California trip , AZ to meet Cash

Fabulous house and spectacular views from the "top of the mountain"

Cash loving his new walker

View to street and house below

First glimpse of house on drive up the hill

Steep curvy narrow drive

House from street below

Cash and Grandpa sharing the love.

Our bonfire everyday.  Great Fire pit Dennis made.

Cash gets lots of love and attention

Still too young Grandpa.

Melissa, Courtney, Cash, Dennis, Grandma Stiak

The workout area

Dennis going out on bike to wait at lower area to lead Grandma Stiak "home".

Mike waiting at bottom for his Mom to arrive so he can drive her car up the steep, curvy driveway.

      Landmark  Thumb Butte rises above the area just west of town.

We spent every afternoon in the sunshine

Not yet Gramps

The Large boulders are just outside the kitchen window

Patio at back of the house and the view down to Willow Lake [looking north]

Hot tub with Corona keeping watch.

Melissa and Cash

Start of the long steep drive..  Thumb Butte is the focal point.

 
Grandpa, Grandma ,Dennis,  Courtney, Cash


Stiak Family, Dennis, Courtney, Cash

Dad Dennis, son Cash

Good by Dennis, we are sad to leave.

It is a long drive through Mountains , across the desert and back to traffic of Southern California

Some of the more unusual sights, in the middle of "nowhere" there is a Round a bout.  no town just a cross road in the middle of the desert. No Traffic either??????????????? We wonder why.?

Sam Hill's Cigars and Pipes

Can you read the license plate?     "VICTIMS"  Make up your our story about that.


Flying back to Texas we get some of the Southwest humor:

"Information card is located in your seat back pocket.  For you Dallas Cowboy fans, your in luck as it is mostly pictures"

[Holding up seat belt] " This is the seat belt latch, if you don't recognize it you really need to get out more"

"Thank you for paying attention and to those of you who didn't,,,LOTS OF LUCK"

After a quick stop to pick up more passengers and running behind , trying to get people seated quickly we hear "Please find any empty spot, we are asking you to pick your seat not your soulmate"
"It is only a 57 minute flight and they all face the same way".

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