As I said in my last post we left Lake Havasu on Monday the 4th for Puerto Penasko, Sonora, Mexico.
We stopped for Monday night in Gila Bend, AZ at the Elks Club parking lot and entered Mexico at Lukeville, AZ on Tuesday morning. The border crossing was uneventful. Before crossing Jim Babcock, of our group, walked over to the border and told them that we were coming in with a group of nine vehicles. They then just waved us through without even stopping. We then headed south on Mexico Hwy. 8 and a couple of hours later we arrived in Puerto Penasco. Some of the folks in our party had been there before and knew the way to the resort so we followed them down this tree lined boulevard...
...to the RV park entrance.
We were located all together in the second and third rows from the north end of the park right next to a big high rise condo complex, shown here.
Note the rows of RVs to the right of the condo. (click on pict for a larger image)
There was a nice restaurant and patio on the ground floor. Here Teddy poses with a pirate while we enjoyed a meal there.
There were nine RVs and we rented a tenth site in the middle of our group and used it as a gathering point to set up camp chairs, grills etc. Here we are at one of our community breakfasts. We usually ate cookout breakfasts there of omelets, bacon, sausage, potatoes, pancakes contributed by various members of our group and a couple of nights we had steak fries.
The beach was quite broad and Mexican vendors were continually walking the beach selling their wares. They were polite though and didn't pester you when you said, "no" to their offers. Here is Teddy making a "Sand Angel" on the beach. We all walked the beach daily but Teddy was the champion beach walker hiking three to four miles up or down the beach daily.
Vendors would come into the park daily with fresh shrimp so we regularly pigged out on shrimp. I also picked up a new talent as I now know how to peel and devein shrimp.
Several shrimp boats were always in view about a half mile off shore...
...and these hang gliders were flying up and down the beach daily giving rides.
We ate well, here we are having dinner at an area restaurant which was high on a bluff overlooking the city.
photo by Ed Bristow
After dinner the girls went out on the patio for this pict.
L to R: Donna Vig, Gail Bristow, Niki O'Hara, Gail Martinook, Eileen Weber, Carol Dingman, & Carol Babcock with Teddy Page kneeling in front.
photo by Ed Bristow
Of course we also made several shopping trips downtown to bargain for and buy things that we most probably didn't need at all.
The street was lined with shops selling all sorts of Mexican trinkets, souvenirs and jewlery.
I went crazy and bought this Green Bay Packer poncho. Here I am telling this fellow what a great quarterback Brett Farve is but he didn't seem interested.
One of our great finds was this primitive bakery shop called
The Hole In The Wall Bakery which sold delicious pastries, needless to say we made several trips there during our weeks stay.
However, Teddy and my coup de grâce was this stained glass window made in the right size to replace the door window in our Cardinal. It is particularly beautiful at night with the light from the trailer shining through it.
But, alas, our time in Mexico finally ran out. Our last night there we all went to dinner at the Puesta Del Sol restaurant (part of the Playa Bonita Resort)
photo by Ed Bristow
One last dance with Teddy.
photo by Ed Bristow
On the way back to Lake Havasu we stopped overnight at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. It is a beautiful park and we definitely want to revisit when we have more time to spend.
The Organ Pipe Cactus has several shoots that grow from the center like fingers.
Many birds like the ubiquitous House Finch
Teddy took this photo of a Desert Poppy which were in bloom because of the recent rains.
We were located all together in the second and third rows from the north end of the park right next to a big high rise condo complex, shown here.
There was a nice restaurant and patio on the ground floor. Here Teddy poses with a pirate while we enjoyed a meal there.
There were nine RVs and we rented a tenth site in the middle of our group and used it as a gathering point to set up camp chairs, grills etc. Here we are at one of our community breakfasts. We usually ate cookout breakfasts there of omelets, bacon, sausage, potatoes, pancakes contributed by various members of our group and a couple of nights we had steak fries.
Vendors would come into the park daily with fresh shrimp so we regularly pigged out on shrimp. I also picked up a new talent as I now know how to peel and devein shrimp. 
We ate well, here we are having dinner at an area restaurant which was high on a bluff overlooking the city. photo by Ed Bristow
After dinner the girls went out on the patio for this pict.
I went crazy and bought this Green Bay Packer poncho. Here I am telling this fellow what a great quarterback Brett Farve is but he didn't seem interested.
Tomorrow morning, Monday Feb 4, Teddy and I along with eight other couples are off to The Playa Bonita RV Resort in Puerto Penasco, Mexico for a little fun-in-the-sun mini excursion. As we will be out of the US we will be off-line until we return on the 13th and I will blog details of our great Mexican adventure then. Till then, adios, amigos.
Here is Teddy making a move in a lively game of Pegs & Jokers.
Here Dick Martinook and Larry Weber are starting another game of Cribbage while Jim Babcock looks on.
And these folks like to play Mexican Train, a game played with Dominos.
The cloud patterns after the rain were spectacular. At sunset I snapped this pict of a juxtaposition of clouds and contrails.
Teddy & I put on our Packer shirts and watched the NFC playoff game between the Packers and the Giants tonight. With temperatures hovering around 0°F it was cold, cold, cold conditions under which to play, brrrrrr. Anyway, unfortunately the wrong team won but it was a hard fought contest under miserable conditions and either team could have won. The Pack doesn't have anything to be ashamed of.
2008 hasn't started out all that good for good ole' Larry.
And then, Saturday evening at about 6pm, I was good to go. Teddy had came back to the hospital with her camera on Saturday and here's what I looked like then!
Here's what I looked like then. Needless to say, even though I was pretty sore from the surgery, I felt much better, both mentally and physically. My surgeon, Dr. Rizzo told me that I could probably go home either Sunday evening or Monday morning.
Monday evening we had a New Years celebration in the clubhouse complete with tons of snacks, drinks, party games, music & dancing etc. It was a good time for all.
Here are some of the early revelers as we began to gather around 8:30 pm.
He couldn't hide from my flash though. ;-)
...and then we were entertained by the Colomonde Chorus, a local glee club from Lake Havasu City.
