12056

Nope, not a ZIP code! I’m participating in this annual walking thing through the school district. That’s how many steps I took today (approximately 5.3 miles) by the time I got home from the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum!

Dottie’s niece Linda and her husband Myron came from out of town. I had heard about them for years but never met them. I went over there Friday after school and finally got to meet them. They’re both former teachers, and they were both wonderful people. Today we went to the Desert Museum: Buz, Jaeden, Linda, Myron, Dad, Dottie, and I. It was a very long day, but a lot of fun. Naturally, I took a zillion pictures.

The last time I went was shortly before I left, in 1994. I went with the mothers and kids from the Haven’s Mother/Child program, and this lunatic lady drove the van. We almost fell down the side of the mountain through Gate’s Pass on the way there because she was so close to the drop-off on the left. On the way back she again hugged the outer side of the road, scraping the passenger side mirror! Of course I remembered this as we went through Gate’s Pass this time!

We saw a raptor show while we were there, which was pretty cool. The hawks were just beautiful!

If you see people you don’t know in the photos, then that’s Linda and Myron!

Linda and Myron on Friday, in Dad and Dottie’s livingroom

Myron

The left edge of those mountains is Mexico!

dinosaur bones (real or simulated — dino bones were found in the area at one point)


Buz and Jaeden

coyote










Dad

me

Linda and Myron