Thursday, November 30, 2017

Can you tell that we are winding down?  We just haven't done the things in Tucson, that we usually do, and the weather is mostly to blame.  When we can't see the mountains really well, we don't go out!  We did buy masks today to wear when it gets so bad.  They haven't had any rain in this area since August, so that is part of the problem.  We had a beautiful sunrise this morning and I'll post that picture. 

How do you tell it's a sunrise and not a sunset?  It came up in the east! Beautiful.

There isn't much happening at the fairgrounds this week, so the Sheriff's Department, Search and Rescue, had a drill.  It was quite fascinating to watch.

        This is a full shot of the men on the ground, one coming back down, and the helicopter.

We took our bikes to one of the paved trails in Tucson today, and did some caching.  This was another labyrinth that we saw, where a cache was hidden.  The bike path was very nice, and it had many bikers on it.  We started at the top of the hill, so it was fun going down, but a bit harder to get back up.  I was surprised I made it without stopping (or having to push my bike).

This is the bike path we did today.  Tucson has many paved trails and this one took us into the northeast part of the city.  We saw ranches with horses, cattle, and chickens all along the one section.  Tucson is planning ahead to put the trails in before too much development transpires.  It was overcast and not windy today, so a beautiful day to bike.  We found 20 caches. Tomorrow we leave for Apache Junction, and it will be good to get in and settled.  We have a lot scheduled for our first week, so it will be busy!  We like to get our coach washed right away, so we can get our stuff out of the 'basement', and make it look like we're staying a while.   We have a guy coming Monday to do that.  I start my quilting on Monday morning, and I'm teaching a class again, this year.  Jim will get the dish set up tomorrow, so we are ready for the big game on Saturday with Ohio State.  The men's basketball and football play OS Saturday, so it will be a full day!  We do think the Badgers are up to the task (football) and they own their own destiny.  GO BADGERS!  I'll probably post one more time, and that will be the end of the blog. We hope you have enjoyed coming along on our trip.  It was a very fun and enriching time, with us seeing and doing a lot of different things.  Most of all, we have fresh fish to eat this winter.  Thanks to Glenn!  We are forever indebted.  It seems ages ago, that we were bobbing around in a boat on the Missouri River!  It was relaxing and very fun!  Now we need to contact our two daughters, who live in VA and NJ.  I just heard on the news that an earthquake just happened this afternoon.  It's a 4.2, so hopefully, no damage.