ROTARY CENTENNIAL VETERANS PARK In Cedar City UT

John, Annette and I had a great time in Panquitch. We came home had breakfast at I HOP, and then went to Rotary Centinnial Veterans Park in Cedar City. Here are a few things we saw and I enjoyed them so much.

The landscapers did a great layout on this park. There are a lot of parks being built to honor our Military Men and Women and this one is just as great as the others we have seen in surrounding areas. The sky was so beautiful and the flags are flying in the wind and it is a beautiful site to see.

Another view of the same site.

Roll of Honor for the Military . How lucky we are that we live in a free country. Many thanks to the men and women of the armed forces. :)

This Eagle is just beautiful.

It takes many people to honor our service men.

I really thought this was beautiful.

IF YOU GET THE CHANCE TO SEE THIS MEMORIAL IN PERSON AT CEDAR CITY IT WILL BE WELL WORTH YOUR TIME.

Panquitch Balloon Festival

PANQUITCH BALLOON FESTIVAL June 27 2009

We wanted to go. It is the last weekend in June and it is getting bigger and bigger. We are planning on going next year and hope to take Pam with us. Annette's children will be in Winnemucca with their dad so they'll miss out, darn.
We noticed these unic medal animals when we drove into Panquitch and took pictures when we finished. I love taking photos of things like this.
I haven't too many grand/great children around so I blog things I like.

We thought the baby giraffe was so cute and it was making sure its mom was close by.

This is what we came for. We stayed at Annette's home Friday and got up early to travel to Panquitch. John was so funny, he thought we were just going up the road a ways. But the drive was worth it. The balloons were just getting off the ground when we arrived.

I love Smoky The Bear. He has taught so many people to be careful with fire. Can you see how they are launching so they don't get into each others way. I understand he has a birthday this year.

We wanted to get a little closer and took the side road and it was in the cemetery. What a great view. Next year we'll go there first. It was a darling cemetery and looked liked the balloons were taking off right from there.

Annette and John liked this multicolor one best. If you look close you can see the people in the basket. I wanted to ride but John said,"NO WAY". Maybe next year?

It was so interesting seeing where the launched and where they sometimes ended up. We thought a few times they would land on our heads. It seems like Smoky is watching out for everyone. He is so cool.

How they ever figure out the colors they want and how to launch them is mind blogging to me. We saw them let these people climb into the basket. They had to jump the fence to to catch up with the balloon.

Can you tell why John liked this one? Check out the face and the ball cap. Pretty cool.

This was a close call but Smoky came to the rescue and they didn't collide. It was fun hearing them talk to each other from the baskets.

We just knew this one was going to land on the field next to us, but they gave it more gas and went up again. :(

It was such a great day. It was cool and crisp. I'm so glad we went. There were a lot of people there and everyone was happy to see them fly.

This was a fun site. These children had the best view in the place. They

This is the first picture we took of the balloons as we came to the hay fields. The sun was so bright but it was beautiful anyway.

A funny note: When we went into a A.M. Market there was a sign up telling the farmers that there may be balloons landing in their fields and if they didn't want them there to let the publicity person to know ASAP. We thought it was rather funny, how could they from doing it. We hope all of the farmers went along and they enjoyed the show as much as we did.

Gloria and Ted Kezos 1st SSB Tournament in Reno

We are on our way to Reno for the Senior Softball Tournament. We always celebrate John's birthday at the tournament.

The murals in Ely are beautiful. We didn't get all of them but you get the idea.

You really need to see this to believe it!!!


This was a sign that people had made protesting the "shoe tree". They said we were ruining the tree. It was quite a story. I hope you can click on it and read it all.

The tree has grown so tall people can't make their shoes stay on the branches so there is this gully full of shoes.

Gloria Kezos and I posing for a picture. We didn't have any spare shoes to throw up so we just enjoyed the site.

There was another car stopped so we had them take a picture of us near the tree. We are a handsome four some, don't you think?

We tried to get a picture of the top of the tree. You really need to see this to enjoy the magnitude of it.


The Beautiful Ball Fields in Sparks NV. The Golden Eagle Regional Parks. They Are All Astor Turf.

John and Alvie. This is the first time Alvie has been to see his grandpa play softball. He was pretty impressed. Our grandson Alvie John Guy Hafen. He is almost 6 feet tall but he looks rather small in the softball mitt.

This is the greatest statue I've seen in the softball diamonds. It shows so many expressions and you feel so small when your having your photo taken.

Our best cheerleader in Sparks. She comes every year and supports us. Sheilah C. She is Marie Mulls sister. A fun person to know.

Sheilah and Salty. The team is always happy to see her at the fields. She cheers as much as the rest of us. Thanks, Sheilah. Alvie and Grandma Pearl. I feel so short around him. It was so much fun to have him support us.

Ted and Gloria Kezos and Pearl and John Peters. Glo and Ted were really impressed with everything we did during the games. They are great friends and we have known them since Buena Park days. Around 1963

This game was so exciting. Check out the scores in both pictures and also the innings. What a wild and woolly game. We won !!!! The "boys" as I call them. Ted and John. They are glad to be here together. We've had a struggle getting them here but it was worth it.

We needed our picture taken also. Glo and Pep.

The games are over. We were 4 wins and 3 loses. The close game was worth it all!!!! On the way out we saw this Golden Eagle. It makes the name Golden Regional Parks more memorable. There are many fields and more to come. Baseball, soccer, football etc. You can't believe it until you see it.

We have stayed here for years. When we came the first time, the Atlantis gave our team really good rates and we've used them since.

This is one of the many water fountains shooting out for us to see. This is one of the reasons we like to stay here. It is so beautiful.

We are eon our way home and Salty let me take a few pictures that we didn't have time for on the way up. Thanks, Honey!!!!!

These are two old buildings in Eureka NV. We stopped for gas and an ice cream. I love old buildings and the next time we come through we hope to go through their museum. We hear it is a great place to see.

On the way we stopped to eat at this fabulous restaurant. They have the best home made pie you have ever eaten. Sad for us they ran out of ice cream so we didn't get pie Alamo. We'll do that next time.

I was a pest and wanted some pictures of the beautiful yellow flowers. John finally pulled over and hiked up the road to get the best shots and he came back with this skeleton. What do you think it is? The next shot is of the flowers plus a shot of the road. It is always fun to see where you've been and where your going.This is what we wanted to get on the way up but missed the spot it came on us so quick so we stopped on the way home and believe me, it was The Loneliest Road in America. It was also very pretty, you must make sure you have enough fuel and anything else you might need. Ted took this picture of John and I. He is always so happy to have his picture taken when we are travelling but this time he was a good sport. I really think it was because Glo and Ted were with us. :)

We made it home in one piece and will soon be going on another softball trip.