We'll be heading to a Verde River Access point which is off of Tuzigoot Road. Directions are on the right. Meet up time is 8:15 am on Tuesday, 5/30/83.
There are lot of trees, so opportunity for shade, water (you're right on the river), occasional ducks - see a photo from last August.
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| Duck is First Row Center |
But onto the present and what we did last week. We met at the Shuttle Parking Lot near the Posse Ground Trailhead which was right next to the parking lot we used the previous week. While there were a lot of the same views as the previous week, there was a grand display off to one side.
While, LeAnne, Cathy, Nori, Sandy & I were talking about I don't know what, but something that had us all smiling, we saw a woman looking a little lost.
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| LeAnne, Cathy, Nori |
The woman was a visitor from Japan who was on foot and had been given a map at a Ranger Station, she was looking for Devil's Kitchen. Now, while her English was very good, there was still a bit of a problem trying to understand everything she was saying. But Sandy was kind enough to lead her over to the trail that takes you to Soldier's Pass.
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| Lost Visitor & Sandy |
She (the visitor) saw that we were all artists carrying our stuff and she told us that her interest was football (soccer to us) and she had these flyers with her that showed her and a "football" team -- looked to be somewhat professional although we couldn't really understand what she was saying nor understand what any of it said, however, the flyers looked great.
While we were still standing there talking Robin arrived.
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| Robin |
This was her last day to join us until October as she heads to her "other" home.
Well, when Robin arrived I had to ask her about her email concerning the Fall Fest that we'll be attending in October at Slide Rock and why she couldn't attend. What she said is this "Singing Lily in Secret Garden in Indy" ????
So, here's the scoop -- not only is Robin a painter artist but how about she's an opera singer. Oh My, well we were all very impressed!! Who else is hiding other talents??
We actually all decided on standing in pretty much the same spot as we all seemed to like that distant view. It also made for easy conversation.
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I didn't get LeAnne in her spot, she went over to an area just the other side of the shrubs beyond Robin. Oh, and My spot was just in front of Sandy and across from Nori. I should mention that Nori is giving watercolor a try, her normal medium is pastel. But, she went all in and bought the En Plein Air Pro watercolor setup. I think she's discovered that watercolor paints weigh a lot less than carrying around the many pastels required to do the beautiful paintings she does. Guess the medium she brings along will depend on how heavy she wants to lift that day. I should mention that the sun was very strong -- I have some very nice color on my RIGHT arm 🙄, so next week maybe we should all remember to bring suntan lotion. When it came time to set up our gallery, as usual, the WIND picked up. Pulled out the trusty roll of tape and started trying to tape the paintings to the bench. Did this repeatedly as the paint didn't stick well to the bench. While setting things up, a group that decided on going to the previous week's spot instead, came over to lend their paintings to the gallery and join in on the photos. Unfortunately, our opera singer, Robin, had to leave early.  Oh, when you see the picture of the smiling artists, don't panic -- she didn't leave him behind, in fact he wasn't even there that day (let's see if you can figure it out).  (L to R) Nori, Cathy, Sandy, Lisa, LeAnne, Bob, Jo, Chase, Betty then squatting down, Me So, you now understand what I meant, right?? Chase sure looks a lot like Hamilton, so if you were worried that Hamilton was left behind you can rest assured, instead it's another little button nose who, by the way, does look like he's thinking about giving chase, hmmm, wonder if that's how he got his name and what he was looking at. Have a good week! Cecilia |