Sun Day

After stocking up my supplies at the super Walmart up the road I drove downtown just to see if it was going to be as crazy as I expected. It wasn’t bad! I spotted what looked to be a Farmers Market and pulled into a spacious public parking area with plenty of spots.

It turned out to be a very large craft market event with about six long rows. I told Steph I would buy her something down here and put it in a post before I got back. I spotted a Betty Boop purse and it made some connection in my brain so I called her. She told me that her mom was the Betty Boop fan (duhhh, mom’s name is Betty :-), so scratch that.

Since I had Steph on the phone we set up a Skype video link and I walked around and showed her the crowd. She said “there’s a lot of people there!” and I thought yea, a whole lot of old guys with very big bellies and their old wives… I can make fun of them because my belly ain’t anywhere near these boys and I have a young wife.

I now realize this is one of those Arizona retirement communities. Wow, I was expecting crowds of partying college kids and all I’ve seen so far is bellies that have partied!

After leaving the market I drove around town wondering how to get out to the lake and the beaches, and where in the hell was this London Bridge I kept hearing about? Turned out I had to cross the bridge to reach the beach…

The original 1831 London Bridge is here! It once spanned the River Thames in London and was dismantled in 1967, bought by a local businessman and rebuilt here in 1971. On my bus adventure tomorrow I’ll walk over it and get some shots.

I finally managed to reach the lake and here’s the results:



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4 comments

  1. Beautiful photos! Your post made me laugh. Retired community, not what you expected… I can’t wait to see the photos tomorrow. I will be back at work, so I can rest. To much packing and moving stuff for sis. I really love the views of the lake.

  2. Glad you liked it babe and I’m now hunkered down in my motel mancave in my lightweight pajamas eating shredded wheat bits dipped in Walmart Best Food sandwich sauce watching a movie about a badass dad rescuing his daughter from a human smuggling ring while downloading an android app that records my vocal blog ramblings while I’m driving and removes the silence between thoughts rendering a synchronized coherent sound file for playback and subsequent analysis for posting.

  3. I didn’t see this blog before I commented on the bridge, this makes up for just the pictures (which are great by the way). My friends call me Betty Boop. Sounds like you are having fun.

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