VACATION

I promised to post our first vacation blog yesterday--sorry for the delay.

A quick recap

Mary Ann and I left Patterson on Wednesday afternoon and drove to Bullhead City, AZ (on the Colorado River.) Our brother-in-law, Mike, has lived there for six years. Mike was married to Mary Ann's siser, Bev, before she died in 2001. It was a nice visit. Bullhead City is famous for one thing--heat. While the full measure of summer heat has not yet arrived, it was still pretty warm at 103.

We left yesterday morning and traveled down along the Colorado River to Lake Havasu City, AZ. LHC is one of my favorite places in the whole world. It is famous for having the original London Bridge and incredible scenry. Mary Ann and I have spent endless hours on that lake and would do it again in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, we could be there just a short time before we had to push on.

We arrived in Phoenix yesterday afternoon around 3:00 to stay with my brother/wife, Charles and Sandra. After a brief rest, the six of us (did I tell you we brought our son/daughter-in-law, Tommy and Ariana?), went to the Mesquite High School in Mesa, AZ for a band concert. Charles/Sandra's grandson played his final concert before he graduates and goes to Northern Arizona University. All the relatives were there and we really had a great time. That brings us up today.

A little history

Mary Ann and I lived in Arizona for nearly 30 years. We met at North Phoenix Baptist Church when she was a student at Grand Canyon University. We were married in 1971, and except for a couple of brief stints in New Mexico and Texas, lived here until 1990. Arizona is in our blood.

Today

Charles and I will play a little golf today. Charles/Sandra live in Sun City (a terrific retirement area on the west side of Phoenix). There are several golf courses in Sun City, but we will play at my favorite--the South Course.. Because I'm playing with Charles, I will pay the grand total of $15 per found. For those of you who are golfers, you know the significance of that. We enjoy playing in the heat of the day (104) as it keeps most of the locals off the course. We wear a good hat, ride in a cart and drink plenty of water. Heaven.

Mary Ann and Sandra will visit and enjoy doing whatever they do when we're playing golf. I think they shop, see grandkids, eat lunch and shop. Mary Ann is holding up to the heat pretty well--she's tough.

Tonight will be capped off with a great dinner at Macayo's Mexican Kitchen. I may be prejudiced, but I think it's the best mexican food in the world. It will be a family gathering. There will be the six of us, plus my brother/wife (Dave/Paulette), Charles' two daughters and their families and Dave's two sons and their families. We have a room reserved and will visit until closing. The best mexican food in the world and family--priceless!

Until tomorrow

We will be in Phoenix until Monday when we drive to San Diego. Tomorrow night we'll go to an Arizona Diamondbacks game and eat once again at Macayo's. Are you seeing a trend? On Sunday we'll attend Charles/Sandra's church Palmcroft Baptist Church

That's all for now. Perhaps a few lines tomorrow. Blessings on you.