Sunday, November 17th, 2013

* Los Angeles, California to Phoenix, Arizona *
Early to rise but a late start out, Sir Thomas Leaf awoke early and packed up the truck while Lady Etain, Lady Angela, Docteur Mangor, and the young prince Cian and Winter slept in. He caught up on WiFi, and once the wee one awoke, played with Faerie Prince Cian. They awoke the crew to get them going as Sir Thomas Leaf had a lunch meeting setup with Lady Elyse in Blythe, California along the Interstate 10 corridor. Sir Thomas Leaf, Lady Etain, and Prince Cian headed off earlier than the rest as they needed to be timely. This was a walk of the Ancestors, as Sir Thomas Leaf and Docteur Mangor would be traveling back into time to reflect on their life in the Southwest, and their parents whose ashes they would be scattering in New Mexico. A pit stop however at the Target’s Starbucks in Palm Springs delayed the delvers allowing Docteur Mangor, Lady Angela, and Prince Winter to pass them by. A long hot drive across the desert, Sir Thomas Leaf was glad he was wearing shorts and a t-shirt as it got very hot on the road. Just before the Arizona border, they stopped in Blythe to meet their old friends and extended family, Lady Elyse and Sir Devin for lunch at Blythe’s Rebel Barbecue. The explorers were the first to arrive, then came in Docteur Mangor, Lady Angela, Prince Winter and Lady Elyse/Sir Devin. The crew had BBQ for lunch with lots of catching up and socializing. An hour and a half later, they were back on the road racing towards Phoenix to make the Astrology Yoga class Sir Thomas Leaf was hoping to take with his old classmate Lady Kit. However, he forgot about the hour time change difference, and that put them completely off schedule. They barely arrived into Mesa 20 minutes late for their meeting with Lady Shannon, her husband, and their son to celebrate the publication of his story in a book as well as to catch up with one another. They met at Pacino’s a local Italian restaurant. Off they went to gather Sir Robin Wood Rob from the airport, shuttle him to his hotel, then back to Shannon’s where they stayed for the evening. Late night chats, processing some orders for the web site, and preparing for tomorrow’s journey was the course of the night. Docteur Mangor, Lady Angela, and Prince Winter headed onwards to Tucson driving a few hours ahead of them.