Arizona

We're here - in Arizona. It still sort of amazes me how one can get into a plane and a couple of hours later you're 1200 miles from home. We're having a wonderful time with our family - and with Greely and Bogie, the dogs. Greely is a growing golden retriever with a lot of energy. He's very friendly, to the point of being a nuisance sometimes. Bogie is the opposite - a tiny long haired chihuahua, who likes to sit on one's lap and sleep. There are a couple of cats outside too but we seldom see them.

The weather here has been quite nice so far - mostly in the upper 70's or lower 80's and sunny. We went to a Cubs-Indians baseball game the other day and sitting in the sun it got to be quite hot. Only the good suntan lotion kept us from getting burned. I have attended many such games here in Arizona and have never gotten a stray baseball - until this time. We had decided to leave after the current inning and on the next to last pitch a foul ball came our way and Clara managed to get it. That capped off a really nice day.

We're looking forward to more good times here and hopefully we will get back home safely next week. I'll probably have more good things to write about then, so until then I remain

Pilgrim on the way