After a quick breakfast at Pat’s, we were on our way. Since we had been so busy the last few days, we decided to make just a short trip to Mesquite and stay the night.   We are still avid Pokémon Go players.  This was a community day and we spent three hours catching the…

After all the activity of the last few days, today was very quiet. We went back to the “Egg And I” restaurant for breakfast and then helped Ann and Pat run a few errands.  Later in the afternoon we went to the movies and saw “Christopher Robin”.   We really enjoyed it.  Pooh and the…

Since the National Park opens at 8:00 a.m., we got up early and went in search of breakfast.  Luckily, the cafe next door was open and we charged ourselves for the day with coffee and food.  The drive to the park only took about 30 minutes and passed some interesting arches over the highway.  Arriving…

After a great Breakfast at Ann’s we headed north for our trip to Bryce Canyon National Park. Our first stop was at Cedar Breaks National Monument.  Cedar Breaks is a natural amphitheater which is more eroded than, but otherwise similar to formations at nearby Bryce Canyon National Park.  After about an hour we continued our…

After yesterday’s arrival, we had another full full day of activities planned. First up was a visit to The Tuacahn Theater. This is an outdoor theater and was built using the naturally shaped rock amphitheater. Tonight’s show was a production of Roger and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella”. Ann and Pat have attended several shows here. Next we…

Peggy and Cliff took us out to a great (and inexpensive) breakfast buffet at Santa Fe Station Casino.  After breakfast, we got on the road to St. George, Utah.  This is only a two-hour trip, but we traveled through three states, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. Just before leaving Nevada, we stopped in the town of…

Paul has finally finished giving his summer workshops for AP Chemistry teachers and is ready for some relaxation. Today we’re traveling to Las Vegas to visit our friends Peggy and Cliff.  They used to live in the Oakridge Mobile Home Park but bought a beautiful new house in LV. On the way be passed a…

During my retirement, my schedule is totally flipped. I work for June and July and relax, travel, and paint the rest of the year. I’m in the middle of my APSI’s, that is, the Advanced Placement Summer Institutes where I work with groups of terrific teachers around California and Indiana. We do labs and I…

I’m here in Salt Lake City for the AP Chemistry Reading. I think there are about 300 chemistry teachers and professors here to score exams. My assignment this year is to work on the International exam, so I am in a separate room with about 30 readers. I go walking each day because there are…

We’ve been home for a week now. We had our kitchen floor redone. We also had our first community Potluck Dinner and Ron cooked Pork Saltimbucco (learned from one of the guest chefs on the ship). I made a bacon cheeseburger tator tot casserole. We’ve have not been to Disneyland since Thanksgiving, so we took…