Laura and Bill’s luggage remained a no-show last night but we managed to scrounge up two new toothbrushes, some toothpaste and a facecloth to hold them over until morning. When we finally went to bed, the last we heard was that the absentee luggage was at the airport (which closed at 11:00, 5 minutes after we were finally able to speak to a live, breathing agent), but would be delivered “first thing” in the morning. Laura and Bill, understandably tired from a long travelling day, a late night and a time change, managed to stay up until midnight.

The weather, though not quite as spectacular as it has been, was still sunny and we woke up to temperatures of 12C. Rick and I started our day with a nice swim, Laura and Bill went for a walk to explore the park and its surroundings and Jay went to the gym to work out. Once we were done, Bill tried reaching the United Airlines baggage claim department again to see when the missing luggage was being delivered. It seems it had disappeared again but finally by 10:00 AM, the luggage was found and Rick and Bill headed to the airport to pick it up. (They were taking no chances that it would vanish once more!)

This afternoon, we took in some mini-golf followed by pickle ball and then we went out for dinner. We have discovered a fabulous vegan restaurant here in the valley, Native Foods so we paid them a visit again, for a really yummy, healthy meal. We’ve had another good but busy day with our family and are looking forward to being joined by Karley, Ian and Makai who will be flying here tomorrow.

PS Yesterday was “Mr. Makai’s” first birthday (hard to believe), something I neglected to mention, and we will definitely be celebrating the big event tomorrow when the birthday boy gets here! Happy Belated Birthday sweet grandson!