Some of our family lives in Yuma Arizona.
2 sisters and their husbands.
We took Carmen's Mustang on it's first road trip,
and were pleasantly surprised to get 29 mpg!! :o)
on the way down. We stopped at "Becker's Butte" in the Salt River Canyon - the same place where we stopped on the way back to Ramah 29 Oct 1955, after our wedding in the Arizona Mesa Temple. Both stops we took a photo of Carmen sitting on the rock wall. I have searched for the first photo (56+ year old one) and can't find it, but here's the one from 1 Feb 2012.
The reason we took this picture with the blanket in the lap was to try to duplicate the old photo where the wind was blowing Carmen's skirt making it appear she was expecting after 24 hours of marriage. We thought it was funny but without the other photo it didn't turn out as we thought. So much for that boring bit.
On to Yuma
My oldest living sister, Mervie and her husband Hal Earl
Left to right:
Carmen, me, my youngest living sister Agnes, her husband Don Rose, my sister Mervie and her husband Hal Earl.
We went out for lunch at Cracker Barrel and the waitress took this shot. The quality of the photo was not nearly as good as the food or service.
While in Yuma, Don and "Pete" Rose took us to see a park dedicated as a monument to the Mormon Battalion.
In the park is a heroic sized statue of a soldier on a multi-sided base with the roster of the battalion inscribed on it. There were the names of my grandfather, William James Johnston and his brother Jesse Walker Johnston. Grandpa made it all the way to San Diego California but his brother became sick near Socorro New Mexico and was sent back to Santa Fe then on to Pueblo Colorado for the winter, and from there to Salt Lake City Utah.
I had left our camera in the car so didn't get any photos of the park :o( RATS!
On the trip home we took a side street to see if the house we lived in for a short time in Globe Arizona still existed (it didn't) . On the way back to the highway we spotted a very unusual shop and stopped in to see what was going on. What a place!
The large outside yard was FULL of ????? (I don't even know what to call them except "sculptures") - here are a few:
All the objects in this photo were made of cobble stones, iron and willows.
Carmen is admiring the works.
Note the stone and iron butterfly on the table in front of the chairs.
Even the flowers and cacti are made of iron.
An army of stone and iron ants.
Cactus and roadrunner.
Javalina mama and pigletts.
Monkey by same artist.
Would you believe a dishpan turtle?
Mariachis!
What else but a dragon surrounded by flowers, some cranes, a flamingo, and a grasshopper!
More mariachis, 2 calves and many objects of unknown identity (at least to me).
This is only 2 of the many scorpions in the yard.
There were many spiders in the yard, too.
Where else does the "remainder" of your cigarette go?
Inside the warehouse were many beautiful works of art, antiques, and some really bizarre things like this elk skin with something in it's mouth.
I simply have NO archive that begins to rival this!
So maybe next BLOG!
On to Yuma
My oldest living sister, Mervie and her husband Hal Earl
Carmen, me, my youngest living sister Agnes, her husband Don Rose, my sister Mervie and her husband Hal Earl.
We went out for lunch at Cracker Barrel and the waitress took this shot. The quality of the photo was not nearly as good as the food or service.
While in Yuma, Don and "Pete" Rose took us to see a park dedicated as a monument to the Mormon Battalion.
In the park is a heroic sized statue of a soldier on a multi-sided base with the roster of the battalion inscribed on it. There were the names of my grandfather, William James Johnston and his brother Jesse Walker Johnston. Grandpa made it all the way to San Diego California but his brother became sick near Socorro New Mexico and was sent back to Santa Fe then on to Pueblo Colorado for the winter, and from there to Salt Lake City Utah.
I had left our camera in the car so didn't get any photos of the park :o( RATS!
On the trip home we took a side street to see if the house we lived in for a short time in Globe Arizona still existed (it didn't) . On the way back to the highway we spotted a very unusual shop and stopped in to see what was going on. What a place!
The large outside yard was FULL of ????? (I don't even know what to call them except "sculptures") - here are a few:
This is only 2 of the many scorpions in the yard.
There were many spiders in the yard, too.
I simply have NO archive that begins to rival this!
So maybe next BLOG!
Haha! That is quite a place! Did you pick anything up for your house?
ReplyDeleteI'm sad you couldn't find the picture of Gma on the same wall. Maybe one day you will run across it and you can post it for us. I would love to see!