Billy Wardle Happenings

 Basha's is the grocery store which was closest to our home in Kingman.  They had some very good deals.  I liked their meat and their Wednesday boxes.  Sheri not so much.  We all loved their donuts.  They were the best donuts in Kingman.  Fridays they had a deal if you buy a dozen you get the next half dozen for free.  I enjoyed Bashas' but their territory I think is limited to Arizona and New Mexico.  They often had good deals on coctail shrimp which I would eat when Sheri was traveling.  

 Though we lived in Kingman this is my first time visiting Mi Lindo Jalisco which has been downtown for several years on the corner of Third and Beale.  I actually enjoyed it very much.  I had the special two enchiladas with beans and rice.  It was good.  The beans had a sweet flavor which I liked.  I like to mix the beans and rice, otherwise I do not eat the rice.  Tony had a torta which he also liked.   The decore was interesting highlighting the golden age of Mexican movies.   from the menu

 There is a new dog park in downtown Kingman.  The park is just north of the Visitors Center/Route 66 Museum and by Andy Devine across from Locomotive Park.  That makes at least three public dog parks and several more commercial, like behind hotels or gas stations.    

 Billed as the best Italian cuisine in the Tri-State area and it may very well be.  Serving pasta in very large bowls, the pasta has something special with a taste to delight the palette.  Also has a very nice ambience.  Reservations are recommended.  Could be a bit pricey with some dishes in the $30 range.

 After Tony's volleyball game I stopped by the concert at the high school.  The concert was provided  by the Lee Williams High School choir, the combined middle school choir (White Cliffs and Kingman), and a combined elementary school choir.  Elementary combined sand Doo Wah Diddy Diddy, Round the Mountain and When I Believe.  Middle School combined sand Pure Imagination and Promised Land.  High School sang Wad in the Water and By the Waters.  They concluded the concert with the Crawdad Song.  Made for a short and sweet concert.  The said this is the fortieth year for this annual concert. Elementary Middle Schools All Combined High School

 We have been intending to visit a rodeo in Kingman, but end up out of town.  In September we were actually able to go to the rodeo.  We had been to the rodeo grounds once before but this was part of the fair and not a rodeo.  It was fun to see the clowns try to rescue the cowboys when things went wrong, which they usually did.

 The White Cliffs Trail systems has been extended considerably with the addition of two trailheads.  The South Trailhead is just north of the couurt building.  It is on fourth street but cannot ber accessed directly off of fourth.  You can go on fifth to the Palo Christi school and turn back behind the courthouse on Maple Street until getting to fourth and then go up the hill.  You can also access the trailhead from third street, turing east on Chestnut street and following up the hill.  This is a newer trailhead having been opened a little more than a year ago.  The trail is marked intermediate.  There are two directions to go, both of which meet again at the top.  The trail to the left first goes down, close to the "K".  This trail has many switchbacks going up the hill.  The other trail to the right goes around the hill on the other side.  It is fairly steep.  After getting to the top there are a myriad of trails to fol...