We stayed with our good friends, David and Kathleen. David and Kathleen are perhaps the quirkiest and genuinely nicest people I know. Kathleen, among the zillion other things she does, just happens to rescue guinea pigs. Holding Kathleen's guinea pigs was Eli's favorite part of the whole trip. He loved those guinea pigs. Pigs, yes, there are 10!!Funny story: Before we left on Monday, Eli and Sadie wanted to say one last good-bye to the guinea pigs. Kathleen already left for work so I took 2 out of their cages (there are 4 different cages holding the 10 guinea pigs) and let the kids hold them. Then I put them back and we left. Kathleen called later that night laughing. Turns out I put the guinea pigs back in the wrong place and I put the boy in with all the girls. Oops!! I really hope Kathleen doesn't have 24 extra guinea pigs to find homes for. Or, I hope she doesn't send us 24 guinea pigs. She did promise though that she would name any possible guinea pigs Eli and Sadie. :)
We showed Eli and Sadie where we used to live and teach. We took them to the Catholic church in Whiteriver to meet Father Eddie. We took them to Rainbow, Over the Rainbow, Down Below, and Seven Mile (neighborhoods on the rez). Then, we went to one of my favorite little places on the rez, the fish hatchery. I like it mostly because it's a pretty drive down between the canyons with a little river running through it and because it was the very first place Dennis ever sent me to exlore by myself on the rez.
We went back up to Pinetop and took the kids on a hike where they could view the edge of the Mogollon Rim. Can't you see why we just love this place? Lots of rocks and trees and canyons and crazy formations. And the hiking. Oh the hiking. It goes on for miles...Anyways, the kids collected lots of rocks and learned that it's a lot easier getting into a canyon then it is getting out. They asked us lots of questions about before they were born. There was lots of reminiscing. We ended our short trip to Pinetop by having dinner with most of our good friends that still live in the area. It was so great to see everyone and see how much their children have grown and introduce them to Eli and Sadie. I wish I would have taken more pictures, but I was too busy talking and catching up to take pictures. It was a great day!
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