Crowne Plaza Hotel Phoenix-Corp Ctr N (Metro Ctr)

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 ...

... footed in the Pacific Northwest, you don't think about where your water comes from. And reclaimed water? Yucky.<br>But here in the desert reclaimed water is what makes the golf possible. And in Arizona, golf is king.<br>Water courses through Phoenix like an Oregon holiday--wet and extravagant. I cringe to see man made ponds, lakes, waterfalls and rivers in this desert decorate developments like baubles on a tree.<br>But when you know they've ...

... 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 ...

... 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.

... arrived in Scottsdale about 5pm. Very long day.<br><br>We had about an hour before we headed out to tea at My Big Fat Greek Restaurant. We walked from the hotel and it as about 4 kms away - or very very long walk anyway. It was quite a nice place. I had this funny pasta thing that was like lasagna. After tea didnt feel like going out so a bunch of us walked back to the hotel as the next day was hot air ballooning and we had to ...

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.'

... in the washer, Mom an Scott headed for the kitchen with Scott preparing salads for dinner with Mom's verbal recipes. By noon the wind got quite strong and we hope that we had everything tied down at the RV. Scott rounded up some steaks and served Mom's birthday dinner! Once again he came through! Good one Scott!

I spent the day mostly getting ready for my trip. Packing and repacking, trying to make things fit better and wondering how I will be perceived, as I look at the clothes I have packed and trying to remember why I signed up for this adventure so readily without really thinking it through. In the same moment, I am so glad that I took that insane step to make choices that will surely change ...

Today was a lazy day. Most of the day was spent packing and cleaning so that we have little to do tomorrow morning. I spent a good amount of time this trip working on my book and am very happy with what I have accomplished, though it is never enough. We did take our neighbours, Denise and Steve, for dinner at Serrano's, a local Mexican restaurant near here. For Mexican food it is quite good, but not fabulous, still the price is right.

... But we made it to the hotel without any crash and not too much hassle. The parking lot we parked on, which was next to the hotel, wasn't a 24 hours parking. So we had to move the car before we did what you do in TJ. We found a 24 hour parking lot and started our day in TJ. There are a lot of hawkers on the main street and it remembered me of Kuta, Bali. But we resisted and didn't buy anything. Instead we headed pretty much straight to a bar, because ...