They might be sufferin' back east, but down in Arizony... though it's cooler than ya'll might want, it's still better'n they've got back in New York and D.C.!
Unless you call it a blizzard of flowers an' color... if ya'll was lucky enough to be in the right place! :-)
We're startin' to wonder, too, if the road was really as slow as we thought it was comin' down from Colorado last week... There might just might could be another explanation...
From Tucson to Phoenix is generally, leastways for the places we go from and to... a two hour run... So... Miss Heidi an' I pulled out of my Mothers place this Morning... and a touch over Five hours later... Pulled into my Sisters driveway in Glendale on the northwest side of Phoenix...
Uh... ya think maybe I'm just gettin' slower an' slower in my "Going" ? :-) Maybe I can't totally blame bad weather! :-)
It's purty obvious to me that I'm gettin' a lot quicker at settling into my "Road Groove" than it used to take. Used to be... It took me two... maybe three days, or even more, to slow down and get into the "Rhythm" of the road. :-)
Now-a-days... Seems 'bout like... sit on the seat... twist the key... and... doh dee doh doh do da... I'm goin r-e-a-l s-l-0-w! right from the get go... :-)
I can't really say what took so much time today... didn't really stop anywhere... just didn't move very quick I guess! :-) and ya know what I call that easy ramblin'? ... it's called... Suh-Weet!
... then there was that stop in Scottsdale, partway to where we were goin'... when we decide we were hungry... Do ya like thin crust pizza? There's a nice spot in Old Town Scottsdale called Grimaldi's... Don't know that I'd kill for their pizza... but it was good... the coffee was hot... and the flowers... just up the street in front of where we parked that lil' red Chevy HHR Hot Rod... were pretty nice!... for a cloudy winter day...
That lil' hot rod is performin' better than I could've asked for... We tooled up the back way, from Tucson to Glendale... up through Florence and Queen Creek... and found that if you set that cruise control on 55 that darn lil' car gets better'n 40 mpg! We ended with an average of 38 mpg... Not bad for a car that'll run as quick as it can... for a mite over 18 grand...
... so... if ya'll get slowed down in your wanderin' sufficiently... you'll not only be goin' slow enough to see purty flowers... you'll save a whole bunch of gas doin' it! :-)
But... I better get to visitin' with the family... or I'll get into difficulty...
Take Good Care
Brian
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