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| WiFi lounge inside the new Fry's Grocery Store in the Yuma foothills. TV, local papers, outlets by every big soft chair. There is a Starbucks in there too, and food samples available. I had something from the Sushi Bar. Everything is free. Good place for husbands to kick back while their wives shop! |
 For Preston & Karen. Old business for Old Printers :-) This is on Beale Street in Kingman
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| Redd & Pepe in his room in the Apache Hotel, Yuma |
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| Top shelf of Redd's bookcase. Picture of his son, Jeremy. |
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| Redd is growing several different kinds of peppers. |
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| Lots of potted flowers and different kinds of Cacti. |
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| More peppers of a different kind |
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| Redd is very clever with his decorations |
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| Wall decorations |
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| Old sign |
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| Redd built a fire for the first chilly morning of the year in Yuma. Got down to 44 degrees last night. 55 degrees out when I took these pictures. |
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| Custom seat for a Vulcan Motorcycle :-) Redd has 4 or 5 seating areas around the side and back of the hotel. |
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| Pepe checking out the seat for larger size posteriors. |
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| Sadly, Redd lost Bull earlier this year. Pepe is his replacement. A very sweet little Chihuahua |
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| The fence is all lit up for Christmas already. Redd and Michelle sold MANY antiques this past sumer, but still have a lot left. |
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| Every corner is a little different |
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| Enough plants to open a nursery. Redd has a "Green Thumb" |
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| Bull's gravesite. The finger cactus used to be in a pot on our porch in Yuma. Pat didn't like them, and they were about to expire, so Redd planted them here. They are doing well. |
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| Another fire pit and seating area. |
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| Dual purpose planter |
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| Mary in the corner, some Mexican statue in front. Redd is covering all bases. |
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| Comfortable chairs |
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| The landscaping isn't finished, there will be more gravel covering the dirt soon. Redd built this nice planting shed for Michelle this year. |
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| The back fench. The railroad track are on the top of that little hill. The old Territorial Prison is only a block away, up that hill. |
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| Redd pointing out some planning areas |
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| Baby plants |
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| Exercise Weights. And some things that just came out of the old hotel, where they are remodeling some rooms |
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| Another corner |
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| Wheel barrow full of Bones and Cactus |
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| Redd found that old crane toy in a cabin foundation at Pauline's Mine, about 60 miles North East of Yuma, way out in the Wilderness |
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| Several different colors of Bougainvilla |
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| The arched piece between the cactus was a wagon wheel. All the wooden spokes have dried up and disappeared. |
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| Several years ago, the hotel, showing Red's handiwork, made a full page in the Yuma Sun newspaper. He's hoping to get it back to that condition again. |
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| This side has already been graveled |
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| Redd just gave this stool a new coat of paint. He calls this his "Big Butt" chair |
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| Christmas weath and other colorfull (at night) decorations |
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| Side door of the hotel |
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| Very comfortable eating/seating area |
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| Dried chili for cooking |
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| Redd asked me to take this. He's had 4 serious surgeries this year for deep masses of skin cancer. He only has a few more to go. |
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| First time it's been chilly enough to wear this jacket I won as a door prize during the VROC rally in Solvang, CA last June. I rode over here on the scooter today, the coat is very comfortable. I think Pepe would like to go for a ride too! |
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| Redd relaxing. He works out here almost every day. |
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| A strain of Oleander. Covered with these pretty yellow flowers. Hummingbirds like them |
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| Several of these old wine jugs decorate the fence |
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| A working sharpening stone |
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| Need something sewed up? or a shot out of this bottle? It's there for you. |
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| When this center matures and dries up, Redd plans to make a walking stick out of it |
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| The old Apache Hotel |
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| The hotel has been in Michele's family for years. Redd and Michele work hard to keep it looking good. |
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