Tuscon September 9, 1966

Dear Family,

We arrived here yesterday and have been busy to-day, erasing the ravages of the highway. It is not as hot here as we expected, in fact it is not much warmer than at Marta’s.

Well, #20 is up for grabs. Who? We thoroughly enjoyed knowing #19. He looks very much like his father and to add insult to injury, he has curly hair. Bob Wilson, one of Carol’s Uncles and I, assisted at the blessing. I will admit that Lloyd did very well, you would not have thought that it was his first.

David, Madaline, (the other Grandmother) was there and ask to be remembered to you. She was very appreciative of the help you gave them at several weddings.

We did not get to see as much of the new baby as we would have liked, but Lloyd, Carol and Mark came over to El Monte on Monday, Labor day and spent most of the day with us. Lloyd is now a swivel chair detective, has all holidays off as well as Saturday and Sunday and is just beginning to develop a pot to go with his job. That, I don’t believe Carol will let him keep.

Bob was very busy with final exams. The day we arrived there he sat up all night studying. I don’t think he quite realized we were there. He should have finished his exams yesterday and can breathe freely until Sept 26, when he will matriculate at the University of California, (I don’t remember which one), anyway, he has a hard way to go, as he is taking a full college course as well as working at nights. Your prayers will not be amiss.

We have not made any plans for the immediate future. If it continues hot we will head for the hills, or the beach, (Mexican). We drove that ugly American 5,000 miles, so we should let him cool off a bit before we start again. For those of you who did not see our little “Casa Iona”, (the Stobbes) we want to tell you that we enjoyed it very much. It is hard to become accustomed to sleep on a house again.

Don’t think from the above that we are going to rush right off somewhere. We will wait until we hear from you, at least.

Bill, we would like to know how many gallons of choke cherries you picked.

We seemed to have misplaced some of our clothing –as usual. So please have a shakedown at the places we stayed and see if you can find anything belonging to us.

You Three Rs at the Rice’s be sure and write all about school. Julie, we hope your foot is well and that Lane is better.

Vaya Con Dios,

Dad