Last Day in Phoenix

Michael’s conference ended today!!! Yay!!!  Not only did that mean I had help with Daniel, and I also had someone to talk to during my museum trips.  Daniel is wonderful company and charms everyone there, but I can only have some many one-sided conversations. 

The day started off rather slowly with Daniel fighting a nap like it was going out of style.  Finally Daniel Darlin’ fell asleep which meant the remainder of the day would be much more pleasant.  After nap time, Daniel and I did a little bit of shopping while we were waiting for the conference to end.  Finally it ended, and we went off to the Heard Museum.  I had had no idea that so many Native American tribes and communities had lived/live in the area.  Their art work, pottery, textiles, jewelry, and spiritual items were unbelievable.  So much culture and history are connected with these tribes.  We also viewed an exhibit on Geronimo.  Very fascinating information.
After the museum, we met up with a good college friend, Sam Almy and his girlfriend at a restaurant called Fez.  It was so wonderful to catch up with him.  Some things never change between good swimmer friends.  Swimming is such a wonderful sport.  My friendships I’ve made through swimming have been some of the strongest.  Even if we don’t speak for ages, it doesn’t matter.  A beat is never missed, and we tend to pick up where we left off.

That night I had to pack up our hotel room for our voyage to the Grand Canyon the next day.  Not only did we get to bed rather late, but then the hotel’s fire alarm was pulled.  Daniel, of whom loves sleeping on his tummy, pushed up on his arms and looked at me saying what is that loud noise for???  Somehow we got out the door and started down the stairs.  I know that 10 floors is rather high, but it never occurred to me how high up 10 floors was until I had to carry a baby down them half asleep without falling.  It’s all good though, false alarm and back upstairs we all went.  Luckily, Daniel fell right back to sleep J.