The Red Sea

After the Cairo Museum and the Giza pyramids it was off the the Red Sea to recuperate from the jet lag. It seems that many of the resorts in Hurgada were bought by the Russians, so the water was nice but the food sucked. Rachel proved to be quite the wind sailor.

Egypt - Giza

Cairo and Giza are everything that we expected and more!! This dwarfs all the other archealogical sites to which we have been.

Birthday in Paris

One word. Superb!!!! We took the tour on the double decker bus, walked thru the Montmartre district, visited the Louvre, and dined at the Jules Verne (http://www.lejulesverne-paris.com/). It was a very busy three days but, after all, we went just for Susan's Birthday dinner.

Road Trip Continued

An interesting part of the drive to Santa Fe was the parts of old Route 66 that we saw. Old cafes, gas stations with chickens, once triving towns that were killed by the interstate. We got to Santa Fe and had a wonderful time walking around but for some reason we didn't take any pictures. In any case we got to the Garrett Desert Inn, which had a wonderful pool, relaxed and got a good nights sleep. Leaving Santa Fe we stop at Cerillos. Once it was a candidate to be state capitol. Today, it is an interest side excursion.

Road Trip - Amarillo

All our road trips have at least one common characteristic, the all night drive. Leaving Dallas at 11PM, after the night baseball game, we drove north to Oklahoma and then turned west. Driving all night we got to Amarillo, TX at sunrise and stopped for breakfast. We were there to see the "Cadillac Ranch". As you can see from the pictures, even if they are well planted, Cadillacs will not sprout and grow. They will collect graffiti. As we were informed at the Diner to watch for rattle snakes, so we did not get too close to the cars. We were told that someone had been killed there the previous week. So much for touching the art.

Yankee Baseball in Dallas

We go to Dallas every year to watch the games between the Yankees and the Rangers. This year the only difference was the afterwards. Tara and I have done road trips ever since she was a little kid. This year it was going to be the Southwest. After the baseball games, Susan flew back to Galveston and Tara flew into Dallas to begin our drive. But first Dallas. The new stadium being built for the Dallas Cowboys is immense. The picture shows the huge arches that are being built to support the roof and the video screen that will be in the center of the stadium. The picture was taken from Texas Stadium. The Yankees and Rangers split the four game series. It was the first time that Susan went to a game that the Yankees did not win. Ah, there is always next year.

Jazz Brunch for the morning after

Murial's the morning after. Mamosa's, Bloody Mary's and Brunch with Jazz in the background.