We have been here in Tucson since November 1 and just today received some rain. Up to today, we have been enjoying beautiful weather in the low 80's. Having seen all the bad weather across the nation, we have felt blessed to be here. Shorts and sandals in December is mighty fine! The downside to this beautiful weather is that it makes it hard to believe that Christmas is less than ten days from now. Our psyche's are geared for cold, damp, foggy weather not this beautiful sunshine we've had. Rudy, the mascot here at Justin's Diamond J even got into the holiday spirit.
With the day a bit gloomy, I wrapped Christmas gifts and even indulged in a bit of Christmas music . . . so it's beginning to feel a lot more like Christmas.
An occasional trip to town and a lot of doing nothing has been what we've been up to. Once a week, we have been going to the local Indian Casino for their Tuesday night buffet - $8.30 a couple (drinks included). At that price, who can afford to cook or why would you want to especially when the food is decent? At night, we have been playing cards or Pegs and Jokers with Rick and Y. That nightly ritual has been put on hold as they headed off to the Austin area yesterday to spend the holiday with their dear ones. We were going to surprise them with a Road Trip Survival Kit we made up by leaving it on their Jeep early in the morning for them to discover when they headed out. They had told us they would be leaving around 7 a.m. so we figured around 6 a.m. would be a good time to get the deed done. Well, the surprise came back to us as John went out at 6:05 a.m. to put the bag on their car and they were GONE! They left at 6 a.m. Shoot . . . so much for trying to be stealthy lol. Soon, we will be on our own road trip when we head to Sacramento to spend the holiday with Melissa. Must admit that we are starting to get antsy about hitting the road ourselves.
We won't be having a beautiful sunset tonight, so I thought I would share a couple of pictures of some of the majestic sunsets we are gifted with here in the desert. Pictures just can't do the sunsets justice. Enjoy!
