We have really had a busy last few days! Ric, Janet and Cammie are here from Seattle and we have really been moving! They arrived late on Friday night, so Saturday we just relaxed. We had Jude and Roger Hubbell and Pat and Patty Voss over for dinner that night and Al smoked a turkey...wow, was that ever good.
Sunday Ric and Janet took a nice long walk, Cammie went over to spend time with her boyfriend James, who is visiting his grandmother who lives here in Sun City.
Sunday night AL and I went with Bob and Rob Grabow to see Willy Nelson at the Desert Diamond Casino! What a show Willy put on! I know probably most of you are Willy fans, but we are! He sang for over two hours and he was good! His pianist, who is is sister was fabulous. I could have listened to her all night. WIlly sang all his oldies and a few new songs he has written lately. He is still great at the ripe old age of 73.Monday we were off again, this time to Tanque Verde Ranch to meet Gary and Jeannette for lunch. The ranch is up against the Rincon Mountains. It is so pretty and interesting. The ranch has been there since 1880 as a working ranch. In 1920 it was converted into a Dude Ranch, as it is today. This would be a terrific vacation spot....if you didn't live in Tucson and you liked horses!
Tuesday we were up and gone early in the day to Karchner Caverns.
Ric and Janet at Karchner Caverns
This was a great trip! The caverns were discovered in 1974, but weren't open to the public until 1999 (Rotunda and Throne Room) and then in 2003 the Big Room was opened. We toured the Rotunda and Throne Room. Some things we saw: One of the worlds longest soda straw stalactites - 21 feet 2 inches; the tallest and most massive column in Arizona, Kubla Khan 58 feet tall; The world's most extensive formation of brushite moonmilk; how the discovrers walked in the same path so not to disturb the rest of the caverns; beautiful stalagmites and stalactites. I also discovered why I would never be a good cave explorer....don't like being in dark, underground areas for very long! It was a cool experience however and now I would like to go back to see the Big Room. And we also learned that the caverns are alive and still building! After the caverns and because we were close we headed to Tombstone so Ric, Janet and Cammie could visit the old west town. We have been there many times, and it still is interesting to us as well. We got home about 7:30 p.m. and decided homemade pizza would be a good dinner. YUM.
And then there is Wednesday! My poor animals! First off, Juanito had to have surgery today to remove a growth on his neck. He is home and one very mellow, drunk cat still. To keep him from scratching his incision, I decided to wrap tape around his back paws. OOPS! Have you ever seen a cat try and walk while shaking his back paws at the same time? And he walks bow legged as well. Cammie and I laughed until we hurt watching him! Poor baby....and Ted, you be nice! But one broken animal isn't enough for us apparently. Schuster has been limping for the last few days, we had him to the vet last week and we were told he had a broken toe and there really wasn't much they could do for it. However, if the swelling didn't go down, we were to bring him back. Well, you guessed it, the swelling hadn't gone down, so back to the vet he went today! She decided it wasn't knitting, so she put a cast on his foot and lower leg. So now I have one cat who is very upset with me and one dog who isn't very happy with me either!!!! And a whopping big vet bill! OUCH!
One very unhappy Juanito!!!
Poor Schuster.....
And to top off the day, I just learned my long time girlfriend Peggy
(we have been friends since high school...yes, that long!!) has been hospitalized in Florida with intestinal blockage. When it rains, it pours, apparently!
Today was the Tucson Rodeo! All of us piled into the van, including Cortney and off we went for the rodeo. Traffic was absolutely horrible. First off the rodeo parade was today (I didn't realize this when I bought the tickets a few weeks ago...there should be a warning sign about parade being on the day we decide to go...)so we were dealing with parade traffic; then apparently a little girl was killed today at the parade, not sure if it was from a runaway horse and wagon or just exactly what (haven't seen the news yet... film at 10!) Anyway that STOPPED traffic for a while and after 45 minutes of basically going in circles, we finally got to the rodeo grounds. The rodeo itself was great...we always enjoy this rodeo. However, when I watch the bull riders I get a little nervous, since grandson Vic rides bulls (I still don't understand why) and I love watching the barrel racers (thanks to granddaughter Lori who barrel races) and the drill team was great! After the rodeo we went to one of our favorite restaurants, El Corral for a dinner of prime rib. I am now full, tired and ready to go to bed! Long,long day!
Stay tuned for the rest of our exciting adventures...............
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