The real vacation begins

Time for us to finally take a real vacation. We have traveled this year, but not without bringing work with us and mostly to go spoil the grandkids. This time, we are determined to relax and try to untie some knots for a change. The flight from Ft Myers to Charlotte was great except for the tight seating on US Air, wow, I never realized how much I appreciate Jet Blue, that is why they don't have first class, all the seats are roomy and I so missed having a TV! It is a little weird to fly with a stranger's head in your lap. People watching is always fun at an airport, I saw this woman, mid-fortyish, with red and purple dreadlocks poking out from under her straw hat that had a teal boa tied around it, and she had on these black platform lace up boots. I wonder why people decorate themselves this way? Do that enjoy having people stare or try not to stare at them? Is it an ego thing? Are they trying to make a statement, if so, would it be 'screw you', 'I'm a nutcase' or are they craving attention even if it is only to force us to stare and wonder???,

It amazes me how well Bob can time his workload, he can time it so that he works exactly up to the minute we leave for vacation. I wonder what would happen if he started working at ludicris speed 2 days before he started this time, would it mean he would be done two days before we left so he could get ready at a leisurely pace, or would he find more to do??? He works 24/7, I was tempted to leave the plug for the laptop home and hide the cell phones, but as you can see, I brought mine. You just can't get away from it.............

So, picture taking opportunites are everywhere here in AZ, I get so frustrated when driving down the highway and I see all these great things that I would love to shoot, but we can't stop. So, I decided to shoot from the car anyway. And I was pleasantly surprized, they look really good. I had bob stop at the side of the road to take a shot and check out what I found Arizona trash.

What a gorgeous place this is, the view just kept getting better and better, we started in Phoenix and drove north to Sedona. With the time difference and the fact that we got up at 3 am est, and were starving, we got to the hotel, threw our luggage in the door, headed for the nearest local pub and had lunch. We hung around long enough to eat and pay, then headed back to the room to crash at 3 AZ time. I gave up trying to figure out how many hours it was from the time we got up in FL. till then. The time change and the fact that AZ does not cooperate with daylight savings time, just gives me a headache. And who cares anyway, we are on vacation, it is dark now, so I think it is safe to go to bed whatever time it is!!!