Happy Jack in August!

We had a fantastic day yesterday! We travelled back to Happy Jack, AZ... (where we went Quad-ing a while back) to visit Connie and Ross who were staying at the Happy Jack Lodge in their camper!

On the way up there, we made a brief pit stop just outside of Payson, AZ at a casino. We both walked out with more than we walked in with! Hooray! I actually won enough to pretty much cover the cost of the laptop that I purchased last weekend!

With that done, we ventured on to Happy Jack. Ross took us out riding in the Jeep and showed us this fantastic place. Blue Ridge Reservoir I think it was called! Looks like a great place to go kayaking! So... we are now thinking of purchasing kayaks! Much cheaper and easier to haul than Quads!

We returned and had a fantastic dinner of Connie's homemade chili... and Ross' famous hot dogs! (Pass the celery salt, please!) We even had a little spot of rain... even though the sun was out in full force! A very nice afternoon indeed!

After enjoying a perfect day of great temperatures and fresh air... we had a leisurely drive back to Mesa, and were ready for bed by the time we walked through the door! All in all... a fantastic day! Thanks Connie and Ross for inviting us up!!! Today... we need to do a bit of kayak shopping research! :-)

I'm Wireless!

Maybe not truly blog worthy... but I have joined the wireless age and purchased a laptop! It wasn't really planned, but with the various back to school sales going on... the prices looked good! It didn't take long before I was all set up and on our wireless network at home! Hooray! Only $500 after all of the assorted rebates! This INCLUDED a free all in one printer/scanner/copier (again after rebates!) so we were quite pleased. Amazingly enough... we bought a 5 year warranty for $200 which covers the entire machine... and they will even provide a "loaner" if I need to take it in for any reason! All in all... I am a very satisfied customer at the moment!

In other news... I have completed Harry Potter Book 7. No spoilers here... I promise. I will only say that in my opinion, I was very happy with the way that J.K. Rowling finished up the series. Currently I am participating in a chapter a day re-read with my BookCrossing pals... so the Harry Potter fun is far from over! For any Harry Potter fans out there... feel free to check out the message forum from our read along... Harry Potter Book 7 Read Along

Not much else to report right now. We are tentatively making plans for a long weekend getaway for my birthday in Palm Springs next month. Aside from that... work is keeping both of us pretty busy and life is pretty normal and boring.