Wyndham Phoenix - Downtown

... 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

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Two children's watches

Even just listing that makes me want to punch myself in the gut. I have no children. I can’t even in good conscience send the watches to any of my friends for their children. One says “naughty girl” and the other is just cheap. I bought them on an impulse…what that impulse was….I have no idea.

A piggy bank carved from a coconut

My dad collects piggy banks. I was happy to ...

... at the alarm sure was comforting though.

Now I'm off to Houston before my long flight to Tokyo. I can't believe I'm actually going to backpack SE Asia. Doesn't really seem real yet, nor has it fully hit me that I will be far outside my comfort zone. But thats what traveling is all about right? Learning something new about a new culture and about ourselves?

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 ...

Each team member has fifty pounds of medical equipment and medicines, including some over the counter meds, to take along with personal belongings to work in clinic each day and deal with the very cool temperatures (at least for zonies). I've packed and repacked four times trying to get it all under the weight and size restrictions for both airlines and enable me to handle it all on my own as we set up clinic and travel to a new location daily.

... the plants, so that was extra special.

Judy and I talked about TravelPod stuff, and walked around while looking at the lizards and hummingbirds and trying to find butterflies.

Soon it was time for the Phoenix meetup, so Judy and I split up while all the boys went to go find our place for the night. We had not been able to contact him yet, so they figured they'd go and see if he was around.

It was kind of our fault, because we didn ...

... very much the golf resort for gray hairs so I wasn't sure what to expect. It is still a very well run resort and is making more of an effort to appeal to younger families. In the past 20 years a great deal of development has taken place in the area (western part of the metroplex) so the latitude to dine "off campus" is a significant plus. The little bit I did eat at the resort ...

We drove to Phoenix today. It was about 5 hours drive. We drove through Boulder City, NV, Hoover Dam, Kingman, Wickenburg, Surprise, and, Sun City, AZ. We drove around midtown Phoenix, and the Arizona State Capitol area. Phoenix is a very nice clean city. Too bad it's really hot in the summer, or I would not reject the idea of moving here. Then we went to Scottsdale and its old town. It's pretty nice. Well better sleep now. Tomorrow we drive to Tucson.

... to mountain goat) 3. Cacti Woke up early and after I took advantage of the free breakfast "buffet" I hopped a helicopter ride over the grand canyon. The photos don't do it justice as it was amazing. They even had a soundtrack in the headphones. I believe I recognized the theme to Jerasic park in there. Totally the way to see the canyon. I highly recommend it to anyone. If I had more time, I would ...

... in 1991. Many of the ecosystems have deteriorated. It was an exhausting job, as you were responsible for the food on the table, along with the constant scientific experiements. It's an unusual complex, and one worth touring. Who knows, this might be the model for the first space station on the moon. Back on the road to Phoenix and just in time to meet Kary and John's flights. Check in to the hotel then over to Frank Lloyd ...