Sunday, February 5, 2012

Super Bowl Sunday!

As I am not a real football fan, every time the Super Bowl Bus drives by once a year, I jump on and watch the game.  This year no different.  As I write this blog, the Pat’s are ahead of the Giants 17 to 9, and looks to me like they will win the game… maybe…

Judy and I enjoyed the 1/2 time show with Madonna… the way I look at it, if you land the 1/2 time show gig, play what the people want to hear!  She did, and had a spectacular ending by disappearing from the stage in a big puff of smoke!  Cool!

Judy and I took a drive today on the Burgman, down to what is known as the Box Canyon Road.  This road winds from Hwy. 10 over to the Town of Mecca.  It is a nice drive, and today the weather was perfect for it!

 

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Judy took all these pictures from the back seat of the Burgman… it is an area full of slot canyons… we didn’t go hiking today, but plan on going back.

 

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This area is known here as “BLM” land, and it is public.  Lots of hiking and Jeep type trails through this area.

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What you see is what you get here, very little vegetation here… lots of sand and rocks.

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The slot canyons are formed thanks to erosion in this area…  there is a lot of sandstone type material around.

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It makes for a real nice motorcycle ride for sure!

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After you leave the canyons, you continue on the road into Mecca, and a bunch of agriculture!  Check out this vineyard, there were a few hundred acres of grapes growing, and some being irrigated.

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Throw in a bunch of lemon trees.

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And these plants below, just starting, appeared to be peppers.

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We pulled into Oasis Dates, where they sell tons of dates, and of course date shakes!  I had an ice cream cone, as I am not the greatest date fan out there!

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They had a nice grass area to sit out on while you eat, and lots of people dropped by today.  The Palm Trees supply the needed shade!

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Another great day overall, guess I will watch and see who wins this football game!

A big welcome to RuthieG tonight, who is our 100th follower of the blog!

Till tomorrow…

5 comments:

  1. Looks like a great ride. Even though it is lacking in vegetation, the canyon walls and rock formations are interesting.

    In our family Russ gets all the dates...guess that's why he's so sweet!!

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  2. and here I thought that everyone loved dates!..at least you got an ice cream though!!

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  3. Looked like the perfect day for the ride and that ice cream.

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  4. Hmmm? Looks like a very familiar trip. I seem to recall doing that same drive just a few days ago. It was nice to see it all again. You really should have tried their Date Shakes!!

    Unfortunately, the game didn't turn out the way I had hoped. Oh well, who cares anyway - the sun is out!

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  5. Nice ride on a nice day. Hard to beat that!

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