Lowell's Blog
Updates from the road

Our holiday season started in Cholla Bay helping the community host local families for a fun  Children’s Christmas party with Santa. What a perfect and rewarding way to start the season. While in Cholla, Brian and Heather prepared a yummy holiday dinner for the hood. As usual dinner always starts with a sunset cocktail and we were treated with  a fishing boat dropping his nets right in front of our beach.

 

Santa and some of his helpers. Frankie took photos of the party while I took photos of the kids with Santa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<..Very cute watching the kids singing Christmas carols.

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Christmas Eve at our Phoenix casa with the family. We were blessed with family at our house this year.

Adrianna spent Christmas in Denver with her family and missed by her Phoenix family. Keith was the big Left, Right Center game winner.

 

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On to Cholla Bay for New Year’s Eve

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I got crafty this Christmas and made Frankie a dinning table for Cholla.  Neighbor Mort loves these projects and adds so much with his skills and tools. Frankie thanks you…

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Removing the old glass table top and stone base took the crew above. Frankie loves her new table.

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Heather & Doug were with us this year so we had to take them to the oyster farm and our favorite Agua Chili restaurant.

Our oyster shucker , the champagne, a little lime and sauce then down the hatch

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The oyster farmer showed us how oysters are started from seedlets. Shirley was sure there was some oyster sex involved.

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Oyster hor d’oeuvres and then on to the main event. Stone bowls of fresh seafood cooked in lime juice and their special hot sauce. My mouth waters just reading this. Yum..

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The afternoon turned cooler as we headed to the Mayan Palace

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Arriving at 3, as happy hour “2 for 1” started, proves to be perfect.

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More HOODlums join us as you can see below

Great beachfront

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Another holiday tradition is El Capitan

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Fellowship

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New Year’s eve starts at Doctor Dave’s for his killer seafood paella. It doesn’t get any better..

Then on to a pre-party at the Love Shack, Ed and Marcia’s new beach shack.

Tough duty tonight

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The main event with 500 people at Wrecked at the Reef on Sandy Beach (no descriptions needed) Click photos to enlarge.

 

Cool we made it.. Actually not leaving to well after mid-night

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Our village donkeys enjoying some freedom for Christmas

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The season started with dinner at the Heffernan’s and ends with "Wigilia" at the Panasewicz’s. The hi-lites of Wigilia are herring, solmon and good Polish vodka plus lots of good sides. Always a treat and a nice way to finish the season.

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Wishing everyone a happy, fulfilling and prosperous year. Do something special this year.

Until the next Update