Taliesin West and family

Eileen started the morning with church. John went to his water aerobics class. Marianne cleaned the camper.

Richard was debating what to do, and was not too enthused about the available museums and their special exhibitions. However, in researching museums he was reminded of Taliesin West, which was Frank Lloyd Wright's studio near Scottsdale Arizona. Richard hopped in the truck, drove to Taliesin, and took a 90 minute tour. Chris was our tour guide, and gave an excellent tour. He explained the history of Taliesin, showed us some of the buildings inside and out, and told some anecdotes about Frank Lloyd Wright. By all accounts, Wright was not an easy man to work with.


After the Taliesin tour, Richard headed to the Franciscan Renewal Center, often referred to as the Casa. The Casa is a religious retreat center, run by Eileen's son Charlie. Charlie was very glad to see Richard, and gave him a detailed tour. The Casa is a very nice retreat center, with ample grounds, meeting rooms, bedrooms, and of course a couple of chapels. A nice visit, especially since Richard had never seen the Casa.

Marianne and Eileen went out for a hairdo and junking. Eileen got a new perm, and bought some clothes from the thrift store. Marianne showed admirable restraint, buying nothing, but enjoying looking. Having spent a large part of the last year getting rid of a basement full of stuff, Richard and Marianne are in no hurry to acquire more “stuff”.

The ladies cooked us an excellent fish dinner. Richard picked some tanegelos from the tree in the backyard to enjoy later.

Thursday we will try to be on the road before 9 AM. We plan to leave the Phoenix area on US 60, Grand Avenue, and drive to the Sedona area via the back way, from the southwest. We have never seen the Sedona area, and are looking forward to it.

Richard plans to have the truck at the oil change place when they open at 7:30 AM Thursday. We have already driven more than 3000 miles on this trip, and we figure we have almost 1000 miles further to drive before we get home, so the truck is definitely due for an oil change.

It's been fun, but it is time to turn our wheels towards home.

Richard and Marianne