March 14th - March 20th

Another week gone by... where does the time go?  Well Al & Vicki were here for the weekend so we toured around some.  Saturday we spent the day lazing around the trailer as everyone was tired from our "tourist" days.  Saturday night, Tom took us all to dinner at Apache Lair where we enjoyed a good steak dinner and even better company.  Katheryn Rose who was at Bob's Cowboy School for the week joined us too as Tom took her to Tucson after dinner to get her truck which had broken down.

Sunday, after church, Al, Vicki, Tom, Arda, and myself packed a picnic lunch and  headed to the Chiricahua Mountains.  It was a beautiful day but very windy.  There was also still a fair amount of snow on the mountains which is good for the water table.  We had a  great time.  A few pictures... Chiricahua Mountains

Monday we took Al & Vicki to the airport as their vacation was over.  We stopped by to see Arda, Gerry, Vicki, and  Willie and had a great lunch... as usual.

Tuesday I rode while Arda had fun doing all those fun things like laundry, cleaning, the trailer, etc. in preparation for us heading north for a week.

Wednesday & Thursday were spent driving to Chicago... 15 and 12 hours respectively.  The weather was good and we enjoyed seeing the country.  There was snow on the ground in the higher elevations but we didn't  have any storms on the way.

Friday was Steve's Graduation (Graduation Pictures) so that filled up most of the day... after a lazy morning that is.  That evening we had a family dinner to celebrate Steve's Graduation AND Petra's birthday which is next week.  Everyone had a great time (could it be because Dad picked up the check?)!

Saturday we lazed around, well some of us.  Petra and  Jenny went to the gym to work out and Steve finished up his last paper... yup, he still graduated.  Tonight we are going to dinner with some of Steve's classmates and their families.

I've decided that after this adventure ends, I will post updates and pictures on Facebook and stop with this blog.  I will let you know when I post the last article so in the meantime, keep your loops open.