Marriott Canyon Villas Phoenix

... the afternoon. We will be staying at the Moana Serf Rider for 5 nights and then we will board the Pride of America on Saturday for a cruise around the islands.

Tomorrow and Sunday will be devoted to quilting as we are already packed!
It won't be long now!
Sandi

... a monkey, a lizard and of course… a butterfly. I mean, I did see all of those things there. But, I should have just left the tiles at the rain forest gift shop. But… there was this lady from Trinidad talking about something and buying jewelry and I couldn't really understand her and I got confused and 20 dollars later…I have these random tiles that I will claim I will used for arts and crafts, but will probably just keep in a drawer ...

So an hour before Doug is going to take me to the airport I suddenly remember that I need passport photos for my visa into Cambodia. Unfortunately, there is no place doing passport photos at this time so I'll have to try my luck in Singapore or somewhere along the way in Thailand. Shouldn't be too much of an issue but not good that I'm starting with an issue.

My ...

Flew into Phoenix to be met by kev`s aunt and uncle and from day one we were spoiedl rotten! what great Hosts they were, we ventured to see a real cowboy mining town and stopped kev from buying a pint sized hat, everywhere very dry and dusty but on the upside loads of cacti to spread the sap on our mozzie bites!!! had a real chille3d couple of ...

... 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’s cultural practices and history as well.

Back at the casita, we relaxed, walked the grounds and sat around the pool for the ...

... torment of love or lack thereof, or even pride from accomplishment. And sometimes you wonder if you'll ever be forgiven for the sins of your ancestral past or the mistakes of your own. And if the world will ever right itself for the wrongs it has caused itself.

But how fitting it is to return to the city where all my adventures started, and to feel that I am indeed reborn (Okay, it may be ...

... Margaritaville and had a blast. The entertainment was awesome, they had balloon artists on stilts! After seeing them work on a couple of other tables I wanted a flower. We had a blast visiting with the guy and laughing our butts off when he wanted to show a special trick and he would raise his "foot" up to his head and balance on one leg - amazing! We headed to bed after that and couldn't wait for the next day - we are heading to Vegas baby!!!!

... a season long slump with 2 HR and 5 RBI. Reigning NL Cy Young winner Brandon Webb had an up and down outing, coughing up all 5 Rockies' runs in 7 innings. Erik was mad at where our seats were located, even though they were only 5 dollar tickets. He thinks he purchased tickets right above home plate, similar to the Dodger game. Instead, we were in the upper deck between 3B and the LF. Still, the 8 of us (6 plus Greg and Jen 2's ...

... they filmed the Kevin Costner film, Tin Cup. God knows why, there was nothing there! We got to Betty and Rusty's and saw we were in for a real experience! These are real life cowboys who have been living like this for the whole of their lives! There is no running water, a drop toilet, they cook on the campfire and basically just live off of tourists coming to look at them. Betty was about 65 and she had been around ...

... for about 2 hours. Was woken by this Aussie guy walks in complaining so I talked to him for a few hours and then went and bought dinner from the supermarket 15 minutes from the hostel, so I got my food and went back and cooked it, it was a chicken and mushroom pasta which was divine then I sat outside on the roof talking to the Aussie and a Italian guy we talked till 10pm then went to bed.