You know
you’re living a charmed life when it gets below 70 degrees in January/February
and you’re reaching for an extra sweatshirt!
For someone
who hasn’t enjoyed the cold and snow of winter since her 10th or 11th
birthday, roaming the desert in the winter is truly a heaven on earth. Combine that with the fact that Arizona (my
WARM home of choice for going on 19 years) has literally tens of thousands of
square miles of desert where cold-blooded, sunshine lovin’ folks like me can
settle in, set up the lounge chairs and bask in the glorious warmth.
It’s amazing
how good an aging body, that is slowly acquiring quirky aches and pains, can
feel when it’s toasty to the bone!
Since leaving
California and coming back “home” to Arizona we have been able to catch up with
a whole mess of friends! Yay us!!
Catalina
State Park, north of Tucson, was our home for 5 VERY FAST nights filled to the
brim with swapping stories and consuming large amounts of food and drink with last
winter’s fellow volunteers and dear friends who traveled from Prescott.
Didn’t get to
touch base with several I hoped to, but there’s always the next time around!
Parked in an
RV park in Benson for now taking advantage of a $50 a week rate for newbies who
have not stayed before.
Again, YAY
us!
It’s a
charming community of short termers like us and long-term leased sites offering
full hook-ups, spotless clubhouse complete with library, fitness center, game
room, NICE laundry room and more activities than you can count. Even though we’re not the social/activity
oriented types it draws the friendly type of folks you like to hang out with
when the urge to be social comes along.
Friends Tom
& Dianne just happen to be here also and that’s a double bonus! We had to decline a happy hour invite from
them earlier in the week because of an unplanned funky work schedule on my
part, but we WILL spend some quality time together before we head out. AND we may just tack an extra week onto our
stay just cuz we can.
We took a
quick road trip to Bisbee, AZ a few days ago and WOW!!!! Love, Love, Loved it!! Can’t believe I’ve never been to this funky
crazy little town! Totally exceeded my
expectations and a day trip is in the near future to do some serious exploring
of this throw back in time Mecca.
Finding
unexpected gems in the middle of literally nowhere is SO Friggin’ Cool and
other than the staying warm thing, my favorite part of being a gypsy!
Perhaps the
reason I’m drawn to born again old towns is because I’m a firm believer in
re-invention being the Mother of survival, even when all the odds are against
you.
It’s
something we have in common. (smile
& wink)
Always enjoy reading your updates! Yes, we must get in some time together soon! It's nice just knowing you're in the same neighborhood and saying hello occadionally. Glad you are enjoying it here :)
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ReplyDeleteHi guys!! How have the travels been? Are you about settled in for your gig?? I'm sure we will be bumping into you sometime in July I think.
ReplyDeleteHeading to the new gig now! Look forward to seeing yu!
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