On Monday we took the bus several miles north to the Dreamy Draw Recreation Area which is part of Phoenix Mountain Preserve where we picnicked and hiked. Today we took the light rail to Tempe and walked around the campus of Arizona State University. Tomorrow we may do a little more sightseeing before doing the…
Phoenix is back in full force. Monday night from about 10:00 to 11:00, a helicopter flew circles around a house a few doors down with its searchlight aimed at the ground. I searched the Web that night and the next day to find out if there was a fugitive in my neighborhood but couldn’t find…
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…
Travels with Charlie and Laurel 