Car camping

I left Ken's place this morning to take a trip to Albuquerque and retrieve some stuff I left there after the last trip. I plan on car camping along the way and stopped at Percha Dam State Park for the night. Percha Dam is just south of Truth or Consequences, NM. 

My campsite for the night.  No hookups, $10. 

Life is good. 

Washing, knitting and sunsets

Today was such a beautiful day I decided to do my washing.  I love to hang clothes outside to dry and today was a perfect day for it with little to no wind and the sun was shining bright with temps in the 70's.

While the wash was drying, I did some knitting.

Got a couple of packages today, one contained a 55-250mm lens for my new camera so I just had to play with it.  Used my tripod with the new lens and spent a lot of time figuring out how everything works.  Love the Slik tripod, it makes taking distance and low light pictures much easier.

My first bird picture and I didn't even know it was there until I looked at the picture on my computer!

The moon today.  Had to look straight up to get this picture.

Of course I had to get the sunset.

My solar lights.  The three in the lower left were a Christmas present from Bob and Jo.

Life is good.

Sharp, pointy things

I am back home after a wonderful time with Bob and Jo.  It is much warmer here in Sahuarita than it was in Albuquerque and I am enjoying the sun when it comes out. 

I have been busy playing with my new camera and trying to learn how best to use it.  I have a lot to learn yet so bear with me.  Here are some pictures I took today in the area around my RV.

 An ocotillo cactus looks like a dead plant but comes alive in the spring I hear.

A close-up of the ocotillo. 

A teddy bear cholla cactus.  Looks nice and soft doesn't it.

In reality it is a nasty plant that loves to jump out and stick to you.

Help!  It's going to get me!  All those arms are scary.

When I was in Albuquerque I took the following picture along the Rio Grande River.  It looks like there is an angry man inside.

That's all the pictures for now.  Hope everyone is keeping warm.

Life is good.

Happy Holidays

I have been spending the holidays with two of my brothers and my sister-in-law and having a great time. Ken and I came from Arizona before Christmas to stay with Bob and Jo until after New Years. Jo has been feeding us well. 

Snacks

Breakfasts are a wide varity of choices. 

Bob and Jo live in a beautiful house with lots of room for all of us. They have been such wonderful hosts that I will be sad to leave on Friday. I have taken this opportunity to pick Bob's brain about photography since that is one of his hobbies. I have been frustrated with using just my iPhone for my pictures so I decided to go for it and get a Canon Rebel T3i camera. The camera came yesterday and I have been learning how to use it since then. The pictures in this post were taken with the iPhone not the new camera. I will not be able to get the new camera's pictures in my posts until I get back home to my computer. 

Life is good.