Phoenix!

We took a short trip to Phoenix and had a great time.  We stayed with Kathy and Anita at their great new house; Danny and Jeannie came up from Houston and we all went to the Barrett-Jackson Classic Auto Auction; and we went to Tuscon to visit Herman and Nancy Johannesmeyer. 

We spent three fun days at the 41st annual Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale: 

There were 270,000 people in attendance and
over $92M in sales this year

Joe loved this corvette -- good taste because
it later sold for $325,000!

Because Danny & Jeannie had buyers cards, we were
able to actually go on stage!

Danny and Jeannie bought this great 1969 Camaro
 Congratulations!!

Thursday evening, we headed to Tuscon to visit Herman and Nancy.  I had never been to Tuscon and I thought it was a great area.  Nancy has always told me that the adage is, "When the mountains turn pink, it's time to drink".  On the way to Tuscon, I was amazed to see that the mountains actually do turn pink at sunset and I snapped this picture:

They live in the foothills of the Santa Catalina
mountains and it is just beautiful

During our trip, we also went to the Talking Stick Casino twice -- Joe won both times and I actually ended up ahead by a few dollars.

On Sunday, Joe and I golfed with Kathy and Anita at Coyote Lakes :

I hadn't golfed in a long time and it was interesting
to say the least -- but I had fun

Joe, Kathy and Anita putt out while I am
far away looking for my ball :-D

While out of town we found out that Joe's aunt, who lives at the Lake of the Ozarks, was on vacation and would be in Orlando when we returned, so after our plane landed we went to visit her at the Fountains Resort. 

A whirlwind trip but really fun and so great to get to see everyone.