Saturday, November 27, 2010

Visit to the Desert Museum

We headed off to the desert museum today to begin our touring of this area.  Here are some cute desert creatures to entice you to visit us.


A gopher snake

A Harris Hawk with docent

Prairie dogs

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Afternoon golf outing

We have no pictures to show you but what an adventure we had on the golf course this afternoon.  It was late afternoon, so the shadows were lengthening and the sagauro cacti were silhouetted against an orange sky. There was no noise and no wind and no other golfers - it was gorgeous.  Suddenly we heard noise that sounded like cheering and assumed someone nearby had gotten a hole-in-one. Then we realized it was a pack of coyotes yipping and howling, just a few hundred yards away. It was SO cool. We continued our late pm golf with quail and bunnies keeping us company. Then we saw two javalina pigs near one of the greens. They are like medium-size dogs and travel in packs, eating grubs from under the grass.  Then we noticed some giant footprints on one of the greens - it looked like moose prints but we were pretty sure that there are no moose around here. When we returned to the clubhouse we asked one of the cart guys what could be leaving such huge footprints. He replied that a bull was living out there in the desert. We assumed he was talking about a bull moose, but that didn't make any sense. We found out that he was talking about a real bull, with big horns, maybe missing from someone's ranch. We decided that we love late afternoon golf, out on the course by ourselves along with the sunset and the animals.  Next time we'll take a camera.

Monday, November 15, 2010

New House pictures

We have unpacked all the boxes!!  Now we just need more furniture and some window treatments.  It is nice to be on with a normal schedule.  We can actually function now and have time for some golf!!












Friday, November 12, 2010

We're here

It was a lot of work, but we made it to Tucson.  In just a week we moved from snow to desert, cold to warm, and the Rocky Mountains to the Tortolita Mountains.  It has been a fun adventure.  Here are a few pictures of our transition.

Our garage in Breckenridge, ready for the movers.

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Notice the snow outside.  They are skiing there now.

Todd barely fits in all our stuff.

Our new fireplace in Tucson.

Sleeping on the aerobed the first few nights.


Dawn over the Tortolitas.  This is the view from our backyard.