MAR 10, 23 .. WE’RE SAFELY “HOME” IN LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA

This Post started out to be a few lines saying only that : “Patti and I got home safely.” because I am “dead tired” after the past three days.

Oh My.. Oh My..

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Thursday March 9th 2023

ON A ZERO TO TEN .. TODAY WAS AT LEAST A TWENTY.

First the weather was absolutely “picture perfect”. Clear and sunny and in the high 60’s and low 70’s. Patti finished her Mayo Clinic appointments in fine fashion. We enjoyed our trip from Phoenix back to Lake Havasu City. Lastly we enjoyed Michael’s 75th Birthday with dinner at the Golden Phoenix here in Lake Havasu City.

No! That is not to say we didn’t have some challenges BUT even a “perfect day” is going to have some “moments”.

We were up “early”.  I was up before 6am and Patti was up at 7am. 

We had an 8:35am appointment (we were early) at the Mayo Clinic Hospital for Patti’s echocardiogram that was ordered yesterday by Patti’s Cardiologist. Just in case you’ve forgotten, an echocardiogram uses sound waves to create pictures of the heart. This common test can show blood flow through the heart and heart valves. Then your Cardiologist can use the pictures from the test to find heart disease and other heart conditions.

Patti’s 30 minute procedure was completed on time and we were back at our motel at 9:25am. We packed out of our room and at 10:40am were “on the road” (heading South on Interstate Highway 17 at Bell Road in North Phoenix). We “flew at the limit” South to I-10 and headed West following the road signs to Los Angeles).

Then the  first “Very Dark Cloud” of our perfect day struck us. We encountered a construction zone that took the traffic on I-10 from three lanes to two lanes to one lane. Stopped, standing still, then creeping slowly. Back to stopped, standing still, to creeping slowly as one lane ended causing merging delays. Then the second lane eventually merged into one lane heading West on I-10. How long is 45 minutes? It is a long time in this sort of bumper to bumper traffic, going from stopped, standing still, and waiting then to creeping slowly.

It all “got sorted out” and we were again running “at the limit” when, in the far distance, a column of dark, ominous, black, smoke was rising. Not a good sign. And Yes! The traffic “slowed down to a crawl”.

We finally arrived at Exit 45 off I-10 onto Vicksburg Road at 1:46pm. With no construction and burning-tractor delays, we would have been approaching Lake Havasu City. 

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Bouse, Arizona 

Where Oh Where Is Bouse, Arizona?

Can you find Bouse on the below map? Go left (West) out of Phoenix on I-10 and find Arizona Hwy 72 Vicksburg Junction. Bouse is up AZ 72 going to Parker.

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8042875,-113.1447798,9z

What’s with Bouse, Arizona, Captain?

As you can see, there’s not much between Phoenix and Parker. Because Bouse is a “landmark” that we look forward to seeing on our four hour, 210 mile trips back and forth from Lake Havasu City and Phoenix, we have grown fond of, and used to seeing .. Bouse, Arizona.

During our trip from Lake Havasu City to Phoenix last January the 16th, I noticed that the pressure in our right rear tire was very low (20 psi). As we were driving through Bouse, Patti spotted the Bouce Tire Shop and we stopped to see if they would put some air into the tire to bring the pressure up to 60 psi. Tom and Jocquin were super friendly and took care of inflating the tire. 

During this visit, Joaquin was not at the shop so we asked his son Daniel to tell him his friends from Alaska stopped by to say hello.

And now several photographs of a very special Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2357 and War Memorial in Bouse.

Wow huh? In Bouse, Arizona.

Oh Yes. There will be more about Bouse but not at this point in time.

Leaving Bouse heading for Parker and Lake Havasu City.

We got home to our apartment at 4:40pm. Today’s trip took us six (6) hours.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday to You

Happy 75th Birthday Dear Michael

Happy Birthday to You

We three enjoyed dinner at the Golden Phoenix, our favorite restaurant here in Lake Havasu City.

White Rice, Cashew Chicken, Singapore Rice Noodles.

Singapore Rice Noodles.

Cashew Chicken.

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Friday March 10th 2023

To “our” son David ..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday to You

Happy 61st Birthday Dear David

Happy Birthday to You

March the 10th 1962 in Detroit, Michigan.

Whew Huh? Where Has The Time Gone!

Cap (aka Dad) and Patti

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