Yep, it's warm in the old pueblo. Summer has definitely set in. However, the heat doesn't seem to bother us, we are enjoying our air conditioner. Usually in the early evening, after 5:00 p.m. we go out on the deck where it is shade by that time and sit out and watch the sunset and enjoy the wonderful evening. After all, we have lived in Lancaster, CA and Saudi Arabia, so heat shouldn't be a problem for us.
My last blog left us in Seattle, so I will continue from there. We spent Memorial Day in Odessa. Al's family always has a reunion over memorial day and there were 109 relatives that attended this one. We had a good visit, but Al was worn out after it was over. The services at the cemetery were wonderful as well...however, the weather was threatening rain the entire time, it held off until the next day. One thing that did happen that amazed me was while we were at the cemetery during the services we were all singing "Amazing Grace" and the sun peeked through the heavy black clouds and sent rays on the cemetery. Kinda' spooky.
Our granddaughter Cammie spent the weekend with us as well. Sure enjoyed seeing her. She is going to school in Moses Lake, in the nursing program. She will make an excellent nurse.
Wednesday we headed to Portland to visit daughter Melanie and family. The weather continued to be ugly, but we enjoyed our visit with Melanie. Her dog, Guy, is more ball crazy than Beau....I didn't think it was possible!
After Portland we headed south to Central Point to visit with my sister Jean and family. We got to see my nieces Sue, Pam and Kay and Kay's family while we were there. FUN. On our way to POrtland we stopped in Salem and had lunch with old friends Arley and Betty...tried to get caught up in two hours...impossible!
Finally on the 16th we decided it was time to head towards Tucson. We left Central Point and headed towards Klamath Falls and Lakeview...it has been over 50 years since I was in that area. Enjoyed the drive, but my friend the wind was back. Matter of fact, I fought wind the entire trip back to Tucson. We spent the first night in Reno; didn't even drop a nickle in a slot machine!!! From Reno our next stop was Las Vegas and by the time we got there we were to tired to do any gambling! The next day we drove over Hoover Dam, probably for the last time as the new bridge will open in the future and the dam will be closed off for cars.
From there, I decided our next stop would be home. I was like an old horse going to the barn.....I wanted to be home. We arrived home around 6:30 pm and I can't tell you how good it was to be home. Dogs, cats and friends were sure all a welcomed sight!
This past week has been spent catching up on laundry, mail, etc. Next week will start the doctor routines again. Al did fairly well on this trip, however, his legs and ankles were pretty swollen by the time we got home. I put compression hose on him ( it took both of us to stuff his legs into them!) and the swelling has gone down.
One sad note, Marilyn (Al's ex-wife) husband died while we were gone. He was 93 years old and in pretty good health, but got a nasty infection and just couldn't beat it. He was a nice man and we enjoyed knowing him.
It is getting a little on the warm side here as I said before, but hopefully the monsoons will start soon and cool us off, or just make it humid, who knows!
On another note, I just love the Saguaro Cactus - here is a picture of one after bloom with crown of thorns.
Until next time, we are unWroamin' again.
