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We have had some interesting weather here. The locals say they almost never get this kind of weather. Yesterday we had 1/2 inch of rain. The evening finished off with a surprise hail storm which blew in to the decking of the mobile and the temp went below freezing overnight. The next day the guys and I had a 9 AM tee time over at Desert Canyon golf course in Fountain Hills to the north. We thought they were going to hold us up but by 9 they let us start our round. The sun was shining and we did a very enjoyable 18 holes by 1PM. The sun when it is out is extremely warm and usually very light winds.
On Monday thanks to Bob having some extra tickets, 6 of us went to the Phoenix/Calgary hockey game in Glendale's Jobing.com arena. We had a great time but the Canadian team did not perform well and were defeated without a goal. They do have a very nice arena here. Too bad they do not get a lot of local support for the team.
One day Krista and I went for a drive and ended up at Saguaro Lake. It is a dammed up lake that is part of a whole system of dams and lakes running the length of the Salt River. It supplies a large part of Phoenix's water. We did see all sorts of things out on the water including the aquatic car in the pictures below. Not sure but he kind of looked like James Bond.
The golf ball artwork in the pics below are in a yard along a fairway of a course I was golfing. The owners, obviously have been hoarding balls for many years. They seem to have come up with a clever use for all of the balls involuntarily "donated" to their cause.
Krista and I also were in the Flea market in Mesa where they have a bit, ...no, a lot of everything. The only place I know of that you can pick from a variety of skulls for sale. The cattle skulls are popular as desert landscape ornamentation. Most yards are desert type plants and landscape, not grass which is too hard to maintain.
All for now.
We have had some interesting weather here. The locals say they almost never get this kind of weather. Yesterday we had 1/2 inch of rain. The evening finished off with a surprise hail storm which blew in to the decking of the mobile and the temp went below freezing overnight. The next day the guys and I had a 9 AM tee time over at Desert Canyon golf course in Fountain Hills to the north. We thought they were going to hold us up but by 9 they let us start our round. The sun was shining and we did a very enjoyable 18 holes by 1PM. The sun when it is out is extremely warm and usually very light winds.
On Monday thanks to Bob having some extra tickets, 6 of us went to the Phoenix/Calgary hockey game in Glendale's Jobing.com arena. We had a great time but the Canadian team did not perform well and were defeated without a goal. They do have a very nice arena here. Too bad they do not get a lot of local support for the team.
One day Krista and I went for a drive and ended up at Saguaro Lake. It is a dammed up lake that is part of a whole system of dams and lakes running the length of the Salt River. It supplies a large part of Phoenix's water. We did see all sorts of things out on the water including the aquatic car in the pictures below. Not sure but he kind of looked like James Bond.
The golf ball artwork in the pics below are in a yard along a fairway of a course I was golfing. The owners, obviously have been hoarding balls for many years. They seem to have come up with a clever use for all of the balls involuntarily "donated" to their cause.
Krista and I also were in the Flea market in Mesa where they have a bit, ...no, a lot of everything. The only place I know of that you can pick from a variety of skulls for sale. The cattle skulls are popular as desert landscape ornamentation. Most yards are desert type plants and landscape, not grass which is too hard to maintain.
All for now.
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| Last night on our deck we witnessed small hail stones. |
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| "Warming up" on the ice covered driving range at Desert Canyon golf course before our 9 AM tee time. |
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| Bob exhibiting fine form. Then we went in for another coffee. |
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| The Phoenix Coyotes take on the Calgary Flames. Sold out crowd on the Presidents Day holiday monday. |
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| Glendale AZ. The Coyotes' Jobing.com arena |
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| Overlooking the marina at Saguaro Lake Arizona. |
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| I thought this guy was really lost. |
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| But he has a big smile on so guess he knows what he is doing. An aquatic car on Saguaro lake near Fountain Hills AZ. |
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| This guys yard was along the fairway and he has been collecting balls for a long time. Obviously does not use them for golf. |
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| golf ball art work. |
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| The line of skulls and cactuses for sale at the Mesa Flea market |
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