What a ride...what a view....

AZ is now in the past....so long, in fact, that I got my Shutterfly photo book back already in today's mail!

The online photos of Sedona and the Verde Valley Train Ride are up online for posterity and whenever I feel like revisiting them.

We had a wonderful time!

Arizona

We flew in via Southwest and they were so wonderful about transporting Tom via pushed wheelchair.

The traffic from the airport to our resort was horrible! (4 p.m. traffic) but we arrived safely and the place is beautiful....especially the pool....and our first floor window and porch facing it.

We had fun in the water.

I attended a morning pool exercise class and afternoon walking tour and lecture about the desert plantlife. Our horticulturist guide was awesome! I took a lot of photos (too bad I couldn't tape the whole talk!)
https://picasaweb.google.com/118365729514060459107/DesertPlantsTour

Steve and JoAnn Murza came to visit and then we went to a country bar for dinner and dancing.

We signed up for a ride in a hot air balloon for tomorrow and a scenic train ride on Monday.

I contacted former Delran student Danielle Sheeran who lives in Peoria AZ now and it turns out she lives walking distance from our resort!!! So she came over to visit.

We hope to get together again before we leave.

Then we journeyed to Buckeye to visit Steve and JoAnn Murza at their place for dinner and fun.
Here are the photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/118365729514060459107/AZMurzasVisit#

including our first one together.

We are looking forward to the rest of our time here (which, hopefully, will include visiting Cody, who currently lives in Scottsdale, but is away travelling with Patrick in Tokyo).