We made it past Delta on our little road trip, over 1700 miles, mostly Arizona, it was fun to see the different lifestyles & scenery. We laughed alot and had good visits with our friends. We saw the Hoover Dam, Lake Havasue, Tombstone, Grand Canyon, and Glen Canyon Dam, and Lake Powell. That was the first day!!! Just kidding, but honestly going on a trip with an ole' truck driver you do keep moving. We visited with Ed and Nina Clyde in Elfrieda, Arizona which is only 30 miles from the Mexican border. They bought a 5000 acre ranch and they raise hay, corn, oats, and alot of mesquite brush. They have incident every day with illegals crossing their property. I witnessed it up front and personal, they were young kids, and the people they paid to take them further North, left without them, they had paid them thousands of dollars and then they got caught and had to go back to Mexico. There were 7 on the ranch the 2 days that we were there. The Clyde's have a great vision and they are working hard to get it all up and running again. They were so gracious and it was fun for Eric to get on the big tractor and set the GPS and run for hours on one pivot. They have 21 pivots, and when they got this place it only had one running, and they have repaired 16 more and have them up and running. They can raise 7-8 hay crops a year, and 4 corn and oat crops. They do not have cattle yet, but he has built a huge feed lot and they hope to get cows in 2 years. An added bonus to seeing this farm is that Nina is Tim Atkinson's sister, and they had hired him to come and work for them, so Eric got to see his ole' buddy. We went Tombstone and went through the museum's and had our pictures taken in western wear, they had to add extensions to our outfits, and we could not even show our backsides. Maybe we do need to lose a few lbs!!! We saw the Grand Canyon and it was fascinating, and we even went to the IMAX and saw the movie, (last movie Eric went to was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) We really had a good time, but was happy to get home and sleep in our own bed.

When I read my e-mails upon my return, I have been invited to sell my candy at the West Jordan Costco, too bad I haven't much made. I will investigate that and see if I'm too late to get something done and at least do one weekend in March.

Enough already!!!! I just wanted to brag that I made it past Delta!!