beyond the dogpark - outline Chapter 16:  Phoenix, Santa Fe and a Speedy Trip East
October 31 - November 15, 2002
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beyond the dogpark A friend joins me in Phoenix for several days and we repeatedly call on a local cabbie to drive us about.  Between code-encrypted radio conversations with her co-worker/boyfriend, our cabbie friend confides in us that the taxi company is mismanaged and that her relationship is waning.

Griffin and I visit Sedona where we go for a run in an area known by some to be a vortex of earthly energy.  I shop for crystals and then we head to Tempe to run with a hashing club.  In the backwards manner of the hash, I am charged with setting the course for the run even though I have never been to the town.

As I wait for a friend to arrive in Santa Fe, I receive a call from the New Mexico State Police.  My friend has been in an auto accident.  She is not hurt but her car is totaled.  I pick her up in The Chief and return to Santa Fe where we enjoyed the local scenery, arts and food.

Planning to be home for the holidays, I head east.  On our way to Florida, we visit a first-rate dogpark in Austin and I show Griffin around the French Quarter in New Orleans.
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