Last days, last looks ...

And ... time's up!  Today we're packing.  I did the last load of laundry and I've got the dishwasher running.

Last week was sort of trying.  Monday both Wendell & I had senior moments.  Not good.  Let's just say that that particular Monday was extremely Monday-ish!  Then on Tuesday night some low-life stole our entire TuffBox out of the bed of the truck.  (Of course we have $500 deductible so it's on us ...)  There was just a lot of miscellaneous stuff in there but my biggest disappointment was loosing two items I had just purchased in Tubac the week prior!  ARGH!  Wendell biggest loss was his tool box full of hand tools.  That will be greatly missed if we have some sort of mishap on the way home.  It was sort of funny filling out the police report; the officer wanted to know exactly what was in there and he was very thorough!  We came up with as much as we could off the top of our heads but of course now we're remembering stuff we failed to report.  Just not a good week.  We're putting that behind us but hoping that's not some sort of portend of things to come ... we have quite a drive ahead of us.

Thought I'd put some pictures on here of what we did the past week or so.  Then I might add some pictures of the interior of this lovely condo.  It's been a great place to stay!



These pictures were taken at Tubac ... that was a lovely day. It's a real "touristy" town but very interesting with the old Persidio, art galleries, shops and restaurants.

This was a lovely phenomenon we saw in the dessert. It wasn't quite a rainbow but all the colors of the rainbow were there in one spot.

Met my brother Don and his wife, Nancy, last week for lunch in Patagonia at The Velvet Elvis.  Really good place to eat, and here's a picture of the name sake ...



On the way home from Patagonia we went by this really neat wood corral ...

Just last Saturday we finally got over to Bisbee for their weekly farmer's market.  We sure wish we had checked it out earlier!  They have lots of tents in a great area and the music (group pictured here under a tree) was excellent.  We just may come back and stay in Bisbee next year ...



On the grounds of Ft. Huachuca they have regular "burns" where they burn the grasses and underbrush.  They did this one late last week.  We had wanted to go back through Garden Canyon but when we saw they were burning there we decided to not return.  It would have looked and smelled unpleasant ...  That's miles from us but looks like it's closer.

Well, that's all from AZ for this year.  Wish us luck on our journey home!

Winding down ...

Sigh ..... We only have about 10 more days here and I'm already missing it. This has been the most beautiful place we've stayed and the view out our front windows/door is fantastic.  I just look and look, trying to fill up my soul with mountains. There was snow in the mountains over the weekend and today there's heavy clouds hanging around the tops of the highest peaks but down here in the valley it's sunny and nice.  Wendell is out getting his truck washed.  He wants to wax it before we head back home.  That'll keep him busy for a while for sure!

Here's what we've been doing lately ...

 

We went over to Tombstone recently.  The main reason "I" wanted to go was to see a quilt show that was at the community art gallery.  It was a beautiful day and we talked the entire length of Allen Street.  Very touristy!  There were lots of people there for a week day!  And there was some cowboys there, too.

You see the strangest things sometimes ...  We never figured out what this guy was supposed to be but he did have a hat out for change ... He didn't play or sing but he was a pretty frenetic dancer!

Well, this is just one of the 90+ quilts that were on display at the Tombstone Art Gallery.  I spent about 45 minutes in there; Wendell even looked around for a while.

We did go through Sonoita again recently; this is one of their "welcome" signs ...

 ... and here's the real thing; saw this longhorn just east of Sonoita on the Lower Elgin Road. There was a big herd -- more longhorns together in one place than we ever saw in TX!

I think I mentioned before that this is a fairly new city; established in the late 1950's.  They're pretty good at controlling the esthetics of urban growth.  For instance, the two pictures above are how they camouflage cell towers.  Also, signage regulations are pretty restrictive; most signs are very low. You won't see the big golden arches in SV.  (Sometimes that makes it hard for us to find things and we do a lot of missing a place and having to turn around to go back! lol!) And most of the power lines are buried. 

We drove out to Garden Canyon, on the Ft. Huachuca grounds, and we were both blown away.  It was the best canyon drive we've taken!  We are going to go back some day this week, we loved it so much!  The highlight was the hikes to see the petroglyphs ... The lowlight was the signs warning of bears!

This is just a few of the glyphs we saw in Garden Canyon ... they say there are over 70 different figures in all. You could figure out what most of them were, but the one that looks like a comb? Any ideas people?  I think during that entire drive we only encountered two other vehicles.  And the weather was great, sunny and cool.

Well, I see in my photo file I have lots more to share, so I'll write again later this week .  I hope you're enjoying a good Monday -- I am.  God bless you, and take care of yourself and those you love. Here's what we saw yesterday when we were out in the dessert ..... awesome!  All these clouds but no rain!