Superstition Mountain

We are now staying at the foot of Superstition Mountain in Apache Junction, AZ.  It is beautiful here.  The desert flowers are in bloom and it changes the look of the desert.  When we first arrived the desert was mostly sand and some shrubs and catus.  But now the colors of the flowers lend a beauty of brilliant reds, yellows, and white.

Yesterday we drove into the mountains and had lunch at an interesting place.  The restaurant walls were covered with $1.00 bills and the bar stools were saddles.  The memorabilia all around the room was fun to look at while waiting for out food. 

We drove to Tortilla Flats and then turned around and came back down the mountain on narrow roads.
As you can see the is beautiful!!

transmission fried

We fried the transmission on our tow vehicle. Not a very appetizing dish!!!  We reached Ft. Stockton, TX and tried to start the car and it wouldn't start.  We took it to the Ford store in Stockton and they told us that the transmission was fried!!  He couldn't work on it for three weeks so we towed it to Carlsbad, NM and took it to the Ford store there and they can't work on it for two weeks.  After talking to Burd Ford they said we couldn't continue towing it to Apache Junction as that is too far so we have rented a tow dolly to tow it to Apache Junction.  What a mess!!  I have no idea how we will get it on the tow dolly since it doesn't run but that is a story for later!!!  

Goodbye Southern Texas

We will be leaving the Southern Texas skies in just two days!  We are off to Carlsbad Caverns and then on to Arizona!  We have enjoyed Southern Texas and are looking forward to new horizons.  Wed. we will be in Ft. Stockton, TX and the on to NM and then Arizona here we come!  We will be in Apache Junction, AZ on the 1st of April in time for my cousin's birthday!!

Donuts anyone??

I am going to try donuts!!  I just read a fun mystery with recipes at the end of each chapter for different kinds of donuts!!  Yummy!!!  If all else fails however we found a great donut shop in McAllen, TX.  The name of the store is Shipley Donuts and the.y have been in business since 1936.  Their yeast donuts are as good as Longs.

In the meantime, I made some pretty good wheat bread for dinner tonight.

Quilting Day!

Yes I am learning to quilt!  The Texas Grammas are a great group of women that quilt blankets for babies and toddlers and cancer patients in the local hospitals and surrounding towns. They are a very talented group and make some really beautiful designs and color combinations.  They are always looking for donations of sheets, drapes, or fabric to make squares.

I am just beginning to help put the quilts together with a tie in the center of the squares. 

WOW!

WOW!  "Miss Q" has gone 10 days without a seizure!!  That's the longest she has gone without at least a little seizure in years!!  Keep your fingers crossed.

In the mean time my cousin in is a hospital in Florida with heart, kidney and liver problems. Spoke with him breifly this morning and he is feeling pretty awful but he did talk to me.

GUESS WHAT??  No rain and it's going up to 80 degrees today!!!  YEAH!  Maybe we will have a chance to see some sites and visit the wildlife reserve, Rio Grande and South Padre Island.  It is cloudy today but we plan on golfing tomorrow and maybe see some sites on Thurs. 

They have some interesting shopping opportunities here.  How about a drive in that is really a drive thru building?  You shop from your car!!  I hope to get a picture to share with you soon.

Lennox-Gasteau Syndrome help??!

Apparently, Miss Q's neurologist thinks that her new "loss of balance" is seizure related afterall.  But, alas, there is a new drug for Lennox-Gasteau Sydrome for the very first time that may help control her seizure activity.  I am trying not to be too hopeful but am so happy that someone is finally (after 44 years) looking at a drug to help her.  She has been on every drug know to help her, but nothing, not even the VNS has eliminated her seizure activity.  This new drug is Onfi and the discription of the drug and effects can be found on the internet. 

We just hope it helps!!!!