Before heading to Yuma, we had to make a cruise ship stop in Phoenix, Arizona- for our geographically challenged friend, Deb P, this is a funny thing to do since Phoenix is land-locked in a middle of an arid desert. Our mission was to hook up with the Number 1 fan of Holland America Cruise Lines, Hal G. We had met Hal on a HAL cruise ship in Brazil and we have followed his travel ever since. Hal and Kay probably travel more than we do and the vast majority of thi...

DH was just beginning to accept that the Birthday Tour was over and the Killer B's had indeed left us and gone home, and she was stuck with me for her daily entertainment and warm hugs. Apparently that prospect left her a little down in the dumps so she was in desperate need of a cosmic, spiritual, or psychic boost. Sedona, Arizona is a city of outstanding natural beauty, famous for its red sandstone rock formations - buttes, blue skies, and canyons, and more...

A lot of very cool things happened to us on the way to the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley but Bonnie D, in a private email to DH that I was able to obtain via the Freedom of Information Act (also known as the DH Can't Keep A Secret Act), suggested that reading my blog was like doing homework. I am sulking. Enjoy the photos.

After the unspeakable damage Dusty Dave did to Puffy The Pillow during our ATV adventure it was time for a couple of groin- friendly (but still 65th birthday worthy) events. To that end we made the relatively long drive to Lake Havasu to visit London Bridge (without telling Dave). London Bridge?? In Arizona??In 1896 the bridge was the busiest point in London, England, and one of its most congested; 8,000 pedestrians (including Dusty Dave?) and 900 vehicles crosse...

So what do you do with a legendary cowboy (in his own mind) who has severely bruised his manhood and pride (but mainly his manhood) in an ill-advised attempt to tame an equally legendary mechanical bull?? You sign him up for a day of rough ATVing in a cacti paradise near Black Canyon AZ. Ever the good sport, Dusty Dave B popped a couple of Advil's, shoved a pillow down the front of his pants (I suspect that the tight elastics around his Depends worked to hold...