Here it is, 2:55 am on Saturday morning.  Happy Birthday Taylor.  Wow! you are 16 today.  Hope you have a great day in Magrath and that you all do well in your competition.  For those of you who don't know Taylor, she is in the Color Guard with the Calgary Stetson Band.

Thursday past Gord went and signed up at the Rock & Gem Club and took the orientation.  He was on his feet for four hours and was quite sore when he returned.  April visited Jeanne for a few minutes while Gordon was gone.  The afternoon was spent very quietly, Gordon had a nap and Jeanne went to the Market.  Evening was spent playing Scrabble.

Friday was a cooler and much windier day.  Forecast is for rain this weekend. Gordon was scheduled to go to the rock club to do silversmithing but he didn't feel like he could be on his feet another day for so long.  Just as breakfast dishes were done, (you must realize that we MUST conserve water, after all we are in the desert! so dishes are saved until there are more than a few) Hans & Maria stopped by for a short visit.  The pros and cons of purchasing a unit and leaving it in Quartzsite was discussed.  Oddly enough, it was both women who thought that was not a good idea and both men thought that was the most economical route to take.  We then went to the market to return a top Jeanne had purchased yesterday and picked up four shirts for Gordon.  We hurried home to check on the awning as the wind had got stronger while we were gone.  The big tent is gone - no sign that it was ever there.  A great number of the vendors have moved out or are moving out this weekend.  Even some of the RV dealers are packing up.  It was mind boggling the number of RV's on the dealers lots for the show.  LeMesa is still here and offering free breakfast and lunch.  They didn't have anything light enough for us to pull, so we haven't been there for any of their free meals.  Guess we never think about it.  Should be pretty quiet around here after they are gone.   A lot of the RV's have gone from the desert, but a few are trickling in.  Norma and Leroy are leaving Saturday, Ed and Colette from Edmonton left Friday.  A new unit moved in next to us this afternoon but we haven't met them yet.  We think they are from BC.

We went to a jam last night, (Friday) the first one in about three weeks.  Saw Ken & Christine from Grande Prairie there.  We had met them a few weeks ago at a jam, saw them a couple of times.

Hope you are well, that the weather wherever you are has improved.  We miss you all, but not enough to face winter sooner than we have to.  We only have about five weeks left, so see ya all soon.