Miss Layla

Sunday Morning Festival Meditation

Tibetan Monk Mandala created at the Bluegrass Festival in Telluride

Telluride!

Telluride Colorado

Headed into Telluride where we met up with the Hiester Clan!  (Nice use of the stroller)

Santa Fe New Mexico

Our trip to Santa Fe was full of art and food. we enjoyed the many shops in old town Santa Fe and our Hilton was nesteled in the center of it all.

Phoenix Arizona Biltmore

From San Diego we drove to Phoenix to enjoy an day and night at the Arizona Biltmore hotel.  The Hotel has Franklin Loyd Wright inspired Architecture and quite a history and stories at every turn.  The Wrigley family (chewing gum magnates) owned the hotel from 1929-1973. They held black tie events, movie stars and high society types wandered the property on a regular basis.  The lobby has a gold leaf ceiling which is second only to the Taj Mahal.
Guests include all the US Presidents, Dukes  and Duchesses, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Harpo Marx and many many others.
But it all comes back to the beautiful architecture..........We also especially enjoyed our pool time!

San Diego Zoo pics

 
Duckling Exhibit

Harry 
Highpockets

Monkeying 
around

Zoo Style

Hippos!

GRRRRRR!

Polar Bear Butt Scratch

Riveria Hotel

Carrie visits the riveria hotel in San Diego.

San Diego Zoo! (Carrie Mike & Darren)

San Diego's Darren Burton

San Diego is home to the Southern Homo Sapiens Burtonus.  Specifically the Daerrnous Burtonus.  Or "Darren".  Not to be confused with the larger Northern Homo Sapiens Corous Burtonus who we are used to handling.

Where Darren is scary and unpredictable at first meeting, he turned out to be a wonderful guide and as a Botanist he described much of the Flora to us.  He was surprisingly knowledgeable about the Fauna at the San Diego Zoo where he toured us around. 

Darren took us to the hidden spots had us taste the local flavors.

As the day went on Darren got more attached to Carrie, he regularly showed the male Burtonus teeth baring trait, which meant he was ready for mating and not threatening us in any way.

  

Quick on her feet Carrie would often move the young Botanist to distractions that took the focus off of her.

One interesting trait the older Southern Burtonus taught Darren in his youth is how to easily forage for food from abandoned strollers.

Mark Twain once said. "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco"

I wonder if he visited San Diego? It is chilly today. We are off to the Zoo today with our friend and Big Game Hunter Darren Burton.

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LA Traffic & Mikes Toe

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