We found all well in Arizona and had a productive week with Grandmother helping her make decisions about carpet and tile which will be installed soon. We had a mostly delightful day out with a drive up into the mountains to Miami and Globe. We had been there years ago and still had memories of a Mexican lunch with Grandad at La Paloma in Miami. That restaurant is closed now, but the one next door is a winner. We traveled home by way of the Roosevelt Dam and the unpaved road down to Tortilla Flats must have shaken a kidney stone loose, because by the time we got back, I was in horrible pain. We spent the evening in the emergency room at Banner Baywood Hospital, and by the time we were to fly to Texas, nothing had improved. So we canceled our Texas trip, packed up, and Kris drove us home.
This year's photos
The heater works
This is the only significant snow this winter
A fun matinee at the Hale Center Theater
An afternoon tour of my old SLC neighborhood
Connor took Gradmother to see Hamilton
And we went to Peoria to see the Youngs on the
opening night of the Winter Olympics
Iron Canyon on Highway 60 to Miami
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, 1917, in Miami
The red building left of center was La Paloma -- we ate at
Guayo's El Rey
The chili verde was excellent and the frijoles were perfect
Remnants of Miami's mining past
Miami
Roosevelt Dam was rebuilt since I last saw it -- it was originally
the largest stone dam in the country
The Salt River below the dam forms Apache Lake
An evening in the hospital with a kidney stone
Headed back into Utah
A really delicious Valentine's supper in Kanab
I have been to a urologist and am controlling the pain waiting for the stone to pass. It was a bummer to cancel our Texas trip, but the ticket is still good for a year, so we will visit later.
That's all for now.
OXO
D.
