Springhill Suites By Marriott Tempe

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 ...

... 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 ...

... miles from Mesa, so it is mobbed in the summer. Arrive late on a summer weekend and you're not getting that boat near the water.

Here's a shocker: Roosevelt lake is not small--it's 22 miles long at full pool--but summer water temperatures can be more than 90 degrees. It's deepest point is 300 feet, so we're talking surface temps here, but still, impressive.

In 1911, when Roosevelt Dam was built it was the highest masonry dam, and Roosevelt lake the largest man made lake ...

... to Ethiopia's religious history and many Ethiopians believe that the Ark of the Covenant is housed in a church in Axum, the ancient capital of Ethiopia. Tabot, which are replicas of the original stone tablets that Moses brought down from Mt. Sinai (The Ten Commandents), and believed to be housed in the Ark, are used widely in Orthodox Christian religious ceremonies and observances.
- Time is GMT +3
- Currency is the Birr

Mesa, Arizona, United States carolerich

... was a sudden and unexpected mass exodus to grab these huge boxes off the pallet (the security guard was yelling that you couldn't take the bikes off the pallet off until 5am – but nobody listened to him) so I managed to manhandle one in the trolley, andthen put my hand on another until the security guard had calmed down and I could wheel it away from his watchful eye. By then 100's and 100's of people had flooded the aisles of Walmart and I was ...

... to see some Saguaro cactus (the ones you see in cartoons and Westerns that are tall with arms sticking upright like a bank teller in a holdup) and the closer we got to the Saguaro National Park the more we saw – fields of them and covering the rocky hills too. Took a few photos of them and with the kids posing beside them, and then onwards to Phoenix, and the Oliver family!

... me-Since I hadn't gotten him anything I handed one back to him and said Happy Valentines day - LOL. Still only 55 degrees, nice out but cool. Early afternoon we headed out to do a bit of urban caching and did several hard but satisfying ones. We did meet another cacher at one, helped him out, went with him to one we had just gotten, and then on to one we both wanted to try by a devious cacher we know. We spent a long time there getting nowhere, so finally called Fireman who ...

... still manage to squeeze in a few visits here and there, as we move from work-camping job to work-camping job, and when we get some time off from these jobs, we can take shorter trips in the car, instead of always moving the "house". For now, it's another phase of our "Great Adventure" - and an opportunity to stay in one place long enough to get to know some people, and to learn the layout of the grocery store! A couple of ...

Today Jack drove 350 miles and we will be staying two nights. We stopped off at Palm Springs 'cause I had to check it out This would be a relaxing spa vacation. It's very pretty with all the palm trees. I think we would need lots of money to be able to live here, since I liked the expensive neighborhood. After driving all those desert miles and arriving at Tempe we decided to ...

... America, Cuba, Home. The six-month plan gets me to India. We'll just see how it goes. Finally, I have to give a shout out to the friends and family that have kept me on track, focused, and wouldn't let me chicken out! Truly, I would not be moving forward without all the support and encouragement I have received. Thank you for making this trip possible for me. So sign the guest book, add some comments, and welcome aboard. We're going to have fun!