Happy 100th Birthday Arizona

The Grand Canyon State

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Boating Birthday on Lake Powell

For Mike’s 50th birthday we are celebrating by boating at Lake Powell and journeying to Rainbow Bridge. We’ve rented this 26 foot deck boat to carry us and...

Golden-fronted woodpecker

Another lifer on my day to celebrate life!

 

Sunrise & a new day in Texas

After buying and installing two new SOBatteries into my truck (scroll down for that adventure) the next morning I took her for a spin. The charging gauge was pulsing a bit so when I got home I Googled some possibilities and discovered many owners of my kind of Ford had experienced drained batteries from a faulty voltage regulator. I called the recommended local AutoZone and they can test the regulator, part cost $25, and maybe even get help installing if needed.

Sunrise

So I’m up earlier than usual to get this done. Sure hope it’s the last of the electrical problems. What the hell else could there be?!

I plan to leave South Texas in three days, Monday morning, and begin the long journey back to my winter Arizona home. Then in a few weeks head back to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park for the summer.

PS: It’s my birthday tomorrow so feel free to send lots of Happys my way.

SWF - Reflecting

Sunset from Riverside Wharf, Hartenbos, Western Cape, South Arica

Today I turn 56 years young. Ah what a glorious life! Who would have thought when I was born I’d spend this birthday in South Africa. Surely not my parents. But then I must have inherited some gypsy blood from somewhere. And this is only the beginning. The world is both big and small and I want to experience so much of it.

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