We have a great view from our front door. This is the sign we see every time we go out the front door.
We are parked between the track and the street. Not a tree in sight!
Football is over and it is time to begin soccer practice. They are not sure that they will have enough players to have a soccer team but they are busy practicing anyway.
Coming up on November 19 is an open house to greet prospective students and their parents. That means that the projects we need to complete post haste are things to spiff up the place. One of those projects is to put up numerous new signs. They have procured the lettering and now each one must have holes drilled in them so they can be hung. The first problem is that the wiring to the drill press is so old and brittle that it breaks when it is bent. Solution, rewire the drill press.
Since our arrival we have to clean the windows so we can see through them. Some people go to extreme lengths to make sure the windows are clean.
That same (special) somebody is also cleaning columns in the cafeteria (after her husband painted the trim around the bottom).
Here with us are the McGhees, Tina and Jerry. Tina is making sure that we can see out of the windows of the cafeteria.
Meanwhile, Jerry is slicking up the slides on the playground.
Emergency! The sink in the cafeteria started to drip sometime in the morning. By noon it was filling the catch bucket every 15 minutes. After deconstructing the whole thing we found holes rusted through the steel stand pipes that feed the sink.
After cutting away all of the steel pipes and remaking them from rigid copper we are finally ready to start putting it back together.
Over the 4 day weekend which included Veterans Day, we decided to take one of the things off of Billie's bucket list, see the big hole in the ground called the Grand Canyon. There are some pretty big holes along the way there. Here is a scene from a rest stop.
There is also some very beautiful scenery on the way. We took a side trip through Sedona and drove up the Red Rock Canyon.
I am sure that this used to be much larger but the power of water has reduced it to this monolith.
Some of the formations are breathtaking indeed!
And because the road through the canyon is a lot of this, the driver doesn't get to see much of it.
We decided to go to Williams and spend the night then see the canyon on the following day. When we got to Williams we are not to sure but we think the train was about to be held up.
The town was decorated and ready to start their Polar Express runs and they were all prepared for the children all dressed in their PJs.
Meanwhile, down town, some of the locals are trying to hit on my best girl.
The next day we proceeded to the Grand Canyon and it is grand indeed. The force of time and the Colorado River are phenomenal.
Look! Tourists!
See that little patch of green down there in the middle of the picture? That is the force which made this big hole. Boy, I got in a lot of trouble for making a lot smaller messes than this.
On the rim of the canyon there is still the definite evidence of God's handiwork.
If you have a few hours and a lot of stamina, you can take the path in this picture and WALK to the bottom of the canyon. RIGHT!
There are a few furry creatures there---
---and a few more signs of God's beauty.
And even a mama elk who plays peekaboo.
