At the end of our cross country trip, we drove through Taos, NM. We
thought about visiting the Taos Pueblo - but the cost was high and the
town is clearly a tourist trap. So we simply drove on. We stayed in
Gallup NM as planned and then drove on, arriving in Phoenix as scheduled
on Wednesday June 11.
One of the first things I did was take Mr. Shadow to be groomed at the local Pet Smart. They thinned and cleaned his coat, and he seemed to really enjoy his visit there.
Each morning, I take him for a walk around the block before it gets too hot. One morning, I came across this cactus bloom. I put my hand in the photo so that you can see the size. This is a night blooming cactus, where one or two blossoms open up each night and then wilt during the day time heat - each day, the high temp is in the 100 - 100 range and the night time low is in the 75 - 80 range. The forecast calls for it to warm up with highs in the 110 - 120 range and lows in the 80 - 90 range.
We visited Home Depot and learned about the types of wood and laminate floors that we could have installed. We brought home eight samples and finally decided on one of the laminates. On Tuesday, we had the floors measured for the laminate and also had the windows measure for interior wood shutters.
Patty and I continue to go through things and on Saturday, we made a car load of donations to Goodwill.
We found that the best way to walk Mr. Shadow during the afternoon was to take him by car to the Steele Indian Park, about a mile away. There he can walk on grass and dirt. The park is beautiful at this time of year.
On Sunday afternoon, we went to Grassroots Restaurant to help Anne and Jane celebrate their 61st birthday.
We bought a cooling pad for Mr. Shadow. It has gel in it and when I step on it, I can feel that it is cool on my feet. Shadow will only lie on it if I make him do so - it cools him off, but he will not lie on it of his own volition.
I will bring two bikes on the bike rack - one is the black bike shown here (the large red bike is mine and will stay here in Phoenix) and one is Megan's street bike that came here from Vermont.
One of the first things I did was take Mr. Shadow to be groomed at the local Pet Smart. They thinned and cleaned his coat, and he seemed to really enjoy his visit there.
Each morning, I take him for a walk around the block before it gets too hot. One morning, I came across this cactus bloom. I put my hand in the photo so that you can see the size. This is a night blooming cactus, where one or two blossoms open up each night and then wilt during the day time heat - each day, the high temp is in the 100 - 100 range and the night time low is in the 75 - 80 range. The forecast calls for it to warm up with highs in the 110 - 120 range and lows in the 80 - 90 range.
We visited Home Depot and learned about the types of wood and laminate floors that we could have installed. We brought home eight samples and finally decided on one of the laminates. On Tuesday, we had the floors measured for the laminate and also had the windows measure for interior wood shutters.
Patty and I continue to go through things and on Saturday, we made a car load of donations to Goodwill.
We found that the best way to walk Mr. Shadow during the afternoon was to take him by car to the Steele Indian Park, about a mile away. There he can walk on grass and dirt. The park is beautiful at this time of year.
On Sunday afternoon, we went to Grassroots Restaurant to help Anne and Jane celebrate their 61st birthday.
We bought a cooling pad for Mr. Shadow. It has gel in it and when I step on it, I can feel that it is cool on my feet. Shadow will only lie on it if I make him do so - it cools him off, but he will not lie on it of his own volition.
Besides sorting through things for donations, we are also organizing and collecting things to bring to Ben and Martha in Portland, and to Megan and Jon in Ketchikan. Hopefully, I will be able to get all of their things into the Subaru.
I will bring two bikes on the bike rack - one is the black bike shown here (the large red bike is mine and will stay here in Phoenix) and one is Megan's street bike that came here from Vermont.
The one thing to remember when we are here in Phoenix is to walk Shadow in the morning before it gets too hot, in the afternoon at the park (shown below) and in the evening after dark.
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