Phoenix 2024

I checked in at this beautiful golf resort on 3/9.  I can't believe I'm leaving already on Saturday - that it's been 3 weeks!

I've been having fun seeing friends.  

View of golf course from my patio. Those are silos from the old ranch.

I went to Camp Verde to see Angie and Vic, and they happened to have Sue and Terry, Teri and Lon, and Gene and Maureen there too!   The weather was crappy, so we spent the day playing cards and eating. It was wonderful!

I played golf with Kevin and Marita.  I played very poorly, but we had fun!

Lolly and I spent a wonderful day hiking at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum.  It was cold, and rained on and off.  We drove home through Superior, Globe, and made the loop by Roosevelt Lake.  We hit SNOW going over those mountains, and it got down to 33 degrees!!  It was a fun day.

I had lunch with Anne, dinner with Cindy, lunch with Becky (hadn't seen her in a long time, it was great to see her!), and lunch with Dottie and Roger.   

In front of their new "Mobile Mansion"!

 

My main intent was to spend a lot of time with Joe and Ellen.  I'd been to their house several times, we went out for supper a couple of times.  Then, last Thursday night, I got a call from Mercy hospital.  Ellen had fallen and broken her hip and shoulder.  Joe's dementia is so bad, he can't be left alone and he can't drive.  So I went and picked him up and stayed at their house.  She had hip replacement surgery on Friday, and her son, Sean, flew in from San Jose on Friday.  He's been staying with Joe, and I've been going back and forth to the hospital.  When Ellen is discharged, she's going to be in a rehab center for a month, so Sean is trying to arrange in home care for Joe.  I'm glad I just happened to be here.  They have a long road ahead.

Saturday, I head to Vegas.  I'm staying with Claudia and Chuck Saturday night, and then move into my condo on the 31st.  Katie is going to fly out to be with me on the 8th. We're going to go to Death Valley to sprinkle some of Mike's ashes.  He loved Death Valley.