POTTERY IN TUBAC

We stopped in Tubac at a pottery place so Karen could get a piece with a sunflower on it for her collection.

THE MISSION GARDEN

There was a lovely little garden at the mission.






The first iris of spring.

TUMACACORIE MISSION

The four of us toured the mission at Tumacacorie, which was right down the road from the restaurant, about 18 miles from the border.

The chapel.



This is how it used to look.

Another building.

The cemetery.

GREEN VALLEY SNOWBIRDS FROM DECORAH

One day we went with Browns, south of Tucson to Green Valley, to visit Del and Lennie Fossum and Muriel and Eldon Tucker. Betty Anderson was busy with her visiting sisters, so we didn't get to see her. This is where Fossums live.

We went to lunch south of Tubac at a Mexican restaurant called Wisdom.'s. Here we're following Tuckers.

It has a chicken out in front.

They're known for their fruit burros with ice cream-they have peach, apple and cherry-and they're delicious!

Del wearing Muriel's hat.

Later, we went back to Fossums and had a nice visit.

THE GREAT MARSHMALLOW CAPER

Willie and Karen Brown joined us for a day of shopping in Chandler and Mesa Market, and we took them to San Tan Flat for dinner. We decided to try and save a little money, so we stopped and bought a bag of mashmallows and some little baggies. We carefully put 12 in each bag, and hid them in Karens purse. We were ready! Don supervised, while Willie got a box of wood.

Here he comes.

Our roaring fire.

When the coals were ready, we were ready to sneak the marshmallows out of the purse-we looked all around and did the deed. We were feeling good-until we looked at a neighboring table and saw a big bag sitting there-right in front of God and country! And-the people even brought their own tablecloth! So much for pulling off a caper-apparently nobody cares if you bring your own. We still enjoyed them!

BACK IN BUSINESS

Wow, we're finally back, after internet problems! We've covered quite a bit of ground-we're in Las Vegas, but will go back and catch up. We appreciate hearing from all the people who missed us.

INTERNET DIFFICULTIES

I thought I'd better take this "window of opportunity" to let you know I have a lot to put on the blog, but have problems with getting on the internet and very slow problems when I do get on. This morning the "e" key doesn't want to work. I'd rather use my computer, but the pictures are on Don's. Much more to come.