Today we took a trip to Surprise to visit brother Jack. We had a great visit and had the additional pleasure of also visiting with Pat & Carolyn who live across the street from Jack. They are our cousins. Max went in the house and searched every corner so he could know what he was dealing with. I’m sure he picked up scent of Kelly, Jack’s great granddaughter, who visited us in St. Helens last summer. He’ll get to see her tomorrow to confirm his belief as we’re all getting together for a small family reunion. Should be fun.

For lunch we went to an In-N-Out Burger. Neither Diane nor I had been to one of those before and we were very pleased with the food. We had a good visit over the food, then returned Jack to his home at Happy Trails.

Happy Trails is a really nice place that’s been active since the beginning of the housing boom in Phoenix for Northerners looking for a milder winter. It also has a stellar golf course for the thousands of inhabitants. If we plan to head south for the winter again, Happy Trails is the kind of place we’d like to inhabit. They have things to do there.

It’s going to be a nice, pleasant evening, I think. Especially if they put all those F-35 Lightning II’s back in the barn. I have to admit, however, how awesome it is to see them take off then go vertical and just disappear into the sky. Seems like I’ve said that before.

Now we’ll relax and think about what we want for dinner, or if we actually want dinner. We might just go with dessert to end the day. I know for a fact that there is a tub of sherbert in the freezer.

That piques my interest.

A lot.

Just so you know, Max has been on the lookout for the neighbors he loves.

See you tomorrow.