Pat had the balance of the trip to Phoenix. It wasn’t exactly the most direct route however and added a fair amount of miles to the leg. We stayed on westbound I-40 to Flagstaff where we got onto southbound I-17 to Phoenix. Before we got to Flagstaff we went thru the town of Winslow Arizona made famous in the song Take It Easy by the Eagles. There is a line from the song about “Standing on a Corner in Winslow Arizona” that is noted in town. As we drove thru Winslow (Pat had been there before so he knew about this) we took a picture of the corner. It was a nice drive from the elevation of Flagstaff down to the valley and into Phoenix. Before we got to Phoenix I called my friend Doug Kahl so we could plot our getting together before tonight’s game. We are going to the game with Doug and his wife Julie. Doug and Julie have also graciously offered their home for us to stay at tonight after the game, so we decide to meet at their house. Doug gave us excellent directions and we got there with no problem and plenty of time before the game starts. We are very tired but it going to be a lot of fun seeing Doug and Julie. I’ve known Doug since 1995 when he did a cold call where I was working at the time and helped negotiate a good freight deal for our small package needs. The business arrangement led to a great personal relationship where we saw each other frequently until Doug’s work had him relocate to the Phoenix area. Thus, it’s been years since we got together so having this opportunity to spend some short, but quality time with Doug and Julie is going to be really cool. Well I’ve got just enough time to get this blog post out then it’s off the Chase Field for tonight’s game between the Diamondbacks and the Dodgers. It will be the 2nd time we’ve seen Arizona in the last 5 days and we’ve seen the Dodgers twice earlier in the first 3 days of the trips in Seattle and at home against the Angels. We should have another short post after the game and hopefully before we collapse of exhaustion.
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