Phoenix Travel Blogs

the meetup officially started at 5.30.  but sue and i didn't show up until 7.30ish.  to find parking was a nightmare!  i thought being a very popular place, they should have better parking system.  we finally found a parking spot in an alley.  when we got to the meetup venu…

Over the last week, I was amazed when my friend Brenda (who is from Australia but just moved to England) announced that she's purchased a ticket to come to New York to celebrate my birthday with me!!!  Also, my great friend Lorenzo, who I met in Florence and then again saw in London earlier th…

  I debated whether or not to include this... but if we are discussing how bizarre life can be in Phoenix, I don't see how I can leave it out.  It's time to discuss our very special version of the criminal justice system. We have a very well known (infamous, if you will) Sherriff in Pho…

I was eager to start my day today, I felt like it was going to be a good day!... I have no reason to back it up other than finding a quarter in the back seat of my car this morning. I was trying to get all the crap that was not needed for this trip out of my car. In other words make more room in th…

Up early enough to go down and get some of the continental breakfast that the hotel served. Not much choice. Three kids cold cereals, a few very small muffins, pre-cooked omelets, actually I think they had come frozen and the hotel nuked them. Yuck. And a couple of waffles that looked just as bad. …

So after all the tears I cried after Liz had left, it was about that time to head back home. But mother earth must of felt my sadness.. or just angry at me for letting me let her leave. By that I mean the road back to Phoenix was not pleasant. I mean I had to travel through a couple sandstorms...&n…

My flight was scheduled to leave at 9am. The hotel was across the street from LAX, so it was effortless to get to the airport. You never know how bad the check-in and security will be at LAX airport. This time it was a relative breeze!! Only 10 minute wait for the check-in desk and another 15 m…

Finally, we arrived home in Phoenix, around midnight. Regardless, the trip was a raging success, and I loved every single minute of it.

Woke up at 3.45 AZ time after sleeping for about 3 and a half hours. Damn.. tried to go back to sleep, but it proved hard to do. I just couldn't, so I guess Adrian will have to live with me sleeping a bit in the car on our way to Kayenta. lol.. Anyway; I was up and found USA Today hanging on the d…

Each summer in Arizona we go through a short storm season.  Just as the temperatures become unbearably hot, a little moisture starts to come in and we get our summer "Monsoon!"  From the right vantage point, you can watch a wall of dust, some over 2,000 feet tall (A 200-Story building!)…

I could write more here... about my NIGHTMARE stop in Mexico City, and how I honestly had a few hours of believing I may never be allowed back to my native soil... but really I'm just going to honor the fact that I don't want to.  Alluding to it there is enough - it happened, but in no way cha…

My trip from phoenix to little rock took 23 hours, little rock back to phoenix took 60 hours. lol. Several days later I finally made it home.  I will admit I had fun meeting up with other people along the way.  luckly I did not have a deadline to get back to but the return trip was most e…

First I just have to tell you about little Andrew. He was simply adorable. 5 minutes after I met him, he was in my heals and followed me anywhere. He wanted to show me stuff, and talk all the time. Poor me could barely understand what he said.. lolHe was just 2 years old, but had alreday learn…

Well I did it. I climbed to the top of Squaw Peak Summit in Phoenix Arizona.  Well not much of a big deal, it took two hours up and two down, it was very HOT out about 110 degrees.  This was a pretty tough climb as lots of stairsteps and switch backs.  I am not much of a walker …

It was Christmas afternoon; the gifts had been opened, and we had just finished the Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding.  I carried my bags to my sister in law's car, and true to form, my entire cheesy family poured out of my parents' house where we had gathered for a final meal to make a big sce…