Awake 4:54 am Temp 64 Partly cloudy Overnight @ Sun City, AZ
@ 10:30 am our coach is ready to re-position on the North side of Al's big
shop in the shade. If Al & Wilma do drive their motorhome East during Nov
& Dec, then Al will park our bus in his shop under cover.
Al has never driven a Newell so I invite him to do the driving &
re-positioning for familiarization. He does just fine. We say our goodbyes
& thank you's to Al & Wilma who have been quite busy with commitments
during our short stay. Then we continue to organize & get ready for our
Super Shuttle pickup scheduled for 1:25 pm. The shuttle arrives 5 min
early....one stop in Glendale for another passenger (that makes five) & 45
min later we are at the Phoenix airport.
We fly Alaska Airlines PHX to PDX = 2 hrs. Rough flight with turbulence en
route. Kathy does pretty well considering her sensitivity.
During our layover in PDX, we eat a bowl of chicken salad Kathy had put
together this morning...then walk around the terminal for exercise. When
passing an active bar & grill, we notice the baseball series between the
Sox and Yankees being televised. Boston is leading when player Rodriguez,
running to first base, litterly swats the ball out of the glove of pitcher
Arroyo while trying to avoid being tagged. The stadium crowd went wild. We
had to get back to our gate for departure & couldn't hang around to see
how it was handled.
On board the aircraft, we found out that Rodriguez was called out, the run
that scored was reversed & the Sox won the game....another thriller!
We boarded the aircraft @ 8:30 but didn't take off until 9:30 due to some
clearing of mechanical paperwork performed earlier on the aircraft. We
both take naps off & on en route to Anchorage. PDX to ANC = 4 hrs 5 min.
Take a taxi home @ 1:30 am. Our home is very clean & organized. Every room
vacuumed. Gene and Jerri, our friends and house sitters, have done a great
job taking care of our home in our absence.
Lights out: 2:30 am
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