Past Weekend

The Prescott parade went okay. It was pretty hot and no breeze to speak of. We had to be in our staging area around 8am. Parade began at 9am. We were entry # 97 --- we didn't get started moving until after 10am. Luckily we had some shade spots from the camper and horse trailers in our staging area. Once we were at the "end" of the parade route -- I headed back to the bakery to see Ric. Since it took so long for us to be in the "parade area", Ric wasn't able to see me and take any pictures of AAA. He had to get to work --- I think when he left, they were on number 40 something! When I got to the bakery and grabbed the camera -- the entry near that corner of his work was around 140. I got to see the last 30 or so entries. I'm not sure if AAA will be in the next 4th of July parade. The rodeo group handles it and charges a higher entry fee (around $350); the Christmas parade is handles by the chamber and the charge is around $50!

Sat night we headed back to the square after dinner. The Jaycees sponser a street dance. They had a stage set up with different live groups -- dancing in the street and a "beer" tent. It was suppose to last until 10pm ---- we headed back to the apartment after 9pm. The last band on at that time was a little heavy for me. The one that was playing right when we got there was more my type. They went off shortly after we got our ice cream cones. Then a sax guy went on. He was okay --- not much to dance to or sing to with him.

Sunday we headed to "Out of Africa" in Camp Verde. It is a wildlife park. We ended up being there from shortly after they opened at 930am until after 4pm (they close at 5p) We chose a day to go that they have the "predator feed" --- in the summer time, that is a very wise idea. Part of the time we spent walking around to see in the habitat areas, the animals were all hanging out in the shade or water sleeping. Shortly before "feeding time" they all got active --- we got some great pictures. (I'm sure Ric will get them posted this month) The best part was the "tiger splash"

We head out Friday morning to Michigan for a couple family reunions. It is going to be a quick trip in and out. When we first planned it --- I wasn't going to have much PTO time built back up after our 3 week cruise tour. Oh well --- life is what you make of it. I'm glad to be able to get home and see as many people in one or two places as we can. We might not get too much "quality time" with many, but will get a chance to see everyone and say Hi. I hope to be able to cut out some time to catch a few church and/or work friends Friday night or Saturday late afternoon/evening. (Hey Tom --- are you going to be around?!)