Afternoon at the Petersens

On a beautiful, warm Saturday afternoon we were at Mel & Iris Petersens to enjoy some music and comradere with friends. There was several tables set up around their campsite and snacks were placed on them. Many people arrived with there chairs and umbrellas for shade from the bright sun. They had invited the Shuswap Snowbird RV Club musicians to play. And play they did for 3 hours. Waltzes, Polkas, Schottische, Country & Western, was played and one could dance if you felt like it. You could dance on the gravel or move out to the roadway and dance there. We could have spent many more hours listening as it was so good. But all good things must come to a close. After the musicians had pack up there instruments, and most of the people went to there units, Mel & Iris fed the rest of us with chili-con-carne, salads, bread, pickles. Wonderful is about the best way to describe the day and the food.

Shuswap Snowbird RV Club musicians

You could sit and listen to the music, or dance

Many friends of the Petersens came to listen

Click on this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pa4GlyIxuE

This will take you to the Shuswap Snowbird RV Club musicians playing

Canadian Party at Pioneer Park

Canada Day at Pioneer Park. (Feb 24th)

There are quite a few Canadians here in the park. I saw one statistic that indicated the park was 47% Canadian content. There was a good turnout for the festivities. They came from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and North West Territories. Earlier I noticed we also had a couple from New Brunswick, and they had left a few days ago.

Happy hour was from 3:30pm to 5:00pm. A good time to meet some of our neighbours.
The hall was nearly full!

Mel & Iris Petersen from Salmon Arm, BC

Food, food & more food and all delicious. So many choices and so small a plate!!

The actors for a skit

This lady and this gentleman were the oldest of there sex. She was 76 & he was 78.

It is nice to see our seniors are still active & still travel.

The largest group was from British Columbia. Next was Alberta. The host then had us all return to our province of birth. What a turnaround. This made Alberta the province with the most people there, by birth. A tie would have been between Saskatchewan & British Columbia. Next came Ontario, then Manitoba. There was one person there who repreresented the province of Quebec. Interesting the demographics of where we all came from and where we originated from.

Road Trip to Emerald Cove for Valentine's Weekend

We have been at Pioneer RV Park here in Wellton, Az for a month and a half now. We had been in contact with our friends at Emerald Cove and learned that they were going to be there for Valentine's weekend. It was also Presidents Day the following Monday(16th). What better time to go and have a good time at the "River". So we make reservations for the RV park at Emerald Cove, leave our car here in Wellton and off we go in the motorhome.

The group we hang with were all formally from an area in the park known as "Bass Point". The park has moved us all out of that area and have put rental trailers there.
Larry, Jeff & Joe open up the bootle of "Jagermeister" we donated to the boys. Marge presented each of the ladies with homemade croquet dishcloths.

Sitting around the firepit & chatting.

Time to put on the feedbag! Good food as always

We do know how to have a good time!!

On the weekends, over at the poolbar, the ever popular karaoke takes place. After a good meal we go over and listen, while many sing. There are many who sing and we enjoy the singing and the comradere. Monday afternoon all the "River" friends have headed back to there respective homes and return to work Tuesday morning. We leave the park Tuesday, and return to our location in Pioneer RV Park in Wellton.

Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas, MX

We cruise into Mazatlan Port, arriving and docked by 8am. Below is the view we have as we enter Mazatlan Port.

Entering port

Breakwater!

View of our ship at dock

Cathy holding an Iguana

One of the many fountains throughout the city.

As we were standing outside the market place, a police escorted several cars loaded with circus animals. This car had giraffs.

This car had several cats!

More cats!

And coke is delivered to Cathy.

Cabo San Lucas

Day 5

We are anchored in Cabo harbour. There isn't a dock large enough for us to tie up to. We are tendered to the dock. Since we were there last in 1996 the whole area has changed. At the dock where we are tendered to, there is a building with many shops in side. We shopped in there but it is all the same stuff that we had seen at previous ports of call. We go back to our ship and stay there. We depart Cabo at 4pm bound for Long Beach, CA. Upon arrival in California, (day 7) we are docked by 8am, depart the ship around 10:30 am, clear customs and get a cab to take us to the AVIS car rental place. Pick up our car and head for home -- Wellton, AZ. We get back in Wellton around 4 that afternoon. We have had a good time. Unfortuneately, Bob has come down with the crud a couple of days before we get back to Long Beach, Cathy & Marge both seem to have minor cold symptoms & I was ill for about an hour before supper Saturday night and felt better after. It was the wine...thats it.

Harbour in Cabo

We are anchored out in the harbour

It's all over till our next cruise adventure. We are setting our sights for a 14/15 day trip to Hawaii!!!

Puerto Vallarta

We arrived in Puerto Vallarta early on the morning of our third day of travel. We spent the day browsing around the city

View from our balcony looking at PV

Sign as you enter PV

Market

Clown in Bubba Gump Restaurant

Bob & Cathy with their balloons

Burt & Marge with ours!

We rented a cab & driver for 4 hours to show us the high points of his city. there have beeen many changes there since we last visited it in 1992.

Alberto our cab driver

Entrance to Tequila making plant

Tequila Plant - Guava

Root used for tequila

Banderas Bay
Looking out over bay

School of Clown Fish
Mismaloya Bay

Where Liz Taylor and Richard Burton filmed "Night of the Iquana"

We would be back on board our ship by 4 pm and set sail for Mazatlan.

Mexican Cruise Feb 1 -8, 2009

We left Wellton, AZ early on the morning of Feb. 1st in an AVIS Rental Car. We were headed to Long Beach, CA to board the Carnival Pride for a 7 day cruise down the Mexican Coast. There were 4 of us, Bob & Cathy Raner & ourselves Burt & Marge. Our ship the Carnival Pride was located next to the RMS Queen Mary that is now an attraction.

R.M.S. Queen Mary at rest

We set sail at 4pm California time headed to Puerto Vallarta. We are going to sail for two days before we arrive at our first destination. While on board we were kept busy with different events to pass the time & keep us entertained.

Looking down at side of ship

Pool Deck

Ice Carving

Finished product - two birds sitting on a heart

On our second evening at sea we had our first formal dress night for the dinner hour. You didn't need to have a tuxedo, but the request was for dress shirt, tie and dress clothes. We were treated to several choices on the dinner menu. I chose a shrimp cocktail as an appetizer and a lobster tail & shrimp for the main course. Bob had prime rib beef as his main course. Marge & Cathy both chose the lobster.

Bob & Cathy

Burt & Marge

Our Dining Room Staff, Enrenio & Victorino
both from the Phillipines

Anthony & Cindy sat at the table next to ours.

After the formal night we spent the next day up on the pool deck relaxing on the chaise lounges. It was excellent warm weather on the trip south.

Here is a few pics taken:

Coastline down Baja, Mexico

Zoomed in shot of coastline
Another zoomed in shot of coastline

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8AgsdvfMY (I have tried & tried to upload the short video of our waiters dancing on the Blogger. Unfortunately it doesn't want to upload so I have uploaded here on YouTube. Much friendlier uploader!!!)