Tucson and home

We drove up to Tucson on Thursday after parking Shadow with the dog lady. It's a nice drive, as my cousin Kerri would say, very clean and cactus-y. But a bit dull, what with the road being absolutely straight for about 3 hours. We bought many books, had a hot tub and scooted back home. The temperatures were in the mid-twenties.

We've been told that the worst part of winter here is over, we'll get a few cold blasts (down to +10 during the day- brr!) but for the most part spring is here. We're back to shorts for most of the day. We've been wading in the ocean again as we throw the ball for Shadow. It's a little cold, but not bad.

We brought back English muffins for our friend Tanya (The one from Canada who's been here for many years, and the only thing she missed was English muffins). The thanks were all out of proportion to the gift. I think she liked it.

We went to the shrimp festival on Saturday. Lots of booths selling shrimp dishes for $5 each, entertainment, sunshine and tons of people. We had the shrimp empanada, shrimp something else we can't remember the name of (like an eggroll shell around a shrimp filling, deep-fried) , a couple of beers, and some carne asado tacos. Very filling and what a lovely day!

Out with Rosie yesterday, and of course we've been doing lots of cleaning because Dan and Cheryl are coming today!! We expect them any minute. More later.