LUAU TIME.............!!!

 Last night was Luau time at the Pima Fairgrounds for the Ramblers RV organization.  Our donkeys were invited to participate.  This is the 2nd time the donkeys have been invited to one of their get togethers over the years.  The people really enjoy seeing the donkeys and the donkeys really enjoy having access to green grass, so it's a win-win for all......!!!!  

Kim and Frijolita getting ready for "showtime"

Mike and Frijolita

La'Roy doesn't seem to be the least bit excited about the "weird" relative holding his lead, he's enjoying the green grass.

Jackson and Kim ready to join in the fun.  

This Saturday the Ramblers will have a Cowboy theme dinner and hoedown and the donkeys will be on display in the afternoon for people to visit.  Last time they invited us, there were so many people coming by to see the donkeys and a lot of them had stories to share about having donkeys when they were kids or stories of donkeys that had touched their lives.  

Unfortunately John and I came home from our trip to the Midwest testing positive for covid.  So we have been in quarantine since we got back much to our disgust.  Thankfully John tested negative yesterday, will retest tomorrow and if that is negative, he's good to go.  Me...........not so much.  My little test is still showing a pink line.  Neither of us has been sick, thought we had allergies from being in the Midwest with different flora and fauna.   At least if we were sick we'd have something to show for hiding out in the house...............!!!  LOL

So we have been in isolation and Suzanne has been taking care of business.  Last night Kim and Mike went with Suzanne to the Luau and will go to the Cowboy party tomorrow to help Suzanne with the donkeys.  Thank goodness for all the volunteers that have been here every day, making sure the donkeys are taken care of, while John and I were gone and haven't been able to help much since we came back.  They are all invaluable and will never know how much we appreciate their efforts.  

The donkeys haven't been wearing fly masks the last few days.  The masks are still hanging in their  pens..........just in case, but hopefully the fly season is over.  Everyone seems to be doing good with the cooler weather.  

SUPERIOR JACK ASS DASH IS OVER

 

The Forever Home donkeys waiting for the race to begin

Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time, thanks to the Bray Club's effort to put on a great race.  Lots of pictures and great stories to tell. 

Suzanne's brother Greg with his running partner Cochise.  They had a slight difference of opinion about how fast they should move at about mile 3 of a 10 mile run.  Cochise showed his displeasure at not catching the runners in front of them and gave a wake up call to Greg in the form of a well aimed kick.  They finished the 10 miles and Greg wants to run with Cochise again.  In the future Cochise will probably be wearing a red tag on his tail, which is a warning to anyone that he has been known to have strong opinions on how races should be ran......!!!  LOL

This is Cochise and Greg on the right before the race.  On the left is Koshare and Jenni.  Jenni has ran with Koshare quite a few times, and he loves to run with her.  They finished a strong 2nd in the 6 mile and might have finished 1st except Jenni had to stop to tie her shoe and Koshare took off .  It takes awhile to get the team back together and they have to start back at the point where they parted company.  Thankfully Koshare didn't get too far before the 1st place team caught him.  Most of the racers will go out of their way to help each other, which is really nice.  

This is Jenni and Koshare, trying to look exhausted after the race.  Jenni is a runner and I'm sure neither of them were wore out.   

WEATHER'S GREAT, NICE AND SUNNY...........!!

     Didn't realize how grey the skies in the Midwest are this time of year.  We didn't see "real" blue sky until we crossed the border into Arizona coming home..  Had a good time, a family reunion in Indiana and a high school reunion in Missouri.  I was really surprised at all the "grey" hairs at the school reunion.......... LOL  Well maybe not, it seemed like everyone was walking around looking at chests instead of faces.  Our faces had changed over the years, but our name tags told who we were.  Actually some of the faces looked pretty darn good, for over 6 decades of wear and tear.  

    All the donkeys looked great and I think some of them actually missed us.  Muchacho acted like he was going to climb in my lap.  With him the primary goal was to get animal crackers, he didn't fool me with his "I missed you" routine............!!

    Suzanne had volunteers to help all the time we were gone, which was great.  I think she still stayed pretty busy.  Her new modular home FINALLY was delivered, but is still waiting to be put together. 

 

    That's suppose to happen this week, the 2 sides have to be put together and made into a home.  Who knew getting a new home would take so long and be so complicated.  I'm sure it's no big deal for the people that deal with it all the time, but it's pretty nerve wracking if you've never been involved before.  Hopefully from now on, it will go smoothly and Suzanne and her mom can get moved in and enjoy being able to spread out.

    I'm sure I missed out on a lot of donkey doings being gone for almost 2 weeks.  Every day with the donkeys is an adventure with lots of observation of donkey behavior.  They certainly don't quit being entertaining just because I don't see them being donkeys.  I have noticed one thing before we left we would have to go find Bonnie in Burroland and she would not follow.  So we would have to halter her and she led just fine, just wouldn't start on her own.  

I went out a couple of times to find her after we got back, since everyone else had already went to their pens.  She followed me all the way back to her pen.  I guess sometime during the last couple of weeks she decided she didn't want to be haltered, which is a good thing.  Now if she would just come in without us having to go find her, that would be great......!!!  She's really walking pretty good for her, which is wonderful.  I assume her feet are getting more comfortable, hopefully she will continue to improve.  

Suzanne got to meet one of our neighbor's the day after we got home.  This isn't the one she met, we were too busy capturing him to take pictures.  She was in the feedroom and said he came climbing up the cabinet.  Suzanne isn't a fan of bugs and I don't think she had ever seen a centipede before.  They are pretty creepy when they move and they can give a pretty nasty sting.  She got him in the sink, covered the drain, so he couldn't disappear and we managed to get him in a bucket for release outdoors.  He probably was looking for a nice place to spend the winter, but we don't want to have to look for him everytime we went in the feedroom, so out he went........!!!  LOL

 I'm back and buried under paperwork.  Suzanne and our wonderful volunteers held everything together and the donkeys looked great.  They even came to greet us when we got home this morning.  More later, when I get a chance to raise my head, hopefully in a few days,,,,!!!

ON THE ROAD AGAIN............!!!

 John and I will be traveling for the next couple of weeks.  I haven't really joined the 21st century as far as keeping in touch with the world, we still use a flip phone.  So I will be on the road and basically out of touch until we get back to Arizona.  

We packed tonight and I packed long jons just in case the weather in Indiana and Missouri is pretty normal for this time of year.  Desert rats have thin blood when it comes to cold weather.  

I'll catch up when I get back.