still haven't finished watching that 'Allo 'Allo third season yet. just haven't found the time...too bad the dvd is already a few days overdue. ah well, what's another quarter...
an early resolution: For 2006, we're gonna exhaust our vhs/dvd options at the library before we rent again. may as well find some stuff for free. and then we can do netflix...
got a few vhs tapes - at least you can renew those - such as 'Sophie's Choice' and 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'. also got a couple travel tapes of the Burma Road and Panamerican Highway.
guess we won't get out until our phoenix trip.
lois was surprised, to say the least. i'm glad she's not the snooping type when it comes to presents ;)
anyway, we'll be in phoenix from the 6th to the 9th. not only were the fares cheapo ($118 each), i also got a last minute hotel/car rental package for $278; we'll be staying at a Crowne Plaza in NW Phoenix. although it's about ten miles from downtown, the cost is about the same as staying in the central Econolodge and still having to worry about transportation.
$258 each for air/hotel/car is pretty good if you ask me. you can't even do that in Vegas...
so, i've just been reading up some on phoenix and its attractions. i figure we'll spend some time at the Heard Museum, long considered to be one of the finest Native American museums in the nation...maybe we'll frolic amongst the (20,000+) cacti and desert plants at the Desert Botanical Gardens...and drive out to Taliesin West (in Scottsdale), which serves as both the headquarters of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and winter campus of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. tours are a bit steep there - $18 to $45 - but who cares?! this is a chance to see some work of one of the 20th century's most hailed architects up close.
one small disappointment though. we won't be able to visit with lois' friends, Brian and Peggy, while we're there. noooo...they're gonna be in Hawaii. ah well.
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