Aloft Glendale

Erin is one of, if not, the oldest friend I have. We met in fourth grade and have managed to keep in touch over the years. I blame Erin. And this little girl I played tag with in elementary school is now a mother of an adorable little boy. She and her husband Mike had Alysia two years ago and we had a wonderful ...

We did a bird walk this morning at Veterans Oasis Park, a new reclamation project in Chandler. Reclamation meaning the end product of a waste water treatment facility.<br>We have a fish able lake here with limits and everything, a large wetland and an environmental education center on site.<br>Parks like this are an inspiration in the desert. Take a look at the pictures to see what I mean--would you guess it's genesis?<br><br>When you grow up ...

... California at the Thousand Trails membership park - closest one to 'home'<br><br>11/29/2009 - Lake Menifee, RPI park in Nicolaus, California<br><br>12/06/2009 - Morgan Hill, California at the Thousand Trails memberhip park<br><br>12/13/2009 - somewhere along the Pismo coast<br><br>12/20/2009 - Manteca, California<br><br>12/26/2009 - Catalina Spa, RPI park in Desert Hot Springs, California<br><br>01/02/2010 - Emerald Cove, Parker, California<br ...

... a 36,400 acre preserve--that's 1/3 the total land area of Scottsdale and the largest urban preserve in the county. <br><br>Lost Dog Wash trail is an entry point to the preserve, a gentle hike up to Taliesin Overlook with majestic views of the north valley, Camelback, Squaw Peak and Pinnacle Peak, and breakoff points to other trails.<br><br>Check out the photos for the continuing discoveries of bobnkaren.<br>

... Ouzo out, before we headed to possibly my favorite bar/club since Ive been away. It was called Dos Gringos and was an open air bar with loads of lights and things hanging, a massive Jenga, other bar type games, dance floor, just a good time place, oh and it was 10 drinks for 10 bucks, ouch!!! Needless to say we were there till close before finding our way home. Although a brief stop it was lots of fun.

We started our trip from Tempe, Arizona (see how we currently lived there). Our goal was to find a new life and our destination was the south-west, southeast, and notrth-east sections of the United States.<br><br>So it was time to say our 'Good byes.'

... next few days. All that was left was to fill 'Maggie' up with petrol, and make our way to the freeway. Luckily, we would find that we were just ahead of our holiday weekend, rush hour traffic, compadres. The three of us were to meet Ian &amp; Gioanna and their two girls Molly and Talia at the cabin, as they had left earlier in the day. This made things even more anxious for us as we had already gotten a couple of ...

... myself at exactly the same point I was at last year. I've taken to wandering the streets of central Phoenix at night for a lack of anything better to do. Maybe it's because I haven't found any serious relationship of consequence here in the past two years. I've become so paralyzed in my personal life, and I'm not even sure why. I still call Phoenix home, but increasingly I ...

... ever witnessed. We attempted to take photos, but none of my amateurish pics turned out. If you ever have a chance to see it, do so by all means. Once we entered the realm of sunlight again, we drove to Alamogordo through Cloudcroft and spent the night before departing this morning for Tucson which is where we currently are. This afternoon we walked around the campus of AU, which is perfectly manicured and could not be prettier. Exhausted, we ...

Happy 2006! Hope this year finds you doing more of what you want and less of what you don't. The start of a new year and I'm off and running already! Nothing soothes a little wanderlust like a big trip and I'm happy to have you along for the adventure. The trip will start a little rough with a 15 hour flight from LAX to Hong Kong. But, armed with over 10GB of music (thank ...