Another catch up post! Picture overload! Memorial weekend in Tonopah, Visitors!

 

When your daddy's a Marine you've got to have your Memorial Day Picture!
💖 Miss Avery Grace 

We left home on Friday the 22nd of May and headed a little over 2 hours to Tonopah, NV and Jim Butler Days for Memorial weekend. It was a beautiful day and weekend. 

We walked the town and then got checked in. 

Then to Tonopah Brewing Company to get a beer and a glass of wine. 

We enjoyed ourselves and discovered Happy Hour began at 1400. :) Lots of people in town. We walked around some more and then back to Tonopah Brewing. 

At 1800 the bartender races began which is always fun to watch. They had a new challenge that we really enjoyed. People had to hold out 32 ounce beer mugs for as long as they could. Started with kids (empty mugs of course). Then women had a 12 ounce beer and then men with 24 ounces of beer in the mug. 

Yep he's the winner! 

As you can imagine the kids and women didn't last too long but it came down to two men. The winner has won for the last 6 years. He did split some of his $ with the guy who came in 2nd. 

Loved this shirt on the guy in front of me!
RED is for Fridays! 

We ended the night at Hometown Pizza almost across from our motel room. Good food, good drinks and excellent prices! 

Nice pours and cheap prices! 

Saturday morning we had our breakfast in our room. I had brought hard boiled eggs and toast. 

We went out to watch the parade. What a waste! 99 percent was politicians promoting themselves. No high school bands, no ROTC nothing! Not even the fire trucks or sheriff! Not a Memorial Day Parade that we've enjoyed many times before. 

The most patriotic part of the parade Nevada flag and his
wife had the American flag. 

Later in the day when we didn't know what to do we sat on
the bleachers and people watched. LOL. Of course
the random tumbleweed had to make an appearance :)

It was time to get to the main event of the day. Drilling and mucking. Well, we were disappointed, very disappointed. They had moved the event from the mining museum area to a place in town. No place to put your lawn chairs and they weren't even drilling a rock. Looks like they poured a couple block of cement to replicate the rocks they used to use. We didn't stay. We won't be going back! Need to find another small town that does a nice Memorial Day event.

We actually went back to Hometown Pizza for another yummy dinner. 

Found a few other things to do and then actually took a nap in the motel room. LOL. 

Woke refreshed and then Tonopah brewing for one more. I loved the wine glasses they used and asked if they sold them, they did. For the weekend 2 for 15. YES! When we got home, she had put an extra one in the bag 😊

The Mexican Restaurant in town for dinner. It was delicious! 

Sunday we got home around 1300 and time for Champagne Sunday. LOL. 

A little wind and a beautiful new flag greeted us at
John and Karen's 

Monday we were at Karen's for barbecue so that was a nice day too. 

Thursday at about 1300 our friends Doug and Michelle in their motorhome drove in. They were completing about a two month trip and stopped by on the their way home to Kingman, AZ. It's been over 3 years since we last saw them. Last time was in Quartszite, AZ. 

Love their license plate! 

Doug and Michelle 💖

We visited in the indoor kitchen and then moved outdoors. Later Ken barbecued some chicken and John came over to visit. 

We totally enjoyed having them. Friday afternoon we left here and took a little drive around Yerington (not really much to see LOL) We took them to the Cellar in Dini's Casino and had a few drinks. Then on to the Wagon Wheel where had drinks and Pizza! We've heard about the pizza but never had it. It was certainly worth trying YUM! 

The Wagon Wheel, Yerington, NV

Saturday morning after breakfast they left for home. Hopefully we will see them in the Fall/Winter time. 

Saturday was John's 57th birthday so we headed over there and enjoyed with some friends of theirs who we haven't seen in a long while. Bob and Carmen are some great people! 

Sunday morning we were invited back to have quiche for breakfast before Bob and Carmen left. It was close to noon before we came home and enjoyed our Champagne Sunday. 

Honestly we made it an early night! Having too much fun is catching up with us old folks! 😃😃

Looks like tomorrow we may be going for a drive to check out some campsites. We don't want to guess which site we're getting reserving online,  so we'll pick some we like and see if they have any openings. They fill so quickly. 

Avery had a newborn baby shoot so I will include some of those here:

Holly and her baby girl 💗

Seth, Holly and Avery 💖

Out for an evening walk

Mason and Chloe's sunset photo shoot at Lake Tahoe 💖

May 24th was Russell and Lori's 29th Anniversary so they took a nice drive and enjoyed themselves. 

                                       Happy 29th Russell and Lori! 💙

Jacob and Allissa getting ready for a night out. Burt doesn't
look too happy that doesn't include him 💙

Their night out included meeting up with cousin Jesse! 😍

And Terrance! Jesse and Terrance are from Sacramento and flew down for
the Memorial Day weekend in San Diego. 😊

Well, I think that's it for today. Thanks for reading along 😊  Hopefully the next one won't be so far in-between. Have a great night, it's Happy Hour here! 🍺🍷

A early Happy Birthday to Erin (Adam's fiancee) tomorrow. Cheers to 27! 😍

Buckskin Mt, Q with Doug and Michelle, Ogilby Rd with friends!

 We left home early Friday morning (9th) arriving at Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge around 1500. It was raining a bit and cold. A nice park,15 sites, with a fire ring, picnic table and cover. FREE!  

We settled in and had a zucchini casserole I had made before leaving home for dinner. First time I had made this dish, but definitely will be making it again. It was cold and sprinkled some but nice and cozy in the Mansion. 

Saturday morning we hit the road, aiming for LaPaz county park. We were hoping to get a spot there but no luck as they had a couple of rallies going on. I called Buckskin Mountain State Park and they had a couple fo first come first serve spots available. No hookups, but there was a dump station and water available. All we need. Headed there and got a beautiful spot right by the river. We had green grass, covered picnic table and a fire ring. $35.00 a night. A little steep for no hookups but worth it! We were happy! So happy, that we spent our Champagne Sunday there!

Buckskin Mt State Park. Hoping to have the same view
on Sunday! 

Monday around 1200 we got out of there, stopped for some ice and gas and hit the road for Quartzite, AZ to meet up with friends Doug and Michele at Hasslers RV Park! 😁 Luckily it was under 40 miles to get there. 

We greeted each other with hugs and smiles. It's been about a year and half or so since we've seen each other. Pulled out the lawn chairs, a couple of adult beverages and talked the afternoon away. Once it cooled down we moved the party to their motorhome. I don't even know for sure what time we called it a night, but it was a great evening! 

Visiting with Doug and Michelle at Hasslers RV Park

Love these horseshoe sculptures throughout the park

Finally a picture of Doug! 😍 

Tuesday morning I made breakfast burritos for us all and after that we loaded into their car and headed for the desert and some desert golf with several of their friends. We did drop in at the air park, saw Bill and made plans for later in the day with him and Patsy. 

A great group of people! 

Spent the next two hours or so, playing golf. Of course, I'm the only one who plays left handed and all the clubs were right handed so it was interesting playing with a backward club. Found that worked the best for me rather than attempting to play right handed. By the end I wasn't doing too badly. 😁

We got back to camp, chatted a bit and another adult beverage. Doug got on his ZAP scooter and went down to  the fleet market and came home with a left handed club for me 💗 Left it with them in case they find someone else who is a lefty! Hopefully i'll get to try it out next year! 

I got to ride Doug's ZAP and it's so much fun! Like riding a big tricycle but not having to push the pedals! LOL. 

A few minutes before 1500 we headed for Outback Pizza. Bill and Patsy were there, so after hugs we all went inside and ordered. It's a different place than Silly Al's but we all liked it and the pizza was delicious! 

They had a band playing so it was hard at times to hear what everyone was saying, but the music was good. Once again it was time to say good bye until next year. Hopefully then we'll have more time to spend! 

Back at camp again we were outside until the chill pushed us inside. I wasn't able to last as long as the night before so about 1930 we came home. 

We were up for a bit and then crawled into bed. 

This little cutie turned 1 on the 11th! 
Happy Birthday Phoenix! 

I'm finishing this post from Ogilby Rd in CA where we met up with Tom, Deb, Ken, Kim, Deb and Riley. We got here Wednesday afternoon and all too soon we'll be leaving tomorrow. Having a wonderful time and the weather is perfect! Elva and Jerry will be here about 1400 for a visit this afternoon! 😀

Have a great day!