Elephant Butte, NM

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Day 1, 2016 summer trip




 North of camp NM.

Day 1 EB to Tucumcari, April 30, 2016


We had a strange sound as we started off.  Dave pulled over and it appeared that the rear suspension/air bags were not inflated causing a noise.  Dave said he they were ok when we left camp but somehow it lost air.  So after that we were ok.  North of the Bosque Dave spotted a herd of elk but the camera operator was too slow for a shot.  I also checked the bag that has Trailer Life which is 2008.  Do you think maybe it's time for a new one?  And Passport America book was in the bag along with a word find book from Mom where she had done a few.  Made me a bit sad!  Camp set up around 4:30.  But we can't remember how to use cable.  DUH......
I am going to add a passage from my book and a CD from each day.
So the passage from my book: Even so, he shifted in his saddle to give his member room.
CD: Parsely, Sage and Thyme, Simon and Garfield.


NM on the Rio Grande side.


This is the trio of riders I have adopted:  Joe on the left came from Boise, Radar use to be shuffled back and forth from Judy and I before she threw me away.  And Jasmine on the far right.  She was adopted long before our real Jazmine existed.


And the kids just riding along.




Sunday, April 17, 2016

Sunday JOKE!




#1             
I very quietly confided to my best friend that I was having an affair.

She turned to me and asked, "Are you having it catered?"
    
And that, my friend, is the sad definition of "OLD"!

#2
Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked,
"How old was your husband?"
"98," she replied: "Two years older than me"   
"So you're 96," the undertaker commented.
   
She responded, "Hardly worth going home, is it?"

#3
Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman:
"And what do you think is the best thing
about being 104?" the reporter asked.
   
She simply replied, "No peer pressure."
#4
I've sure gotten old!  I have outlived my feet and my teeth
   
I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes
I'm half blind,
can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine,
take 40 different medications that
make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
Have bouts with dementia.
Have poor circulation;
hardly feel my hands and feet anymore.
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.
Have lost all my friends. But, thank God,
I still have my driver's license.

#5
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape,
so I got my doctor's permission to
join a fitness club and start exercising.
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But,
by the time I got my leotards on,
the class was over.

#6
An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher she had two final requests.
First, she wanted to be cremated, and second,
she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart.
"Wal-Mart?!" the preacher exclaimed.
"Why Wal-Mart?"
   
"Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week."

#7
My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.

#8
Know how to prevent sagging?
Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.

#9
It's scary when you start making the same noises
as your coffee maker.

#10
These days about half the stuff
in my shopping cart says,
'For fast relief.'

#11
THE SENILITY PRAYER :
 
Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and
the eyesight to tell the difference.