Abel is seen here innocently “tuning up” AJ’s bike prior to their visit today. Incidentally, AJ had a suspicious tire breakdown on the way to HealthSouth Scottsdale. Coincidence? AJ thinks not.

Karen Christiana rolls out the welcome mat for us once again. After the visit, she immediately put the welcome mat in the giant, industrial size trash bin marked for incineration underneath yesterday’s leftover Jello and wondered what she was thinking for dragging it out in the first place.

Doc’s reputation precedes him. Scottsdale’s Mayor, Jim Lane, makes certain that he knows who’s the boss. Overheard was---“There’s only room for one of us in this here town and it ain’t you so watch out bucko,” as the adolescent son of Richard Schultz looks on.

Doc is seen posing by the wall of shame…whoops, the wall of  blame…no, wait…the wall of fame. Yeah, that’s right. The wall of fame.

AJ gets to pick the winner of the Wii that HealthSouth Scottsdale used to raise funds for this year’s AAA extravaganza. Marsha (Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!), seen at left, slipped AJ $20 under the table to make sure she won but AJ picked some guy named Lester instead and absconded with the $20. Didn’t Abel change his name to Lester yesterday? 

The riders pose with “the gals” that made up our lunch bunch. Thank you for making us feel so warmly received and for sharing a first-class meal with us!

Though AJ appears to have lost a few inches to Abel, AJ only looks shorter because he is standing on a stack of 4 phone books while she has both her legs off.

This is not what we meant when we told Doc he needs to go to group therapy. Ah well, at least he tried. If nothing else, the patients seem amused at his rendition of “Kum By Yah.”

AJ gets cozy with Scott during a great conversation about him…how he thinks she is the perfect specimen of womanhood and he believes that she has the most beautiful legs ever and how the women in Arizona just don’t compare to Georgia peaches like her. After a few minutes of discussing Scott, AJ’s head swelled to the size of a large watermelon and her neck was unable to support the weight of her own noggin. Thank goodness they weren’t talking about her or there might have been a problem.

 

Carlos smells SO good that he attracts every type of insect known to man. Even the tri-colored, pink-haired, multi-legged  princess- mantis couldn’t resist his sweet smelling appeal and tried to suck the smell right off of his cheek. It is highly obvious that Carlos charms everyone he meets and he always does it with a smile.

Cheryl, a PTA, rolls her eyes at AJ after she catches her telling Sandy all the ways to cheat in physical therapy. Sandy survived a hematoma and a brain surgery that ensued and is working like a champ to get back to her normal way of living. Keep fighting!

All the chicks (chicks is AJ's form of saying ladies) that work at Scottsdale asked that we please include the picture of  Richard Shultz from the 2007 ride for a good laugh for everyone when Beas said, "Shouldn't that kid in a yellow shirt be in school" and something about him looking like a kid waiting for the bus in a yellow shirt. Picture is below.

 Our thanks to the real Richard Schultz, still the youngest CEO in the HealthSouth system, Karen Christiana, DMO and her able assistants,  and the hospital staff for all that you do for us each and every year.  Special thanks to Mayor Jim Lane for taking the time out of very busy schedule to come visit HealthSouth.  Thanks also to HealthSouth for all that they do to make our trip possible. And thank you Richard for being a good sport about our incessant kidding about your young looks.  We all are just envious and wish that we too could look 16 again.