On our holiday a few weeks ago, we paid a visit to some friends in Phoenix... Tim, Veronica, their kids and friend Rance. We had a great time and ended up seeing some art galleries in Scottsdale. Here are some pix:

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Excerpts from a Linda email (with a few comments from me in there too):

"Yes we are having a nice trip. Doug is doing well - I think he has enjoyed having us."

"Both he and Darrin have a cold and a cough - I hurt my back playing golf on the wii ! But we are doing okay."

"We went up to the Greek Monastery today and it was very nice." (pix to ( Read more... )

Well, yesterday we booked flights to the western U.S. for the Christmas time period. We will be visiting relatives in Washington State and then my parents in Arizona for Xmas and to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Brian, Debbie and the kids have also planned to come out ( Read more... )

We're travelling from Arizona to Los Angeles now. We've spent the past few days in Casa Grande, AZ where my parents live. It's a nice area but HOT. It's been about 115 degrees during the day. Thank God for air conditioning ( Read more... )

Have you heard of the Heard Museum ? Well, it's a famous Native American museum which we went to today with our friend Tim the Indian.

Was it really a good idea to plan a trip to Arizona in the middle of July ?

Phoenix, America's Sweatiest City

Well, you may or may not remember last week when I found a good price for plane tickets to Las Vegas for the summer holiday, but I waited overnight so as not to rush into it.  Then I was bitterly disappointed when the special offer was gone the next day.  Bad things come to those who wait, I said.

Anyway, the other day I happened to check the ( Read more... )

I've been looking for cheap flights from here to the southwestern U.S. where we'll be visiting my parents this summer before driving thru California to go to the Pacific northwest, where other relatives are... Well, a really good deal came up yesterday... But, stupidly, perhaps, I decided not to rush into booking it... even tho it was about 100 ( Read more... )