Back from the BIG city!!!

Yesterday, I was ready to hit the 'publish' button when there was a glitch in the power and it dumped the whole entry and lost a picture! So for the second time: The official chauffeur of the family (Mike) returned us from San Francisco on Tuesday, having driven some 2500 miles and encountering gas prices from $3.85 to $4.80 (guess where that was??? Yup, California). Running low in the middle of the vacant expanse of New Mexico, we stopped for gas at this 'in the middle of nowhere' station where gas was $4.13. We left last Wednesday morning, and pulled in our driveway mid-afternoon on Tuesday. Our 'waypoint' to and fro was Phoenix (actually Goodyear, AZ) to pick up and drop off Cheyenne who was great company and fun to be with! Riley, our grandson (due in August) entertained us with his intrauterine athletics. He liked the dancing and driving! And, of course, the purpose of our trip was to see Gwen (our niece) marry Hani, a delightful young man with a wonderful family. Of course she was a beautiful bride, and they got married in a Greek Orthodox Church. Pictured at left is Gwen with her 2 sisters, Chrys and Shelley (see where Travis gets his red hair???).

We saw some beautiful sights on the way back:

Phoenix was beautiful with flowers and landscaping everywhere (left) and I've always been partial to mountain views and rock formations (right - here in New Mexico). Mike especially enjoyed Picacho Peak which he flew over almost daily while at Pilot Training at Williams AFB. (below)

I was glad to get back to all my babies (kittens) and Sam (dog). I think they were glad to see us. Of course there was a week of catch-up with mowing, trimming, dusting, etc. So we're back in the groove now.