A VERY Special Evening

Sunshine today, but gusty windy. Not a very nice day for being out walking.

But, a VERY nice evening. Our dear friends Pat and Warde are here in Arizona this week. They drove down from their home in Oregon to attend the Barret-Jackson 44th Annual Scottsdale Auction. Warde, and his father before him, had a car dealership in Woodburn, Oregon that they sold a few years ago. Coming to the "World's Greatest Collector Car Auction" has always been on his bucket list.

They had purchased a week at a Scottsdale condo at the Western School Auction earlier, so decided to use it for this week of the auction. They've been here since the first of the week, visiting family, attending the auction as well as touring a music museum.

Pat and Warde were able to meet us for dinner tonight. We had decided to meet them over at the Rancho Del Tia Rosa at the Gilbert location. The original restaurant, which we loved, has never reopened, losing their lease after the kitchen fire. I had called when we were a half hour out (their procedure to get you a table for small parties since they only take reservations for groups of 10 or more). Pat and Warde were already there, so we were seated as soon as we arrived. Nice, since there was a line out the door!

The restaurant owners have moved many of the decorations and all of the large flower pots from the original restaurant over to this location. The food was as good as ever, but the company was even better! We talked and talked. By the time we finished our meals, the waiting crowd had thinned out, so we felt comfortable sitting and talking. We were there at six and finally left just before nine. It was a VERY special evening with some great people.