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Hi All!

I hope you are well, and are finding peace and comfort in these days. I’m writing you from my mom’s place down in Sun City west. I came down on Friday for a couple of days to see my Nephew and Niece in Flagstaff before heading down to moms place with Sue where we are hanging out before we leave for Bruge tomorrow for our bike and barge tour. I’ll try to send out more frequent updates of pics and vids, let me know if you are interested in getting those, and I will include you in the email that I send out for that.

I’m looking forward to this trip. It’s the first time I’ve done a “Barge” trip, and I hear nothing but good things about it. My mom, Both of my sisters, Balin, Perrin and Alex will also be on the trip, along with a lot of other folks that I have yet to meet. :).

Me and my new haircut. I decided that getting one before I was included in a lot of pictures was probably a good idea.

Picked up a new-to-me bike. Now I need to train for STP. I rode this bike home from dropping off the MDX at the shop in Ballard, and it rides really well. So far I am pleased with it.

The first race on Wednesday had all but one of the boats behind us at the first mark.

Alex waiting to leap into action on the run.

In the second race, every boat was in front of us but one. How quickly our fates can change ;)

Sam was back in town for a week. He moved back to england shortly before the Pandemic, and now has returned to the states as of January, and is living in San Diego.

Se we got the old Happy Hour crowd back together at Kings.

After Happy hour with the old Crowd, I headed over to meet up with my book club folks

I worked with James at Tableau

As well as Eric

and Dave

We have been doing our Berkclub things for a number of years now, and I really appreciate these guys.

On Friday, Kat gave me a ride to the airport bright and early in the morning (I overslept, and was super glad that I was already packed), so I could head down to Phoenix in preparations for the trip to Bruges. I took the shuttle from the airport up to Flagstaff/

I love flying over Mount St. Helens and seeing the crater.

Sophie, Jack and Sue all got matching “Bees Knees” Tattoos

Sue being Silliy in FlagStaff

Sophie and Danny

Breakfast with Jay, Jana, Jack and Sue before leaving Flagstaff for Phoenix

Mom, Mary and Sue at the Phoenix Ballet at the Desert botanical Gardens

Sue made and educated guess about what kind of wine I would like.

Me and my sister Sue

The Phoenix Ballet stages one production a year at the Desert Botanical Gardens

That’s about it for this week’s little write-up - our flight leaves tomorrow afternoon for Bruges. There is a book I need to read on the flight as a bit of homework for some of the stuff that Balin and Judy want to work through, and the sad thing is that I am the one who recommended the book to them ;)

Love ya All Dan W