Arizona

Yes its true - we've made plans to go to Arizona. We're hoping that we will not need to cancel this trip as we did the one to Ohio last fall. We have a direct flight which will get us there in a couple of hours, which should be quite tolerable for this old man.

Arizona is often spoken of as the land of the sun, and it is usually quite sunny there. It is a shame that there's so much smog in the air that it is visible as one approaches, or leaves, the area by plane. But it is a really nice place to be, at least this time of year before it gets almost unbearably hot.


These are some of the wonderful people we will see in Arizona. Family is very important to us and we want to see them as often as we can. We chose to live where we are now, knowing that seeing our family might be difficult at times. Thankfully, there are ways to communicate with all our family now that we didn't used to have, and I like being able to do that.


This is where we will be staying while in Arizona. Too bad that the picture wasn't taken in the daytime, but this does make a nice view. This house is located in an area called Agritopia, an area subdivided by the family that owned the farm it is on. It is a very interesting area with a different style of houses than most others in the Phoenix area.



This is one place we want to visit a bit, the office of our kids' business. It's in a very nice spot, not too far from where they live. They employ a number of people and so far their business is doing well. Hopefully that will continue.



We are hoping to be able to go to one of the Cubs' spring training games while we are there. Sometimes the games are sold out, but hopefully that won't be the case in the middle of the week. That has always been one of the things I like to do in Arizona.


Well we will need to come back home again, bidding Arizona farewell for another time. Our Missouri "kids" will be there too, so all in all we're looking forward to a very good time in The Land of the Sun. How many more times we will be able to make this trip will be determined as time goes by. We hope it will be many.


Pilgrim on the way