The Tucson-Phoenix Overland Stage Company scrambled to action yesterday, making the trip to collect brothers Stephen and Virgil for a week of sun and golf. It is a 180 mile round trip up the back roads through cactus and mesquite, necessary because a direct flight to Tucson is not a good value.
Can you hear me now?
Kathleen and Stan discovered the journey can be quite pleasant, particularly when done in Virgil's Cadillac, on cruise control, past the sugaros and jackrabbits and mountain vistas. The best part, however, was the way station in Chandler, where our friend Lois Eldridge (above) greeted us with an afternoon of distractions.
The three of us went to the Wildflower Bread Company and enjoyed their sandwich and soup combinations then went next door to a favorite bookstore: The Changing Hands. There we spent some time in the children's section where Kathleen found just the right book for Emily, a little girl who is never far from our thoughts.A quick stop at IKEA and then on to the "Stage and Go" lot at Phoenix Sky Harbor where you sit in your car, as though you are in a drive-in movie, watching the big board call your incoming flight.
We were back home by midnight, still wired. This morning, the phone rang, and Steve attempted to answer the new telephone, unfortunately the handset wasn't connected yet, so if you called, we're sorry we missed your call. Hello? Hello? Can you hear me now?
Kathleen made breakfast. Steve is playing tennis with Leno. Tee time with Krueger is 2:07.
We'll laugh at the idiot judge from Florida until then.Life is good in Tucson.
