Meeting new friends

I was lucky on this trip to Arizona to make the acquaintance of some fantastic ladies. While we've "known" each other for a while from our daily chats on the various Yahoo groups it was wonderful to put a face with the names.

Hubby and I took a trip to Tucson on Tuesday (sounds like a movie title huh?) and while he took a tour of the Pima Air Museum I spent my time visiting with Diane, Nikki and Sharon. I had such a great time!

On Wednesday I drove over to Attic Needlework and the first cheerful face I encountered was Jean, the shop owner. To say this shop was gorgeous is an understatement! It's a shop and museum all rolled into one. All the walls were covered in the most awesome models! Jean and her staff were just the friendliest. 

Hello from AZ

Wow, we've been on the go since we arrived in Phoenix on Saturday. Patrick is interested in getting a Pendelton blanket and an internet search took us to Cabela's. To say this store is big is an understatement. Not only do the carry goods for almost any sport imaginable but they had the biggest display of taxidermy animals I'd ever seen. Here's a few of the photos we took. Look so real huh?

Arrival in AZ

Hubby and I left San Jose at 9AM on Friday for our drive to Phoenix. We stopped in Gilroy to have breakfast and then drove into Pasadena where we refueled our car and had a bite to eat. We continued to Blythe, CA to gas up one more time before crossing the Arizona state line. We managed to make the 700 mile trip in 10 hours and had only one hiccup when we encountered an accident on the Grapevine which slowed us down for a little bit. Overall it was quite a pleasant drive.