Typical Havasu Weekend (10-30-15)

Its pretty normal for Havasu to have something going on most weekends.  They think nothing of shutting down Main Street to traffic in order to show off cars or boats. 













This past weekend it was cars.  Lots of cars.  We enjoyed walking the streets, looking at all the classic cars. 













The great weather and plentiful parking brings out the residents by the thousands.












Now that the weather is cooling off, the weekly swap meet has started back up again, and garage sales abound.  We’ve been keeping an eye out for anything we might need.



We also decided to extend our stay in the resort for another month, until the end of November.  It would be cheaper to stay at the Elks club, since we don’t need a full month, and the price went up where we are, but the fact that we won’t have to move all the stuff we have in the casita, and find a place to park the boat, makes it worth the extra money for us.

House Update

Things are really  moving along on the house right now.

The cement has been poured for the pool….

.. and the contractor has assured us it will be ready when the house is.  Awesome!

We have to slow down the curing process by watering the cement twice a day for almost a week.

Paul and I went to work on the wall as soon as the materials arrived. We started with 8 pallets of blocks for the wall.  Each block weighs 62 lbs, and there were 490 blocks. That means we moved 15 tons of rock.  And yes, I helped carry them.  The hardest part was the first layer- we had to make sure it was straight and level for all the subsequent tiers.



  It took us 4 days, but most of the wall is done.  We actually ran out of material, so when we get the next delivery we can finish each of the ends. 

In the meantime, the cement trucks were in the front yard, pouring the driveway.

These guys sure do work hard.

The finished product:

Inside the house, the tile work continues.

The front entryway medallion:

The guest bathroom:

and the master bath walk-in shower:

Much more to come next week!