April Happenings

This is a picture less synopsis of our month of April.


1. We started off with JB having to report to jury duty in Holbrook (about an hour away from Heber.) This would be the third time he's received a summons since we retired...one for Maricopa County, which was easy to get out of....and one when we were on the road, which was also easy to get out of. He had no excuse not to do his patriotic duty. His name was the last of the selected jurors, which ended his thought that he was not going to get picked. The case was several counts of sex with a minor. It wouldn't be kosher to share details. All I need to say is "GUILTY". While we were home we had a nice 6 inch layer of new snow but it quickly disappeared. Oh, by the way, he got paid $12 a day plus mileage!


2. Following the end of the jury duty time, we headed back down to the valley to get Buzz ready to come up the mountain for the summer. That also included saying goodbye to some of our friends (the smart ones who didn't leave early to encounter spring snow storms back home). Also had to bid farewell to the grand babies but the plan is to see them in 2 weeks. So.... we got Buzz back home, unloaded all the crap and situated him at the Heber RV Resort in a storage stall (since our driveway can't accommodate the beast).


3. April 17th was Brent's birthday and he called from the Bay of Biscay...does anyone know where that is...well, somewhere between Lisbon, Portugal and Southampton, England. He had 2 more days to go before he could say that he completed his and the Queen Elizabeth's inaugural world cruise. The trek around the world included over 37,000 miles, 38 ports and 23 countries. About 800 people (oh... guests) traveled the entire cruise, while many others just did specific segments. What a wonderful experience, while earning a paycheck!


4. It was time for me to sign up for Social Security this month and I didn't waste any time doing so. The first day I was eligible was the day I enrolled on line! Woo-hoo! They called me a week later and said they had received my application and everything looked good except there seemed to be a discrepancy in 1986. A corrected W-2 had been received but instead of replacing the previous, she thought they just had added it to the existing one, which doubled the amount. So she's checking that out and I should be good to go with receiving my first direct deposit on Sept 21st!

5. Now we have to talk turkey! April 25th we started to scout for those "spring turkeys that you can call in and should be easier to hunt than in the fall"! We scouted for 4 days with varied results, but one day I did see 2 lady turkeys (can't kill those). We did see some tracks at the watering holes but many roads proved worthless.

6. Now it's hunting season, Friday, April 29th. JB gets up at 4 AM, gets to his spot and calls the male guy in but he had no decoys so when the guy got there, there were no lady turkeys in sight and he was too far away to shoot at. Besides, it was only the first day of the 3 week hunt! Greg and Dev came up Friday night to participate in the hunting festivities. Saturday morning, Sunday morning and Monday morning---nada!! They did see many other forms of wildlife: many deer, elk and javelina but no darn turkeys. See, they know it's hunting season! Gotta be smarter than the hunters.

(I should add that I got up at 1 AM to watch the Royal Wedding.)

7. JB will continue in pursuit, while Greg goes home and will return in two weeks with the boys, as they hope to participate in some turkey action!

That ends the happenings for April. Oh, JB has now signed up for social security, too. Stay tuned for the turkey update in May.