10 March ‘08 Monday
Louise and I have been looking for a place to hit the water with our kayak for over a month. Last Saturday, when we were having our “garage sale” and showing our kayak, Jim and Carlotta Lindeman came by.
Louise and I have been looking for a place to hit the water with our kayak for over a month. Last Saturday, when we were having our “garage sale” and showing our kayak, Jim and Carlotta Lindeman came by.
Now Jim was giving some thought to purchasing another kayak so that when his twin brother comes down from Alaska, he would have a kayak for him and his wife to use. Jim and Carlotta have their own kayaks and asked if Louise and I would like to join them for a day trip to Tortilla Flats. They came by in the early morning, I tossed our kayak and accessories into their trunk, and we were off. Tortilla Flats is about 30 miles east of Phoenix or 70 miles northeast of Casa Grande. The weather couldn’t have been better. Tortilla Flats is a large water area with fingers that run off in all directions. With deep walls of solid rock, it was difficult to find a place for lunch.
The flowers were covering the hills all around us and some of the rocks were actually a complimentary cream color…it was amazing. We were but just a few boaters on the water today. As we paddled from one “finger” to another we were most often by ourselves but with a couple of exceptions. One exception was two ski boats tied together and all aboard seemed to be having one heck of a good party. The other was a paddle-wheeled excursion boat, and that was filled with visitors to Tortilla Flats. Louise and I were excited to get back into our kayak again and it was a lot of fun paddling alongside of Jim and Carlotta for the day.
Well, tomorrow morning we run to the airport and pickup Joelle (our youngest daughter) who will be spending a few days with us.