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| A little view from TAPCO - Photo provided by Nita |
We will meet at 8:15 am on Tuesday 6/13 at the TAPCO Verde River Access Point. You'll find directions on the right.
Before I get started on last week which had it's own surprise, here are a few photos worth seeing and I will explain.
Ok, so maybe you don't know the wedding couple, but I can assure you that you know the woman's mother. It's our Nita and she was right there paddling along. As she put it "We had a flotilla of family & friends kayaking up the creek to Lisa & Brady’s special spot to share vows “en plein aire”! Beautiful day, beautiful weather, beautiful people! " Knowing it's Nita's daughter, somehow it's not so surprising. What a fun way to start your married life together. I wish them a wonderful life together.Now, for what happened last week. Suzette and I were driving down the road when I realized there was a maroon Jeep in front of me, gee that looks familiar. Well, we arrived at the parking lot right behind the Jeep and out came some bearded guy. Hmmm, oh wait a second, I recognize that Mug
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| Mike |
Betty was there & Sandy arrived, then Tecla and Denise.
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| Suzette & Betty |
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| Sandy |
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| (L to R) Sandy & Tecla |
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| Denise |
I then heard some talking and it sounded like Lisa. As it turns out Lisa and Bob arrived somewhere in the 7-8 timeframe.
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| Lisa & Betty |
With their early arrival, you know they were already in their spots and it looks like Betty decided on a spot near Lisa. Bob, however, was not in sight. I'll have to find him later. But, in the meantime it looks like Sandy found another arrival.
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| Sandy who found Cathy |
Here is where I picked up on a little tid bit of info. While Lisa was discussing a whole art value related thing with Betty about looking at a photo of the scene in black and white (nice and informative). While Sandy on the other hand was discussing the fact that she wound up with blisters between her toes last week from going barefoot in that sand (also informative). She said it was a bit enlightening when she had put her shoes back on last week as we were leaving -- like "Ouch, what's that?" I'm thinking she was wiggling those toes too much in the sand as she had continually mentioned how fun it was.
While learning about the potential sand hazards, Carolyn wandered in.
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| Carolyn |
And, she quickly decided on a nice spot in the shade.
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| Carolyn |
Then, wow, she did it again~!! It's Nita (yes, the mother of the bride above). But, what I'm referring to is her arrival time. Once again, she arrived right on time as this timestamp is 8:20, therefore, her arrival in the parking lot had to be 8:15 if not earlier.
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| Nita (Mother of the Bride) |
Just in case you weren't counting - so far we're at 11. See, I really can count beyond 2.
Meantime, I'm still wandering around undecided on a spot. In case you were wondering, my bag isn't as light as it should be.
Well, let me go over to the other side where the river is deeper and is flowing on down to this little beach area.
If you had any doubts before, this pretty much solidifies it. Who else would be ensconced among shrubs and trees.
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| Mike in his spot and behind him is Denise |
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| Denise in her spot |
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| Suzette |
As you can see, Suzette, also opted for this same general area. Her spot was a little bit beyond Denise.
Right about now Chris & Zoe showed up and she found a spot on that outcropping of land.
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| Chris & Zoe (as Tecla put it - "a girl and her dog") |
By this point you're probably wondering where the rest of the spots were and where the heck was Bob.
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| Spots beachside (L to R) Tecla, Nita Cathy, Lisa & Betty |
Ok, the truth is, I took that picture coming back from finding Bob which is why you're getting the back of everyone's head. But, let's face it, I couldn't get all their faces unless I went wading anyway.
So, Bob, well his spot turned out to be down near where Suzette had been the previous week.
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| Bob |
In case you were wondering, it was hot in the sun and for some reason I seemed to have left the analytical side of my brain at home that day. Because had I properly analyzed the situation, I would've quickly determined that I was putting myself out there in a spot that was FULL Sun with no chance of Shade.
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| Me in full sun along with Sandy in her spot (Photo thanks to Tecla) |
Well, with Chris & Bob that brought our number up to 13 and no I didn't have to take my shoes off to count that high. I do believe that Cathy did have her shoes off again though.
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| Yup, it took quite a bit of zooming, but that's Cathy, barefoot. |
It was another great & very pretty morning on the Verde River and we all managed to put together something to show. For some reason we had a harder time building our gallery as a lot more backpacks had to be put to use. But we succeeded as you can see.
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| I actually snuck one in there, maybe the group photo will give you a clue whose it was. |
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| Back to Front (L to R) Denise, Lisa & Me Middle Row (L to R) Betty, Tecla, Sandy, Carolyn, Mike Front Row (L to R) Bob, Cathy, Nita, Sandy's legs, Suzette, Zoe & Chris |
Ok, so as I'm looking at the photo and naming names I saw Sandy in the middle row, but then I got to the front row and geez, I don't know was she in the middle row or the front row?? So, she's listed twice.
The person whose painting I had to sneak in was the same person & her dog that I had to squeeze in here. She had to run off to work. Hope I got her height pretty close, but then the front row always appear larger.
Well, off to another section of the Verde River next week. Hope to see you there!
Cecilia