We started our last morning in Carefree by taking some pictures of some of the beautiful flowers in Susan's back yard. Then we headed for the Heart and Soul Cafe where Susan had secretly reserved the '57 Chevy for our breakfast. It was fun.
Then it was off to the Phoenix airport to catch our flight for Chicago. We had a bit over an hour layover in Chicago then caught our flight to Springfield. Unlike our trip to Phoenix, today's flights were on time. We saw a beautiful sunset from the plane, but the picture isn't very good due to the scratched up window on the plane.
Anyway, it was a great trip. Now we don't have anywhere to go until June 4 when we go camping in Michigan. See you there!
Marsha bought a couple of things at Costco the other day that are too large to take on the plane, so Lou and I taped the boxes together and shipped them out USPS. No doubt we'll be home WAY before they get there!
Other than that, we just hung around the house. I didn't even take any pictures until dinner time.
One more full day left here, then we fly home on Saturday. Hope the weather at home is as nice as it's been here.
With a long drive ahead of us, we stopped at Ruby's in Oceanside for breakfast. Most of the pictures in this post are along the pier walking to and from Ruby's. It was a big breakfast, so we decided not to stop to eat before we got home and picked up a pizza for a relaxing dinner.
According to the GPS, we should have gotten back to Carefree around 5:30pm, but we were delayed by the bus/semi accident on I-10 in Blythe, CA where four people were killed. You may have seen it on the national news. We got off of I-10 and detoured via Parker, AZ which added an hour to our trip.
Anyway, it was a long drive, but we got home safely to enjoy our pizza and beer by the pool.
We got up this morning and met Susan & Lou's friends, Dennis, Libby, and their daughter, Stephanie, at Ellie's Table for breakfast. After that, we strolled Del Mar Street and did a little shopping then went back to the hotel and ate our leftovers from last night's dinner at Nick's.
After lunch, Lou, Marsha and I went for a walk out on the pier while Susan stayed behind and read her book. Marsha and I walked Lou back to the hotel, then set out on our own to walk the beach for a while. When we got back, we took some "refreshments" with us and headed north along the Coast Highway to Laguna Beach where we shopped a bit then went down to the beach to watch the surf.
We left Laguna Beach and stopped at the Wind & Sea Restaurant at the Harbor in Dana Point for dinner. We got back to the hotel just in time to get some sunset shots from our balcony.
It was a good day!
