We Will Rock You

Julie and I took in this afternoon show today. With the Music from Queen this show was put together with a bit of a story, and entertains pre schoolers to senior citizens. At the Dominion Theatre in Central London the musical is in it's 8 th year and has had over 5 million attend. We do enjoy these first class shows and will try to see all of them while we are living here in London.

James J. Fox Cigar Store

This world famous Cigar Shop on St. James Street in Central London was established in 1787. It is the oldest cigar merchant in the UK. On this wet rainy London day, I ended up in the basement cigar museum of this store. I was honored to sit in the same chair that Sir Winston Churchill used while he selected his cigars. Churchill was a customer of this store from 1900 to 1964 as well as many members of the Royal Family. So I lit a Churchill Cigar. It was the honorable thing to do.

Grand Dad

This last week was the my first real education in being a Grandfather. I stayed at my Son's house and got put to work fixing roof and window leaks and replacing broken floor tiles. After about 3 days my grand daughter warmed up to me and we actually got along quite well. But after the work was done I got rudely woke up with a cold shower in the morning and I took the hint that it was time for me to leave. You know the old saying that relatives are like fish,,,after a few days they start smelling bad. So I'm on a 9:00 flight this evening back home to my bride in England.

Arizona Hiking

Brooke and I took advantage of some great Arizona weather. We hiked in the Thunderbird Conventional Park in North Phoenix, (lower picture). Upper Picture is the most popular hike in the valley called Pinnacle Peak. The desert has it's own kind of scenery shown here with the rock formations and cactus. It's impossible not to notice the natural beauty I always add to any picture.

Greasewood Flat

In the middle of Scottsdale Arizona's multi-million dollar homes, Greasewood Flat still is in operation and looks like when it opened in 1882. This was built as a stagecoach stop in the dusty Arizona desert and now is open for burgers and a brew. Brooke and I had lunch here yesterday and it was the first time I went there without my Harley. It's popular with the biker crowd and is a place you see license plates from every state in the union. This has been a backdrop for many movies over the years. Everybody writes their note on a dollar bill and pins it to the ceiling.

London to Phoenix

It was the typical UK weather that I left behind a week ago with rain and even occasional snow. We lifted off from London Heathrow in the rain and fog but had a smooth 10 hour flight all the way into Phoenix Sky Harbor. My flight was the 747 in the background that we had to walk to in the rain. I took some pictures as we crossed into northern Canada at 40,00 feet. Lots of snow showing through Canada and the north east United States.

Sunny Arizona

I'm back in Arizona now away from the dreary cold London winter. This is a working trip to help Daughter Brooke move into an apartment and to lease out our house. The moving van came yesterday, packed up all of our furniture and headed to Washington State. I will be there in April to conclude yet another move. I spent 2 great evenings with our Mesa Arizona friends and got to spend some time with our family dog Boggey who we sure do miss. He still can chase down a tennis ball like the old days. Boggey will stay with our friends in Mesa until we return.