Chase Field

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Today we all went to Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team.  

The tour guide showed us some memorabilia from the D'Backs 2001 Championship
- center is the "World Series" Trophy

A ball and batting helmet used in the 2001 Series

The tour guide told us many details about how things in the stadium work.
There is an 8 ton air conditioner that can drop the temperature 30 degrees F in 2 hours.
The retractable roof can close in 4.5 minutes - the fastest in the majors.

There is a swimming pool beyond the right field fence.
So far, 70 home runs have been hit in the pool.

The interior of a private box

Rusty tried to get me to order treats from the concierge.

We got to visit the Visitors Dressing Room

and the D'Backs dugout!
[of course Rudy wanted to know if we should spit as some ball players do!
the answer was "No!"]

Here we all are in the Diamondbacks dugout - wow!

Then we all went for lunch at Fridays - a restaurant right in the ball park!

So good-bye from Chase Field - we can't wait for baseball season to start!

Here and There

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Today is our last full day in the Phoenix area so it was a miscellaneous day.  The Den Parents were up early to go to church.

 Then they went to the Hyatt Hotel in downtown Phoenix where they had gone to a conference 16 years ago.  The staff did not recognize them!
Then they drove out to Scottsdale where the PGA golf tournament was in its last day.

The Met Life blimp was over the golf course

Parking extended many miles from the golf course

 Then there was a tour, east and south of Scottsdale:

Mayo Clinic - Scottsdale branch

Mountain side homes abound ...

... and even more mountains.

 So tomorrow we will be off to Flagstaff, AZ - another adventure! 

We're HOME!

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Hi Folks! Rudy here!  Happy Valentine's Day - a day we really Love! We made it home today.  During our trip we were away for 64 days - 61 of them in the U.S.A.  We covered 11,593 kms. 
Last night there was snow in Calgary so we saw it when we started out this morning.

Snow! and you can see some sad flowers by the doorway.
We're sad too when we think of all the beautiful flowers in California.

They are far in the distance but you can see the snow-capped Rockies on the horizon.
We saw mountains on every day of our vacation!

Some typical Alberta farm land.
(the farm on the right edge, distant, was once owned by Henry Wise Wood)

After a leisurely lunch in Red Deer - we reach Edmonton ...

... and then our "home hamlet" - Sherwood Park.

And here we are at home!
We would like to thank Margaret and Jim for looking after our condo,
and all the other bears, while we were away.
And a big thanks to Barb and her bears -
our most loyal blog follower.

 This is our last entry for this blog.
Thanks to all those who followed along and sent messages
of encouragement and appreciation.
Remember - it is Love that keeps us Real!
(for other adventures you can still visit www.fosterlearning.com)

it's a beautiful mornin'

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What a nice day it was today. I took the day off work to clear my mind and relax. This job has sucked out all my energy, so I needed a day for myself.
I watched Time Travelers Wife which was pretty good. I am a sucker for Rachel McAdams movies. Love her. I walked to the local Chinese food place, picked up some Kung Pao and then walked home and enjoyed the deliciousness.
Monday night I went to Target to see if they had Never Let Me Go. Figured they wouldn't, since it's a British film. I ran into my friends younger brother and as we were talking in the DVD section, when out of the corner of my eye, I spotted it!!! I bought it and immediately went home to watch it! It was so good and so sad. I kind of want to watch it again. I am a sucker for any Keira Knightley movie. haha.
Last weekend I went to a BBQ birthday party for a friend. I took Greg with me. Good times. We drank Polish beer. Nom. We went out to Cho Cho San's that night and devoured sushi.
Friday was Good Friday and we had no work, so I went vintage shopping with Shawn out in Hollywood on Melrose. We ate lunch at the Snake Pit Ale House (and enjoyed a couple ale's). I found the cutest vintage leather vest from Argentina and the cutttest 70's baby doll dress with pretty flowers on it. Love.

Jerry's Deli is so yum

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I got my hair done this weekend! Lightened it up a bit for summer. I like it. Thankfully I've got a tan now, so it helps to not wash me out. Speaking of tan...I got St. Tropez self tanner from Sephora. It works AMAZING!!! I am loving it so very much! :)

Hung out in Westwood with Katie last weekend. Here are some photos..















































































P.S. We ate at Jerry's deli for lunch. I ate the yummiest mushroom, grilled onions and motzorella cheese pinini on cheddar cheese bread. <3