Thanksgiving

We had the our Chandler family at our house for Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey came out great, they all enjoyed it. Too bad they all had to go back home the next day because of other family visits.

The Verde Valley Sentimental Journey Orchestra played again at the Clarkdale, AZ Clark Memorial Clubhouse. Elfriede and I enjoyed dancing to the tunes of Glenn Miller and other favorites.

Bowling again!

Elfriede bowled again after a long interruption, two games, over 100!

Alexis Birthday

We spent the weekend with Glen's family. Teejay, Glen's brother also drove down from Sacramento.

Hoover Dam

On the way back from Las Vegas, we stopped at the Hoover Dam, mainly to see the progress of the Highway 93 bridge over the Colorado River.

Recent Trips

Some friends of ours from Pyrbaum, Germany toured the Southwest, including some of the National Parks. They concluded their visit in Las Vegas. We joined them for a couple days. We haven't been to Las Vegas for about 7 years, not too many changes noted. Our visitors were from Bavaria, but they still wanted to experience the Hofbräuhaus in Las Vegas.


Irregardless that the city is in the middle of the desert, the water fountain show is still being presented, a popular tourist attraction (see the youtube in the side bar)

Weekend with Luca

We had some "quality" time with Luca (3yr 9mos. Saturday, he really enjoyed the Verde River Days at the Dead Horse State Park.




We listened to the music preformed by the Verde Valley Community Band, Luca especially liked a group called Kid Fiddlers. Other Activities included a Kiddie Slide, sand castle building. The conclusion of the day was the Civil War reenactment. Luca had to hold his ears, since he had to stand close to demo firing of cannons.

It was a hot day, 98 in the shade!
The picture on the right partially shows Elfriede applauding the Civil War reenactment. I brought my video camera and not the digital one. So, the photos are courtesy of the Dead Horse State Park. See more pictures on this LINK