Duck Creek, Week 4 (Nov 26 - Dec 2)
Sunday most of us trooped over to St. George to hear one of Bob’s grandsons speak about
his mission in Eastern WA. His talk focused on the power of love to change
lives. In January he’ll enter the U of Utah (SLC) to pursue a career in
architecture. Back in Leeds before 1pm, we each heated up our favorite
leftovers for lunch. Fortunately there was also leftover pumpkin pie, so I
whipped up a little more cream for a sweet ending to our stay. Then Greg &
I were on the road back to Vegas. (The RV park is really closer to Henderson,
but officially in Vegas. There are still casinos everywhere, just no glitz.)
Other highlights this week…
➤Finishing my 90-day read-through of the Book of Mormon 2 days early. (Now I'm taking on the New Testament - much easier.)
➤Learning that las vegas is Spanish for fertile valleys (and then puzzling over the settlers' choice).
➤Walking the campground at night w/ 30-50mph wind gusts.
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| Duck Creek, decked out for Christmas. (Note the wind-whipped flags.) |
➤Four
new tires for the M3 (also new bushings – more expensive than the tires), and a
rebuild of the MH starter. Good news is that Greg found really great mechanics
for the bushing and starter jobs.
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Baku Convention Center Park
(The figure 8 to the left is the ice rink.) |
➤A
short visit to Lake Las Vegas (Resort), a visually appealing but virtually
empty collection of hotels, casino, boutique shops & restaurants, golf
course, and pricey homes centered on a 320-acre man-made lake. The most
interesting thing we saw was the installation of synthetic ice panels to create
a rink (opens tomorrow, Dec 1). I never knew there was such a thing, but
today’s research tells me synthetic ice shows up everywhere from garage-size
hockey practice areas to the 2130m2 rink that opened this summer in
Baku (capital of Azerbaijan). Here's a couple more shots from the resort.
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| The Lake: hotel to the left, homes in the distance, marina to the right, shops & restaurants behind us. |
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| More space "available" than open. |
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| Installing sheets of Glice (brand name). |
♫ Crashing choir rehearsal
at Green Valley United Methodist church (and getting quite a workout – tricky
music to sightread!)
➤Getting flu and P-13 shots.
➤A leisurely walk around the lake at Cornerstone
Park. Once a quarry, the pit eventually filled with rainwater (now
enhanced with seasonal runoff). Aside from marsh reeds, there’s not much color,
but the park offers lots of amenities and is very popular.
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| 31-acre Lake |
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| Welcome color brightens the neutral landscape. |
BlogThought... Sometimes I feel guilty because we really
haven't done much of anything this last month. Then again, we're going to be
plenty busy when we get home so short-term laziness is probably okay. We are
also realizing that, even though we'd never want to live in Nevada, Seattle
weather is going to be a tough adjustment. It's a joy to wake up to sun every
morning.
PartingShots....
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Rudolph started as a log. This is my favorite
display in the park. At night, snowflakes
dance across the black "sky."
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Dodge Dart... I didn't they made
these anymore, but Fiat jazzed
it up when they bought Chrysler. |
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| (Sorry, I never get tired of these sunsets.) |
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