Hanging Around Tucson

 We are still hanging out around Tucson enjoying the lovely weather.  The days have been pleasant, mostly sunny, no wind - one can't expect a whole lot more!

The motorhome has been washed and cleaned up so now we can carry on with just enjoying life.  Well mostly anyway.  We did have to go into town to do some laundry.  Of course, while the machines are doing their thing, we usually go for a short walk instead of just waiting.  Right next door to the laundromat was a dog grooming place and a young gal came out with her freshly groomed pet.  I must admit that I did a bit of a double take - you can see why I am sure.

Whenever we drive somewhere, we try and take some side roads and just enjoy the local countryside.  Here, harvest seems to be pretty well winding up.  Cotton fields are being combined

as is milo (or sorghum) which is a cereal crop.

One day on our drive, we were taking some back roads and whoa - what is this in the middle of the road.  I guess we were a bit surprised to see the amount of water on the road.  But by looking at the tracks, others go through so we just forged ahead. 

Actually it ended up not being very deep.

We then cut across country to take a trip through the Cactus Forest.  In the past we have stayed here but it can be difficult getting a spot as there are not a lot of spots and very few would be big enough for us.  It still is a very pretty drive.  As we are driving past the various campers, there was a fellow standing beside his camper and go-o-olly - he had on a wide brimmed hat to protect his fact from the sun and that was it.  It was a bit shocking and what is a person to do. Should you stop to grab a photo, or just try to grab a quick photo, or hope the dashcam had a wide enough view.  Well, it was none of the above so it shall remain just a memory!!

When folks want to go out camping, they seem to be able to come up with some fairly ingenious ways to make things work.  As we with this camper, he has a very small fifth wheel and no truck.  No problem!!

Today our friends Rick and Chris from Ontario arrived - so nice to see them again.  I cooked a turkey (I know, late US Thanksgiving) and with another couple we had just met (Saskatchewanians) we enjoyed a nice turkey supper and some great conversation.

There are often different animals out in the desert that we don't often see.  We set up a game camera and here is what came around to see if there were any leftovers.  Unfortunately, no luck for him. 

We will leave it out to see if we have any more visitors.

I have sent some warm weather up north so hopefully your temperatures will moderate some this week.  Until next week. take care and stay warm!!