John
I was unable to fit my story on Samstones.org, due to 1000 character limitation, but still wanted you and your family to hear about placing a recent stone.  I tried to cut some of the story out, but still could not fit it in the space.  Am also attaching some photos.  Take care, Cheryl
 
 
Last Friday, I put Sam on our Mustang dashboard heading to Las Vegas and not far away from home, we stopped to snap a photo of Sam on the Joshua Forest Scenic Road.  Continuing on to Vegas, Lance turned off the highway because he had decided to take me to lunch at an out of the way old mining town in Chloride, AZ.  Chloride once had 75 mines in operation and a population of over 2000.  Today, only 200 people live there, most of them are artists, writers, musicians and craftsmen who have shops and studios in the historic buildings. 
We ate lunch at Yesterday’s and then I snapped a photo of Sam, sitting on the window ledge and then in a Joshua tree, then back on the road to Vegas.  We next stopped at a new wildlife overpass bridge recently built; hum you’ll see Sam sitting there too.  Then onto the new Hoover Dam by-pass and a sneak peak of Lake Mead.
We finally arrived in Vegas.  I searched and searched for the perfect place to leave Sam in Vegas, but could not find the right place, so when we left Vegas, Sam went back on the dashboard with us.
We decided that Chloride would be his final destination for this trip.  So when we got back to Chloride, we went to the Mineshaft Market, which also doubles as a visitor’s center.  Two ladies were working at the market and I asked one of them if I could leave Sam on their guest book register.  They were very curious and needless to say, they said yes and they were thrilled that I left Sam there.  You can see Sam is sitting near where we signed the guest book register.  They had Samstones.org on their computer before we left the market and were very thrilled to have Sam’s spirit in their store.
So I guess, Sam was meant to be in Chloride, AZ at least for now.  If he stays there, he will see gunfight reenactments a few nights a week, the oldest post office in Arizona, and many famous murals around town and many local musicians, which Sam will enjoy.  We placed him on May 1, 2011, a day where the world is a little closer to Peace on Earth.
Peace
Cheryl Leach