Not a lot happening last week (see trip to Wed. Mesa below). Arizona has turned "chilly" again this week. I guess I cannot say cold when I see the Midwest and East coast weather segments with all the snow and ice and cold and wind. We have been windy and cool -- our highs hitting the upper 50's or low 60's but that is generally by 3:00pm. We look to be cool the next week or so, so I am sucking it up, 😉
Ladies Pistol class on Tuesday was rainy, cool and windy. We stayed under the range cover until the rain passed and had intermittent sunshine and temps in low 50's. We shot steel targets which was new to me, pretty cool but seems like a much harder target to hit.
On Wednesday, we did take a trip to Mesa, AZ to see my mom who came out to visit our cousins that live there 6 months out of the year. The RV park is Valle del Oro and a very nice resort park with lots of activities available. Tony and Gail have a lovely home and we shared a delicious lunch of homemade vegetable/beef soup and strawberry and blueberry pies. Congress is about 2.5 hours away (we made it down in 2 hrs) but the coming home was a different story -- the traffic was brutal (and we left at 2:50pm) and arrived home around 5:30pm. I forgot to take my camera, too, so I don't have any pictures of my visit. 😞 -- but at least I didn't lose it!
On Friday, Bob invited us over for spaghetti and it was delicious. We met a couple of guys that live on his street, Dave and Doug. Of course, Ruger was there, too.
On Saturday, we braved the cool temps, wind and no sunshine to head for the desert. We hoped the partly cloudy would burn off (didn't) and the wind would die down (didn't). We headed to a deep wash/ravine to see what we might find.
We rock hunted along these deep ravines, probably 20 feet deep in places.
I cannot even imagine the water rushing through.
From the ravine edge, you can see round mountain in the background. If you notice the "trail" to the right side of the pic, these are animal trails -- mostly the cattle that run the land, but other wild animals use them as well.
We headed back from our newly explored area with a few rocks -- the scenery still amazes me every time we go out on the desert.
Here's to more exploration and hopefully, warmer temps coming soon!
Blessings to all,
Susan & Darrel
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