What did you do for Memorial Day?

[GaryC 7]

We had a good weekend. All three of us had the whole weekend off and had a great time. We focused mainly on letting Luz practice her driving. She is getting quite good at it. Up until this week she has mainly driven in neighborhoods and to and from her work. This week we stepped it up a notch. Yesterday she drove through downtown East Peoria and to Walmart for her eye appointment. Then she drove us to a nice Chinese buffet for dinner. She did very well. Today she really got some practice. She drove almost 30 miles through heavy traffic to a mall on the other side of Peoria. We did some shopping for her. She got some really cute summer clothes, a pair of shorty shorts, and a tank top, :devil: , some shoes and a purse to match. She looks really good in the shorts and tank top! Then she drove on the interstate (first time she did that) all the way home. I think with a little more practice she will be ready for her test. She needs to work on her close in driving (parking lots, backing and getting into tight parking spots) and she needs to be a little more smooth with maintaining her speed on the highway.

After we got home we got the mustang out, put the top down and went for a 2 hour drive through the country. We had the stereo blasting away and had a great time in the beautiful sunshine. Right now I am teaching Luz how to carve leather. She did good for her first try. It isn't as easy as it looks she found out.

So that was our weekend. What did you all do?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Drove back from Ohio. Visited some of the wife's relatives out there - got to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and got horribly sunburned at a coaster park.

[~krakatoa~ 27]

We had some really nice time with my in-laws.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Had a really enjoyable real Ukrainian dinner with another VJ couple who live nearby on Saturday, did a lot of work in the garden, bought a barbeque grill we had been looking at with our incentive cheque money, ran a lot of errands, then today drove down to High Falls State Park, set up our blanket and lounge chairs under a spreading Hickory tree overlooking the falls coming over the dam, enjoyed our picnic lunch and read for a few hours before driving home to a leisurely dinner including the first green beans harvested from our garden. A relaxing and enjoyable weekend all around.

[Empress of Groovy 373]

Jon and I took a little road trip to Las Cruces (from Phoenix) to visit an old friend of mine. It was great fun. Las Cruces isn't the most thriving metropolis, but it's not without its charms and has a great brewpub with extremely potent IPA. Yesterday we went to White Sands, which was spectacular. I'll post a picture or two tomorrow. I think I'm still squinting!

For you road trip geeks: We took the scenic route back. Instead of taking I-10 straight to Phoenix, we got on 70 from Lordsburg (a weird little place in its own right), and took that all the way to 60, through Superior and Globe, then to Phoenix. I think it only added about 30 minutes to the trip.

It's nice to drive through some of the more remote parts of AZ. My brother lived down in the borderlands for the past eight years, so I used to go down to Sierra Vista/Bisbee/Tombstone pretty regularly. It's cool how you don't have to travel very far outside the big cities before the landscape is completely different, and you're in the middle of nowhere. I seem to remember that there is a place called Nowhere, AZ, on the way to Vegas, but it might not be a real town.

Ramble, ramble.

I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day!

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Jon and I took a little road trip to Las Cruces (from Phoenix) to visit an old friend of mine. It was great fun. Las Cruces isn't the most thriving metropolis, but it's not without its charms and has a great brewpub with extremely potent IPA. Yesterday we went to White Sands, which was spectacular. I'll post a picture or two tomorrow. I think I'm still squinting!

For you road trip geeks: We took the scenic route back. Instead of taking I-10 straight to Phoenix, we got on 70 from Lordsburg (a weird little place in its own right), and took that all the way to 60, through Superior and Globe, then to Phoenix. I think it only added about 30 minutes to the trip.

It's nice to drive through some of the more remote parts of AZ. My brother lived down in the borderlands for the past eight years, so I used to go down to Sierra Vista/Bisbee/Tombstone pretty regularly. It's cool how you don't have to travel very far outside the big cities before the landscape is completely different, and you're in the middle of nowhere. I seem to remember that there is a place called Nowhere, AZ, on the way to Vegas, but it might not be a real town.

Ramble, ramble.

I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day!

Did you get to see the thriving metro area of T or C

[Empress of Groovy 373]

Jon and I took a little road trip to Las Cruces (from Phoenix) to visit an old friend of mine. It was great fun. Las Cruces isn't the most thriving metropolis, but it's not without its charms and has a great brewpub with extremely potent IPA. Yesterday we went to White Sands, which was spectacular. I'll post a picture or two tomorrow. I think I'm still squinting!

For you road trip geeks: We took the scenic route back. Instead of taking I-10 straight to Phoenix, we got on 70 from Lordsburg (a weird little place in its own right), and took that all the way to 60, through Superior and Globe, then to Phoenix. I think it only added about 30 minutes to the trip.

It's nice to drive through some of the more remote parts of AZ. My brother lived down in the borderlands for the past eight years, so I used to go down to Sierra Vista/Bisbee/Tombstone pretty regularly. It's cool how you don't have to travel very far outside the big cities before the landscape is completely different, and you're in the middle of nowhere. I seem to remember that there is a place called Nowhere, AZ, on the way to Vegas, but it might not be a real town.

Ramble, ramble.

I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day!

Did you get to see the thriving metro area of T or C

Not this time, sadly, but perhaps on a subsequent trip!

[Donna A 4]

lets see...i went to the grocery store and then came home and cooked hotdogs and hot sausage on the grill and thats about the highlight of the day. other then that just sat around playing online games, naping, watching tv. husband studied most of teh day until my mom came with her computer for him to figure out and get running again for her. then he napped and studied some more.

sunday we had a party for my brother at my parents house cuz my brother came home from california. very nice seeing him again.

[Sheriff Uling 3]

My wife and I hosted our Memorial Day Family Get Together at our place. There was plenty of Filipino food, great music, and celebration. As always, we began the celebration by praying for all of the fallen solders from times passed and for all the brave men and women who make our way of life possible. In addition, we pray for our forefathers who died fighting for the social and economical equalities that we now enjoy. It was another very enjoyable day of freedom.

May God bless America!

Edited May 27, 2008 by Sheriff Uling

[Welshcookie 17]

My hubby left for a week on business so as soon as I waved him off, I ordered the hottest Indian curry, put a large bottle of wine in the fridge and watched chick flicks Then played WoW into the early hours

[pedroh 21]

nothing yesterday, but sunday I took my son to lazy 5 ranch, a 'drive through' zoo where you can feed the animals and stuff, he liked it for a while, then he got hungry and tired, and, didn't care anymore lolol.. but it was a nice place, it's located in Mooresville NC

[rebeccajo 14]

Spent most of the weekend following our new puppy, Martha, around the house.

[*JG* 2]

We went and bet on some horses, did some b-b-quing, went to see Indiana Jones, did some summer shopping, and went out to eat. A nice weekend all the way around.

[tom&tata 2]

Spent most of the weekend following our new puppy, Martha, around the house.

puppy picture?

Edited May 27, 2008 by tom&tata

[rebeccajo 14]

Spent most of the weekend following our new puppy, Martha, around the house.

puppy picture?

LOL...I knew that would come up....

I'll get some up in a day or so. Wes has to do the re-sizing so they 'fit' on VJ.......