Greetings from the west...: October 2006

Last weekend, we flew from Portland to Arizona for the wedding of Joe and Amy, Chris' friends from NY. People from 11 states descended on Phoenix. The New Englanders were, of course, unaccustomed to this type of heat ("What the heck is 'dry heat'? Ninety five degrees is ninety five degrees!")

Mt Hood from the air

Chris's Mom at the Desert Botanical Gardens, doing her best impression of a Saguaro

Octopus Cacti

"Rock Cacti"

Chris, me and a Saguaro

I believe this is a cactus' skeleton. How cool is that!

Desert Mountain and a 'left handed' cactus

Out of respect for the newly weds, I'll refrain from commenting on how wrong this is....

Brian, Brett, PJ, and Chris

Jenny, Michelle, and I

The parents of the bride sure went all out for the reception... Actually, this van pulled up to the church just following the wedding. Maybe the priest had a hankering for a taco...

View from the Country Club

From the left- Parents of the Bride, Father of the Groom, Bride (Amy), Groom (Joe), Jones, Heather, PJ, Renee, Chris, Victoria, Jason, and Mike's fianc�

Chris, his parents, and I after a great night of drinkin' and dancin'

Morning after, preparing for the hung-over flight home- Jenny, Jones, Michelle, PJ, Brian, me, and Chris.

As some of you know, I recently changed positions at the Safari. A couple months ago, I mentioned I'd like to help out in the Education Department. Then within a week, the Safari director and both members of the Education Dept were laid off by the Board of Trustees. My boss called me on my day off and told me to come in right away. I came in, had a 30 minute training session, and suddenly I'm the Director of Education! Now I'm just trying to figure out the department and keep my head above water....