Serious cribbage

 
Jerry and Herman in intense concentration!

Titan Missile Museum

 
Here's Dottee at the switch that would send an atomic missile to Russia. Ready for 20 years, it was never used. Whew!!

Ready to GO!

 
Eileen and Nancy here, ready to swim in the GV Senior Games meet.

GV Swimming

GV Senior Games Swimming

Today, March 20, was the big swim meet! There were 90 swimmers includding our GV team of men and women. Scoring is by age group, same as "Masters". There were four women in my age group - 80 to 89. As you see, they were competitive! No golds
for me today although I was ahead in the backstroke until I hit the lane line near the end! We all had a great time.

Tohono Chul Park

There are lots of desert flowers blooming here now. Not all are cactus!

subject to be painted

Our plein aire painting group had a great time in Tohono Chul Park and then lunch in the Tea House. There were 18 of us for lunch!!!

Tohona Chul cactus greenhouse

Many varieties, some in bloom are in the park where we paited on Thursday

daisies

All around the GV East Center are daisies in bloom!

Jean and Charlie from SV Anore

We had a good visit on Friday with cruising friends, Jean and Charlie and their pup, Riley down from Calgary, Canada. It was fun catching up on their travels to Africa, Thailand, Romania and other interesting places including old times and characters in Nuevo Vallarta.

Bocce ball tournament

Today Herm advanced by winning the second tier of the 4 tiers for the gold medal. Good luck, Herm!

Jasmine and Fred, skiing for cancer

They skied all night, 90,000 vertical feet, fundraising for cancer research. Central Kitsap High School had two teams and raised $7000.

lunch on our patio

 
Yesterday on our patio, it was a sunny 83 degrees, perfect for lunch there!

our bike path

 
We ride on this path to swim at the West Center pool. The road route is longer and has a hill!

Tumacacori Mission

 
This church was built by the Franciscans between 1800 and 1820 as a replacement for the original church built by Padre Kino, a pioneer Jesuit priest who arrived here in 1691. The first church was built in 1757. Raiding Apaches frequently visited the area, pillaging the Yaqui and D'Odham Indian villages and the church settlement which caused them to be vacated periodically. The church and granery, along with the convent, priests' house all finally fell into ruins. Today this place is a National Historic Park.