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Jody and I cashed in her free miles and we flew to Arizona Tuesday Feb. 10th for a winter get-away. We ran into cold weather -- low 60s instead of the usual low 70s for this time of year, but it was WAY better than Chicago in February. We enjoyed some of the great local cuisine with Chuck Box burgers for lunch and seared tuna at Sushi on Shea for dinner.
On Wednesday, I coerced Jody into hiking to the top of Camelback Mountain (1264 feet elevation gain in 1.2 miles). She made it to the top and *LATER* agreed that it was a very cool thing to do.
On Thursday, we drove North and did a loop through Sedona, Jerome, and Prescott. The roads were clear, but there was snow all over the place. It was the first time I ever saw snow in Jerome or Prescott. I think the road from Jerome to Prescott is something I MUST do on a motorcycle sometime. It might have more turns per mile than the "Tail of the Dragon" route that my friend Yarko always raves about.
On Friday, we went to the Phoenix Zoo in the morning, then Jody hung out at the pool while I played tennis with Doug Lloyd. It felt great to swing a racquet for the first time since October. Too bad it will be months before I can do it again in Chicago. :-(
Friday night, we met the Lloyds and the McKays at Monti's La Casa Vieja in Tempe. The prime rib was pretty good and the company was even better.
Saturday, we tried to go to the Desert Botanical Gardens to see a cool new exhibit (Chihuly), but it was reserved -- possibly due to all of the NBA All-Star visitors in town. We resorted to Plan B and went out towards Globe to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum.
On Sunday, our return flight ended up being delayed by 3 hours (gotta love air travel!). To kill some time, we went to one of my favorite biker bar/dive places -- Greasewood Flat.
2 comments:
Thanks for inviting us out to dinner on Friday. It was great meeting Jody and seeing you again!
And what was the result on Friday?
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