Another nailbiting day in Arizona!
Monday 3rd July - still on holiday from flying. A nice easy day this morning, we all went swimming first thing (after bagels for breakfast) - then Georgia and I sat around the apartment reading books, playing games, watching Care Bears (the usual bloke thing). Clare went back to bed for a couple of hours more kip, after a restless night and an early wake.
After Georgia's lunchtime nap we all headed out to Desert Sky Mall, just off Interstate 10 about 15 miles from Goodyear. Not a bad place, but not up to Trafford Centre/Meadowhall standards. There was a large Merry-go-round there too, with assorted horses to ride on. Georgia made a bee-line for it as soon as she saw it, but when I took her on she clung onto me for dear life and wouldn't sit on any of the horses. After wandering round the shops listening to her chant 'horse, horse, horse' we finally gave in and took her back on it - same result as first time, baby clamped firmly onto me shaking her head frantically when asked if she wants to ride on a horse. Oh well.
We called in at another large Walmart on the way back home, picking up some more supplies.
Back home and I took Georgia down to the pool again for another swim, then back to the apartment for a quick tea then time to relax and catch up with the MotoGP from Donington. Check out the pics below of Georgia watching with open mouth as the racing starts, then going into full on nail-biting as Danny Pedrosa recovers a highside while trying to go up the inside at the hairpin. Amazing stuff. Mr Mangnall - take notes. Good job Georgia went to bed before watching the last lap, otherwise she'd have bitten her nails down to her wrists. Rossi's amazing performance taking 2nd place, despite a broken bone in his wrist and his foot - what a legend.
OK, enough bike stuff on what is supposed to be a pilot training/family blog. :-P
July 4th tomorrow - expecting lots of flag waving all over the place. Probably best if us colonial invaders stay inside, for fear of being burned at the stake.
Assuming we make it through the day, I'll try to update with what we saw on Independence Day.
Simon
After Georgia's lunchtime nap we all headed out to Desert Sky Mall, just off Interstate 10 about 15 miles from Goodyear. Not a bad place, but not up to Trafford Centre/Meadowhall standards. There was a large Merry-go-round there too, with assorted horses to ride on. Georgia made a bee-line for it as soon as she saw it, but when I took her on she clung onto me for dear life and wouldn't sit on any of the horses. After wandering round the shops listening to her chant 'horse, horse, horse' we finally gave in and took her back on it - same result as first time, baby clamped firmly onto me shaking her head frantically when asked if she wants to ride on a horse. Oh well.
We called in at another large Walmart on the way back home, picking up some more supplies.
Back home and I took Georgia down to the pool again for another swim, then back to the apartment for a quick tea then time to relax and catch up with the MotoGP from Donington. Check out the pics below of Georgia watching with open mouth as the racing starts, then going into full on nail-biting as Danny Pedrosa recovers a highside while trying to go up the inside at the hairpin. Amazing stuff. Mr Mangnall - take notes. Good job Georgia went to bed before watching the last lap, otherwise she'd have bitten her nails down to her wrists. Rossi's amazing performance taking 2nd place, despite a broken bone in his wrist and his foot - what a legend.
OK, enough bike stuff on what is supposed to be a pilot training/family blog. :-P
July 4th tomorrow - expecting lots of flag waving all over the place. Probably best if us colonial invaders stay inside, for fear of being burned at the stake.
Assuming we make it through the day, I'll try to update with what we saw on Independence Day.
Simon
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