Ok - sorry this is so late, but thought you might like to see some pictures of my trip to Cabo, Mexico in July. Better late than never! I was invited by my lovely argentine cousin and godmother Cristina and her daughter Maria to spend a week with them in Cabo San Lucas, which is on the southern tip of Mexicos' Baja California. Leaving Dave at home to earn us some money! After a two hour flight from Phoenix I arrived on a lovely sunny afternoon and after unpacking we headed for the beach, which we spent most of the week on. Cabo is a small, lovely place with a mixture of American style bars and authentic Mexican places. The people are lovely and you can spend a fortune buying jewelery and other arts and crafts ... read more

So another month, another visitor... Dave Gee - (aka Curly - a youthful hair-related nickname which has no modern day relevance and used here to avoid any confusion with me) joined us on another 'Rowe Tours' package to the desert of Arizona. After a difficult few months at home, Curly had 4 aims from his time here... a bit of sun by the pool, walk the new Skywalk at the Grand Canyon and spend a couple of days in Vegas (which is 3 aims, but those of you who know him will guess the 4th). We spent a leisurely first week with Curly enjoying some sun and showing him a few local sights and sounds such as South Mountain and Scorpion Gulch; the Apache Trail - a road (almost) that follows a trail first created ... read more

url='/Videos/2799.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2799.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Untitled April 18th and it was Ginnies birthday. And, as Sally pointed out, in USA years she is only 1! This is the first birthday that she has spent in the country of her birth! Many thanks to those who have sent cards and gifts and called to say hello! Unfortunately I had a pretty stinking cold, so we couldn't do much on the day, in fact I spent most of the afternoon in bed. But I had booked Ginnie a 90 minute massage which she really enjoyed and then she spent the afternoon 'pampering herself' with a long bath and a facial; then did her nails! As I still wasn't up to much in the evening, Ginnie went out for dinner with Sheila and Clare which she really enjoyed. When she came home, ... read more

So April has arrived, and with it our first vistors to the new house. Wayne, Steph and Thomas stayed with us for 4 days at the beginning of the month. They drove down to us from Vegas and left us to head on to LA for a week of theme parks! After a day relaxing by the pool, we took them to Tombstone for a day out - thought Thomas might enjoy 'cowboy country'. As we mentioned in a previous blog entry, Tombstone is the site of the famous gunfight at the OK Corral and is a fun place to visit (especially if you are an 8 yr old we were hoping!) We also paid a visit to Boot Hill, the famous old graveyard which is more fun that it should be, mainly due to ... read more

Hello all, We had our first visitor here this last week; Ed a friend from Bristol was in Palm Springs for a conference and then flew in to Phoenix for a few days with us. Good to see an old face and friend from home. We took the opportunity of Ed being here to take a road trip for a few days. On Tuesday we drove up to the Grand Canyon; we haven't been for about 5 years and it is never a place you tire of seeing. It is about a 4 hr drive north from here, and as the South Rim of the Canyon is over 7,000 feet in elevation, winter is a cold and snowy time to visit as you can see from the pictures. It was a couple of degrees above freezing ... read more