New Restaurants and Kayak Decisions

It’s no secret that we like to experience eating at unique places and different restaurants.  Matter of fact, we try to search them out.  One place we hadn’t been in years was Rustler’s Rooste.  We were anxious to go there but not so sure we were up for dinner.  We really wanted to check out the view more than anything.  So, that’s exactly what we did.  We went for appetizers at Happy Hour.

The view of Phoenix was gorgeous but it would have been so much better at sunset when the whole city lights up.  The restaurant was pretty much what I had remembered with the western atmosphere and sawdust on the floor. It's definitely a nice place.  However, now that we’ve visited even if it was only for appetizers, we’re satisfied and there are so many other places to visit.

Terry’s mom has had to go through more medical  “procedures” and Terry has spent a few nights recently at her house playing nurse.  I think we’re moving on past that though as time heals which is a very good thing.  She's actually getting around to wanting to do a few things now.


On Thursday, she decided she was ready to go out for lunch.   Normally she’s content visiting the same restaurants over and over again.  Enough of that I thought.  It was time to take her to a new one and even one we hadn’t tried yet.   She had no idea where we were going until Terry pulled into the parking lot of Can’t Stop Smokin’ BBQ in Chandler.  Even we hadn’t been to his one but we had been at Rudy’s BBQ across the street.  We didn’t care for Rudy's at all.   We were hoping this one would be good and it was!  We really had a winner and especially because even MIL was happy with our choice. 

During the day we’ve been going for walks or riding our bikes around the area.  We had noticed a whole row of orange trees next to the local dairy.  The oranges were going to waste.  So, Terry decided to pull a "Delcie" and borrow a few.  I was the first one to taste though – not him.   I can tell you this.  They definitely were not oranges you’d want to eat.  I’m sure there must be a class of non-edible oranges as these definitely weren't ones you'd want to eat.  Ick!

Friday will be a casino day.  MIL has decided that she’s now ready to return to the casino.  She hasn’t been there in quite a while.  She didn’t want to go out before with bandages all over her face.  Now they’re down to just a couple and she feels much better about being in public.  Here’s hoping our casino time is  just going to be a couple hours and not most of the day as she’s known for. 

Decisions, decisions.  We’re still debating on what inflatable kayaks to get.  It’s really a hard decision for us.  We’ve read all the reviews at least a couple times but nothing really tells how well you’ll like one until you actually sit in it and try it yourself.  We know they aren’t like our hard shell ones we left in Washington but we certainly want them to be close.  The debate isn’t just about the brand.  We aren’t quite sure whether to get a tandem or a couple singles.  Decisions, decisions – Advanced Elements or Innova?  Or, maybe there’s another one we’ve missed.

Here we sit in Arizona.  The weather has been gorgeous.  Matter of fact, the winter weather this year has been about the best ever.  Our plans have us heading to Tucson in less than a month for Escapade.  After that we were going to start heading East.  First it was Dallas and a couple of months later we figured the timing might be right to put our levels down in Norfolk for a while.  After all, that's where Justin will be …………. Except, wait!!  That was before I received an email from him a couple days ago.  If we end up in Norfolk, he probably won't be there.  New orders are expected within the next day or two.  He has a couple ideas  where he could be sent but until he sees the orders in writing, nothing is concrete.  After all, this is the Navy.   I offered to call his Admiral but he didn’t seem to think it would do much good .  So for now, our calendar is sitting there waiting for a few erasures to hit it real soon.

‘Tis life on the road.