Wednesday January 30, 2013

Wednesday January 30/13  update #353

I have a couple of photos as promised from my evenings out with Keith, then Maurice.   I’ve also included a couple of special shots.   The first one is hanging in the Boston Pizza at Avenida, showing the old embodiment of the Battle Of Alberta with Dave Semenko and Tim Hunter.   It is a classic!

Then home on our fridge in Okotoks is the first picture of baby Peso before we bought him and had him shipped from North Carolina.   He was so cute and odd-looking that nobody could refuse that face, lol.

Well I didn’t need an alarm clock to get up at 2am and have a shave and shower in preparation for Gord to drive me at 2:45 to the Calgary airport.   I had left our home in Okotoks pretty much the way I found it, with little evidence that I was even there.  Our house-sitter Deb did not make an appearance at all while I was there so I had the place all to myself.

The US Airways jet actually left the gate 5 minutes early and landed in Phoenix almost an hour early, surprising my brother Fern who is holidaying in Mesa and kindly picked me up at the airport.  My room was not ready so we picked up our Eleggant Hooks boxes that had arrived at the hotel a few days ago and headed over to the Arizona Fair Grounds where the craft show is being held.  We were there an hour before set-up time so we just dropped off the boxes and went for a small lunch and to catch up with each other.

Fern then dropped me off back at the show and it took me less than 20 minutes to set up.  The fellow behind me said he was very envious because it takes him about 8 hours to set up.   I registered, got my name tag and then walked back to my hotel, the Comfort In West which is very nice and is only a 30 minute walk from the show.   The hotel has free wi-fi and coffee and breakfast, plus an outdoor pool and Jacuzzi.

I have checked the immediate area and the only eateries seemed to be a few Mexican restaurants, so I had a fish supper at one of them and it was really delicious.   I think there is a modest convenience store attached to a corner gas station so I will have to check that out tomorrow.

One thing I find really odd here is that I do not recall seeing one solitary cab since I have been here?  If I need one some day I am not sure what I am going to do.

That was today’s excitement.   Hugs to all.    Please see all photos at http://souvenircuenca.blogspot.com/