Wednesday, November 30th, 2022: Well I’m hoping this will be a recovery day, yesterday’s adventure has taken a toll on this old man’s body, and as I sit here watching just one more phenomenal sunrise from my recliner in the coach, my legs and hips are aching from yesterday’s beating. It’s mornings like this that remind me that I’m not as young as I used to be, in fact I’m feeling pretty damn old today. Miss Laurie had joined me for the sunrise viewing and also thinks she wants to go kayaking this morning, the water looks calm enough from here, or at least as calm as it ever has so I agree and after breakfast we carry the kayaks to the beach.

Well the water looked calm, but there were still some gentle rollers as we got into the water, so we both got wet getting into our kayaks, but not too bad, and we head north along the Sea of Cortez shoreline into the prevailing on shore breeze. Now kayaking on open water is ok, but it’s not really my thing, so I headed out into the deeper water with the hope of possibly seeing a sea turtle, or some dolphins, but because of the angle of the sun I really couldn’t see into the water. Paul had told me that the water gets deep quickly and that even the whales will get as close as just a couple hundred meters offshore, of course Miss Laurie gets concerned when I’m too far out, thinking that I may fall in and not be able to swim back to shore, and as I am the only driver of the coach, I guess I understand some of her concern. By the time we made it back to the beach the rollers had grown a bit and water literally filled the kayaks as we attempted to exit, thank goodness the water temperature is still near 80°F (26°C).

Next there was snorkelling, we did this just off the beach in front of the RV park, and I was surprised just how many fish there were in the rocks just off of the beach, and while a very enjoyable snorkel, I soon started to get leg cramps, I’m obviously dehydrated so I had to cut this adventure a little short today, but it will be worth a few snorkeling adventures in the next few weeks. After lunch I headed to town, to get some more pesos from an ATM and refuel the toad for tomorrow’s adventure, I have also brought my diesel fuel jug along, so I can start adding a few 20 litre jugs to the coaches fuel tank, for our journey back. The fuel stations here in the village are small and tight to maneuver our coach, so it will be easier just to bring a half a dozen 20 litre (5 gallon) jugs of fuel here over the next couple of weeks.

The group usually gathers every afternoon under one of the sun shelters in the common area along the beach wall, and today was no different, as every one enjoys a beverage and the view of the Sea of Cortez. This is when everyone gets a chance to tell of our days adventure, make dinner plans and such. We have been on this adventure for 30 days now and I think the group is still getting along very well, with most people partaking in most of the adventures, and accepting that everyone has their own limitations and comfort zones. These gathering break up around five o’clock as everyone heads to their coaches to settle in for the night.

Thursday, December 1st, 2022: Just another beautiful sunrise from our site overlooking the Sea of Cortez, today is going to be a very busy day, we are journeying to the very tip of the Baja today. So this morning will be pretty laid back, the group is leaving at ten o’clock this morning to get to Cabo San Lucas by noon, so we are heading out at nine o’clock as we are stopping at the Costco in Cabo San Lucas before meeting up with rest of the group at the parking garage under the shopping mall by the marina.

I’m driving today and have Al & Carmen as passengers, we finally have the toad emptied, although our site still has not been ensured for our entire stay. We left Los Barriles on schedule today and ventured further down MEX-1 than we had ever been before, traffic seemed to be moving along well, till we hit the San José Del Cabo area, this is where a toll road exits, that runs to Cabo San Lucas at this point, but we decided to continue along the coastline route to enjoy the view. Once we made it past San José Del Cabo the highway was four lane and moved along quite well, Costco was easy to find and from the parking lot we actually had a great view of the sea of Cortez and the “Lands End” where the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez meet. Here is a photo from the Costco parking lot!

Shopping in Costco was not unlike most other Costco’s that we have visited, in fact most of Cabo San Lucas was very much Americanized, with the higher prices, products having US dollar pricing, the rush, rush attitude, everyone spoke English, the only true sign that we were still in Mexico would be the bad sidewalks with the 18” high curbs.

The shopping mall we actually parked under seemed to be full of high end American stores, as well as many American chain restaurants. The mall area was decorated for Christmas, which always takes some getting used to at the beach.

As the group gathered at the marina we were hoping to get on a boat tour, out to “Arch Rock”, “Lover’s Beach”, “ Lands End”, & “Divorce Beach”. As our vehicle was the first to arrive at the marina, Al who speakers fluent Spanish had worked the cost of the boat tour from 35 dollars America per person, down to 20 American dollars, then Miss Lorena walked in and played her “I’m a local” card and got the price down to just 200 Mexican pesos per person (approximately 10 dollars America), so our Captain Hector the Protector took us out for the tour, this tour was actually worth the $35 dollars, as he got us up close to all the great features’ around the tip of the Baja. Here are just a few of the photos that we were able to capture on our one hour adventure. Notice the sea lion on the back of a passing boat, and the small yacht owned by some russian millionaire, it was as wide as our coach is long!

Next on our list was a visit to the “Mango Deck”, this is apparently the hot spot for many of the passengers from the cruise liners that visit Cabo San Lucas, in fact someone in our group described it as a “Spring Break” spot for the twenty plus crowd. And that description fit the scene well, with all sorts of events happening on the stage as we enjoyed a cold beverage or two. We had trudged along the beach to get to Mango Deck but we walked back along the street on our return to the parking garage, it was near four o’clock by now and with the adventure so far being a days worth of adventure already we were going to add to it.

Our next stop was the “Art Walk” in downtown San José Del Cabo, which was on our way back towards Los Barriles, we found a spot to park and wandered to the town square to wait for the rest of the group to arrive.

The Art Walk happens every Thursday evening and is a major event, the crowds continued to build as the evening continued, there were vendors all through the town square, and many artists displaying their work some really good and some not so good, wandering musicians, food vendors and probably hundreds of shops and restaurants along the streets, our group just wandered the streets, picking up snacks from food vendors on our way. Here are just a few photos of the Art Walk adventures.

There was enough going on to entertain everyone, we decided to head for home at around eight o’clock and made it back to the coach shortly after nine. It had been a great day, definitely too long of day, and we are feeling it now, our beds will not be far away tonight. Miss Laurie tucked the Costco supplies away and headed off to bed, exhausted but with another full day of memories in the memory bank!

Friday, December 2nd, 2022: We desperately need a day off today, yesterday was a great day but it had been a long day, but I managed to catch another sunrise this morning, they just never get old. Mister Sam has fallen back into the routine of spending some time on my lap in the mornings before Miss Laurie rises, he is definitely her kitty, so I’m just thrilled to get what ever time I can get. Miss Laurie got up this morning just after the sunrise, but it’s another beautiful day here on the Mexican Baja. After breakfast Miss Laurie has headed out for a walk on the beach, there are always a few shells along the way that now seem to be gathering in the coach.

We spent much of the morning kicked back in our anti gravity chairs, chasing the shade from the palm trees around our site, and as usual after lunch the group gathers near the the beach wall. There was some anticipation today as three members of the group had ordered “Starlink” systems while here in Mexico. There was a sale on the equipment and the monthly fee in Mexico is about half of what it would cost in Canada, and considerably cheaper per month than in the States. That is the kind of crap that annoys the hell out of us as Canadians, same equipment, same RV plan, probably better coverage and half the price after conversion.

As the group prepared to break up we suggested everyone come to our site tonight for a (propane) fire, we pick a time and we set up on the camp rug directly in front of our coach, we had some snacks, Miss Laurie even broke into her stash of Twizzlers to satisfy a couple peoples craving, it’s the small things like snacks that are unavailable in the Mexican Baja.

Saturday December 3rd, 2022: I rose to just one more glorious sunrise, I decided not to go out and snap a photo, and have decided to just enjoy each one from my recliner, or at least todays. Miss Laurie was up for sunrise today, and stated it was almost good enough for a photo in her PJ’s but not quite, so we just took a photo through the sunshade, we had oatmeal for breakfast this morning but I think the milk was past it’s prime, we will have to get some fresh milk. Miss Laurie is headed to the beach, me not so much I’m still suffering a bit from our adventures a couple of days earlier, my old worn out hips are starting to rebel, so I’ll watch the sea from my antigravity chair in front of the coach.

After Miss Laurie returned I agreed to go snorkelling off of the beach in front of the park, Miss Laurie is going to use the Gopro today and try to get some underwater photos, my underwater adventures with the Gopro have not been to successfully, I can’t see sh!t with out my glasses, and although I have special lenses in my scuba mask I never seem to manage to keep the Gopro in the correct mode. So today Miss Laurie is taking control, of the camera, well there were not as many fish today as our last adventure, but there were some and to Miss Laurie’s dismay she managed to somehow switch the mode on the Gopro from photo to video, making this old fart feel just a little better.

After our snorkelling he kicked back in the anti gravity chairs, I was reading while Miss Laurie scanned the horizon, and was rewarded with the sighting of whales just off shore. We watched as the breached the surface a number of times before moving further down the coast. Whale sightings are very common in the Sea of Cortez in this area from December till March, so hopefully this is just the first of many sightings to come over the next few weeks, as with most days here at Los Barriles the wind have came up and the beach people are being replaced by the kiters so all afternoon the view from our windshield is filled with kites, wings and sails, with colours similar to those of hot air balloons.

Well tonight is a another adventure, we are going to a Rotary Club fund riser, a yearly event “The taste of East Cape”, this is the 7th annual, and had 17 different restaurants, each providing samples of their food, it was a Sold Out event and we need to thank Cheryl & Richard for securing enough tickets for all of us to enjoy this event. A cash bar, a silent auction, a fifty/fifty draw, hopefully made for a successful fundraiser for the Rotary Club. I know we tried to do our part by supporting the bar and the fifty/fifty draw, the auction items were aimed more at the seasonal snowbirds than at us transient people. There was lots of food to match everyone’s pallets and I know we left with full bellies. It was a great event giving us a chance to sample many of the local establishments, and try some items that we would normally not try. The event seemed a little disorganized with everyone rushing to get in to a huge line up, we had another drink and the line was much shorter at that point, all the food was in a small area causing much congestion and crowding, but even being near the end of the line we had plenty of food. The photo below is of two tables of trouble!

We made it back to the coach before eight o’clock, and while I read for a hour or so Miss Laurie headed off to bed, the end to another great adventure, on another great day on the Mexican Baja!

Sunday, December 4th, 2022: Well it almost goes without saying, just another beautiful sunrise, maybe not as photo worthy as some, but still a great start to the day, Miss Laurie was up just after sunrise, that was when Mister Sam left my lap for greener pastures, that being Miss Laurie’s lap. After a mushroom omelet for breakfast, Miss Laurie has left for her morning beach walk, and I’m working diligently on this weeks blog as the internet seems to be a little better today. For the first morning in about a week, so I’m sitting in my antigravity chair pecking away at the keyboard. When I came out of the coach, there was no wind at all, but now Miss Laurie is back from her walk with lots of treasures and the wind is picking up, it’s almost noon and I can see the kiters making their pilgrimage to the water, and while I haven’t seek a kite up yet, I’m sure it’s just a matter of moments.

It’s now 12:30 and there are multiple kiters up, with lots of wingers, Miss Laurie has spotted a whale breach, but it is a long ways out, I have not yet seen it, but my iPad has just flashed “Low Battery” and will need to be recharged, so my blogging time today will be coming to an end for now, and to hope for good internet in the afternoon in this park just seems too much to hope for. Many of the group have gathered under a sun shelter to watch Paul our group leader as he puts up his kite, many of us just enjoy watching the action or just watching for whales and enjoying the sound of the waves hitting the beach. Of course the occasional kiter wipe out can add some excitement, kind of like a crash in NASCAR only less smoke.

Tonight we are all going to a little restaurant that is located in someone’s backyard, “Lily’s” is favourite eatery amongst both locals as well as tourists, it literally is tables set up in this backyard, and four nights a week the whole family works to feed anyone who wants to visit. They mainly cook on open fires, and some regular household appliances, the menu is not extensive but still has multiple choices. We all met at Lily’s around six o’clock and found a table reserved in what appeared to be a garage/carport, with a thatched roof. Let’s just say that it could be some of the best Mexican fare that we have had to date, nothing fancy, just good authentic food and lots of it. In all honesty it kind of reminded me of a big picnic with lots of food and a salsa bar to fix you plate to your tastes.

The gathering tonight is kind of a sad one as “The group” is preparing to break up with the first departure being Al & Carmen, who will pull out on Tuesday. They are planning some added adventures on thier way back to California, and Carmen wants to be home before Christmas with the grandkids, but it is still very sad as we have became close after our 34 days on the road together. But as we get closer to Christmas the group will continue to shrink, with coaches pulling out or with some people flying home for Christmas to return in the new year, with a few staying till spring before heading home. We all knew that this was going to happen as we all had different return schedules, but it is also a little sad as we have come to know people over this timeframe and certainly will miss their company.

After dinner we were back at the coach by 8:30, I read for a while while we listened to a couple of crazy ladies next door to us, either drunk or high, but certainly a performance that their children would not be proud of. Luckily they managed to get it under control by quiet time (nine o’clock here in Mexico) and we were in bed by ten.

Monday, December 5th, 2022: I was a little late rising this morning but I was still able to see dawn breaking from our bed and got up shortly after, and was still up just as the sun actually rose, we are expecting another eighty plus degree day and from my recliner it looks like another great day on the Mexican Baja. Again the internet seems to be cooperating this morning and I’m typing away, the real true test comes when I start to try to upload photos, that is when it usually goes to heck in a handbasket. After breakfast we headed out to do some snorkelling, a little further down the beach, but the visibility was not good this morning and while there were fish in the water seeing them was not good.

We have an appointment at eleven o’clock this morning to sort out our camping fees, we have now been here 15 days and have not paid anything towards the site, seems a little crazy, but from what we have been told this is a pretty normal process for this park. So only two couples of our group have actually paid for their sites to date so the other five couples are going this morning to meet with the manager.

So by noon we have now confirmation that we can stay in our ocean front site, and have paid for the full month, 21,000 pesos, or $1501.26 in Canadian dollars less than half of what a site on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida would have cost us, and we felt it was a well deserved treat.

I seem to have the start of a sore throat, I fear that I may have picked up a bug at our outing the other night at the Rotary dinner. We have been very lucky with all of our travels and adventures over the past few years, and other than the occasional migraine or headache, neither Laurie or I have missed a work shift in the past five years.

The balance of the day were spent in our usual spot, watching the activity on the water, enjoying a cold beverage, and having a last cocktail with Al & Carmen before their departure tomorrow. Laurie caught me double fisting it, scotch with a beer chaser.

Tuesday, December 6th, 2022: Well it finally happened, I woke this morning with a terrible sore throat, in fact bad enough that after getting up to see the sun rise, I just took this photo from inside the coach. Then seeing Miss Laurie head off on her snorkelling adventure I crawled back into bed. Oh I have had the occasional migraine or headache, even an upset tummy now and then but this is the first time in a number of years that I was down for the count.

Here are a few photos from Miss Laurie’s adventures today at El Pescadero, a small village just a few miles north of our campground up the coastal road, it was a great day according to Miss Laurie. Here are a few photos from Miss Laurie’s adventure today

Today was the day our group lost our first member, Al & Carmen started the trek north today, I had hopped to say goodbye, but thought better of it. Don’t need to be passing this bug around! The group also a dinner planned for tonight “Taco Tuesday” I will not be attending, it just sucks being out of commission while being here in paradise.

More on my recovery next week, Stay Tuned.

Week 10 in the Books

Blog 461

Day 1890

April fools day, came and went with very little fanfare, Miss Laurie and I worked the admissions booth together today, the day was busy with the last of the spring breakers as well as many snow birders getting in their last visits before heading north. Our task in the booth is really very basic work, so we try to turn many visitors into members, and to entice people they offer to credit their admission tickets for today back towards a membership. So a dual membership that allows entry for two adults for a full 12 months is $75, daily admission for two is $38 so for only $37 more dollars they can have admission for a year. Plus the membership gets them 10% on most items in the store, notification of all upcoming events, and now they get the member reciprocity with over 300 other members of the AHS (American Horticulture Society) all over the States as well as a few in Canada. It’s not a difficult sell for any one that is local or snow birders that winter in the area. I will say that many of the visitors today were difficult to work with, maybe we are closing in on a full moon, so to wind down Tom and I had a couple of Scotches to soothe our souls for happy hour today, again Laurie and Kathleen made snacks for happy hour expecting a couple of the Arboretum staff members to stop by, but only one showed up, which just meant more snacks for Tom and myself.

Sunday was my short day, we are only supposed to work four hours to complete our twenty hours per week commitment, but it usually runs over that, last week bit was six hours before I could escape. So when Lynnea gave me the opportunity to escape at noon today I just said ok and headed to the coach. Miss Laurie who was helping in the gift shop ended up working till almost three, but she made it back to the coach in time for happy hour with the Andersons.

So now it’s Monday and I must say it is starting to feel like Arizona, the daily temperatures are creeping up a bit, and the cactus are starting to bloom. But today I wandered into the Arboretum to meet a couple of new residents, they have been here all winter but they were spending their time hibernating in their new habitats.

Thelma and Louise are two desert tortoises that came to live in the arbouretum last fall, the arboretum had prepared a special area for them with an approved habitat and they have just recently started to venture out of their shelters and into view. They have not been officially introduced to the public but I suspect that will be happening soon.

I was able to complete my March review blog today and got it published, and immediately started into this blog. There is a lot of thing happening in the next couple of weeks, like Easter and one of my favourites “The Masters” golf tournament, and there is a new event on the books for the Arboretum “The Flavour of Arizona“, more on this latter. But right now the arboretum is providing some amazing shows like the Easter Cactus that has started to bloom.

Then there is a hummingbird nesting just a few feet off of the main trail in the arboretum, Miss Laurie got a couple of photos.

Well it is Tuesday and it is windy, cool today. The warmth has been pushed east by yet another storm rolling into California from the Pacific Ocean, it’s almost like a stuck record needle with one of these storms hitting every week. But I’m looking ahead to this weekend and they are forecasting the first 90° days of the year, so from a heater to an air conditioner in just a couple of days … been crazy weather in Arizona this year!

We are meeting Al & Carmen for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory for an early dinner, as they are leaving the Phoenix area tomorrow. It has been great to have visitors, it sure got us off of our butts, golf, pickleball, walk in the arboretum, wine tasting, and a couple of dinners. And now we are heading home to the coach after a little grocery shopping, and the weather forecast for tonight is a dip in the thermometer to the freezing point! It’s April in Arizona!

Wednesday morning and the water is frozen in Miss Laurie’s bird bath, and it is the 5th of April in Arizona, and we have ice on the bird bath!

Well the week has rolled by with no issues, the days are warming up, so we have been celebrating with a few more happy hours with the Andersons, Miss Laurie is happy getting to sleep with her window open and we prepare for a busy Easter weekend.

The Master golf tournament has started in Augusta GA and I have been watching when ever I could, I watched some of the Par 3 game on Wednesday afternoon, and I was able to watch much of the first round on Thursday. Georgia is going to get some of that bad weather that we just had, by the weekend, that should make the final round on Sunday a little more interesting, but we have to get through Friday and Saturday in the admissions booth, and I suspect it will be quite busy with the weather being nice weather and then throw Easter weekend into the mix.

I was correct, it was a busy Friday and an even busier Saturday, the weather here has warmed up to around the 80F (27C) with little breeze and nothing but Arizona sunshine. Lots of large groups coming to the arboretum for picnics and family get togethers, and with two days under our belt we just had a half day left for our Sunday shift. Well Easter Sunday morning was a little crazy, with a lot of visitors wanting access to the Picnic area parking area, there are only so many parking spots and they filled up early to the chagrin of many visitors. And as the conveyor of bad the unwanted news, Laurie and I received some verbal abuse, so much for the Easter spirit.

I was able to escape by 12:30 and headed back to the coach to watch the final round of the Masters, Miss Laurie didn’t escape till nearly 3:00, as the gift shop seemed to be understaffed, too many staff members allowed Easter Sunday off I suspect. I was very pleased with the results of the golf tournament, with Jon Rahm winning the green jacket, the fourth Spanish player to do so. For you none golf people the PGA (Pro Golfer Association) over the last few years has been under attack from another golf association, one backed by an Arab country trying to buy it’s way into acceptance by paying a few players a stupid amount of money to get players to play in their league.

This is now referred to as “Sports Washing“, where sports figures are paid astronomical amounts of money to play in that country, drawing favourable attention to the country as opposed to the killing of news reporters. And as you all know I’m not a Tiger Woods fan, but at least he had high enough standards not to take the half a billion dollars that he was offered to join that league. While Phil Nicholson did join that league and then went on to condemn the PGA league that had been his bread and butter since his amature days. And a number of other players have been bought for the “Sports Washing” league, some of the players I thought would switch with no great lose to the PGA, but a few surprised and disappointed me. So this is one of the tournaments that the other league are allowed to play in, so it was good that a member of the PGA tour overtook a member of the LIV golf tour to win the Masters tournament.

We celebrated Easter with a wonderful dinner with Tom & Kathleen, a dinner of bacon wrapped pork tenderloin, almond green beans, Laurie’s potato salad, pickled beets, a lovely red wine, and a desert of strawberry shortcake (on real homemade shortcake). We will certainly miss our time with Tom & Kathleen, as they have seemed to be a stabilizing factor in the host volunteer group this year.

It’s Monday morning the 10th of April, which means we are only 21 days from our departure from the arboretum, we are also expecting some real warm weather for the next few days with the valley (Phoenix) reaching its first triple digit temperature day of the year. We also have visitors coming to the Arboretum today as well, Ray & Karen are making their first visit this year, and we are looking forward to catching up. right now I’m sitting on on the patio with the awning out, the sunshade attached watching the hummingbirds, gila woodpeckers, and the hooded orioles all battling for a spot on the feeders, the cardinal is in the bird bath and the buzzards (turkey vultures) are circling over head.

Well the Savino’s arrived just before eleven this morning, and it is turning out to be a very warm day, but there is a nice breeze blowing in from the south, as long as it does not trigger the awning to retract it should work out well. And it was ok for some time before a gust of wind triggered the auto retraction, so we headed into the Clam to catch up some more before heading into the arboretum for a walk. When we returned we extended the awning and Miss Laurie made some snacks for lunch, Tom and Kathleen stopped over for a while to catch up on this summer’s planned travels as Ray & Karen have a summer wedding up in Minnesota, that they need to plan around. Tom & Kathleen are heading back to Colorado and the fish hatchery for the summer and The Buchanan’s are heading back east to Ontario.

This will be a busy week for us, as the arboretum is hosting a huge fundraising event “The Flavour of Arizona Festival” that is happening on Saturday April 15th, the whole arboretum will be closed for this private event, there will be vender’s from across Arizona, cooking lessons, plant lessons, food, and beverages, along with music, taste and drink samples, and while not an inexpensive ticket to purchase it appears to be reasonable value for those 500 people or so that are going to take part. So there are a plethora of things that need to be accomplished before Saturday and even more on Saturday morning in preparation, and of course we have told Emily that we are here for her to do whatever she needs done. Our tasks for the actual day has Miss Laurie greeting guests, and as usual Tom and I will be behind the bar, helping everyone become a little more relaxed…

Tuesday and we are headed east this morning, first stop was for breakfast in Globe with the Andersons’, then off to San Carlos to see some more of the “spring bloom” on the Apache Indian reservation, we had a little difficulty finding the correct trail. But after a little off reading we were able to take in some of nature’s beauty. Here are a few photos from Miss Laurie and some drone shots as well.

Thursday morning, just a couple of days till “The Flavour of Arizona Festival” and today the “A team” (the Anderson’s) and the “B team” (the Buchanan’s) have taken over the laundry room and are hard at work washing and sanitizing over 700 silicone souvenir drinking glasses to be handed out during the event on Saturday. We also had a number of water dispensers that needed to be cleaned and sanitized as well, as one of the themes this weekend “less waste” therefore no plastic water bottles!

Here are a couple of photos of the A & B crew at work, and of course testing the glasses at happy hour later in the day. I was the glass washer, Tom was the rinse and sanitize guy, Kathleen was the stacker for drying, and Miss Laurie was the packer and stacker.

Friday morning and we are back to work in the admissions booth, and it was a busy day in the arboretum, the day was a true Arizona spring day, lots of sunshine, just a light breeze, and lots of new first-time visitors. The day flew by until mid-afternoon when the crowd started to die down, the evening was topped off with a happy-hour with the Andersons’, but it was an early evening as we have an early start tomorrow for “The Flavour of Arizona Festival“.

Saturday morning and its five o’clock in the morning, and we have to be at work at six o’clock setting up for the weekend. So this morning was spent setting up tables and displays for the festival attendees, such as our freshly washed and sanitized drink glasses, the rest of the day was kind of like a blur, as we were relieved of of tasks at three o’clock and as we made our way back to our coaches, for a needed sit down and a couple of cold beverages.

I will touch on the festival more in the next blog, but for the inaugural event, it was a booming success.

Are we ready for Summer?

Blog 476

Day 2021