Wednesday, December 14, 2011 The Escapees Ranch - Lakewood, NM 39 degrees’ and sunny to 63 degrees’ and sunny with a cool breeze.

Town Hall meeting today members of the co-op discuss the operation of The Ranch.

Escapees Chili chapter # 23 luncheon was held this month at Chaps in Artesia at a Mexican food restaurant. Twenty of us gathered there for a nice luncheon and chapter meeting. Bonnie and Maryann went visiting a retired Ranch Hand Cass now living in Artesia.

Silver Sally and Buster in the Arizona Desert

We are looking forward to Quartzsite, the gray cool weather here in December is getting to us now. We need the change and are looking forward to that boondocking life.

Thursday, December 15, 2011
The Escapees Ranch - Lakewood, NM 30 degrees’ and partly cloudy to 46 degrees’ and cloudy, to a light rain.

MEWS - (Men Eating Without Supervision) four of us went in two vehicles to The Paddock restaurant east of Artesia, NM about five miles. I had to get back for a finance committee meeting.

The four of us played Mexican Train dominos' George & Bonnie and Don and Doris. Girls against Boys, tonight Boys win.Tonight Bonnie went to a bible study in Artesia and I went to an Elks lodge meeting in Carlsbad with Soren and Barbara.