Centerville/Porterville/Sedona...WARM

Back in Centerville, Mona/Jerry had the morning free to visit before their weekly volunteer session at the Bountiful LDS Temple...The afternoon found us back in Morgan/Porterville...Blanche had dinner in the crockpot but decided instead that we should drive for another hour to a small, hole in the wall, cafe for burgers/fries/milkshakes...It was well worth the drive...Many years ago we skied on spring breaks with Blanche and Chris and have always treasured our visits with them...Now they are semi retired and have numerous grandchildren nearby that keep them busy.

Yummy burgers and "real" fries

Chris and Blanche

One of Chris and Blanches grandsons

eating a whole tomato.

We returned to their Porterville home and were joined by another niece Vickie/Mac who had recently been to Europe for a two week trip in Italy, France and Switzerland with their daughter Jodi...It is so much fun to take a trip through the eyes of other people...We crawled into bed after 10pm...Friday morning I visited with a childhood friend of mine Penny Porter...Sixty years ago Penny and sister Peggy were my constant companions as we played Cowboys and Indians, riding stick horses, with our cap guns strapped around our waists...What memories!..Jodi stopped in for a visit and we heard her take on the Italy trip as she was the instigator and had arrived a week ahead of her parents, compliments of the "Olive Garden Restaurant" where she is a manager...Lynelle stopped by to help send us on our way...Our Morgan/Porterville visit ended after we stopped at the care center and a short visit with Loraine before driving back to Centerville...We did a little shopping at Costco, had dinner and packed the car for an early morning departure to Sedona.

We couldn't ask for better weather on this trip and our 10/12 hour drive yesterday was on the verge of turning on the car air conditioner...We arrived in Sedona and Herb skillfully navigated the many round-abouts with the "Garmin" taking us directly to the "Pinion Hyatt" where we will stay for a week...Our condo is at the edge of the complex, so we have views off of 3 balconies, where we can take advantage of the morning and evening sun...Temp this morning was 50º and will get up to 75º...We did some grocery shopping for the week, dined on roasted deli chicken, salad, fresh fruit and wine...In bed by 9pm and slept til 6am, it had been a very long day.

Herb has laundry going this morning, leaving me to write about our adventures...This resort is built on a hill so with the 20 stairs we have to climbed to the car, I don't think we will be visiting the "workout room." We will find the trail this morning that takes us to the pool and hot tub or maybe we will just sit on one of the balconies and rest for the day!...Hugs to All...OWAV:)