TIME WITH LAILA

Today, we're driving half way to Tucson, to meet Marc, and pick up our grand daughter Laila for about a week. As I mentioned previously, Marc and Chandra are flying to Dallas this weekend for the NASCAR race, so we have the opportunity to have Laila with us here in Lake Havasu. Our winter schedule is always quite busy, but we don't have to be anywhere for the next 10 days, and are looking forward to spending time with Laila. After we take her back, we'll be heading to CA for our annual medical appointments. Thanks to Art and Linda's offer for a parking spot at the Mitchell RV resort, we should get to Modesto on Nov 14th. It looks like we will miss seeing our other buddies, Everett and Lori, because they are planning a motor home trip while we're in CA. It will be a quick trip, with not much extra time, because we have to be back in Phoenix on the 18th or 19th, when my son Mike will be flying out for the boat drags at Firebird Raceway. Then, at the end of November, we will be working our 8th National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. This will probably be our last Rodeo, due to the fact that the company we work for has lost the contract, and this is the last year. Out of all the events we've worked for MainGate, the NFR Rodeo was the one we actually looked forward to working the most. Being home next year for the first 2 weeks in December, will be a little different.