Hello from sunny Phoenix! Jeni and I are soaking up some sun, visiting relatives, and doing some sightseeing. We spent the month of February here in a first class RV park" Deserts Edge"on Deer Valley Rd. We had a great site beautifully landscaped, and spacious. In years passed, we stayed in Wickenburg at "North Ranch", and even though we loved it there,it was just too long a drive to get in to see everybody in Phx. Now we are a short drive to all our relatives!("Yea")
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I have always wanted to visit the Heard Museum in downtown Phx. They have one of the best collection of southwestern Indian artifacts west of the Mississippi. Having lived and worked around the Navajo and Hopi reservations, I have been interested in their history. That's me,in shorts! in front of the Museum,ready to head in.
There were hundreds of what I call"Kachina Dolls" but actually each one is uniquely different. Each tribe has their own beliefs and rituals and each doll has its own place in each tribes spiritual faith.
This guy was very old and I would guess very expensive.His name...Talking God! Protector of the Kiva. With that headdress this guy could have got "Satellite TV" piped into the Hogan.
This is what we got to see every afternoon as we sat on our patio sipping a cold one. There was a field next to the park and every day balloons would float right over us and land in the field.
Now a trip to Arizona wouldn't be complete without a hike in the desert. "Cave Creek Regional Park"is a great county park a few miles north of us. It has a great visitors center with live desert reptiles on display and lots of info.They also have Horseback riding and a very nice campground. Jeni and I chose not to go the Horse route(the horses thanked us) and off we went on foot for a 2 mile jaunt on the "Rattlesnake"trail."HUH"! "Hey Jen,lets rethink this""Maybe they are not out yet"."Gimme that big rock...OK I'm ready to hike"
"Better yet,lets take one of these trails,I like their names better."Actually Jeni appointed me trail leader because of my close Indian Heritage or some other BS I was feeding her when we were at the Museum and I kinda got us lost!
Well Jeni talked to one of the locals MR. Saguaro Cactus, and he got us back on track and we found our way back to the car. All in all a great day in the desert.
Here is 5 very pretty reasons why we come to Phx. Jeni and her sisters.Left to right,Bev,Joanne,Jeni,Sandy,and Lori.I'm one lucky Brother in law! Back in our younger days these ladies would dance"ole Philly's"legs off. Jeni spent some quality time with them, With living in California for close to 25 years,Jeni has not been able to spend much time with her family,but that's gonna change as we are gonna be spending more time here.
In fine Jeni form, she got her family playing "Farkel". Notice the big smile on her face. One nice thing.....I'm not playing! We did a lot of site seeing,eating out,and I even got to play some golf. The only thing I missed was catching some of the Spring training baseball games. Maybe next year. Our main reason for coming here though was seeing Jeni's family and my Brother and this will be a yearly occurrence from now on. Were back in the park now and we are already planning our AZ. trip for next year. Road Trip Arizona 2013!
. I have always wanted to visit the Heard Museum in downtown Phx. They have one of the best collection of southwestern Indian artifacts west of the Mississippi. Having lived and worked around the Navajo and Hopi reservations, I have been interested in their history. That's me,in shorts! in front of the Museum,ready to head in.
There were hundreds of what I call"Kachina Dolls" but actually each one is uniquely different. Each tribe has their own beliefs and rituals and each doll has its own place in each tribes spiritual faith.
This guy was very old and I would guess very expensive.His name...Talking God! Protector of the Kiva. With that headdress this guy could have got "Satellite TV" piped into the Hogan.
This is what we got to see every afternoon as we sat on our patio sipping a cold one. There was a field next to the park and every day balloons would float right over us and land in the field.
Now a trip to Arizona wouldn't be complete without a hike in the desert. "Cave Creek Regional Park"is a great county park a few miles north of us. It has a great visitors center with live desert reptiles on display and lots of info.They also have Horseback riding and a very nice campground. Jeni and I chose not to go the Horse route(the horses thanked us) and off we went on foot for a 2 mile jaunt on the "Rattlesnake"trail."HUH"! "Hey Jen,lets rethink this""Maybe they are not out yet"."Gimme that big rock...OK I'm ready to hike"
"Better yet,lets take one of these trails,I like their names better."Actually Jeni appointed me trail leader because of my close Indian Heritage or some other BS I was feeding her when we were at the Museum and I kinda got us lost!
Well Jeni talked to one of the locals MR. Saguaro Cactus, and he got us back on track and we found our way back to the car. All in all a great day in the desert.
Here is 5 very pretty reasons why we come to Phx. Jeni and her sisters.Left to right,Bev,Joanne,Jeni,Sandy,and Lori.I'm one lucky Brother in law! Back in our younger days these ladies would dance"ole Philly's"legs off. Jeni spent some quality time with them, With living in California for close to 25 years,Jeni has not been able to spend much time with her family,but that's gonna change as we are gonna be spending more time here.
In fine Jeni form, she got her family playing "Farkel". Notice the big smile on her face. One nice thing.....I'm not playing! We did a lot of site seeing,eating out,and I even got to play some golf. The only thing I missed was catching some of the Spring training baseball games. Maybe next year. Our main reason for coming here though was seeing Jeni's family and my Brother and this will be a yearly occurrence from now on. Were back in the park now and we are already planning our AZ. trip for next year. Road Trip Arizona 2013!
