Rain started during the night and
was predicted to last all day on Thursday.
So that made it a good day for us to do laundry and then catch a movie to
celebrate Valentine’s Day. It was a fiasco to find a theater that wasn’t sold
out (seems like everyone spends rainy days at the movies) but we finally saw
the surprisingly good “The Upside” and enjoyed it very much, having known
nothing about it. We had chicken to use up at the campsite so I made a
Zatarain’s mix of Bourbon chicken and we had another late dinner. The battery
was so low that Marv hooked up the truck to the trailer and ran it for half an
hour or so to recharge in hopes of being able to get the furnace to come on in
the morning. We weren’t using it during the night at all, but stay surprisingly
snug under two blankets with the cover over our feet.
HAPPY 98th BIRTHDAY, MOM HANSEN!!! Luckily, the furnace did fire up on
Friday morning and the trailer
warmed up enough for us to get dressed. Friends from Edgewood Church, Chris and
Tryn Clark, who now live in Tempe, proposed meeting at a Starbucks about half
an hour away so we drove there first thing. It was so nice to see these old
friends and we were just sorry that one daughter, Tryn Rose, had a cold and the
other, Vicky, had to work so we didn’t see them. After chatting for an hour or
so, they said they’d like to see the park so they followed us back and we sat
in the trailer and talked some more. We had to move across the loop to a
different site but couldn’t do so until the site was vacated, which happened
right about noon. As we prepared to make the move, Tryn and Chris said
good-bye, and we quickly made the switch.
We got set-up again and made lunch.
We had plans to meet my second-grade teaching partner, Debbie Stolz, and her
husband, Dan, for dinner in Scottsdale at 5:00, so we decided to find a hiking
path there to walk until we met. We underestimated (1)how big Scottsdale is and
(2)how long it would take us to get there. We finally arrived at a trail I had
picked at random and it turned out to be a small city park with a short nature
trail and a no longer open nature center. We walked around it quickly and then
headed to the Camelback Marriot Resort, where we were to meet the Stolzes. The
Resort turned out to be very large and, once we knew where Rita’s Kitchen was
located, we enjoyed walking their extensive grounds and gardens. Debbie met us
as we walked up to the restaurant and we had a really nice evening, sitting
outside on the patio, between an open fire pit and a standing heater, listening
to the singer/guitarist, and catching up. Stolzes are at their place in
Scottsdale until April and we talked about things to do in the area, and things
at home, and life in general. (I'll have to add our selfie to a later post. I can't find it now.)
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| This little bird had a lot of rose or red on her breast and head. Any guesses out there, what it is? |
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| WE saw a lot of this "dinosaur skin" cactus in Scottsdale but never got it identified. |
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| A Curved Bill Thrasher, I think |
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