Arizona always had a warm place in the heart of Sue Ahouse Schrader, Class of 1971 – according to the weather report, 115 degree high today when Sue and family landed.

It’s a mite toastier than Stoney Lonesome or Piscataway, New Jersey, the two homes that Sue and long-time mate Larry Schrader share.

Sue prepped for Arizona sun and heat with previous trips to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and Key West.

Don’t be surprised if Sue again visits the fabled art community of Sedona, Arizona.

I’m sure that Sue and Larry, Laura and Justin, and Beth, Tim, Gabe and Nate will have a great time in a land where every rise in the road opens up a new vista in a different color. I know I did.

Maybe Sue got the traveling bug while serving her nation for more than two decades by being in military service.

This time she left her frequent traveling companion, sister Mary “Kitty” Ahouse Morrison, behind in Monongah. Kitty wrote: “Sue and family arrived in Arizona. Thanks for thoughts and prayers.”

Their brother, Mike Ahouse, a North Marion grad and a mailman living in Monongah, is used to being odd man out and left at home.

Kitty, not so much.