Hyatt Place Phoenix Gilbert

I'm getting ready for this trip that will happen in about a month. I got a new canon camera which is a RebelT1i degital 15 pix with two lenes. They sure put me back a good many dollors.
I just hope I'm able to take great pictures. I'm making two dresses to ware and will take very
few clothes. I ...

... there are dams on the Gila that remove ALL the water from the river and divert it into canals so the river bed below is completely dry. Of course, when they did that, all the Mesquite trees died. Died. Their roots run 75' deep and they died.

In the beginning of the 20th century the water table here in the Phoenix/Tuscon area was 15-20' deep; now in some places it's over 700' deep.

But when the Hohokam grew their crops here there was water ...

... at each other, "Where in the world are we?"

The show was rollicking and the food, great, but you know what was the very best? During the before show entertainment we noticed this Down Syndrome girl sitting under the window writing in her workbook, grinning at nobody, singing along to herself...

Well, the singer introduced her to us. Her name is Melissa and she's the singer's sister. She had written a song and been to Nashville to record it about this ...

Maybe we've been in the desert too long, but the Salt river was gorgeous. Clear, cold and full of pools and riffles, it flows out of seemingly dry mountains east of Phoenix like a miracle--a wet mirage.

Along it's length from Mesa to Saguaro Lake (backed up by the Stewart Mountain Dam) are access points with parking lots the size of Target, but today, Black Friday, they were mostly empty--just us and a few others avoiding the mania in town.

Further up the river lie Apache ...

... then we both did after we came home from dinner. In fact this is the first night we have not had the heat on for a couple of weeks. She wanted to watch ‘Survivor’ tonight and we did but it turned out to be a recap of previous ones.

Nov 27th—Off we went to cache for the day and found 16. Lunch was from a Fry’s deli and Spaghetti for dinner here at home with a Pina Colada .

Nov 28th – Sunday—Woke to cold weather and wind ...

... our fish. As we are getting out a couple of days late, we hope to hit the road aggressively tomorrow and make it into southern Utah. I hear the scenery is breathtaking there, but I probably won't notice as I intend to drive fast and take chances! We'll be posting from the road as often as we have wireless access, so check back!

In addition to the associates degree, I need to get my TESOL certification (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.) I've found a place to do this online and just found out today that they are running a 15% off special. This class is hundreds of dollars, so 15% off is very helpful. I had received an email a few weeks ago saying you could do payment plans. This was great news, as it meant ...

... earphones for most of the time and from the front once a month. When we have guest speakers we obviously translate to Chinese. Our church strives to build a church of all nations as this is one of our core heart values, but because we are in Taiwan most of the ministry is in Chinese with English translation. Our corporate prayer meeting also has English translation." As Lance would say, "Oh yeah ...

... only cost about $16 but again, nothing is quite so simple. It has to be"vaccination by inactivated vaccines" so I have to find out if that is what they use here. 3. Blood work to prove that she has the antibodies. It can only be done at certain labs here in America. 4. Application for entry to Taiwan at least 30 days in advance. 5. Flight to Taiwan (she'll love this!) At least if I go with NorthWest Airlines, she'll be in the cabin ...

Well actually, I can't say for certain that I'll get to go. But I am going to be pursuing the option and we'll see what happens. Here are the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions. Feel free to contact me if you have more questions. Q. Taiwan? What the .... A. Yes, Taiwan. It is a very small, yet delightful country in Asia. Q. You know what I mean. Why would you move to Taiwan? A. I have long wanted to move to Asia to teach English. It happens that I ...