Arizona Spring 2009

On Monday 18 May, Kris, Winnie, and I set off for Mesa, Arizona to visit Grandmother Boynton. The trip down was beautiful. We encountered rain at Flagstaff and the majority of the time we spent in Mesa was overcast, intermittently rainy, and miraculously cool. The bougainvillea is in bloom all over the Valley of the Sun and is spectacular. We spent time visiting, eating (of course), and shopping. On May 21 we took Grandmother with us to Peoria for Finn's 5th-birthday party (see post below).

Beautiful storm over the San Fransisco Peaks
near Flagstaff, on the way down

Verde Groves: Grandmother's home

The happy greeting

Maren, Finn, and Harry came to Mesa on Tuesday the 19th

We all had supper at Tia Rosa's

The gang at Tia Rosa's Taqueria

On Wednesday the 20th, Trevor came for supper

On Thursday the 21st we had our own Memorial-Day
commemoration at the Mesa Cemetery

That evening we met Maren, Gavin, and the boys at
Westgate for Finn's birthday activity
(see next post)

Winnie and I went walking every morning
and took special notice of the local flora including
the beautiful bougainvillea

Grandmother's home at Verde Groves

The greenway across from her house

Friday we joined the Beck sisters for their
traditional hamburger lunch

Kris, Carol, Raye, and Bonnie at In-N-Out

Shopping at the new San Tan Village in Gilbert

We picked up fixings for supper at this spectacular
new Mexican supermarket in Mesa

Chip and Sandy joined us for Tacos al Carbon

It's always fun to be with grandmother in Mesa.

There are three more posts from Arizona that follow.

OXO

D.