Warm and delightful

This morning I was on the skype phone with my pilot friend up in Des Moines..  We get on the  phone and loose all track of time..  He was telling me that they were to have a beautiful day up there today because it was to be in the 50s.....

I didn't say anything.... he knows its nice out here, so I didn't want to rub it in....  So once I let him go, I decided to take advantage of the nice day....

To me that means out with the scooter..  And again I went out to our South down to the Hunt Highway in San Tan Heights...  That is about the end of the valley as you are up against the mountain...  I wandered around down there for a while and returned back to Combs road where the Olive Farm and Store is located...  That isn't the exact name of the place, but I can't remember it tonight....  They press and sell custom and unique oils and we took the tour several years ago...

After that I just wandered around down there in the South area..  Lots of homes with horses in their lots and even more motorcycles wandering around with the same ideas I had...

Eventually I ended up over in Gold Canyon.. driving out the US 60 highway after the freeway ends...  And I got the idea to stop into Gold Canyon RV Park and see if Ed and Marilyn were around their rig...  It was 4PM and I reasoned that it was Happy Hour and they might be gathered under someone's awning...

Again I kind of don't like just showing up at someones rig, but usually will just shake hands and introduce myself, as we had never met...  But we have read each other's blogs for several years...  Need to break the ice somehow...

Well I'm happy to relate that we are not strangers any more...  We spent about an hour getting to know each other personally, and of course E & M are some of the most gracious folks you will want to meet..  I'm really glad I stopped by...

But old mister sun was going down in the West and it gets kind of cool fairly quickly to be riding at highway speeds, so perhaps we can get together at another time this winter...  It was almost dark as I pulled back into the driveway here...  And Loyce was still working on Christmas presents with her sewing machine...

Tonight we grilled out some Iowa thick style pork chops...  I braised them on each side on high heat, but then turned the grill as low as it would go with the top closed to kind of bake them thru....  They were super!

As I was riding around in the sunshine this afternoon I saw temperatures in the early 80s with I think 84 as a top temp...  That is really unusual even for Arizona....  But the forecast is for cooler temps as the week goes into the weekend....  It can't last forever.........

Retired Rod