to some bikers and telling them to bring their bikes over and he would detail them right there.

This vendor has barrels for sale. You might need one for dumping your grey and black water or hauling water. He has a couple different sizes and buckets also.

This next vendor was selling handmade wood products. Bet he won't sell too many to full timers as we don't have room to put these. The items were beautiful tho.

I made a couple of glass bead necklaces last night. They turned out great and I have already sent one off in the mail to my friend, Jane Baldwin, in Casper WY.

Better make more tonight. I love doing it and get great results.

Jan 8, 2008

We spent the last 2 days working at the BLM check in station. 9 checked in Monday and 13 today. We were glad we had some people to talk to. Ron came by and visited yesterday and today. Judy also stopped for a bit today.

On Sunday we also went to Tyson Wells and I got a few pictures when I went to pick up my Manzanita roots that I didn't post. This will be a short post tonight as we are both tired from working today.

The 1st picture is iron art that is cut with a torch. He does beautiful work and prices are reasonable. 2nd picture,,,bunches of animals. 3rd picture--Want to buy a giraffe??

This last picture was taken Sunday, the wind was blowing as you can see by the snow goose flying. But in the clouds there was a sun dog...It didn't come out in the picture but it was pretty cool to see.

Jan 6, 2008

We had to do the dreaded dumping of the trailer today and get some water. We also ran into town and washed clothes. I did bring them home today and we think we finally got the clothesline so it won't blow down. Boy is that ever frustrating to have the line blow down with wet clothes on it.

After that, a trip to take a picture of the big tent being set up.

I also got some manzanita roots for my wire tree bases. Here is a picture of a Manzanita tree.

The description says it is native of California, but the roots I got today were from Wisconsin.

At the end of the evening, the sunset was a golden ball descending over the horizon. It was beautiful!

I gave Bob a haircut in the wind tonight. It had been 3 months since he has had one. Sure cut off a lot of hair.

Jan 4

Bob and I spent a good part of the day walking around visiting vendors. It seems like in the past few days they just popped out of nowhere. Bob found some padre trading beads from a guy from Africa. The price was good and he will go and get more later. Here's Bob's new girlfriend he found while strolling around the vendors. Next picture is tables and tables of glassware. Makes me wonder how they pack and travel from show to show...

I filled my 1 gallon propane tank today. I was making beads last night and ran out of propane. Stopped me from making beads! I will get back to it tonight.

We're supposed to get some rain this weekend. Today was overcast but very warm...probably got up to 65 degrees.

Jan 2, 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! ! !
The new year came in and it hadn't changed from last year...I was in bed reading and Bob was out watching TV and we didn't even celebrate the new year.
The day before on Dec. 31st, we went to Mexico with George Eppler, who is parked next to us. We got some Rx's, I got a new purse and bracelet that a guy made for me... He weaved my name into the bracelet in about 4 minutes. We had lunch down there, as you can see by the previous posts. Bob got sick on New years day and most of the night. Might have gotten some bad food. George and I didn't have any problems tho.
I sure wished Shannon, George's girlfriend, could have been down there with us, we would have had so much fun... Maybe next time...
Bob was down almost all day today...He finally got out of bed this afternoon and went out about 3pm... He walked around and looked at prospecting places. George and him are going out tomorrow to check on a spot that George found today.. He found a target and needs to finish checking it out.

I got some crushed glass from Thompson Enamels today and spent the evening making glass beads. I made some beads to make a necklace for my friend, Jane Baldwin, who lives in Casper WYO...I talked to her today , it had been a while since I had done that. I hope to be able to visit her when I get to WYO this summer. I met her back in 1979,,,gosh 29 years ago... Nice to have a friend that long...
George is going to get some solar panels put on his 5er tomorrow. During that time, Bob and him will probably be prospecting.