U2 Baby

U2 was fantastic Saturday in Vegas. There were 2 guest appearances - one being Mary J. Blige singing One and the other Brandon Flowers singing In a Little While. also the tour manager (23 years) was brought on stage and sung happy birthday to. The set rocked and the band was basking in the glow of the raucous audience. There was one song where the crowd was still singing the chorus as the band was starting the next song - it was unreal. The place was deafening. At one point, Bono, joked that the crowd needed to quiet down. Several times you could see him just stop as he listened to the crowd singing, applauding, jumping up and down, whatever. It was awesome. I swear that some of the songs, he just stopped singing becasue the crowd was so loud they did it for him. It was an awesome experience to be a part of. Can't wait until we can see them again - they are awesome!

Las Vegas Baby

We are off to Las Vegas tonight. We are going to see the amazing U2 in concert for the 4th time (2nd of the Vertigo tour). They are awesome in concert and everyone should try to see them once.

Had a great visit with my friend from Fresno last week. We all went to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument last Saturday. It was amazing how diverse the plant live and the terrain is at this monument. We were lucky to be able to drive the Ajo Mountain scenic drive as it is currently under construction and was only open for the weekend. It was fantastic. We had a picnic lunch as there was no food anywhere around. We were really out in the middle of nowhere! Well, in the middle of the monument! It was so dry that our bread on the sandwiches was drying out before we could finish them.

We are settling into this desert living now. I'm still a skittish about digging around under bushes as I'm sure I'll run into a snake. Better safe than sorry.