Change in Plans

I took Fred Basset over to visit Steve on Sunday. He's been staying here since Steve had his knee surgery. Part of the visit was to see if just perhaps Steve felt up to keeping him yet. He tried walking him with the aid of his walker, but declared after a few minutes that he just wasn't ready yet.

But it was tempting.

We did have a good chat about what we want to do in Arizona for the honeymoon next February. Our wish lists alligned up to be either north of Phoenix or south. Then we started thinking about the likelihood of there being snow around Flagstaff and Monument Valley that time of year. Then we started thinking about how long it was all likely to take, how much time we'd have to explore everything after retiring there in a few years, and just how little money was going to be in the budget after paying for my surgery.

We decided to cut our plans in half, and just tour the southern spots on the wish list: Old Tucson, the Sonoran Desert Museum, Tombstone, Karchner Caverns. That should give us one night out in a motel, perhaps two. We can still see friends in Sun City West, check out housing options (Sun City, S.C. West, single house vs. duplex vs. town house, sell here and move down vs. keep this house and snowbirding in a mobile home, etc.) and see a few places Steve wants to see in Phoenix proper.

That'll still be a full agenda. And we might even get to relax on occasion.