Look What We Found!

Hi, Ya'll!

On our way to Phoenix this afternoon, both of us needed to stop and use the facilities somewhere. We got off the freeway at Anthem, because we saw the Chevron sign. As we pulled into the station, LOOK WHAT WE FOUND RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT!!! Of course, we had to take a drive through to see what was there. After a "brief" stop, we continued on our course to Phoenix. We shall return. There were lots and lots of stores there. (Several years ago, we found this place. In fact it was the first time that Ellen made Sharon get into a wheelchair because the area was so large.)
The drive out of Flagstaff and for many miles was just as beautiful as our days of driving through the forests. Of course, no trip would be complete without road work signs.

The Arizona desert is full of Saguaro cacti. They stand stately and tall!

As we came down off the mountain with its 80 degree temperatures, we were made aware of what the weather was like outside the comfort of our car.

Then, a few minutes later, we saw THIS!It kept going up and up! Sharon just kept snapping the picture of the console of her car. (Dust and all!)

Thank goodnesss, it finally stopped here!!

We were going to stay at a Homewood Suites during this stay. But, after our experience in Albuquerque, Ellen quickly changed our reservations for this leg of the journey. You guessed it! We are at a Residence Inn in Tempe.

Have we told everyone that we LOVE The Residence Inn?! It is amazing that the rooms look so much alike, but they suit us just fine.

We have room for all of our things.

We also have plenty of room to just relax. That is a very nice fireplace that you see, but NOT when it is 113 degrees outside!

We are approximately ten minutes from IKEA. Tomorrow will be our day to enjoy that particular store. We will shop for awhile and then have lunch in their cafeteria. Then we will continue with our shopping. (Thanks, Nichole, for introducing us to this fun place!) We don't get this way too often, so when we are here, we make sure to set aside an entire day for IKEA. We both have made a shopping list for this store.

Until next time. . . . . .