Comfort Inn Prescott

... got my walking stick and medalion. Now I revisit my old fav's and have last years list to look forward to discovering. That should keep me busy until next years event.
Can't believe it's Thanksgiving next week. I'll be joining new friends for the day and doing some more walks over the weekend. Happy Tofurkey day to you all. PS don't forget to eat your vegetables like pumpkin pie - hey, pumpkin is a vegetable, right?
On the 28th is the Holiday Light ...

Plan to leave friday afterrnoon returning Sunday. We will stay at Planet holloywood as we have been staying at Excalibur the last 15 years and want to try somehing new. Planet holloywood has the shoe Americas got Talent and across the st the new Aria hotel the one wih all the glass has a new show viva Elvis a cirque de sol show

We had some snow last week. Yes, real snow in Oct. and I'm told that's very unusual. Was it ever. It didn't stick, but was pretty exhilarating. I was standing out in it downtown, arms out marveling at the sight. Everyone else was getting in out of the weather. Today it is in the mid 70's after a low in the 30's this morning. Quite a change!

Sat. I hiked the real Aspen Creek Trail ...

... tall beautiful Ponderosa Pines I've come to love. Quite a bit more out in the open and yesterday the temps reached nearly 80 in the afternoon. This was a 3.5 mile hike and I took a couple of hours to hike it. As usual I stopped often to check out the great views and take pictures. It was a nice hike.

Sister Lynn and her hubby Bill are supposed to be here this aft. for a quick visit. Can't wait ...

... along with a dozen other duties. It's a great opportunity to learn new skills and get my self out there. I feel confident that this job will lead to another. I'm on my way! To celebrate, I went kayaking on Goldwater lake this morning. I beat the crowd and had such a lovely morning paddling around for an hour, then I stayed another hour or so reading and listening to the birds calling and the wind singing in the trees. I found my ...

... home. I am driving into Santa Fe tomorrow. I'll spend the night there tomorrow night and I have booked some time at a spa in Santa Fe on Monday per Rick and Sally's recommendation. I then have plans to go north to Taos and take pictures of what has been described of another beautiful part of the country. I'll spend Monday night in Santa Fe again before hitting the pavement and heading home first thing Tuesday morning. I can't say that I'm ...

... informs us that we are now on central 'stranded' time - turn our watches back an hour, better still take them off! Our room is decorated with family photos, books, trinkets and is so very 'homey'. Breakfast, at the civilized hour of 8.30am consisted of fresh juices, freshly brewed coffee and ... fresh banana with vanilla yoghurt and granola to start, poached salmon, steamed asparagus, portabello ...

... The train is running about 10 min behind and we're a little nervous. What can we do but wait? Nothing. We get there, more sprinting, standing in line, checking bags, run to security and realize the lady at the counter hadn't given us boarding passes. Wende runs back to get them and we sit down on the plane in time. Hours later in London (Heathrow) we have some time to kill again with our 5 hour layover ...

... a very busy casino with lots of young people and loud music and entertainers I could tell it was the type of place Tom would like! We walked through some of the smaller casinos finally ending up at Harrah's. We ate some dinner there before catching the monorail back to our hotel to get some sleep. It had been a long day with many hours spent on a bus, but it was definately worth it to see the grandness of the Grand Canyon.

... Well okay, laughing. So my solo walk at the canyon today brought a couple of insights. First, it was really fun to walk by myself and to give myself permission not to be caught up in someone else's agenda, e.g. my friends'. Second, when I experience being in the moment and in my own life, things look new, even things which I've looked at many times before. My experience on Hermit trail IS what I can expect on the Camino de Santiago. I also have been witness to a hunger in others ...