3/12-3/18/2011 A Visit to Gila, New Mexico

     Our adventure this time takes us to Gila, New Mexico.......home of Riley, Marley and Jazzy. We arrived Saturday, March 12, spending 6 nights in "The Gatehouse", a great little cabin rental very near to Riley's home. The girls were on spring break from school, so Riley was off as well from her art teaching at their school.  She still had her college classes to attend on Tues. and Thursday of the week.  We had a super time relaxing, visiting with neighbors & their day old baby goats, playing games, reading stories and watching the girls play dress-up and act as princesses.  Goodness, those granddaughters of ours are so busy, creative and fun!  One day, we met Riley in town (Silver City) after her classes, for dinner and a movie.  
     Riley is loving and doing so well with her college classes.  She has become quite the writer! This semester she is taking a literature class that requires a journal entry weekly about her observations and experiences in nature and the great outdoors.  This is right up her alley.  Truly, these writings of hers are fabulous and could be published! (I'm really not biased.)
     One day we took a 45 min drive out to the town of Glenwood.  There we hiked a trail called the "Catwalk".  This trial follows the path of a pipeline that was built in the 1890's to deliver water to a mining town.  You'll notice in our photos that parts of the trail are on metal walkways taking us right though the canyon with Whitewater Creek below.  It was fascinating and quite the adventure!
  

A beautiful Gila Sunset

"The Gatehouse"

The photos below are of our afternoon at "The Catwalk".

  

Marley turned 11 yrs. old on Jan. 30th!

She is growing up!!!

Jasmine (Jazzy) is quite the princess!

She will be 7 in May.

Jazzy and 1 day old goat

(Their neighbors 2 goats had 2 babies each...soooo cute!)

Marley holding 1 day old baby goat

My pretty daughter!

In front of a LDS church building in Gila

It was built in the '30s, now used for primary classes.