Chrysler 413

Tom is making some headway with the Engine. The new Engine hoist worked perfectly!
The engine stand is holding up nicely and will help out tremendously with the tear down.

Engine Hoist

Well, It's been a while since our last post. We've been busy with the Holiday's and now the auction is coming up again in a week. DH's brother Charlie is hauling down Tom's 413 from his old Imperial. He needed something to be able to get the Engine out of Charlies truck and onto an Engine stand. DH's dad and wife assembled it today while I was at work. It turned out great and DH can't wait to try it out this coming weekend.

Arizona

All is well here in Arizona. We hope to start posting on a more regular basis again soon.

Saguaro Lake - Phoenix, AZ.

Saturday was a nice day here in the desert. We booked a reservation to board a boat that does a 90 minute tour of Saguaro lake. The Captain narrates as you putter along so you get a story behind what it is you're looking at. It was very informative.


The views of the lake are breathtaking. Steep cliffs pushing upward towards the sky as if trying to grasp the sun. It's magnificent!


One of the mountain views we had was of a peak called "Four Peaks". It's the mountain range that's actually shown on the AZ license plate. We did not know this until the captain told us. We learned something very important that day.


The tour of the lake allowed us to see for the first time nesting Bald Eagles on the face of a cliff. It was spectacular as they looked at us taking photos of them. It truly is a sight to see.


It was a great tour and we'd recommend it to anyone.

Of course a trip wouldn't be complete without a photo of us together.

What we've been up to....

Well, to update everyone on what we've been doing - we moved again.
We're in Scottsdale, AZ very near Westworld.
We're in a great house and we actually hung a few pictures on the walls, we feel that comfortable here!
And the dogs love it!
As you can see, Muncie is totally relaxed!


Phoebe can't stop smiling!


One of the many cool features of this place is the fact that it has an area in the back that is like astro-turf. No mowing, no watering and it's always Green.

It's Awesome!
In order to get our bearings in our new neck of the woods, we wandered out today and took some great pictures of a place called Greasewood Flat.

They have Fabulous burgers and a really neat Old West vibe with old wooden buggies and other old items scattered around.


And we found a small shopping area that had a center courtyard. Very neat!


Then we traveled over to Old Town and wandered around there. Thanks to a friend of ours, we found the LOVE sculpture again.

You Break It, You Buy It

Everyone knows the saying, "You Break It, You Bought It".

Well, tonight, we traveled to Target for a few essentials for the home and to get some dog treats.

In the pet treat/toy aisle, DW was scanning for the right treats for Phoebe when DH decided to see how well a duck/sling shot toy worked.

DW launched it down the aisle and it flew about 10 feet before crashing to the ground and breaking free of it's packaging!

There was another customer in the aisle with us and she giggled quite a bit when DW asked DH if we just bought a duck. DH just said "Yup, I think so."

And we giggled about it the whole way out of the store! Muncie loves his new duck!

Strawberries!!

DW has been trying so hard to grow strawberries from the little plant she bought 2 months ago and has finally been rewarded!

DW asked DH if he would like to have the first strawberry. He wisely declined.
DW bit into the strawberry and her sour taste buds Still hurt!
Of course we'll keep trying!
The next one should be ready to try in a couple of days!
:-)