One of the themes of Rosemary and Bob Connelly’s married life was to “live cheap and make art.” The couple always enjoyed traveling and knew that when they did retire, they would want to visit many exotic places, leading them to live frugally while living and working in Phoenix in order to be able to spend their retirement years making art and traveling.

When their children grew up and left home, they traveled to many different places, including England, Ireland, Germany, France and Italy, just to name a few. What they realized was that a two or three week vacation was simply not enough time to enjoy an area.