Blogs from Phoenix, Arizona, United States, North America - page 3

The past two days have been awesome! I essentially decided to come west this summer before the cruise because I wanted to see the Jays play somewhere on the road. They didn't disappoint - two big wins! But first off I want to give major kudos to the fans in Arizona - they're good sports and they're super friendly. So yes, yesterday was a recoop day - get final things organized for the cruise, repack some things and just veg in air-conditioning before heading off to Chase Field. I went early because I wasn't sure what time the gates opened. Turns out it's 1.5hrs before instead of 2hrs... but that's ok, I just hung out with all the Jays fans. I met people from Vancouver to Moncton, but the vast majority of people were West coasters. ... read more

Bonjour à tous Cette journée, un peu comme hier je pourrais l'intitulée, journée des imprévues, des contrariétés, finalement heureuse. Ce matin encore je démarre relativement tôt 7h15. comme je l'avais annoncé hier je me suis concocté un parcours qui devrait être assez sympathique, qui passe par la montagne et ne devrait me rallonger que d'une cinquantaine de km soit 250 au total. Ma première programmation est la ville de Mammoth, dans la vallée de Oro, puis ensuite Globe dans la Copper Valley (vallée du cuivre). Je ne regrette pas mon choix la route est agréable, la montagne désertique avec ces cactus, différents et plus gros qu'hier sont un décor, plus tôt plaisant A Globe je passe par le centre, je pense que la ville ne vit que par les carrières, plus tôt impressionnantes. Que je ne ... read more

Geo: 33.4479, -112.083The Sixty Five Years Young Birthday Tour continued after a series of second-childhood adventures that included chasing aliens, sand tobogganing, and, most recently, stomping through an old western town playing out cowboy gunslinger fantasies. Shady Lady was starting to get a little weak-kneed every time Dusty Dave B tied his imaginary horse to the railings outside of our hotel, and now Dusty Dave almost always walks with his thumbs hooked in his belt loops- part of that is probably the new cowboy swagger he has, but I suspect it's largely because his belt doesn't fit after his steak misadventure in the Big Texan Steak Ranch. With all this renewed testosterone and estrogen flying around we think we overheard them talking about trying for more kids.Then came Buckin' Bully, the meanest, nastiest, wildest mechanical bull ... read more

THE BASICS We definitely wound down for the last few weeks of our trip. Strange to think that for people still working, two and a half weeks might be a nice vacation. We spent a week in Flagstaff, but it was very windy and cool, and it rained, so we mostly enjoyed nestling inside the RV. Finally headed south, but since it was Columbus Day weekend, we couldn't get a campsite in Sedona. Serendipity: we camped for several days in Cottonwood, not far south of Sedona. Had unusually good meals there. At last, on to Phoenix, where we divided our efforts between readying the RV for storage and visiting my brother Johnny and his wife Katy. With them, we attended the Arizona State Fair, visited the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park (wonderful!), and I had my first experience ... read more

Bob's sister, Barb, got us an Air BNB about a mile away from her house, near LAX in Westschester portion of LA. She has a lovely home with a beautiful garden and two precious (really) rescue dogs, Blossom and Daisy. We met some of her great friends and spent time looking at old family photos in the afternoon, then went to dinner in Santa Monica with Barb's dear friend, Laurel, who is President & CEO of the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce. It was a lovely evening, a beautiful sunset and great conversation, ending with a walk on their boardwalk. We were sad to leave, but not for long because we are heading to Phoenix, where it is raining of all things! There, we will see a large portion of the rest of Bob's family for ... read more