Country Inn Suites Scottsdale

... visiting. It's great to see an old friend with a great family, but it also makes you reflect. It was the first time I really got to play with and study a two year old. And now I know why they say an angel watches over all small children. <br>Erin and I have decided to make our visits more frequent in the future.

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 ...

... 01/12/2010 - Quartzsite<br><br>01/17/2010 - Valle D' Oro, Mesa, Arizona<br><br>01/24/2010 - Yuma Lakes, Yuma, Arizona<br><br>01/31/2010 - Wilderness Lakes, Thousand Trails Park, Menifee, California<br><br>02/14/2010 - Catalina Spa, Desert Hot Springs<br><br>02/28/2010 - Ridgeview Resort, Bullhead City, Arizona<br><br>03/07/2010 - Lake Havasau, California<br><br>03/14/2010 - back in East Mesa.....and ready for some spring training games!!<br><br>

... He has a GPS and is wanting to try geocaching so will get together with him later. The decorations were great and the music was great and since this is a younger crowd there were a lot of dancers. Unfortunately everyone was a couple &#8211; did not see any singles except me. I did have a good time though.<br><br>The bad news today was that Wayne and Ro's cat did not survive. They had 3 cats and lost one in 07, one in 08 and now one in 09. So sad for them.<br><br>So now--one to the month of November!!<br><br><br>

Every morning if we were moving on it would be bags to the coach at 7:45am sharp. Lauren had made a point on the first day by leaving some people behind after a lunch break in San Diego as they were late coming back. In the welcome tour she had given us all an 'on **** sheet' with all the addresses we would be staying at so if you got left behind somewhere or were drunk and didn't know how to get home ...

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.'

... me happy, because my dad and brother are both much better than I am and I hate getting my ass kicked. I shot a 91 on the second day, which is pretty impressive since I've only played twice since I came to Thailand. On the last day I played like an epileptic monkey and hit the ball everywhere but the fairway. Playing in the desert is hard. You can hit out of the woods, but teeing off from a cactus is ...

... had been. I had deleted a program I had downloaded and it just compromised the computer! Nothing much for rest of day but Charlies sister Jane is home from their cruise-we can tell by the amount of email junk we are receiving! March 20-Up early and Wayne, Ro and CharlieG met us here, then on to Steve and Jaynes where we joined up with them, and Paul and son in law. Off to a trail called Elvis (all shook up-Maybe??) This was only about 5 miles long and fairly good ...

... and it was perfect. I am learning how to cook it! Only got to 66 today but still pleasant. Jan 26th-A cool morning and we slept in a bit-then hung around in pjs (we're doing a lot of that lately!) till I got an Email from Scott wanting Charlie to go out wheeling in Scotts large and high pickup. Off they went to the hill we played on the other day-then Scott declined to try it, and then they didn't find the caches he was looking for, plus he pinstriped the truck and ...

... had a very nice day on the water from Ft Lauderdale down to Pumpkin Key. It was offshore all the way with powder blue water and ************e around. Can I do that tomorrow instead of my taxes? The day I would NOT want to repeat: The 'inside passage' from Ft Lauderdale to Lake Worth. If this were what boating was about, I would play golf. Crowds, bridges, racing/noisy and grumpy bridge tenders ...