hondosam,
First of all, WELCOME to the John Wayne Message Board, without a doubt the best message board devoted to the Duke anywhere on the Internet!!
As Hondo Duke Lane (aka Hondo) has shared with you, the Mrs. and I call Ben Lomond home. We just got home yesterday from a week-long trip to Arizona, with 3 days at the 26 Bar Ranch with Chili Bill, 2 days with my mom in the Phoenix area, a few hours seeing the Grand Canyon and 2+ days driving to do it all. We did have a great time, and when the Mrs. has a little more time (maybe more than a week for that to happen!) we will share more photos of our week (check out Chili Bill's web site for some of the pictures).
As to your question about Wayne family members attending the Springerville/Eagar events this past weekend, the family was attending the events in Winterset, Iowa (John Wayne's birthplace, and the site of quite a centennial event - see other threads on this message board for more details). Dakota Surfer and SXViper were there, along with Nibbe and Baby Sis. Dakota Surfer has shared quite a bit about his time there, and SXViper has some neat pictures in his gallery.
Again - WELCOME!
Chester 
