Blooming Cactus and More Solar Stuff

North Ranch is about to be all a bloom!  The above flowers are huge, probably about eight inches in diameter—It seems as if every yard has some sort of blooming spiky thing in the yard—except Larry and Geri’s yard that is—Larry is allergic to cactus as in he doesn’t want anything in his yard which might stick him!

For the last few days I’ve been a bum—we go for our walk in the morning, I stick a load of laundry in the Splendide, shower, make lunch—then the bum part begins.  I’ve been sitting outside under the awning in my lounger knitting—making a little progress, ripping a little, making a little progress.  But at least I’m learning—and I’m learning to like this being a bum business too!

We went for dinner at Nichols West last night with Jim, Bev and their friends from Redding, CA—our food was delicious and the restaurant was quiet—unusual for Nichols West.

The cowboy has been a carpenter the last couple days, going to Wickenburg yesterday for lumber.  He has built a box to contain the batteries for the solar system.  Do you think NINE batteries will allow us to do just about anything we want on solar???  I told Larry and Geri when we all go to Moab and are boondocking they can just plug into our trailer!  Yes, the batteries are used, several of them are 2012 batteries—but they hold a charge and you can’t beat the price—Free!!

That’s about it for our days—people are leaving—Al and Kelly left this morning and other folks are getting ready to leave—Jim and Bev will be heading out in a couple weeks.  The temps are starting to rise--80+ in the daytime, 60 at night—we rarely ever see a low as warm as 60 degrees in Montana, even in August!