Look who we found in Varese!!!!!

We found some hungry young men there. We had a nice lunch downtown with these two. They were chatting with Robbie about old friends and finding out who is still there and what they were doing. I have pictures to send to these two guys moms. I remember a few years back someone sent me a picture of Robbie doing the same thing. I loved it.

My time in Italy

I'm happy to report that Robbie was there to pick me up at the Milan airport just as he said he was going to. He was exhausted from his week in the mountain in northern Italy riding. He said the whole experience brings him to tears when he thinks of how much fun it was. It was one of the top five things he has wanted to to do in his life. When we left the airport he had one of his friends Costa pick us up and drive us to his house in Varese Italy. It was about 10 miles from the Swiss border I think. It was really green there and it rained while we were there. It was nice though I hadn't been in rain for a while. This park is being spiffed up for the world championships in October. I was learning the new art of walking with an umbrella. There are rules as to what to do when walking with an umbrella especially when everyone on the street is carrying one. I struggled at first with the multy tasking that I had to do , walking, holding the umbrella(and not take anyones eyes out on the street), talking and taking pictures.

The park was really pretty and Robbie had a lot of fun memories there while he worked in Varese.

The other main reason we were in Varese was to see the "Tour of Italy" race stage that day also. These workers in orange were helping with the major set up and take down of all the equipment that has to be set up and dismantaled each day of the tour. These three workers where talking about me when I was taking pictures with Sam's great camera and Robbie (knowing Italian) said they think your a big time professional photographer. I told Robbie to tell them to let me take there picture and I would make them famous. Oh my they set them selves right up and so here is their claim to fame on my blog.

The "tour of Italy" finish line in Varese. Lots of pink going on here.

Swamp Man

This is Robbie emerging from the swamp of the 2nd site.
They had to travel by the boat with really rough waters to get there and once again I'm glad to not have been there. I don't do well on boats either.

One of the guides discussing the land to the group on the Hajh.



















The 2nd possible site in the "Land Bountiful"

Crazy Roads

Robbie was checking out the roads for the trip back , these are some great roads for some fun bike rides.
















Seriously though I'm so glad I didn't go. Anyone who knows me if I had to go on that road in a car I would be throwing up so fast.

This is a fig tree with young figs on it.
















This is the 2nd possible site for ship building

At last Salalah in the distance

Salalah "The Land Bountiful" in the distance.















Camels leading the way down the hill.











One of the two possible sites for ship building.

The is an informative information about the area.

Mormon Hajh....To the Land Bountiful

Sam and Robbie took a father and son trip while Robbie was visiting us to Salalah Oman. It was refered to by one of the Muslim guides as the Mormon Hajh when he found out they were of the faith. It was a 12 hour drive through the "Empty Quarter"from AD. Not much was happening in the Quarter ..........

A working Oil well















A local rest stop















I didn't go. I said when you fly there no problem.

Bon Jovi Night on the town

Bon Jovi had a concert at the Emerites Palace. It was a lot of fun for Robbie to go to a rock concert with his parents. He laughed at us most of the time. He thought it was funny for us to be there. There were 17,000 concert goes and they were rockin out all night long.

Another beautiful setting for a concert. On the beach with the city scape in the back round. We were on the beachers with seats and backs. I didn't see any reason for us to go to the stand up area. I'm to short to see over the top of anyone.

He played his new album Highway to Haven and lots of his oldies from the 80's.

He did a great job, still very good looking and was literaly drenched in sweat most of the night ,with it being over 100 degrees and with some wicked 100% humidity.