Sunday, 12 March; Banning to Tempe, AZ

We woke up to daylight savings.  We sprung forward.  In stead of it being 7:00 it was 8:00 and breakfast was over in an hour.  So, we got dressed and went the the breakfast room.
It was really packed.  We ended up joining a man who was sitting by himself.  There is a Tennis tournament going on in town and the hotel is full of players and watchers.
We sat with a man who was there with two of his kids (one in College one grown)and watched yesterday.  His daughter joined us.  She works for the NFL.com network.  Very cool.  She works with David Carr (Derik= younger brother and quarter back for Oakland Raider)  It was fun talking to her about her job and those she works with.
I showered and then packed up and we hit the road.
We drove to Palm Springs so Mom could check it out.  We went on Diana Shore Blvd, Frank Sinatra, Gene Autry,.  It was really pretty

 It was fun driving through Palm Springs, Cathedral City; Palm Desert and all the little towns in that area.  I showed Mom some of the pretty golf Resorts and stuff.
We got fuel and then headed out on Why 10.  
Our destination for today was Blythe, CA.  I had hotel reservations and everything.  But, then realized that Blythe was only about an hour and a half away we decided to go on down to Phoenix.
The area is so green and awesome hills and beautiful wild flowers along the road.  It was a pretty drive.

Phoenix, is like Las Vegas;  it is huge with small cities attached to it.  I didn't really want to stop in Phoenix, but rather an area I was more familiar with.  Only problem was that I couldn't remember if it was Tempe or Mesa.
It was Tempe.  That is where ASU is and it is a very cool area. We FINALLY found a hotel.  We checked in, got settled, had a glass of wine and then went next door for dinner and a margarita.  The drink and the food was good.  I had a Cobb Salad with my margarita and Mom had a giant burger. There would be no way that I could have bit into her burger with my jaw, and Mom couldn't either.  She had to cut into it with a knife and fork.
Bella got a bit from both.
After dinner we returned to the hotel room. We watched TV, got caught up on the Blog and Face book and then finally went to bed.