A long, yet interesting day
Well, the best laid plans of mice, men and anyone caught between oft go astray as it's said. We got here to celebrate Jennie's sister's graduation from Law School ... But ... Her husband was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia a couple of nights before!!
Fortunately he's on the mend (and very soundly teased that he planned the whole thing). We took charge of 'the nieces' as they are collectively called and helped keep them occupied. This wasn't hard. Though ... They had eaten donuts ... With sprinkles ... Oh the humanity!
Seriously, it was quite fun all the way around. We managed a picnic and then went to tge hospital to celebrate graduation with David (he is on the recovery) and Heather, the girls and all.
Besides the fun, I did get to see some of the desert terrain and it's 95 degree temps. Quite hot!
I must admit there is a start beauty to the place. No grass of course, and all yards are gravel with scrub trees and cactus in them. On the horizon all around, the desert mountains rose up against a sapphire blue sky. I took some photos of the mountains and the local buildings. The architecture, which is appropriate for the environment, is usually adobe, stucco and clay tile rooftops. The 'spanish hacienda' look.
After the trio of nieces were delivered to home for bedtime, we ended our day at Joe's Cran shack.
A day well spent all in all.
If travelling through Tucson, my advice is to keep sunscreen handy - besides the sun, they have Mosquitos here and West Nile troubles - it shields your skin from bugs and sun. Oh, and drink plenty of water. It's 10% humidity at best so water just soaks into the air out of everything.
So , with that goodnight and onto tomorrow!
-- Post From My iPhone
Fortunately he's on the mend (and very soundly teased that he planned the whole thing). We took charge of 'the nieces' as they are collectively called and helped keep them occupied. This wasn't hard. Though ... They had eaten donuts ... With sprinkles ... Oh the humanity!
Seriously, it was quite fun all the way around. We managed a picnic and then went to tge hospital to celebrate graduation with David (he is on the recovery) and Heather, the girls and all.
Besides the fun, I did get to see some of the desert terrain and it's 95 degree temps. Quite hot!
I must admit there is a start beauty to the place. No grass of course, and all yards are gravel with scrub trees and cactus in them. On the horizon all around, the desert mountains rose up against a sapphire blue sky. I took some photos of the mountains and the local buildings. The architecture, which is appropriate for the environment, is usually adobe, stucco and clay tile rooftops. The 'spanish hacienda' look.
After the trio of nieces were delivered to home for bedtime, we ended our day at Joe's Cran shack.
A day well spent all in all.
If travelling through Tucson, my advice is to keep sunscreen handy - besides the sun, they have Mosquitos here and West Nile troubles - it shields your skin from bugs and sun. Oh, and drink plenty of water. It's 10% humidity at best so water just soaks into the air out of everything.
So , with that goodnight and onto tomorrow!
-- Post From My iPhone
posted by Chris Ash | 10:56 PM
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The crop circles are caused by the irrigation method. The equipment is a long straight pipe on wheels with sprinklers on it. The pipe, a moving radius, pivots around the center of the circle. I believe the water flowing through the pipe also turns a water turbine to turn the wheels, so that the pipe sweeps the entire area of the circle.
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