Yesterday, we took a delightful drive to Park City, Utah. I was looking forward to the beautiful scenery, the main street filled with cutesy shops, and a nice lunch along the way. Then Heidi, a mutual friend, sent the text. “Check out the bobsled.” Kathy (the athlete, as excited as can be): “Let’s do the bobsled? Do you want to? Really, it will be so much fun? Want to? Let’s do it!” Pam (assuming the bobsled was nothing much more than a tricked out county fair ride constructed with Continue Reading
Colorado City, Arizona
There was one obvious route to our destination of St. George, Utah. We chose another. Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah were in our sights. Not on your bucket list? They needn’t be, but we wanted to view life in these two towns only separated by a state line, reputedly, still run by Warren Jeffs from his cell block in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Yes, we wanted to see the towns that polygamy made famous. With the brilliant red cliffs as a backdrop, we drove hours on a Continue Reading
Letter from Camp
Staying at a resort-like, age restricted, active adult community in suburban Phoenix for ten weeks with my friend, Kathy, has been a bit like camp. A very nice camp. (http://www.grandinfo.com/) But what would camp be without a letter to mom and dad. So channeling my ten your old self, my letter home… Dear Mom and Dad, Thanks for sending me to camp this year with the older kids. It’s been a blast! Our cabin is real nice and I like it a lot, but the other cabins behind us are a little too Continue Reading
The scary similarities between high school and retirement
Can high school foretell your retirement? I can’t imagine it does, but recently, a friend told me I was the poster child for retirement. As I quickly dispelled that notion, I thought about my life today and found myself thinking back to my high school days, and surprisingly, found many similarities. Bell bottoms and the hair flip, fortunately, are not two of them. I'll always love my parents and at the same time, be frustrated with them for letting me join and then after a year, quit so many Continue Reading