Friends

   This time in Arizona has been so awesome.  Got to spend Friday with my friend Pearl who has voluntarily taken on being my press agent for Hostile Lookout.  Such a great lady!  I got to spend Saturday with my butterfly nerd friends.  It was so much fun to, not only share that common interest with those folks, but also to be treated as an equal with some really knowledgeable people.  Very gratifying.
  Yesterday, I led the butterfly walk at BTA in the morning.  Had several friends come up for that including Roger Stern from Kearny, and Gale and Roger Racut.  Wish I could have had more time to visit with so many friends.  Chuck Haas and his family came up for the morning.  Believe it or not, I had not seen Chuck since 6th grade.  He and I were buddies in elementary school, and we actually went to the same junior high, but did not have any classes together, and then he went to a different high school.  It was so much fun to get to visit with Chuck and his wife Christine and their daughter Jordan (hope I spelled that right!).  Went with the Haas' to Superior for lunch, at, you guessed it, the best pizza on the planet, Edwardos.  Have you figured out yet that I could eat pizza morning, noon, and night everyday if my wife would let me?!  And actually, this weekend I did. WHooHoo!  See what happens when I am unsupervised!
  Then to top things off, none other than Jim Konopka, a groomsman in my wedding, shows up to the book signing at BTA.  Had not seen Jim since the early 90's.
  Was sad a little though because I was not able to make it to Kearny (where we used to live) to visit some folks.  Both evenings I was in Superior, hellacious storms blew through.  For those who don't ride motorcycles, on a bike in a monsoon storm, at night, would be an extremely unpleasant and dangerous situation.  For those who do ride, you already know that.  So, I regret not being able to swing by Lyman Radcliffe's, Ellen Endsley's, and Staci Johnson's places.  Hopefully I will get another chance and they will forgive me.
  In terms of butterflies, I actually added two species to the BBY on SUnday morning, Desert Checkered Skipper and Funereal Duskywing.

Funereal Duskywing

Desert Checkered Skipper