Saw on the local news at 5:30 that I-17 was closed in both directions near Camp Verde because of a brush fire - with no word of when it was likely to reopen. 

A quick check just now showed that as of 7:30 this evening the southbound side was open, with a single lane of traffic moving on the northbound side.  And that situation could improve by tomorrow morning, when I'll be driving north. 

We went out to dinner tonight at George and Son, where we started with soup. The first dinners to arrive at our table were Alex's and mine, and right after they were set down we heard a major crash by the kitchen.  Yep, it turned out to have been Tom's dinner.  

Luckily it didn't take too long to whip him up another order, 

and we definitely all left there stuffed.  

Now I'd better go do some last minute packing. 

Not sure when I'll be posting next.