Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Scottsdale, Az

... 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.

... water from the toilet, washing machine, dishwasher and tub using gravity, filters, microorganisms, chemicals and ultraviolet light--well, you wouldn't want to drink it, but it's okay now.<br>They also cool industrial plants with it, water highway medians &amp; community common areas, and probably most importantly--return large portions of it to the aquifer.<br>OK, it's still kinda yucky, but it's the savior of the desert, so I'll get over it.

... 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.'

... fiscal responsibility (ballsy to throw that into a post about a 4 month vacation I know) I decided against backpacking across Europe and chose instead to live and "work" amongst the European, Australian and Canadian college aged crowds descending on the Greek islands for a summer of pure bliss and making new friends. It's all a little scary but definitely exciting and if my brief trip last year is any ...

... They did have the filets we needed, 6 of them for dinner at Waynes tomorrow evening, then home where I fixed fried taters with onions and a big salad for us. Gary and Sharon called today-he is 65 now! He was grumbling that we were going wheeling without him! March 29th - Sunday - Charlie took my van in for an oil change, and they said it was low on oil and they would not change the oil in it! Charlie added a quart and it seemed overfilled so we will just wait till ...

December 1 2008-Forgot to mention yesterday that we passed through the town of Hope AR, home of Mike Hukabee, former governor and runner for US President this year, and also home to a guy named Bill Clinton. Morning in Texarkana AR-an over cast sky and cool. Had trouble getting the generator started this morning - we are out of battery by about 3 AM each morning, and it should not be that way. We drove on through Dallas-Ft. Worth, and just west of Ft Worth I started ...

... than we have mustered to date as we begin to tackle reading tropical water and dodging coral heads. The planning is going on now. Here is the general plan for spring Bahamas... as posted on a boating blog...... "My wife and I will be doing my first Bahama cruise this coming winter/spring and am now trying to do a high level plan for how we might allocate our time. We will be in a 40 foot/25 ton/7kt trawler. We ...