I guess if you guys don’t complain I will go on forever about Arizona. 93,500 acres of beautiful layers of bentonite clay and sandstone that have picked up eon’s of different soils, etc, giving the viewer lavender, red, orange and pink colors, with some gray mixed in…The sunlight and clouds can change the colors while you are looking at the scene.  We were east of Flagstaff at the time we toured the Painted Desert. Later, while traveling up to Page to see Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam and about 30 miles north of Cameron, AZ there were canyon rims that were colored like the painted desert. Today while goggling the Painted Desert the article stated the it started 30 miles north of Cameron. So, two days later we saw the start of  canyon. The Little Colorado River cuts through the Painted Desert….”Some places it even had water”…..That’s a joke, son…..

Standin’ on a corner in Winslow, AZ…..Well, we finally saw the famous corner at 2ND and North Kinsley Ave in Winslow, AZ….The fellow is still standing there and the girl in the flat bed Ford is a mural painted in the window…Labor Day weekend and there was no one around to pick him up except the girl in the flat bed ford and us…We just didn’t have the room and besides all that, my wife frowns on me picking up hitch hikers anyway…We passed him up..The girl was still thinking about it as far as we could tell.

…..tomorrow, day three of our Arizona trip continued

26,000 years ago an asteroid measuring about  150 feet across and weighing several hundred thousand tons hit the Arizona desert with such force that in a few nano seconds it dug a crater 700 feet deep and 4000 feet across, displacing over 175 million tons of limestone and sandstone. Today, it is a very impressive place to visit, and you leave there wondering if another asteroid will head our way one day. They are watching several asteroids according to a film we watched, but of course there are several thousands of small objects that could potentially come our way. It was an interesting time spent touring this place. It is privately owned, which surprised me, but it was not overly expensive. It is a worthwhile place to visit….I think you will enjoy your time there…More on day three tomorrow…

The mountains such as this are all around Sedona, called Red Rock Country..Our camera was clicking most of the drive. I have a different shot of this mountain that I am already painting…. The creek you see is Oak Creek and Oak Creek Scenic Drive follows it almost all the way to Flagstaff, as it curves through the Coconino Forest. Several camp grounds through there if you are into camping…..It seemed to me like this was a resort city, as I did not see any industry other than tourist, however, that seemed to be doing pretty well….

Number 1 granddaughter and no. 1 grandson in law introduced us to BK Taco last Friday evening. It was very good food and to me, a very unique hot dog and a new dish, to me anyway, called Caramelos…you will want to order 2 or 3 or them…and the sonoran style hot dog…you will want a couple of them also…it is very good food, folks, and I hope you will give them a try. You can read all about them at www.bktacos.com…  I did not meet the owner Benjamin L. Galaz but I did meet his brother, David….Now they have an additional treat for you beer lovers, on Thursday from 4 pm until 8pm, 99 cent beer….Go by and treat yourself to some tasty Mexican food…You will love it….Pete Hester

 We were greeted at the Grand Canyon by this little fellow. I do believe he recieved more interest than the Grand Canyon until he tore the tree down and moved on. He had his sweetheart following him around. They both had a drink from the ditch near the parking lot. What a beautiful animal…They both were. More on our trip later….Pete

Well, I am withholding judgement at this point…The season is young…We have 16 inexperienced players on the field this year…If improvements are forthcoming we may still be ok…If not, we have some problems that must be addressed….Of course, that is a understatement, huh? 0 – 2, come on guys…..

This time of year is kind of sad for me….Yeah,  I know, for all Americans…Mom died September 10, 2001 and the wife and I were trying to fly back to Alabama….We ended up driving and making it just in time for the viewing….So I had a double event that further saddened me and my family .Please remember all those who lost family and freinds during this time….May God continue to Bless America and keep us out of harms way…

Well, who would have thunk it….Me agreeing with Mr. Navarrette…American citizens do not want to pick strawberries…He is absolutely correct…We don’t like hard work….strawberries, chilies, onions, apples, any work for field hands we do not like….We are so thankful for the Mexican citizens or anyone else who is willing to do those jobs….Only thing, they need to come through the door legally…have green cards…If we need to revamp the system to let more through, then lets do it…I worked with some Mexican green card holders at the potash mines in Carlsbad, NM years ago….they were hard workers, fun loving, easy going, friendly and God fearing…they are a special people…But they got to have a green card Mr. Navarrette….otherwise they are law breakers….I don’t want to pick strawberries either and will not as long as there is another way to put food on the table…Let’s keep plenty of workers in the USA legally so we don’t have to….

The Lobos will be playing the no. 11th ranked Oregon in Eugene, Sept 4. The Lobos are a 34 point underdog, they say….This is a hostile place to play according to many who have played there. Quoted by the Albuquerque Journal, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said, “It’s a very hostile environment, I can tell you that.”….One of the reason I think the Oregon fans are hostile is that it is a 54,000 seat capacity stadium and they routinely stack about 58,544 in it for the games…No wonder they all are pissed, over 8% of the people are stacked two to a seat….I would be hostile also, they can’t sit down, so they stand up and take it out on the poor slobs down on the field that had nothing to do with ticket sales…Some things in our favor, Oregon plays Tennessee at Tennessee Sept 11, so two things…One, They are thinking about powerful Tennessee and not the lowly Lobos and two, they are not going to use everything in their play book as they don’t want Tennessee to know everything they do…Two or three basic plays should take care of the Lobos is what Oregon may be thinking…You know, they probably will win the game, but I sure hope we can keep it closer than 34 points…Lobos, pull out some Ducks tail feathers, ok?…Who gives a quack about how many feathers you pull is what I thinking…..Pull feathers and howl…..Go Lobos