Embassy Suites Phoenix - Biltmore

... 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 ...

... 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.

... of view of the tribes themselves, and we took a tour of the museum led by a young Navajo woman. Much of her talk centered on women's concerns such as jewelry and dresses, but she did a good job describing other aspects of the tribe&#8217;s cultural practices and history as well.<br><br>Back at the casita, we relaxed, walked the grounds and sat around the pool for the ...

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.'

We're Baaack! We made it through our 48 hours of grueling travel and have landed in Arizona. I have attached all the Bali pictures that we promised. We are enjoying all the things that home has to offer eating raw veggies and drinking straight ...

... nearby that I could see, except a Waffle House. The breakfast was diasspointing. Flagstaff - Residence Inn - Clean, basic studios. The mini-studios are layed out over several 2-story buildings, with each one having a separate entrance from the street. It's located about 10mins from downtown Flagstaff. If you go to Flagstaff, you MUST have dinner at San Flippe's in downtown, the food was delicious!!

... back up to the good old USA. We had to wait about an hour in front of the border, but that is absolutely normal. We stopped that night in San Diego and visited Chad, Travis and Shawn again. Now came Claudis last day of her vacation and she wanted to see something of LA as well. So we started early and drove up the Highway one from San Onofre all the way to Long Beach. This took us through the Orange County in SoCal and also to Newport Beach, where, as ...

... Finley so our homerun streak continues. Now we are off to meet up with Brett's cousin's place. We chilled with Brett's aunt and boyfriend, Aaron. He went off about poker, the swimming pool, and especially the TV show "Survivor". At about 12, Brett's cousin Krissy rescued us and brought us back to her place. Not without getting confused and going around in circles. So now we are here and we all chilled and talked. Now we are crashing for the night. Until tomorrow.