Been planning my trip to Arizona since January. Plane ticket bought, telephone conversations re what we were going to do. We had it all covered, or so we thought.
DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY - Plan A - was my day of arrival. Then off to visit Ginger and her new baby, then all the kids and grandkids, etc., would come to the house for supper and getting together with me. Supposed to land at 9 a.m. Arizona time. Scratch Plan A.
Landed on time, 9 a.m., no gate ready, sat on runway 45 minutes before moving to a jet way, which they were having trouble with, so another 15 minutes on plane before able to get off. Now running 1 hour late. Linda and Dave in baggage claim, we have each other’s home phones on our cell phones, but not each other’s cell numbers.
Monitor said plane landed 9 a.m., baggage monitor says nothing. Where was I and the baggage? I finally arrived at baggage claim, 10:30 a.m., just as the baggage began tumbling onto the turntable
Not only was I running late, Ginger was in hospital, but no baby yet. Ended up visiting with her and David, then off to home. The other kids all arrived, had a wonderful evening getting caught up. End of DAY 1.
DAY 2-3-4 - Plan A - supposed to leave early morning for Bryce Canyon, Utah, a 3 day trip, something we were all looking forward to. Scratch Plan A.
DAY 2 - THURSDAY - Still waiting for baby. Went to local museum for quilt show. Linda is into quilding, has made several beautiful quilts, really enjoyed the show. Went to Olive Mill for lunch, meeting up with a friend from northern Arizona who was in the area, so there were 6 of us - Linda, Diane, Me, Tiffany and her children Ashlynne and McKynzie. Talk about a zoo, Ashlynne going on 5, McKynzie going on 1 year.
After lunch took the girls to buy their Easter dresses. Another zoo. Non-stop chatter. Arrived home, rest of the crew arrived for supper. David called - C-section planned for Friday morning. Exhausted and crash-landed in bed.
DAY 3 - FRIDAY - Baby is here!!! All went well. No visitors until tomorrow. Cactus was beginning to bloom, so spent the morning at the Phoenix Botanical Gardens, admiring the cactus. It was beautiful.
DAY 4 - SATURDAY - Went to Montezuma’s Castle and Well in the morning
This is one of the West’s Indian ruins built in the cliffs. Was fantastic to see, got lots of pictures. In the afternoon went to hospital and got to see new baby, Madison Everly, a beautiful little girl.
In the evening Linda, Dave and I kept the girls so Dustin and Tiffany could go to hospital. Another very busy day.
DAY 5 - SUNDAY - Plan A - ride the domed railroad car into the mountains from Globe. Called. Sold out. Scratch Plan A. Went to Palm Sunday services in the morning, then visited Rachel and Mark, (they have bought a house since last time I was there), and then Dustin and Tiffany (they have bought a bigger house since last time). Both their homes lovely, enjoyed the visit. Spent evening at home
DAY 6 - 7 - MONDAY - TUESDAY - Plan A - We discussed going to Canyon de Chelly, would be a 2 day trip. Dave called early Monday were able to schedule a Tuesday morning jeep trip through the canyon, we were able to get hotel reservations for Monday night 5 minutes from the visitor’s center. We just looked at each other. Were we really going to have a Plan A?
The trip was great, good hotel, arrived early enough in the afternoon that we drove the south rim of the canyon stopping at all the look-outs and looking down in to the canyon. There are a lot of Indian ruins throughout the canyon. The canyon is on one of the Navajo reservations, quite an experience.
The jeep ride was awesome, had a Navajo driver/tour guide. There are Navajo families living inside the canyon, including our driver. He was raised there and still has his home there. The ride was an experience. We drove through the river, then onto dry land, then back into the river. When the water is high there are no tours available. You can only enter the canyon with a certified tour.
Weather was perfect. Had a great time. Got home early enough Tuesday that we got to visit with David and Ginger (she got home Saturday), and the baby, then went home where the rest of the gang was waiting so they could say good-by. My plane was leaving early Wednesday morning.
So here I am home. We have already decided that next year for each day we will have a PLAN A - PLAN B - PLAN C - and PLAN D in place. I don’t remember when we have laughed so much, seemed every time we decided on something, hit a stone wall. No sense moaning and groaning, we laughed and kept on trying. Ended up being a great week,. Stone walls and all
This is just a thumbnail. I will go into more depth in the following days with pictures to share. Until then ----
If you can laugh, you can do anything. Remember that.
Have a wonderful Easter. Will have a houseful for dinner today, been prepping for the last two days. If everyone out there could be as blessed as I have been, what a world it would be. Enjoy the day and God bless.
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