Just a brief update. Mom, Beth, Tina, and I arrived in Phoenix Tuesday evening. From the time we deplaned, retrieved our luggage, took the shuttle to the rent a car lot (a longer trip than the one at LAX!), picked up our car, and arrived at Jessi's, it took 90 minutes!!! But we made it well.
The flight out was somewhat bumpy for the first 30 minutes due to the St. Louis weather. Mom held my hand the first 10 minutes in such a way that 3 of my fingertips were blood red and the rest of the finger were pale white! Our seating worked out well since the plane wasn't packed. Mom and I had an empty middle seat as did the girls.
I reserved a full size car and they had none left. So they gave us a free upgrade to an SUV (a Rogue?). It does have great pick up and drives fairly well.
Jessi, Mike, and the boys are doing well. The boys are growing up very fast. Actually, Bryson was already asleep so we didn't see him until Wednesday morning. Since we didn't have supper, we ran to the local McDonalds only to find out their 42 oz drink is $2.00! Mom's iced tea turned out to be bad and my 42 oz. Diet Coke ended up being a regular Coke which I could not drink. Oh, well...
Yesterday (Wednesday) the boys went to school, Mike worked, Jessi worked, and the rest of us drove 3 1/2 hours to the Grand Canyon. I saw the Canyon when I was a kid (was it in 1961 or 1964 or both?). For everyone else, this was a first. They were quite impressed as is everyone who sees the Canyon for the first time. The girls took several pictures and video and will likely post them on Facebook after we get home next week. We had a great time and the weather was quite nice.
After a couple of hours, we drove back to Phoenix using a different route. We saw some great scenery but the route added 30 minutes or so to our trip. We finally got back around 6:30 and spent last night chilling out.
Brody is wanting to use the computer to play a game so I am closing this portion of my trip "report". We really have no other siteseeing planned but will certainly take in some sites (probably the zoo).
More later...
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The city is currently the fifth largest city in the United States[2] in terms of population with a 2007 estimated population of 1,552,259. During the 1990s Phoenix competed for the title of fifth largest city in the United States with Philadelphia. Its city proper is the tenth largest for land area in the United States at 517 square miles (1,340 km2).
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