PHOENIX WEEK-END

WE SPENT THE WEEK-END IN PHOENIX WITH DAVE AND CINDY. THANKS GUYS FOR A GREAT WEEK-END !!!

IT TURNED OUT TO BE A MOOSE LODGE TOUR. WE HIT THE LODGE IN MESA FOR A $7 FISH FRY, THE LODGE IN SOUTH PHOENIX FOR A KIDS HALLOWEEN PARTY, AND THE LODGE IN APACHE JUNCTION FOR THE PACKER’S GAME.

THEY ALSO TOOK US TO THE TOP OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN.

ON THE WAY DOWN OFF SOUTH MOUNTAIN WE STOPPED TO TOUR MYSTRY CASTLE.  THIS STRUCTURE WAS BUILT BY A MAN FROM SEATTLE THAT HAD TUBERCULOSIS AND TOLD HE HAD 6 MONTHS TO LIVE.  HE LEFT HIS FAMILY AND MOVED TO THE ARIZONA DESERT AND LO AND BEHOLD HIS TUBERCULOSIS WENT INTO REMISSION.  HE DECIDED TO BUILD A HOME FROM THE DESERT MATERIALS AT HAND, PLUS BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, AND WHATEVER ELSE HE FOULD.  HE STARTED IT IN 1939 AND IT EVENTUALLY GREW TO OVER 8,000 SQUARE FEET.

THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE CATUS IN DAVE AND CINDY’S FRONT YARD. IT SELDOMLY BLOOMS AND ONLY AT NIGHT. THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN EARLY IN THE MORNING.

IT WAS A GREAT THREE DAY WEEK-END OF FOOD, DRINK, AND FRIENDS. WE ALSO TOURED FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT’S TALIESIN WEST, WHICH MARY WILL BLOG ABOUT TOMORROW.

“SUNNY & 95”