Arizona Visit with Comments

I am writing this from my motel room in Phoenix, AZ while on vacation. I brought my Mother (who is 81) and my Father (who is 90). Before World War II my Father was in the CCC working around the Grand Canyon & up into Colorado building roads, fighting fires etc. He always wanted to see the Grand Canyon one more time, so here we are. I'm amazed as to how well he gets around for his age, but he does tire easily. They haven't flown in 30 some years so it has been interesting getting them through security etc and changing planes in Albuquerque. We also lived in Casa Grande, a small town about an hour south of Phoenix, moving back to Oklahoma when I was 10. We plan on going there also, almost 50 years to the day since we moved back to Oklahoma.

Arizona is a nice state for the most part. One thing I didn't know is that they stay on standard time year round, which makes them 2 hours behind Dallas. Ah civilization, where is thy sting?

Anyone amazed as to who got the Nobel Peace Prize? Maybe they meant the Nobel Piece Prize for taking a larger piece of the American economy for who knows what. I treat all politicians of either party the same--none are worth a bucket of warm spit-- to paraphrase Wallace, FDR's first Vice President.

Everyone have a good day and pray for our troops.