2010 Anniversary Trip

Randy, Barbara, Sharla and RalphWe always try to head south in January. This year we stopped in Las Vegas and called on some long time friends. We met Ralph and Sharla back in 1984 when we moved into their neighborhood. Sharla is very bubbly and loves to laugh and have a good time. I loved going to girls camp with her. Ralph is the salt of the earth and will give you the shirt off his back. One time he backtracked halfway to Soldier Summit to rescue us when our truck broke down. Maybe about 50 miles? We've shared good times and sad times too. We went to dinner and then played games, then the men went to bed and Sharla and I stayed up half the night catching up.


The next day we went to see the London Bridge in Lake Havasu, Az. Back in 1968 the city of Lake Havasu bought the bridge from London and had it shipped over in pieces and then put it back together.

Here's Randy posing . It was probably the warmest day we had and he didn't need a jacket. I did.

The British flag, the U.S. flag and the Arizona state flag fly over the bridge. We parked on one side and walked across the bridge had lunch and then walked back across. Probably about the only exercise we got all week :).

The plaque saying the bridge opened in 1971. It took 3 years to dismantle, ship and rebuild and cost over 2 million for the project. I think that's what I read anyway. If you want the right facts google.com :0.

Then we headed for Phoenix. This is me posing by a cactus. I like anything that makes me look little :0. I have on 2 long sleeve tops and a fleece lined hoodie and I'm freezing!! Randy didn't and wasn't.

This a restaurant at Tortilla Flats outside of Phoenix. That is real money attached to the wall. Over 100 thousand dollars. We are to cheap to use money as wallpaper. We shared a BBQ Pork sandwich and it was pretty good. We almost always share a meal and find it is usually plenty to satisfy our tummies.

The stall door in the restroom. Too bad I don't really look that good! We left there heading to Flagstaff to spend the night. We made it to Winslow and had dinner at Long John Silvers (not good). Headed out towards Flagstaff and got halfway there and I realized that I left my purse hanging on the back of the chair!! I called the restaurant and they couldn't find it... but we were already headed back so just kept going thinking we would dig through the trash to find it. Five minutes later my phone rang and a man asked if I was Barbara. He then asked if I lost my purse! We met him at the Shell station and he gave me my purse back. Some of my cash was missing but all my ID, credit cards and gift cards and all the other crap a woman keeps in her purse were still there. I was so happy about that that I didn't care about a few dollars. So yes there are still honest people in the world :). We spent the night there and headed for home the next day.