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Yes I have been there a couple of times. If it weren't so expensive to live there ( as in buy a home) I would be there now. Also, Oak Creek Canyon is spectacular too. Get some time to go up there and you will just love it. You live closer to it than we now do or we would at least go there and visit more often. And go see the Grand Canyon too.Arizona has some real beauty..I love that state, and ma grateful I was able to live there if only for 9 years.

Good morning all....promises to be a fine day, here in the Pacific Northwest...temp now is 57, due to go up to 80...will be sunny and warm, still fine for all the summer activities...

BigDom is still asleep, Dizzy is sprawled out on his big chair, the house is quiet, except for the tapping of the computer keys....

I am not cooking BigDoms meal today...often, on Fridays, when he goes to the bank to deposit his paycheck, I just tell him to go to a wonderful local joint, called 'Normas'...we get so tired of food chain restaurants like Mcdonalds, BurgerKing and such....we always like to find what we call little 'Ma and Pa' places, where the food is cooked practically in front of your eyes, and the menus always have things you cannot get elsewhere, or they put a special spin on their delicacies...

Normas is like that...they really do have the best burgers in town, their deep fried fish dinner is soooo yummy, and BigDom is partial to their humungous grilled hot dogs and fixins...and milk shakes come in 30 different flavors,,,they have daily specials, and a huge menu, that would take us forever to go through...they really are just a small place, where you can walk in and order, and there are two little tables inside....but that small look, is deceiving, for the menu is large and terrific...

When we both go there together, we like to sit outside at one of several tables on Normas front lawn...its fun, its relaxing, and the food is yummy, and well priced...we are lucky to have this little place nearby, and BigDom always looks forward to his payday jaunt to the bank, and then on to Normas...

Makes it nice for me too, as I dont have to cook today, just give BigDom his oj, yogurt, and coffee, pack his lunch and send him on his way....cant get easier than that...