Oct 2011 Cowboy Symposium

What a great time!  Shirley & Mike Gray invited us to work the Cowboy Symposium with them in Ruidoso, NM.  We have tried to do it for several years, but finally we made it happen.  What a good time.  We took tickets, seated people for the  very entertaining Mel Tillis concert, and helped at a cook camp - the Robertson's with a dutch oven cook-off.  The participants use old time covered wagons as their kitchen.And for this we were admitted to everything at the event for free.  We took the motor home, so we had a camp out in comfort for the weekend.  We really enjoy being in our motorhome.

Later in the month, we made a trip to So. California.  This is not a trip we take often, as Jack doesn't appreciate all the traffic.  We had planned to visit a few friends early in the spring, but the wedding of Brittany (granddaughter) & Brandon Nobel changed our plans.  So, we decided to drive the Sebring and go for just a few days.  They all invited our dogs to come, too.  First we visited my longtime girl friend, Jaynita and husband John Spencer in Riverside, the city I grew up in. Jaynita had just completed the remodeling of her beautiful kitchen,  then went to Laguna Beach to spend some time with Jacks college friend Duane & wife Karin.  They have a lovely home with a beach front view.  Then we went to San Diego (Vista) to see Shari Harlow & her mother Reina, and friend Dennis. Shari is the good friend we spent the summer with in Alaska.  She has since moved to Vista after the death of her husband, Art.  It was good to see her again and see the new Shari - new body, new hair, and new goals.....