Rykal's Retired and Traveling: December 2020

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Dec 16th 2020

Happy 44th birthday to our Eric. time has flown! he was just 4 and cute as a button. we just returned last thurs from brads and had a great time. Bode is just shy of year and so fun. he is a really good baby and as he should he keeps everyone very busy in the house. we had a little early birthday for him while we were there and he enjoyed his cake. little leary of it tho. he will be walking soon too. one day he will forget to hang on and walk away. spent some nice quality time with brett baking cookies and taking walks. took him shopping for his christmas gift and he shops like his grandpa tom. it is very painful for all. but he finally found a few things that i think he will enjoy. he picked a game called air pictionary and we played it two nights and it was a blast. for a change we had no trouble on flights and got home on time. yay.

It has been cooler here in yuma than we had in nov. nights too cool down into the 40's. covid is still raging and increasing totals daily but the vaccine came out this week and they will start giving them out today to health care workers and senior citizens in NH's. as they should. some of the activities have restarted in the park but it has been too cold in the morning for beth and i to run the pool exercise class. only 6 more weeks here at this campground.

pictures:bode didnt take long to warm up to me

didnt take bode long to warm up to us.

brett and i made cookies. just a little bit to much colored sugar . we laughed hard

bodes first christmas cookie. he loved it!

bode loves to snuggle with his dad

the boys are getting old!

bode has great babysitters in Aspen and Cash. they keep him busy

i made brett and bodes xmas oranaments this year. Covid christmas angels made out of face masks. very appropiate

bodes new deck chair

waiting for his birthday cake!

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

dec 1 2020

Hello almost end of the year!. we have been at Blue Sky rv Ranch for a month now. Beth and todd had some friends visit for 2 weeks this month so it was fun getting to know them. Due to covid almost all activities here have been cancelled. Pool is still open but I question how long that will be. Todd, Beth, Tom and I had a great Thanksgiving dinner. we made it all ourselves! it was beyond delicious. played a few rounds of Mexican train and a few games of Corn hole. Last game in the dark. I do better in the dark! Fun fun day..

we have gone downtown a couple of times. nice brewery for todd and the beer isn't bad for us! Nice weather every single day. warm in the days and cools off for the night. not a drop of rain all month.

We are leaving for Brad and Mallory's on the 3rd and can not wait to see Bode and Brett. both have grown considerably. Bretts voice is starting to change already. time to update some of the pictures from Utah NPs and bullhead city

Glendale Utah. Bauers Ranch Rv park. Not that great of place. $41 a night

BRyce canyon NP. what a beautiful place

even tho we didn't climb up to this point we did a hike and whew. got winded very quickly. spectacular views!

not a tunnel for the camper!

#4. loved this trip!

after getting into Zion NP and finally finding a parking spot and a short hike,

Zion was beautiful but very very busy

on a very easy hike but trail was very busy with walkers and bikes everywhere.

always love seeing water while on a trail

line up to get into Zion at 10am

#5. we did it. Got to all 5!

One of the donkeys hanging out in Oatman Az.

Downtown Oatman Az

Yep. they are wild but food can be purchased to feed them

our little pumpkin. bode. 10 months

Well, it was 70 degrees and beth was chilly!

our spot in Yuma Az. Blue Sky ranch rv park # 142

Territorial Prison Yuma Az. Interesting tour. even served as the local high school for 4 yrs after it closed down. hence, the school name is the Yuma Criminals.