Farewell to ARIZONA, You’ve been a fine time.
1) Last Thursday, dinner with choice friends formed in the Philippines. Great folks from the Mesa/Gilbert area. The man in the white shirt, President Peterson, a Mesa stake president was called as our mission president. The other two couples asked to serve with the Petersons. Us?, we just got lucky.
2) Cheryl England Moss, daughter of my mother’s husband, is battling a mean cancer. She is winning! And guess what? She lives in Mesa, a mere 3 miles from our RV park.
3) Did you know that Pro-golfer Rickie Fowler is a Patriots fan? How do we know that? Well, because our nephew, Kirk Allen, was paired with Rickie during the Pro/Am round on Wednesday. On short notice Kirk was able to fly his son, Jenner, to PHX to be his caddie, landing within an hour of tee-time. Our mission, to get Jenner from the airport to the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale before 9 a.m. Mission accomplished!
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5) We got booted from Mesa on Thursday because no space was available to stay put.
We drove to the desert oasis of Quartzsite. Plenty of space here. It is known as the largest gathering of RV’s on the planet. This tiny town of 3,500 swells to 1,000,000 once the RV’ers arrive in January and February. We counted 58 RV parks here, the rest choose dry-camping or boon docking on the vast BLM land surrounding the town.
Side note: We built this puzzle, then noticed our neighbors license plate. Wouldn’t the 2,448 miles of ROUTE 66 be a memorable road trip? Let’s go!
6) Mindblown! Today in the little branch of Quartsite we arrived 10 minutes early to a jammed packed parking lot. Chapel overflowing all the way to the back of the gym. We sat in overflow - the RS room - where sacrament was viewable by video and the emblems passed to this large gathering by 13 elderly Elders. Surprised and impressed. It was marvelous to behold.
7) We are ready for something new. Our duffles are being retired as we try out this duffle/backpack/on wheels.
Just to keep you in the loop with us here is our travel plan. Tomorrow we move to LA, store CarLa and fly away on Tuesday.
Coming this week:
Feb 3 Genevieve is 1 TODAY!
Feb 4 Callie will be 34 tomorrow
Feb 4 Rayson turns 41 tomorrow
Feb 6 Brennan celebrates 9 years this Wednesday
While we are traveling:
Feb 12 ‘Elder’ Joseph will be 19
Feb 24 Britni turns 36
Feb 27 Chris marks 39 years
Feb 28/Mar1 Tesila has been around for 11 years
March 6 Emeline becomes a teenager
March 7 Lincoln + Carrie celebrate 18 years of marriage
March 10 Robert will be 24
March 11 Sabrina is 3!!!
Upon our return to California we plan to drive up the coast to Oregon & Washington before returning to Utah - perhaps early to mid April.
Stay in touch. We LOVE hearing from you.
We love you forever!
Scatter smiles & sunshine Ü
Momma C & Dad Lane (G&G Howell)
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Nothing more until we return from IndoChina...
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