We've recently returned from a 2 week ROAD TRIP out to Phoenix for the Lamaze International 2007 Annual Conference. As always, the location was beautiful and the trip out west proved another amazing opportunity to play in photography. We set up our most beautiful booth full of artwork to date, and met so many fun people- artists, authors, midwives, and nurses- who live each day with meaning. The conference was held at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort in neighboring Chandler AZ, which was as luxurious and charming as it sounds, despite exhorbitant fees for use of their telephones! We made a few quick phone calls to secure our attendance at an upcoming exhibit, and were slapped with $100 in phone charges for about 15 minutes worth of phone time!
We had hoped to take advantage of the equestrian center for rides out into the Sonoran Desert, but manning our booth at the conference took up most of our time. Alas, we did manage to soak in the hot tub under the desert skies after the conference closed up in the evenings (if you can imagine soaking in a hot tub when the temperature is in the 100s!) There truly is a difference between humid and dry heat!
We intended to stay out west for the 3 weeks between the Phoenix Lamaze conference and our next exhibit, the Gentle Birth World Congress, put on by Waterbirth International, in Portland OR, However, amazing news changed our plans... First the bad news: Our 7 month old pug puppy Winnie had been missing for almost 2 months- Now the good news which changed our travel plans: After an article published in a local Burlington newspaper printed Winnie's story and photo, a good samaritan contacted us on our mobile phone to let us know she knew where our baby was. Afraid to believe, but still hopeful, we loaded everything up and headed back home. Sure enough, a cross country drive and a few police investigations later, we were reunited with our precious pup. Thanks to Angel, the good Samaritan who called us, Sondra Casey, relentless editor of the Carousel Magazine who published Winnie's story and picture, and Sergeant Kurt Lankford of the Alamance County Sheriff's Department, for not giving up! For that, we'll happily fly back out to Portland!
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