We found our first travel bug. A sweet potato traveling the USA

Class of 05 reunion at Quartzsite

We visited with some of the members of the class of 05 for a couple of hours. Great to put faces with names.

Gary's catfish

Gary caught this while fishing in the Colorado River.

Geocaching

Gary and I have discovered geocaching. Geocaching is a hobby that is catching on. Someone hides some items in a box, or whatever and marks the location. That person posts the location on www.geocaching.com Anyone can go there to find the latitude and longitude of that item. Using a gps, we go looking for that item. The cache cannot be buried and must be on public land. Gary and I went looking for 4 caches and were able to find all four. We enjoyed the hunt and the types of items people left in the cache.

Trash or cache?

Gary with first cache find.

First treasure find.

2nd cache

Gary discovering second cache

second cache treasure. small bottle of liquor, had been opened.

Third cache treasure

4th cache

Wonder what's in this box?

Anyone know where I can spend this?

Treasure!!!!!

Owl

I sure was excited to catch this owl sitting in a tree alongside the Colorado River. Owl are my favorite bird.

Gary's fish

Gary caught this catfish out of the Colorado River where we were camped in Ehrenber, Arizona.

Salvation Mountain, Niland, Ca.

We went to see Salvation Mountain. Salvation Mountain is the result of a task that was undertaken by Leonard Knight over 23 years ago. He wants to share the message that God Loves Everyone. He began by using a balloon with the message of Gods love. However, the desert climate caused the ballon to rot. Thus began Salvation Mountain. Leonard has been working on Salvation Mountain for over 23 years. He has shaped part of the mountain by using the clay of the mountain and straw to make a form of adobe. People donate gallons of paint to his project. Farmers have given him over 80 bales of hay. People bring him items of wood, glass, or whatever they find and Leonard used those items in his project. 8 or 9 years ago, he began to build what he calls a museum. The museum is supported by sticks that he has put together and by trees he has built out of rubber tires. His work is also a part of the National Art of Treasure. Leonard gives out DVDs in which he conducts a tour of his mountain. His goal is to have a copy of his DVD in every nursing home. He also has puzzles and post cards of Salvation Mountain. I have posted many more pictures of Leonards work. He has also painted his message on trucks, trailers, motor bikes, and tractors that are parked at the mountain.

Inside Leonard Knight's Hogan

Palm Springs Air Museum

We visited the Palm Springs Air Museum again this year. While we were there, we saw the cargo plane that was on the runway waiting to fly the body of President Ford to Washington DC.

Great Grandpa

 

Great grandparents again

Mom and dad holding Benjamin Pearman, the 3rd great grandchild. Born Nov. 30, 2006

Benjamin Pearman

Great grandma.

 

Turtle Beach, Manteca, Ca

Gary has been enjoying the fishing along the river. Mom and dad arrived with the great grandkids, Payton and Riley, just as Gary was returning with his catch. Riley was very impressed with the fish.

Our new backyard.

 

Heron, Turtle Beach/fishcamp, Manteca, ca

We have been enjoying the many herons that rest in this area. 

Fishing in Rio Vista, ca

Gary has been fishing again. He caught this 26.5 incher in the Delta out of Rio Vista. We are camped at an ROD campground, Delta Shores Resort and Marina on Brannan Island Road out of Isleton, Ca. The campgroud is very good for both tv and internet sats. We are awakened every morning by the sound of the geese flying south. Wonderful sunsets every evening. 

Campground visitor

We stayed at the NACO Russian River campground in Cloverdale, CA. It is a great campground although small. If you have a large rig, you should not park in sections D or A. We camped at site 67, just headed in not backed in. We were able to get our datastorm satellite and our directv satellites to site in. Both are on the roof. This deer ventured out of the woods in front of our rig. Every morning, we were entertained by a covey of quail.