Michael reminded me that I haven't posted for awhile, and he was right. Visitor season has kept us quite occupied with only a couple of days between a series of guests from Wisconsin. Our current guest is one of my favorites: a friend that Julia met in pickleball from Wisconsin, who is a retired forensics police officer with lots of homicide case experience. She is quiet, thoughtful, and very detail-minded. Very interesting person. But even so, it will be some relief when Julia drives her to Phoenix on Wednesday, and visitor season for us in Arizona will be over. Next year, we've agreed there will be fewer visitors for different reasons. Some of our visitors just plain didn't like the desert and missed the green/water of the Midwest. Others will return but probably not for a couple of years. They wanted to see where we landed, and now they have.
My pickleball season ended without a trip to the state tournament, but that's okay. It was fun, and our team was competitive at a high level. Some members of our team competed on another team at a lower level and won the state championship in Phoenix (Arizona Players Pickleball League), but that's just not how I'm wired. I like to go against players better than I am; for me, it's the only way I improve.
We have a few nights reserved in Silver City, New Mexico at the end of April. We will do a trial run with the Lance camper, and if successful, stay for a few weeks to beat the heat. Then we will come back for a month before leaving on our summer's journey to the Upper Midwest. I owe my Mom a trip to Iowa, and we will spend some time in Wisconsin also. Depending on how the Lance is doing, we may take our time heading back home. Julia has never been to Yellowstone, and I love Wyoming after Labor Day. We have a neighbor who doesn't like to travel, so she will keep an eye on our house while we're gone.
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| Windy Point, Mount Lemmon |
Next weekend is the 41st Annual Tucson Folk Festival, a free event for the community. There will be a lot of music and a songwriting competition. We are looking forward to attending.
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For a lot of years Google couldn't find us. Depending on the month it thought we were a mile or two further north, or maybe south, and once in a while 10 miles east. Even when they finally figured out where we had actually landed - nobody came. Not that I'm complaining!
I'm a little bit relieved that not all of our friends love the Sonoran Desert. Finally, I can walk around in my underwear without scaring anyone.
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