Nelson

Hmmm . . . Pink huh?

Well, I guess I can deal with it for a little while. After all, my brother in law Michael wears pink shirts to family events and I still like him. I don't have to deal with pink very often.

Then again, flamingos are pink and . . . well, they're kinda weird.

Oh well. I'm trying to be more open-minded and trying the pink is probably a good thing.

I'm I'm cool with leaving it this way for a little while.

One last thing . . . I want to say congratulations to my very good friend Chet Lepinski, who completed his last day of work today. The guy is now officially retired. How cool is that? Even cooler, how neat is this. Chet called me this morning at 7:50 (Arizona time, which was 6:50 his time). He was making his final 90-minute commute from Richland, Wash., to Ephrata, Wash., for work. The cool part? His kids (Jackie, Brian and Brenda) all chipped in and rented a stretch limo that took him to and from work today, his final day. I thought that was really neat of them, and Chet was thrilled. I could tell just by the tone of his voice in my voice mail.

Tomorrow morning around 10 or so, we're off to Flagstaff. We'll be staying there for a few days. On Sunday we'll visit Sedona, Arizona based on lots of recommendations from people, and Monday we'll drive up to the Grand Canyon. We agreed that we'd kick ourselves if we spent three months in Arizona and never made it to the Grand Canyon. So we're making a point to do that, even though it was only 39 degrees for a high up there today.

That's it for today. Talk to you all again soon!