This is the courtyard of the old San Marcos Hotel, the closest thing we have to a landmark in Chandler. It goes back to the 40s and 50s when John Wayne brought his buddies here to golf after filming Westerns up in red rock country or out in Apache Junction where they had a western town set.

Just to the south we have two blocks of restaurants and shops that make the place alive during the tourist season that is just beginning and will continue till summer.
I am home today with a very painful throat and cough. My lungs are congested and I just have no energy. A day for resting and reading.