Mothers Day with Jim & Shirley

We made plans to meet Jim & Shirley in Ft Bragg earlier last week.
We were leaving our camp in Manchester to meet them.
We both arrived about the same time at Silvers at the Wharf.
We parked the truck and trailer on a nice long spot where we put the dogs for a few hours.
We had a lovely lunch overlooking the Noyo River. Just about the time we sat down the fishing boats are started lining up out at the mouth of the river to come in. It was a like a parade of fishing boats. It was bright and sunny, the water was a beautiful blue!

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We enjoyed a lovely afternoon with Jim & Shirley as we always do! After lunch we decided to go to the “biker bar” Tip Top Lounge in Ft Bragg..

We had one drink there and then back to the trailer.. We also did a tail gate drink before us leaving to come home.. Lovely day with the Walsh's.. Love you guys!

Mothers Day Weekend at Manchester 5/7-5/10

Mike & Maryann invited us to join their group at Manchester on the coast for the for “the abalone” weekend this past Mother’s Day.
Nice to see the faces that aren’t so familiar. I believe our group was about 35-40 people. Divers as well as friends and family all come together for this special time..
Two different dive clubs join together for this special weekend. The “151” club (mostly retired divers) and then the “Douglas” dive club from Southern CA.. they have a heck of a long drive.
We arrived on Thursday along with Mike & Mary Ann.. There were some that arrived earlier in the week and others that joined us on Friday as well as Saturday. Thursday the weather was terribly windy, but bright and no fog. We weren’t so lucky the rest of the weekend. Each day we woke to fog and dampness and cold! Don’t think I have ever been so cold at the coast!
Each morning we mostly all do breakfast together and evening we have a pot luck. Friday night is pretty much a tri-tip cook-off between some the retired divers. Fun evening. Saturday evening is the Abalone Feed.. Divers go and collect the abalone (can be very dangerous diving)<<this is the  most work. Then divers donate abalone of what they collect so that all of us can enjoy the unique catch! Then the abalone are cleaned, sliced and pounded. Those that can’t dive offer with the cleaning and pounding..

Pete & Janice do an awesome job cooking the “Ab”!

Each day during the day we all split off into groups and do “our own thing”.. On Friday we went to the “Farmers Market” in Mendocino.

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Saturday we hung out and took a walk from camp out to the beach.

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We had a great weekend and spent time with so many nice people!
Fun times were had by all..

Fun in the outback with friends

We planned a little ride in the “outback”.
Phil & Toni got a new “side by side” and needed to break it in..
Doc & Pam and Ev and I went for a ride out behind our house. We rode out to Indian Valley Res..
I hadn’t been out on a ride since my injury.. Very challenging.
I rode for a little while my quad, then Phil relieved me and I rode with Toni in the side by side..
We had a great day! We rode about 80 miles round trip!!
woo hoo!!

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