Where's Your Sense Of Yuma? was long one of Brian's favorite punch lines, always guaranteed to elicit groans from our kids.
It turns out that a variation of this, Experience Our Sense of Yuma, was at one time actually the official tourist slogan of that Arizona city, although no longer.
Some people didn’t like the slogan so it’s no longer official,” says Ann Walker of www.visityuma.com. “But it still pops up because lots of people will always enjoy a really good, cheesy pun.”
A really good, cheesy pun? Our kids would agree with the "cheesy" part.
To read about this and other city slogans, click here.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.