Happy Birthday Dad! I'm actually typing this late in the evening but I figure you won't get it until your birthday tomorrow. Marv Patty and I made it across the border with ease today. The wait was only about 45 minutes which is considered short. We were prepared for a couple hours wait.
Patty and Marv went on to a small town east of Phoenix to visit Marv's sister, and I'm at Motel 6 in Flagstaff. Betsy has remained in Mexico - a fairly last minute decision - as she still wants to get some things done on the house.
It's nice to be back on good roads. Flagstaff is at 7000 feet elevation with mountains all around. It's nice and cool and it's a nice change. It feels like a slightly larger, and higher version of Placerville. My car is happy to be on smooth roads again. The potholes and cobblestone roads were wearing thin in Mexico. But Frances was disappointed she couldn't go into IHOP with me in Nogales. She's used to being in restaurants now.
So I'm spending the next two days at the Grand Canyon. Tomorrow maybe I'll call you from the park somewhere if I get cell phone service. If not I'll call you in the evening when I get back to the motel. It will be later though, because I plan to find one of several sites in the park that has and east-west view - so I can watch the sun set in the west, and then the full moon rise in the east.
Frances and I will have a Whopper at Burger King across the street in your honor tomorrow!
Hope you have a happy day!!!!!
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Are you seeing any of the protests/riots regarding Arizona's new immigration law? Doesn't seem like the best time to be in Arizona at the moment. I hope you have a blast at the Grand Canyon. It is more than words can express.
ReplyDeleteYou'll have to take Francis to Rock Bottom Brewery in the Pruneyard while you're up here. They allow dogs on the patio, and even serve doggie ice cream treats if you ask.
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