It's Hot

 

This week it has been over 80 degrees each day, which is an interesting departure for January. 

JANUARY!!!!!

It's not usually this warm, but we'll take it. 

So with the weather being nice I looked forward to my week, working at the different outdoor events.  The golf tournament began on Tuesday, but Round 1 was out of town in nearby Laughlin, Nevada.  It's an hour away.  Its weather couldn't have been more different. 

The wind howled at 25 to 30 miles per hour, and the temperature was probably 50 degrees at the most.  We weren't prepared for it, because we had been sweating at home.  So we didn't bring jackets.  We wore light wind breakers.  We didn't bring gloves, we had numb fingers.  We found ourselves chapped to the CORE!!!

That's a photo of me, and believe me I am cold.  COLD!!!  I was on the film crew, documenting everyone's attempts at a hole in one tournament.

See how pink my face is?????

Round 2 was today, back home in wonderfully warm Havasu.  I dressed warmly just in case. 

What a gorgeous day, though.  And it was a very nice golf course.  It's called The Refuge, and Arnold Palmer designed it.  Really neat.

I wore my red hat, to celebrate our new Governor's inauguration today.  I was invited, but I didn't have time to drive all the way to Phoenix for it. 

I am trying out a new way to publish blogs, and after I am done with this posting we'll see if I'm happy with it.  We'll see......

Soft Opening

We had the "soft opening" of the restaurant out at the airport last night. Not seriously, but we had fun with what we were doing. The electrician was there getting the projector screens and lights fine tuned, and the painter was there finishing some murals. So we bought a bunch of junk food like chips, dip, crackers and cheese, and deli meat, and I put on the movie "Stepbrothers" while we doodled around the restaurant.
Nice spread, huh?

Since it's going to be a BBQ joint, the decor is themed like a hunting lodge. There's elk trophies hanging on the walls, big comfy furniture, and the murals are painted old-timey, like they're antique pictures.
I'm enjoying the furniture:

And to make the place inviting to the local civic groups who do regular meetings and presentations, Mike had a ton of t.v.'s installed and a HUGE projector screen so a DVD can be played or a laptop can be installed to show powerpoint presentations, pictures, etc.
This is Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly having a moment on the screen, during the Catalina Wine Mixer:

And since the restaurant is at the airport, there's a plane hanging from the ceiling:

As a part of the promotion, there's a fire truck parked outside that has a smoker and grill installed on the backside. So we took it for a spin around the airport.

That's Mike, behind the wheel of the fire truck, parked in front of the competition, Havasu Air Center.
We had the lights going on the truck, and I sat second seat with the button to the horn. Honked it the whole time.

Steve sat in the back with some of the guys:


I took a picture of my car in front of a plane that was parked in front of the restaurant, to make it look like a P.Diddy photo or something. You know, my G5 parked in front of my G4, something like that....