Friday Jan 14

This might sound like I am repeating myself, what a nice day. 74F today & sunny. This may be cruel to the folks back in GP, but we had to use the AC on the drive home. After breakfast, went to Wells Fargo and opened an account. We have been having some issues and with the current exchange rates thought the time was right to convert some money. The staff there were great. They have a big brass bell hanging by the door with a sign asking you to ring it if you got great service, so Marg gave it a ring as she was leaving. Pretty funny. Stopped at the Mesa market to exchange books & got 5 more dusters. Went to SoupRSalad for lunch, they have an amazing salad bar, oh yeh bonus we got the seniors rate. Marg has been dying to get back to Dillards, so after lunch we made a stop in there, but sadly she was disappointed and never saw the kind of deals she got last time. It was so bad she downgraded them from their prestigious number one position on her - Most Desirable Shopping places list. After lunch we went to Total Wine. This is the store that amoung other things claims: 1,000 kinds of beer & 3,000 kinds of wine. They have an amazing variety of everything with great pricing. I bought a nice 12 yr old Glenlivet and also a nice 8 yr old single malt Finnegan. An Irish whiskey. Mother always reminds me that I am as much Irish as Scottish. Good advice mom, the whiskey is very nice. One drink & you will know it's true. They really did invent whiskey so the Irish would never take over the world. The day was shaping up as almost perfect & then when we got back; discovered Marg had not taken out anything for supper. So we went out to IHop for supper. The end of a perfect day. 19 days since we left home & this is my first IHop & you don't even have to ask - I had pancakes. Marg had some crepes that were wonderful. CHEERS!