Family time

We had a great day hanging out, driving around Northern Arizona, doing some rock collecting and eating home cooked food in our kitchen.

We had to do an 11/2 hr. time share spiel this morning to "pay" for our free stay in the condo. It was fairly pain free. We do NOT now own a time share but DO love our free stay in the wonderful Highlands Resort. The kids did a couple of games of mini golf as we were schmoozed and quickly led out the back door after our not saying yes to the timeshare. Hee hee

After a nice lunch at our condo we went to meet a lady from Cottonwood who collects rocks from all over the U.S. She had some great directions and info for us and we took off in the great rock search. Rock hounding in the mountains is a bit different than in Souris. First there is lots of driving up and down mountains. Trying to find dry creek beds and cuts in the banks of the road. We ended up having a great day and found some amazing rocks. Dean will have fun cutting and polishing them when we get home.

This evening we had another great home cooked meal and headed for the pool and hot tub. There was another family there while we were there. The kids had a great time playing tag and learning to "surf". What fun it is to meet another great family to spend a few hours with,trading stories and of coarse Miranda now has another best friend. They traded e-mails and hopefully can keep in contact.