Thunderbird Executive Inn And Glendale

... 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

... I negotiated with the cigar shop girl so that they would look like they were Costa Rican. But they were Cohibas and Montecristos…the best the world has to offer. I was so nervous getting them back home. I thought I was going to be arrested. Instead they asked me if I had Tobacco…I lied and said “no”…they let me in the country. That simple.

Now I have a souvenir surplus and a lot of “Costa Rican ****”

Nice.

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 ...

... and recharged our batteries, Phoenix is a very cute little city,Drove through sedona and flagstaff and stayed in a place called oak creek the red rock formations were stunning just caught them at sunset, sure i`ve seen them before in the good the bad and the ugly! maybe not, Didn`t see any indians,( except those selling jewellry on the roadside)

Day 19: September 20, 2009 –Phoenix, AZ

Sunday morning Christine and I had our breakfast delivered to our casita in an old-style wicker picnic basket like those you see in old Edwardian period movies. Then we visited the excellent Heard Museum which has exhibits and many, many artifacts about the native tribes of the Southwest. Much of the information is from the ...

Scott Flew on two planes today, no problemo. Talked to this yank on the second plane though who was flying back from a motorbike tour of England, and he insulted it! He said everything in England was old and ******, there are too many speed cameras etc. He even said our showers were too small - they vary in size *****!! Stayed in a kick ass hotel - automatic flushers, gym, small pool, pancakes for breakfast! you could even change how hard the mattress was by remote! Soph ...

... to Flagstaff was uneventful and we had no mechanical problems. 'Maggie' hated the climb ever upward at 75mph, and showed it by her ever persistent 45-55mph limit it the steep grades. I can't blame her as she was loaded down, and has larger tires than stock, but she did let me know how thirsty she gets when she needs to climb at speed by her 10MPG avg. We hit several thunderstorms, off and on, as we whittled away the ...

... was coming, she wouldn't be gazing at me with that adoring expression right now! See, that's all. No big deal. Of course, every thing has time limits. Different things have to be complete at least 180 days but no more than 1 year before arrival. Others have a smaller or larger time window. Just trying to figure out when to do this , making everything fall into their own acceptable time window, is going to be insane. But she is so worth it!

... with a person living thousands of miles away than with someone living next door to you. Or even in the same house, for that matter. After a quick tour of town, which seemed very Latin American - one-storey, coloured buildings, colonial churches, Mexicans - we went to a barbecue. Tucson is like Flagstaff, in the sense that there are lots of students and there is a distinct lefty vibe. The barbecue was at a friend of Mary's called Autumn, but who everyone calls Pachamama due to ...

Well, tomorrow is the big day. Will try to sleep during the day so we can enjoy the 1st class flight benefits! ;-) Nothing is packed but will start on that today and have most of it wrapped up by bedtime tonight. We are starting to get really excited since the time is finally upon us. Everything is set and itinerary is finalized so all we need to do is get there.