Riding Adventure in St.George, UT Mar4-6, 2022

 Vern Parker was generous and let us stay with him for the weekend. 

Vern with his nice mare on his 2.5 acre lot in St.George. Vern's house is down the street from the church. It is odd to me to have the animals right there in town.

A view of his property from the back, near the Virgin River that runs behind his place. He has a very nice barn. It is a nice set up for the snowbird Vern Parker.

View of his property from the deck of the house.

Entrance to Vern's house.

View of the kitchen.

View of the living room from the kitchen.

A very nice home, Karen and I had our own bedrooms.

This is what we came for, Riding! Vern's friend Jim provided horses for  Karen & I. What was interesting to me is that we loaded the horses after we walked through the backyard of the home onto the street into the trailer. I'm used to getting horses from the barnyard. Jim had very nice horses. I appreciated his generosity and company.

Off we go. It was a chilly start, so I'm glad Vern had an extra jacket in the truck. Lots of rocks and sagebrush. Loved the view.

Vern called this The Lipstick Ride, I guess it's his way to say it wasn't too crazy. I thought it was difficult enough, lots of rock for the horses, but they didn't slip. It was so different from what we ride up here. I could be a snowbird pretty easy I think.

Our generous host Vern Parker.

Jim, Vern and Karen

What a view! So much fun!

Karen is starting to like these fine animals.

Karen & Dixie, still a bit chilly, but no snow, no wind, I love it!

Karen's selfie, looking down Snow Canyon.

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Dixie Dee. Love the view!

Video for the extent of the view. Loved this day very much!

Vern

Overlooking Snow Canyon

A great Friday March 4, 2022

Just leaving our lunch spot.

Karen's selfie with her trusted Steed.

Saturday 05 March 2022, Vern took us touring. One of our stops was the Mountain Meadows Massacre site about half an hour north of St. George. We gained a bit of elevation and it snowed/Hailed on us. Oh man that hail was small pellets that hurt! We didn't get a chance to truly take this site in due to the weather. A dark mark on Church History for sure.

I don't have any pictures, but we also visited the St. George temple visitors center. We had a sweet young missionary from Arizona tell us about the Centre. She bore a sweet testimony of the gospel.

We also visited the Brigham Young Winter Home, I found that very interesting too.(I think I should do history tours in retirement.) Finally we visited the Jacob Hamblin Home in Santa Clara. All very interesting and fun to think about what it would have been like to settle Utah and surrounding areas.

We went to church with Vern on Sunday. Sunday evening we left Vern's for Lorna and Ross Uibel's home in St.George, not far from the airport.

Coronado, CA 28 Feb - 03 Mar 2022

Marilee invited me to Coronado to visit while they were down there this winter. I said " Yup, I'll be there! Thank you very much!" I'm always glad to be out of the cold and snow whenever possible. 

On the plane to Coronado

Karen Alston said she was up for a road trip to the USA for a couple of weeks. So we rented a car and drove to Salt Lake. We stayed with her son Dylan in Riverton, UT for a couple of nights, Feb 25th and 26th. It was nice to spend time there. We listened to Ashley speak in church on Sunday (She did a good job!) and then we drove to St. George, Utah, stayed with Vern Sunday night and he drove us to the airport to fly to Coronado Monday Feb 28,2022.

San Diego airport waiting for Marilee to pick us up! 

Straight to the beach we went and decided to JUMP!

Karen enjoyed the look on my face in this photo!

The trio in front of Hotel del Coronado. 

Pacific Ocean at Coronado Island, CA

We are having fun tonight! 

Bird of Paradise

Bike ride on the Strand.

It's warm here! No wind! Perfect!

The Trio on the Strand. San Diego in the background.

The Pacific Ocean is to the left and the bay is on the right.

We biked 25 miles.

The evenings were spent playing Rummykub!

"Alexa, play 70's mello!"

Many laughs and lots of singing while playing!

Enjoying the Beach

Relaxing on the beach.

 I'm grateful to Marilee for sharing this with Karen and I.

We found a nice Italian restaurant.

Oh, this was FUN! 

Brad let us take his golf cart to the Mexican Restaurant on our last night in Coronado. I got to drive, Marilee & Mark are in the back due to car seats on the second row. It was a blast to cruise the streets of Coronado in an open air vehicle and not be cold!

02 March 2022, our last evening with the Cahoon's in Coronado. Mexican of course. Mark & Marilee were the best hosts for us. I get to drive us home in the golf cart, can't wait!

The Trio in their "Stay Salty" T'Shirts at the orange tree in Marilee's little court yard of her home in Coronado. 

The Trio at the last lunch before heading out to the airport. All good things must come to an end (I guess). A fun little 60's style malt shop of sorts. Coronado is where Karen found me a nice leather belt for $18 in a vintage shop. I have to admit the the question I have now is: "Why do I live in Canada in the winter?" 

I hope to be back to Coronado Island. I enjoyed my time with Marilee, Mark and Karen in California. Thank you so much for being willing to share with me. Stay Salty Coronado!   

Enroute to Utah 25 Feb 2022

 

On the way to Utah, I stopped in Helena, MT to have a quick visit with Renee Pipinich. It was so great to see her. Renee is alot of fun. 

I dropped of this little thank you gift I had made for Renee's Arena. Renee helped Ziggy and I do very well in 2007. I just wanted her to know that I am very grateful for all she did for me. Riding with Renee has been some of the best times.

Chinook Lake, Crowsnest Pass, AB

 

Linda Evans, Karen Alston, Dixie Dee, Loural Meeks, Doreen Card, Lavern Appleton, Debbie Pederson and Laura Webster.

The WOW gang went for a snowshoe to Chinook Lake in the Crowsnest pass. It is very pretty up there.

Dixie with Crowsnest Mountain in the background.

Karen Alston

See I do snowshoe!

It was a windy day but we were fine in the trees.

We snowshoed 5 miles.

The seasons have a lot to offer!

Myles Banjo Lynn

 Tiffany Anna had another baby boy while in Australia.

Myles Banjo Lynn

24 January 2022

7lbs 11oz

The happy family Tiffany, Devon, Myles, Joey!

Kelly was able to be there.

So grateful that Grandma could be with the Lynn's.

A beautiful baby boy, can't wait to meet these boys.

Tiffany & Devon are due home in November 2022.

Snowshoe Cameron

A snowy calm day to trek to Cameron Lake!

Dixie, Deb and Laura took the photo!

Man this was a magical day, only 3 of us this time.

Christmas Eve Snow! I love it!

Always need to check out Cameron Falls!

Ziggy's New Activity

May 15, 2020 

 The WOW ladies decided to bike from Cardston to Carway,AB.

Marilee as she comes in for a well earned break. 29.17 miles RT.

I was working that day, so I got in the group picture. We are all spaced out, you know COVID!! AHHHHHH!

This was the ride where Lorna said that I should get a bike and join the gals riding. Lorna had a bike that was not being used so her son-in-law Jimmy fixed up the bike, I bought it and now I ride with the gals. It's a great thing to do.

Riders:

Laura, Doreen, Carol, Paula, Dina, Marilee, Lavern, Lorna, and Dixie Dee in uniform.

June 3, 2020

Marilee turns 60 this year on 7 June. A 60 mile bike ride was on order to honor the milestone. They started at Hawks Nest west of Waterton's Park Gate 8 miles and headed for Magrath.

Marilee had more than one flat on this memorable occasion.

This is about 10 miles into the trip, there is always something to overcome.

I joined the ladies at Marilee's house, for my first bike ride I didn't think I could do 60 miles, so I did 40. Marilee provided the party favors at a pit stop in Cardston, it was fun. Such a great group of friends.

Two other ladies had flats through out the trip, Adventure I say.

We made it to Magrath, and I have to say I can't believe how much fun it is to ride a road bike. I'm so glad Lorna encouraged me to invest in a bike and join the group.

Sharon, Lorna, Laura, Linda, Lavern, Marilee, Carol, Paula, Dixie, Sherry.

June 5, 2020

Two days after a 40 mile ride to Magrath we did a bike/hike up Red Rock Canyon as it was closed to cars. It's a hard climb but oh so much fun coming down!!!

Oh I love where I live and I love the friends that I am able to share all this with. I am very blessed!

This ride/hike was 22 miles RT. So I'm up to 62 miles on the bike.

I love my new activity that gets me out and about. Road Bikes Rock!