Geo: 52.3738, 4.89095 Got up and headed out to the Ann Frank house. If you remember your history, she was a Jewish girl who kept a diary of her experience hiding with her family in a secret annex during WWII. She and her family and another family lived for 2 years in hiding in a series of small rooms from the Germans. Eventually they were discovered and only one of the people survived the concentration camps after the war. I believe it is the most read book of the 20th century. It is a very humbling experience to see how they had to live just because of their religion. We decided to go on another canal boat tour after that. Then lunch. We then decided to go to the Van Gough Museum. We had to walk ... read more

Geo: 38.6262, -121.325 We are in the final stages of packing for our trip. The house is quite a mess. Electronics plugged in everywhere. Piles of clothes and books and maps all over. Hopefully everything will fit into our suitcases. The first blog and photos should come out by Monday.... read more

Geo: 33.4479, -112.083 We left Tucson and drove up toward Phoenix. We took a side trip to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. It is a large house built around 1350AD. It was built by Indian tribes that roamed the area around that time. They built a compound and the big house was in the center of it. After visiting there, we checked into our hotel, had a nap and then dinner. This morning, we got up and headed out to Deer Valley Rock Art Center. It is a huge pile of basalt rocks that have petroglyphs carved into them. They were carved around the same time as the Casa Grande. After visiting there, we drove over to Taliesin West, which is Frank LLoyd Wright's western studio. His first studio was in Wisconsin. After he developed pneumonia, ... read more

Geo: 32.3067, -106.778 First, I have 2 stories to tell that I forgot to add into the appropriate blogs. First, when we were visiting the Buckhorn Saloon, they had a shooting game where you shot a rifle at skeet targets on a screen. I challenged Stacy to a game. At first, she couldn't hit anything. Then she saw that there were sights on the rifle. After she actually started aiming, she kicked my butt! Very surprising for someone who has hardly ever shot a gun! The other story happened last night at dinner. We were at a Macaroni Grille. We were in a booth. A Mexican family came in and put about 5 children in the booth next to us and the adults got a table nearby. I had worn my jacket, as it was cool ... read more

Geo: 32.4186, -104.229 We arrived in San Antonio after a quick hours drive. We checked in to our hotel and walked down to the Riverwalk. We walked around the Riverwalk and took a boat tour on the river. This place is really nice. It would be nice to have something like this in Sacramento. On Tuesday morning, we got up and walked down to the Buckhorn Saloon and Texas Ranger Museum. The saloon has the largest collection of animal horns in the world. After that, we walked down to the Alamo. We looked around the park and went thru the Alamo. Another item off of the bucket list. We stopped for lunch and headed back to our hotel. We decided to stop and visit the San Fernando Cathedral. It has the remains of the men who ... read more