Arizona

We arrived in Az. on Saturday and have been having a great time visiting Kathleen and family. On the way to Az. we stopped at the Saguaro National Forest to look at the giant cacti. It was really interesting and it  reminded me of the  terrain of the cowboy films of the old west.
We've gone swimming and  to the Children's Museum with the children. We've gone to Kathleen's gym,. Lifetime Fitness, every day. The place is huge.. it has an enormous workout room with over 100 different weight machines, 55 elipticals, 20 bicycles and stairsteppers, several rooms for classes, a children's huge play area, tennis courts, a water park, a spa and a cafe. You could spend the whole day there. I've never seen anything like it. It's as big as Walmart with 2 floors.
Phoenix is a beautiful city. It's very clean and  surrounded by mountains. It's hot here right now with  100 plus degree temperatures, but there is a  slight wind and we had a rainstorm last night which cooled things off a  bit. Kathleen says during the other seasons the weather is so nice.. temps in the 70's and 80's in the fall and 60's in the winter.
Bubba is having a great time with his cousins and they are getting along really well. Mason and Rowen want to do everything big Cousin Bubba does. We went to Ikea tonight to look around and got cinnamon buns and ice cream. Bubba has been wanting to go to Sonic to treat everybody to icies so we will probably go tomorrow night.

On Wed. we are heading to Flagstaff and then on Thurs. to the Grand Canyon. Kathleen and the boys are going with us and all the kids can't wait to see the canyon. We are planning to visit the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff where they have 4 large telescopes to view the solar system. That should  be really interesting outing for all of us .