Kingman is actually a great place to live. Laughlin, NV is 30 miles away if we get the urge to gamble which we rarely do. We have our own Hualapai Mountains; we go up there and camp during the summer or just spend the day for a picnic. They also opened a new motorbike trail last summer that takes you around the back side of the mountains and it is really beautiful back there. It is usually 10-15 degrees cooler up there. California is only 60 miles away if you want to hang out in hot Needles, and Las Vegas is 100 miles away. We go there periodically for fun and shopping.
Our favorite camping is in Williams in the forest and there is also fishing in several lakes. Flagstaff is about 60 miles farther east past Williams and we like to go there also to have dinner and shop if we're in Williams. Our camping rule is we take the grand kids with us as they get older but they have to be potty trained, no diapers in the motor home
I recently lost my middle youngest sister (August 09) and now I have custody of her daughter, Stephanie. She is 16 now and is adjusting well here so far. We have 4 kids and 4 grand kids that all love to go camping and canoeing with grandma and grandpa.
My husband and I have been amateur ponders for 18 years. He does all the plumbing and filter building for me. Our first pond was an old horse trough that holds 170 gallons, we still have it and use it for a holding tank when we clean the ponds. We have always talked about building a bigger in-ground pond. We've had many ponds and have taken down and rebuilt several times. I guess we are finally done, I'm really happy with our very large 2500 gallon back yard pond and will probably never have any more than the one now.
We put a greenhouse in the yard in the fall. Steve and my son, Bryan built it. It is a 10'x12' greenhouse from Harbor Freight. We put a small heater in it during the winter and we put insulation on the North wall. We'll use it in the rafters in the summer for shade for the succulents I leave in there. We'll see how that works or I'll put them out under the tree like I usually do.
So, sit a spell and cruise through my site. I have ideas for recycling, building filters to flower beds and lots of pictures of my pond and gardens, with a bit of art and quilting on the side.
These links are to my web pages.
My kitties- left to right: #1-Trouble-he is part Maine Coon a found kitty in 2007, #2-Ginger left-she's orange tabby, Baby is Manx with a stubby tail-she's going on 14 now, & Calypso-no tail-he was Ginger's brother he has been gone for a couple of years now. #3-Yoda is my black brat, who came to us in 2006 about the same time that Calypso died. He was bottle fed with 2 others and was only 3 oz when I found him.
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RIP - Sister @38 years old - Paula Ann Sixkiller - August 18, 2009
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