went to the AZ state fair

not as big as the NY state fair but way more expensive , well at least more then last year, it was $5 to play a game, we went to the demo derby which was nice cause they have a larger area then ny's ......they had a few rides that NY's didn't have....not as many buildings either...there was one like the center of progress, and one sort of like a flea market but was located under the grand stands, and a hobbie one that was all, we didn't go in the one animal bulding so not sure what kind of animals they had,,,I got a few more of those blocks of crystal with the picture etched inside them, with the rotating light under them, alot cheaper here then ny, geno bought me a few before and paid $20 just for the crystal, here we got a crystal and rotating light for that.....I won a monkey playing one of the water games lol, I have him sitting out on our patio,,, isnt he cute

went to the movies 1st time in years

always hate going to the movie theaters what a big rip off they are and are now even worse then the last time I went lol complained about paying $6 to go. well we spent $9 lied that matt was 12 so he was only $5. went and seen the movie Stay not as good as we thought nothing like the trailer.... but loved the theater nice large comfy seats and they are set up like stadium seating so no matter where u sit the people in front of you heads are not in your way, the seats reclined and rocked you had a choice if you wanted your arm rest down or up, and the sceen was HUGE with a slight curve to it making it awesome to watch a movie....

remember that bug

this is the bug that was on me AAAAHHHH found out what it was ..... it is a water scorpion and they BITE!!!!!!!!!!! below is a clearer picture

the following a few pictures are of our mountain drive I took over 200 pictures that day

here is where the kids seen a gilla monster which is a lizard that has gills that come out on the side of its head. I couldn't get the picture of it cause it was too dark in the crack. this picture is on the northern side of the mountains so much greener on this side going down the mountain you can see the canyon lake. and the winding roads. speed limit was only 25 mph and 10 mph around curves. you can see up ahead how sharp some of the curves were, some you had to toot your horn prior to going around them. this road we drove on is highway 88 most of these following pictures I took out of the sunroof while we were driving this is showing how close to the side we were driving. could reach my hand out and touch the mountain, some spots were drop offs . sign showing how curvey the road is ahead top picture is of a canyon like area there was a cave with water going in it down there, bottom picture is a close up of the cave and water canyon lake , it was beautiful and so quiet this bug was ON ME ....almost gave geno a heart attack when I jumped and screamed no idea what kind of bug it is yet but will find out it looks like some sort of stick bug. they all laughed at me for taking its picture (it is a water scorpion) samm standing on top of a mountain never thought a desert could be so beautiful

These pictures are of a ghost town

that we seen in the beginning of our drive through the first group of mountains these birds were playing in the water dripping out of the hugh bucket of water they were so funny rolling around in it above is the grave yard, below is the church, they hold mass on sundays there geno in front of the jail look real close at this picture of the man in the chair, didn't know about it till I put the pictures on the computer (see Geno???) samm standing in front of the general store this is a sign in the beginning of the ghost town mining rail this is elvis presley's church this is real cool , it is petrified wood with drawings on it another jail, and a hanging post