Sedona is so peaceful and beautiful, especially since we’re seeing it right after Las Vegas which could hardly be more of a contrast. We drove here Friday and have enjoyed our short time here. We’ll leave tomorrow after I sit through a 90-minute timeshare presentation which I agreed to do when the condo management people…
Today after brunch we went on a gondola ride on the outdoor canal at our hotel (Venetian/Palazzo) with Dante, a native of northeastern Italy, as our gondolier and serenader. Then after eating carmel/chocolate apples from the Palazzo food court, we sat in the outdoor hot tub and met Californians who gave us travel suggestions when…
I’d sing you a morning golden and new. I would make this day last for all time, and fill the night deep in moonshine. My apologies to those of you who know this story… When Charlie was three or four years old, he loved the movie Babe which he watched on DVD multiple times per…
Oh my golly. I rented a car this (Monday) morning, and we drove to Hoover Dam and then Las Vegas (nearly 300 miles from Phoenix). Along the way we saw more saguaro cactus as well as Joshua trees. We toured the power plant at the dam and walked on the road along the top of…
It was good to get away from the pavement for a little while this evening and enjoy an hour-long ride through the desert. Our guide, Jake, pointed out petroglyphs carved by the Hohokam tribe about 1,000 years ago and told us about the huge saguaro cactus we saw along the way. I think Jake probably…
The strife is o’er, the battle done. With all traces of abdominal distress having vanished, we ventured out to the Arizona Science Center today – a six-mile round-trip walk. Just finding the entrance to the building seemed to be an IQ test – which I nearly failed. It’s an ugly, odd, concrete building with a…
What you are about to read is a whiny diatribe, and I would just like to apologize to…everyone in light of Typhoon Haiyan and the devastation it has wrought and in light of the fact that Monday was Veteran’s Day. I know that my life is a dream world compared to the way most people…
I’m so glad we’re here in November and not in the summer. The 6% humidity is already causing our lips to bleed and skin to be dry and itchy. If we had to couple that with 120-degree temps, I imagine that would be rather unpleasant. There’s not a lot of plant life that grows in…
We were only in Colorado for a couple days, but we packed those two days full. It was good to see friends we hadn’t seen since we moved. Among our appointments was, of course, the orthodontist. We found out Laurel may get her braces off in early February – a bit earlier than we expected,…
I’m updating my blog with pictures while I’m here at Barb & Ray’s house since I now have a fast Internet connection. We really enjoyed our time on the central Oregon coast. We saw lighthouses, seals, sea lions, sand dunes, Art Deco-looking bridges built by the CCC, a giant Sitka Spruce, a primordial-looking forest, a…
Travels with Charlie and Laurel 